Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-23


and Juniata counties and was taken
after an exhaustive inquiry. The ap-
plicants had bought an automobile and
desired to establish a jitney line, but
the commission held that such op-
orators should be 21 years of age.
The commission has approved the
application of the Cumberland Valley
Railroad for the acquisition of the
stock of the Southern Pennsylvania
Railroad and Mining Company, q rail-
road which 1t has controlled for long
time and which includes part of q line
projected by Thaddeus Stevens and
some of his partners in their mining
and iron manufacturing enterprises. e
The commission in an opinion by
Commissioner Ryan has ordered the
I Mansfield Water Company to amend
its tariff of rates and establish Il flat
rate for the Mansfield State Normal
| School, one of its largest consumers
The State school trustees brought a
vuslplaint before the commission some
time ago and the decision is given in
a second complaint, which reviews the
whole controversy. In the course of
his opinion Mr.. Ryan says; TO grant
the prayer of the complainant and
compel the installation. either entirely
or in part, of a metered service in the
borough of Mansfield or in its high
school would cause inconvenience and
expense and might work injustice"
Closing Institutes.-State teachers
institutes closed to-day in five counties
of the state and will be resumed on
January l. The attendance since the
opening of the season a little over a
month ago has been notably large,
| over $4,000 persons attending the Lam
caster meetings alone. The 1916 lee
| lures closed the seasons in Perry, Della
ware, Fulton, Butler and Wayne and
the sessions for the first week of the
new year will be held in Wyoming,
Pike, Crawford, Lebanon and Somer-
set.
To Discuss Laws.-Members of the
committee of the Third Glass City
League in charge of drafting bills for
the coming Legislature will meet in
this city shortly to discuss proposed
amendments to the third class city act.
Correspondence is now under way on
changes which were discussed at the
last convention of the cities.
Getting in Small Bills.-The State
| Treasury is getting good many
checks for $3.50. the lowest amount of
state tax that is collected. from cor
| porations which did not pay before
the close of the fiscal year. The pay
ments are being made for companies
which are not active. but the Com
monwealth does not permit any of
them to go free and holds that as long
as a charter is worth anything a tax
should be paid to the State.
The Capitol Closed. - The State
Capitol was closed to-day for the
Christmas holiday and the depart
mefts will not reopen until Tuesday.
Governor Brumbaugh will spend
Christmas at the Executive Mansion.
but most of the officials and attaches
of the State government have gone to
| their homes in other parts of the state.
Approves Merger. - G vernon
Brum baugh to-day approved the mer-
ger of the Bowmansville, Earl, West
Earl and Murrel Electric companies
into the Conestoga Valley Electric
Company. w. ]. Martin, Myerstown,
is the president and the capital is
$4,000.
More Tags Go Out. - Several adj
ditional tons of automobile license
plates were shipped from the State
| Highway Department to-day to own
ers of automobiles who had secured
| 1917 registration. The Department
has given notice that no cars can be
operated in the State on January l or
after with a 1916 tag.
To Care For High Schools. I'M
mediate steps are to be taken by the
State school authorities to extend aid
to the high schools which need assist
ance and which under the Keller
opinion of yesterday the State is au-
thorized to help. Approximately half
million dollars will be given to coo
schools.