Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-02

sembly whereby those required to re-
port to the State Bureau of Railways
may report for the calendar year in
stead OF for a year ending with June.
This year reports have been required
for the year ending June 80. but will
also be asked of the year ending De-
cember 81 so that they may be uni
form.
Last year an act was passed making
reports to the Auditor General for
taxation for the calendar year instead
of for a year ending with November.
The Public Service Commission has
just issued notice to all utility COM
panies coming under it's direction to
report for the calendar year, and the
Department of Internal Affairs is pre-
pairing for the same procedure.
These changes will do away with
requirements for reports at odd times
Of the year.
Compensation Plans. Important
meetings of The State Compensation
Board will be held this month to hear
appeals in cases which will involve
precedents in claims from industrial
plants and mines. The first meetings
will be held October 5 and in Phila-
delphia, with meetings on October IL
in Scranton and October IS in Pitts
burgh. Other meetings will be held in
Harrisburg for hearing arguments. and
passing on decisions. The code gov
explosives of all kinds will hardly be
ready for the State Industrial Board
TO act upon at the meeting to be held
on October in Philadelphia.
Inspecting Roads.-Engineers of the
Public Service Commission are engaged
in making studies of toll roads in sew
eral of the eastern counties of the
state against which complaints have
been filed and will make a report to
the commission soon. 1t is possible
that the commission may prescribe a
standard for maintenance of toll roads
owing to the reports which have been
made that many of them are indiffer-
emily kept up. Bridges will also be
reported upon.
After GrafterS. Arrests of some
foremen alleged to have taken money
for giving Jobs to workmen have been
ordered by the State Department of
Labor in several cities Of the state and
will be made examples. The prose-
cutions will be based upon investi-
cations made by the State Employment
Bureau. Owing to the great demands
for labor, 1t is said some foremen
reaped a harvest
Exhibits at York.-The State High
way Department has moved its ex-
hibits which attracted so much atten-
tion at the Reading, Allentown and
Lancaster fairs to the York fair. where
1t will be shown during the week. 1t
may be brought here later in the year.
Governor at Scranton. - Governor
Brumbaugh is in Scranton to deliver
the address in behalf of the State at
the opening of the city's semicenten-
nial. He will return here late tonight.
Halifax Charter Case.-The charter
application for the Halifax Township
Electric Company is before the Public
Service Commission to-day. The Jones'
town and other Lebanon companies
are also asking charters.
State Officers Hclp.-State Health
Department officers are assisting Ma
hanoy City officials in combating the
typhoid fever outbreak in that place.
Collins Resigns. - Samuel Collins,
tipstaff in the State Superior Court for
twenty-one years, has resigned. He
will spend some time in the West. Mr.
Collins is we'll known to many here.
Fewer City Cases.-The reports of
the State Health Department show a
steady decrease in the number of cases
of infantile paralysis in Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh, notably in Philadel-
phia. since the coming of cooler
Attended Field Day.-Joseph Quinn,
supervising factory inspector of the
Harrisburg district, and Robert D.
Young, investigator of accidents of the
State Industrial Board. attended the
Field Day of the Bethlehem Steel
Safety teams on Saturday.
Would Repeal Law. - Chairman
Harry A. Mackey, of the Compensa-
ton Board, is out with a suggestion
that the Federal liability law be re-
pealed on the ground that it interfere
with the compensation laws of States,
notably in the case of PENNSYLVANIA.
To Hear CaSes.-Arrangemen will
be made imm mediately to hear the COM
plants regarding crossings in vicinity
of Chambersburg. There will prob
ably be some inspections made of the
locality.