Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-16

ban trolley car companies have ar
ranged to be represented here to-mor-
row afternoon when the Public Service
Commission will hold a conference on
toilet facilities on interurban cars
Other State departments will be repre-
septed
Middletown Gets Pernit.-The bor-
ough of Middletown was last night
granted permit TO reconstruct the
Frey mill race bridge by the State
Water Supply Commission.
Mr.. Beach Improves. = Fred c.
Beach, of the Executive Controllers
office. who has been seriously i'll in a
Philadelphia hospital. is improving.
Going to Philadelphia. = Governor
Brumbaugh will go from Pittsburgh
direct to Philadelphia tomorrow. Sec
retary Ball will attend the Pennsyl-
vania Day exercises at State College.
Protest On Fills. - Protests have
been filed with the State Water Supply
Commission on fills along streams in
Allegheny and other western counties
as contrary TO public interest. In a
Blairsyille coal company case the
commission refused permission to
make a fill.
To Name Sealer.-Chief Sweeney,
of the Bureau of Standards. has been
informed that Fulton county will name
4 sealer Immediately.
Indict Coal Company.-The Lehigh
Navigation Coal Company has been
indicted for pollution of streams in
Schuylkiil county. A farmer is the
prosecutor.
Ohio to Help. Commissioner of
Fisheries y. T.. Butler has arranged
with Ohio fish wardens to go over the
streams in western counties to halt
pollution. TIE work will be started at
once.
Magce Favors Canals.-William A.
Magee, Public Service Commissioner,
has written a letter to Counsel McEl-
rec. of the Coal Probe Commission, in
which he suggests that a way for coal
TO be cheapened would be for the State
20 buy canals. He suggests that
SSO,o00.000 would not be too much for
the purpose
Governor at Bellevue - Governor
Brumbaugh is visiting Bellevue, the
home of Representative John w.
Nickerman to-day. He will be given
reception and speak at the dedica-
ton OF the new high school in that
town.
Linglestown Tomorrow. - The
farmers institute will close at Halifax
tonight and open at Linglestown to-
morrow morning. Much attention
has been given to marketing and soil
conservation.
Beard Meets Monday. The State
Board of Education will meet on Mon
day at Pittsburgh to discuss legislation
and normal school matters.
More Engineers. 1t is probable
that more engineer companies will be
formed during this winter. There are
still three to be formed in the Guard
and Altoona and Pittsburgh are talk
ing about 1t again.
Wardens Get Busy. - Ten of the
State fish wardens are out working up
evidence against polluters of streams
on the west branch of the Susquehan-
ma. the Clarion, Sinnemahoning and
Conococheague.
Foust to Speak. Dairy and Food
Commissioner James Foust will be one
of the speakers at the banquet of the
American Speciality Manufacturers In
Pittsburgh. He has been an annual
guest of the organization and his re-
marks have been heard with much
interest.
Board In Session. The State
Board OF Public Charities IS holding
its final session to hear requests for
recommendations for appropriations
to-day.
Favor Torenx System. - IL is un-
Gerstood that the commission to rec
ommend the new system of recording
deeds and mortgages will recommend
the Torenz system which Is used In
the West and which Is held TO be very
efficacious and simple.