Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-10

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As=azaz fish ever sent out
from the State hatcheries and numer-
Gus fishing clubs and organizations of
sportsmen co-operated in turning
loose the fish and in making reports
on the manner in which they sur
Nived.
The shipments of young trout made
in the last two months ran over 300.-
600, about 214.000 being planted" in
November and 92,957 in December.
All of these fish were sent out under
direction of wardens with assistance
of members of fishing clubs.
According to department officials
the take of herring eggs on Lake
Erie was the greatest ever made and
the Erie hatchery has sent over co.
100000 herring eggs and 100000
Whlte fsh eggs to the Torresdale
hatchery, while the Union City and
Cory hatcheries have sent to the
l>airmount Park Aquarium in Phila-
delphia and to the Wayne and Belle
fonte hatcheries large numbers of
brown trout and white fish eggs TO be
hatched for general distribution.
There are over 40,000,000 eggs at
Union City to be Matched and over
176, 100000 herring eggs are at Erie
and 19,695,000 held for the State at
New York.
To Invest 100000. - The State
will invest 100000 of the new fire
insurance fund created by the last
Legislature as the nucleus of the fund
Tor the commonwealth to carry its
own insurance and will retain $75, 900
in cash rs the result OF conference
of the fiscal officials. The 100000 is
to be put into bonds on which bids
Will be opened tomorrow. The bal
ahce of the fund is to be retained
until it runs over 100000 when an
To1n will he 40
plar is TO have the fund amount TO
S1,0O0,000 by 1920 when the State will
carry its own fire insurance.
No Rate Appeal Yet.-State COM
pensation officials here say that they
have not heard of the objections raised
by Reading underwear manufacturers
against the State insurance rate for
that trade. Provision is made for ap-
peals to the central rating and inspec-
ton board and also to the State in
surance fund board if anyone feels
aggrieved by rates. The compensation
system appears to be going ahead and
accident reports are coming in by the
pale. AS far as known, there have
been very few dismissals of employees
because of compensation and difficult
ties which were feared have not turned
up. The board will meet Tomorrow
to act on applications for exemptions.
Since January l about fourteen
compensation
have been reported from various in
dustrieS,
Discussed Oleo. The relation of
State and federal oleo laws was dis
cussed to-day by w. T. Greasy and
John @. McSparran. representing the
state Grange; Dairy and Food Com
missioner Foust and Deputy Attorney
General Hargest. The talk was re-
garding the way the State will handle
interstate shipments
Hogarth LoseS.-The Public Service
Commission to-day dismissed the COM
plant of j. b. Hogarth, of Philadel-
phia, against accounting methods of
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com
panN. Hogarth never appeared for a
hearing. rehearing was also refused
in the case of Ulrich VS.. Eastern Penn
SylVan1a Light, Heat and Power Com
pany, of Schuylkill county.
Guard Appointments. National
Guard appointments announced here
to-day included Second Lieutenant
John +. Jeffords. Company A, Third
Infantry, to be captain, Company l.,
Third Infantry; George Van Nostrand,
first lieutenant, Company A, Thirteenth
Infantry, commissioned
An Avoca Fight,-R. X. Bailey has
brought quo warranto suit before
the Attorney General against the Citi-
zens Avoca Light and Power Com
pany, of Avoca. a hearing will be
held on January 30.
Governor RetuTns.-GovernorB Brum-
baugh returned to the Capitol to-day
after a visit TO Reading, where he
spoke yesterday. The Governor will
be here most of the week
Commission Meets.-The Public Sery-
ice Commission is in session this aft
ernoon on contract and charter appli-
cations. An executive session will be
held.
Board Day o-morrow.-To- morrow
will be board day" at the Capitol and
several boards will have monthly ses-
sions.
DIR. Esler's Illness.-Dr. James NJ.
Esler, chief of the bureau of docu-
ments, has been seriously i'll at his
home in Tarentum.
Not Much Held Here.-Harrisburg
financial institutions outside of the
two State active repositories have lit
tie State money now. The Commercial
has $4,000 of the sinking fund; the
First and Harrisburg National each
$4,000 of the general fund: Mechan-
les, S20,0 of sinking fund, and Union
Trust, $4,000 general fund. The Har-
risburg Trust and Commonwealth
Trust, the two active repositories, had
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