Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-06

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9pse0 esSwq years. The States
%=EH balances at the end
- 11unanB of October amount
ed to $3.625. 5.966.79. of which almost
half was in the active repositories and
subject to drafts for the payment of
school appropriations, governmental
expenses and other charges.
Thirty-eig banking institutions
had inactive deposits of the general
fund, their total holdings being less
than a third, while forty-seven hold
sinking fund deposits to the amount
of $G46,000. The game propagation
fund was in three banks, except for
S6S.O00 in an active depository. The
uninvested balances of the fire insur-
ance and school funds. or about
$4,000, the game bounty fund and
other funds were all in active deposi-
tories.
About the end of the year quite sub
stantial additions will be made to the
invested funds of the State school and
fire insurance funds, which now aggre-
gate considerably over half u million
dollars.
Going Up.-Estimates of the reve-
nue. of the State Dairy and Food Di-
vision this year are that 1t will pro-
duce about 100000, the highest
amount ever turned in. Last year it
produced S274,O00. The bulk of the
revenue is from oleomargarine licenses
and fines for violation of the pure food
laws.
Certificates Filed. - Certificates of
notification have been filed at the State
Public Service Commission as follows:
The Connecting Railway Company,
Philadelphia, bonds, $3,000,000, to re-
lmburse the Pennsylvania Railroad
for construction advances: Chester
Valley Electric Company. Coatesville,
bonds, $4,000; Counties Gas and Elec-
trio Company, Philadelphia. bonds,
SS56,oO0, for property additions;
Philadelphia Suburban Gas and Elec-
tric Company, Philadelphia, bonds.
$104,ooo, for improvements; Erie
$64, 600, for extensions; Mahoning and
Shenango Railway and Light Com
pany. bonds, 100000, for extensions;
Allentown-B Bethlehem Gas Company
Allentown, bonds. $4,000.
No Session To-day. - The Public
Service Commission will probably
consider the Philadelphia commuters
cases in executive session on Thurs
day. No meeting of the commission
will be held to-day, all business being
deferred until Wednesday when hear
ings will be held, the executive ses-
sion being the following day. The
commission really has nothing before
| 1t as the communications of the rail-
roads and commuters have been ad-
dressed to each other and the COM
| IiiiSSIoIi Has IlGIGly InGIf1.
Some answer is expected by Thurs
day.
| Hill Deserted. - Little business was
transacted on Capitol Hill to-day as
almost every one except officials and
attaches living in Harrisburg was
away looking after the political end
of things. The bulk of the depart
ments were open only few hours to-
day and then closed until Wednesday |
morning. Governor Brumbaugh will
return here late Tuesday night or early |
Wednesday morning. He will then be-
gin work on his message TO the Legis-
lature and probably make some of the
long delayed appointm ents.
Three Seek Clemcncy. The State
Board of Pardons list for November
16 has been closed and three applica-
tions for clemency for men condemned
to the electric chair are listed for
argument and in addition application
for a rehearing of another murderer
has been made. The Boards list con-
tains fourteen new cases and four ap-
plications for rehearing all told, the
smallest for some time. The murder
cases listed are julius Aston, Chester;
d. Digeso, Schuylkill, and Ernest
Haines, Jefferson. H. w. Mottern of
Jefferson is asking O rehearing.
Haines, Digeso and Mottern are all
under Is years of age. Mottern was
refused recommendation for clemency
last month.
Scarlet Retained. - William III.
Berry, former State Treasurer, has re-
tanned James Scarlet, the Capitol
probe counsel, as his lawyer in the
proceedings started against him by T.
Larry Eyre.
KnuH Takes Hold. Josef N.
Knull of Hummelstown, has taken
charge of work in the zoology division
at the Department of Agriculture. He
is a State College man and has been
in government service at Washing
ton.
Await Report on Fairs. People
at the Capitol are awaiting with inter-
est the report of the men who visited
the various fairs throughout the State
to see If they were run wide open"
and whether agriculture or amuse-
ments were given prominence. Under
the law the State can refuse to pay
appropriations to fairs which do not
meet the standard and several times
under former secretaries and auditor
generals the funds were held up.
Secretary Patton had men visit fairs !
to make confidential reports to him.
Approved Plans. The plans for
the system of the Elkwood Sewerage
Company near New Cumberland have
been approved by the Department of
Health.