Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03

dHHUHN@k Buildings; which
s---=s<.s5s hold its regular
zz1'szlilzzs7l meeting on that
day and which
will probably be attended by Arnold
w. Brunner and Warren H. Manning,
the architects commissioned to han
die the work of making the Capitol
Park the central point not only of
the city, but of the state road and
park system.
Under the plans outlined, last
spring and which the late Robert K
Young declared would make the sur
roundings Of Pennsylvania Capitol
point for visitors from all over the
surrounding states. work is to be
started as soon as the buildings are
removed. By the end of October all
VI 'hS puiiulIl5S With pOSSlDle eNCep-
ton of the warehouse used for mill
tary supplies and at the extreme end
/ OIL the park area, will have been de-
molished and grading can then be
started. superintendent Shfeiner
some time ago sent the details of
| the surveys of the old park and the
extension to Mr. Brunner so that he
would have an accurate record of
the property and could plot the
points OF treatment of the extension
and the changes in the old section.
Senator Martin Herc.-Senator Da-
vid Martin, of Philadelphia, former
State Insurance Commissioner, was
here yesterday afternoon visiting
Capitol departments.
VIII Get COmpcnSation.-A claim
petition for workmen's compensation
was last night filed by Mrs. Theresa
Eppley, of SIG Merton avenue. Phil
adelphia, asking the sum of $1,000
from the city of Philadelphia for the
loss of her son, George A. Eppley, an
lemploye of the Philadelphia police
bureau, who was killed while doing
police duty at COZ Delaney street.
Philadelphia, September 10, A1917.
Mrs. Eppley, under the compensation
law, is entitled to 81 a week for 800
weeks and $100 funeral expenses.
The city of Philadelphia carries its
own compensation insurance and re-
lquires the filing of claim petitions
for compensation as matters of rec
ord.
Board in Session.-Members of the
State Compensation Board are sitting
to-day at Wilkes-Barre and will meet
tomorrow in Scranton.
Local Grocery Charter-State char
ters issued yesterday included that to
the Keystone Grocery Company, of
Harrisburg, capital $4,000, with
these incorporators: A. P. Kitchen,
l.. G. Orr. w A. Gernet. M. g. Peters
land Augustus II. KreidIer
Ex-Member Here.-Ex-Repres
ative r. c. Miller, of Norristown, was
among Capitol visitors.
Commission Called. = The State
Forestry Commission has been called
for meeting to be held Friday
OIeo Booms.-Issuance of oleo-
margarine sale licenses have broken
al relcords at the State Diary and
Food offices, 3,699 having been sent
out. The whole issue last year was
3,34S. Since October 1. S45 licenses
to run until the end of the year have
been isued. The increase is attribut-
ed to the demand for oleomargerine
because of the high price for butter
in the cities and large towns.
Chickens Decreasc.-The total de-
crease in the number of chickens in
pennsylvania this fall as compared
with year ago is figured at the State
| Department of Agriculture to be A.
100000. three-fourts of which de-
crease is in laying hens. A depart
Iment estimate Is that there were 20
00G, 900 chickens on the farms and
about 4,500,000 in cities and towns.
The high price of feed caused the
decline and a greater decrease in the
number is feared this winter.
Public Service CaSes.-The Public
Service Commission announces thai
the Canton Illuminating Company
has filed a revised tariff governing
the distribution of electricity in Can
ton and vicinity effective November
/. The new schedule ranges from 4 z
to 16 cents kilowatt. The Miltor
J Brick Company complains that the
| PENNSYLVANIA railroad has increased
freight charges unjustly, T. o. An
drews and other residents of Erie
as kthe commission to compel the
Pennsylvania Gas Company to extend
the natural gas lines and discontinue
service for industrial purposes Sc
that the supply may be conserved foI
domestic purposes.
; Defines Ometric.-Replying to the
inquiry of DIR. Chester M. Johnson
secretary of the board of ometrica
education, Emerson Collins, deputy
attorney general, to-day defined sew.
eral points in the optometrical ac
not understood by the newly-ap
pointed board. The law was passet
by the last Legislature and Collins
decides it went into full effect witt
= the appointment of the examining
board. He settles definitely just how
long each member of the board is tC
serve and what constitutes limit
. ed examination" as distinguishe &c
from standard examination" as used
by the act, saying that "it must 81
limited to the specific subjects emu
merated." ....
.'Safety F,irst'' in Mines. - Btu
minous mine inspectors are urged by
the Department of Mines, in lettel
7 issued to-day, not to permit the grea'
activities now going on in the sof
coal fields to be cause for a letdowT
II, co fatv nracautiOns prOVided hN