Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-06
JACK SUCCEEDS
MIR. BEIDLEMAN
Placed in Charge of Capitol
Park Work in Addition to
Demolition Projects

Captain George c. Jack. of the
Ordnance Department of the old
! National Guard and former COM
mander of the Governors Troop was
to-day assigned to the duties of as
sistant foreman of the Capitol Park
grounds in addition to his duties as
superintendent of removal of build
ings in Capitol Park extension. He
will succeed Thomas ID. Beidleman
in charge of the work in the park
| but the place of Mr.. Beidleman at
l,l0O a year will not be filled.
The Borough of MELVILLE to-day fled
a complaint with the Public Service
Commission charging that the New
vile Water Company was not only
| trying to advance rates for water
service from $175 a year to $S75.
but to make ii effective January l
! last. The company is also accused
of failing to properly maintain the
| fire hydrants.
Application was filed today for Il
pardon for ID. w. Rothenseis. one of
the men convicted at Reading of
frauds in floating insurance and
bonding concerns as the result of an
! investigation inaugurated by Charles
Johnson when Insurance Commits
sioner. The case attracted much at
tention and cleaned out a bad sit
| uation. The man is sick and near
the end of his term and his wife has
bought farm in New York state
where he will 90 to live.
Mrs. Clara E.' Manning, of Am
bridge, was to-day appointed mem
Ler of the board of trustees OF the
Beaver county mothers pension
fund. She succeeds Mrs Aileene Nc
Cu!ough.
Notice that on January L the
Manufacturers Light and Heat Com
pany, one of the largest natural gas
companies in Allegheny county,
would cancel on January l. the
classification, rates and discounts of
industrial consumers, was filed with
the Public Service Commission to-
day in the form of a supplemental
tariff. The notice follows similar
action taken by other companies
furnishing natural gas throughout Il
large portion of Western Pennsyl-
vania and against which protests
have been filed. The Bradford Gas
Company, operating in the northern
tier in a notice increases rates and
cancels certain services. The Citi-
zens Light, Heat and Power Com
pany, of Johnstown, and vicinity
has Cancelled certain schedules and
filed new ones for power plants: The
York Gas Company, York and
vicinity and Peoples Light Com
pany, Pittston and vicinity, have
filed increased rates and the Cones
toga Traction Company Lancaster
County, has discontinued six tickets
for a quarter and school tickets.
Charges that the Bell Telephone
Company refused to furnish tele-
phone service to twenty-five resi-
dents of Sinking Spring, Berks
county, were filed to-day with the
Public Service Commission.
The borough of West Homestead,
Allegheny county, to-day filed with
the Public Service Commission a
complaint against the service of the
Pittsburgh Railways Company, al
leging that it is inadequate and that
the cars are small and overloaded.
A similar complaint was filed few
days ago by Homestead people
Attorney General Brown has in
formed Representatives of civic bod
les in Pittsburgh, who desire to en-
ter complaint against Pittsburgh
Railway Service that they should
send it to the Public Service Com
mission.