Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02

EsssNa s~-.--ssz1sEgg=SSEAa mentS are Delng
SsSS5sssissss sss0'va valGssS moved again into
rooms which were used for COM
mittees and for clerks during the
sessions of the Legislature. Some
of these offices have been in the
attic of the Capitol and others have
been in buildings in the Capitol Park
extension district which are to be
raZed this summer.
The start OF operations in the ex-
tension district will cause numer-
Gus changes to be made as bureaus
of the departments of public print
Ing and binding. public service, la
Dor and industry. agriculture and
highways, the state livestock sani-
tary board, state employment bu-
reau and various laboratories have
been located in buildings bought for
park extension, while some of the
states cavalry horses, military
stores, public documents and other
material have been housed in the
same locality. An old church has
been used by the Governors Troop.
Already steps are being taken to
provide new quarters for the bu-
reaus which have to move.
Trucks Expected. The first
trucks for the new truck compan-
les being formed as a part of the
supply trains of the Pennsylvania
division are expected to arrive this
week and No. 1 company, of Har-
rlsburg, the first to be organized,
Will be equipped. The company has
been drilling regularly and will be
ready to handle stores as soon as
the Guard enters Federal service.
Clearing Fire Lanes. - Steps to
clear fire lanes in state forestry re-
serves of all inflammable material so
that the fire danger to forests will
be reduced are being taken by the
State Forestry Department which
has squads of men at work. Rock
salt is being used extensively to
keep the lanes clear in some sec
tions while kerosene and other ma
terials are being employed in other
places.
State Asks Help.-The State De-
partment of Fisheries has sent let
ters to all of the congressman from
pennsylvania calling attention to
importance of adopting Federal reg
uiations forbidding pollution OF
streams and of aiding steps to in
crease the food supply through fish
cries. The department has called
attention to pollution of tidal wa
ters and streams by commercial and
other wastes.
Half Licenses In.-Half fees for |
state automobile licenses became ef- |
1ectlVe Tor the remainder of 1917 at !
the State Highway Department to- |
day. The registrations for the first !
half of 1917 and the revenue from /
licenses exceeded all previous per- |
lods and were up to estimates.
New Hcaring.-The State Com /
pensation Board has ordered a new
nearing in the compensation claim
of Lauer VS.. Finn & Brenneman,
Lancaster; Wilson VS.. Owls Club.
Pittsburgh; Polisna VS.. Hillside Coal
ana Iron Co., Dunmore, and dis
missed the claims of Church VS..
Standard Cast Iron Pipe and Foun-
dry Co., Bristol, on which a new
hearing had been held.
DIR. Gimper on Job.-Dr. William
s. Gimper. of the State Livestock
Sanitary Board, made the biggest
seizure Of meat unfit for food known
In long time at Uniontown. where
over ton of meat was found in a
putrid condition, gnawed by rats and
apparently held in storage bevond
the time limit. The doctor took
witnesses along and says that al
though he had been a United States
inspector in Chicago he had never
struck such mess. The meat was
In such awful shape that a fertilizer :
company hesitated about taking it.
DR.. Gimper also had an agent seize
carload of bad meat consigned to
Uniontown and owned by the same
concern which owned the rotten
meat confiscated.