Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-01

| IN\\NA Kh today that he would
| kSSAYzsS send to the House
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| IN, NTsTsWSNeJ wi h II the next
ASkdBASJUEN week or so an an
NN h6Q6SkN swer to the request
Ill G&31IfS1Shst1 for information on
! HtAH#lWHgHVME 4 the fishway contro-
9uCSSS2 versy at McCalls
5.EH Ferry dam, which
s4zzizi - was asked in the
Spangler resolution adopted this week.
The whole matter will be sent to
the Legislature" said he. Il will make
a statement regarding the proposition
from the start and will also attach
correspondence which will tell all that
anyone wants to know about the mat
ter, including the legal steps"
Mr.. Butler has gone to York to
make some inspections and will attend
the meeting of the executive committee
OF the National Fisheries Association
at Baltimore
Big Merger.-The Governor has ap-
proved the merger of the Marble Hall
and PENNSYLVANIA Lodge Building and
Loan Associations of Philadelphia un-
der the name of the Combined Build
ing and Loan Association, with q capi-
tai of s2,000,000.
To Meet Monday.-The Public Serv-
ice Commission has adjourned to meet
on Monday, when a number of hear
ings will be held.
To Ask Answers. - The jitneymen
against whom, the Harrisburg Rail-
ways Company brought complaints
for operating without certificates
from the Public Service Commission
will be asked to give answers to the
charges. Hearings will probably be
held.
Work Is Finished. = The State
College engineers who have been here
studying the Capitol. power plant
have finished their work and will go
home to write theses.
Changes Begun. - The changes in
the Senate chamber lighting and To
tone down the green and gold decora-
tons were started to-day by workmen
under the direction of Miss Violet
Oakley. They will be finished in a
week. Frosted globes will be in
stalled.
New Dye Company.-A charter has
been issued TO a new dyestuff COM
| pany to operate in Pittsburgh, eX-
perienced dye workers having started
It,. Abundant capital las been pro
vided for it,
The Bank Cali. - For years it was
the custom of the State Banking De-
partment to make public calls, for
statements of State banks, trust COM
| panies and savings institutions. This
week admission that n call had been
issued was made two days after it had
been mailed. Some of the members
| of the Legislature appeared to find
calls for bank statements a fruitful
subject of discussion to-day and some
thing may be heard next week.
I Not Much Revolt Not much
talk Las been heard among members
of either branch of the Legislature
over a revolt against the recesses
over the week-ends. The bulk of the
members appear to be content tc
leave the matter to Speaker Baldwin
Notwithstanding some hot air" which
was printed to-day. The Speaker has
shown level head in dealing with
unusual situation and his plans will
work out smoothly and greatly to the
dissatisfaction of the Democratic ring
masters.
State. Has Money. - The State
Treasury statement of January bust.
ness shows a combined balance, or
! January 81, of $4,955, 1850, against
| $4,S96, ,875.23 at the close of December
During January receipts were S2,164,-
542.9S and expenditures $2,105, ,442.52
| The general fund balance is $3.59S,.
5000. balances in other funds being;
| Sinking, S651,110.02; school (unin,
vested), $9,165.S3; game protection
] $39S,312.S3; bounty, S169, 9,SS9.15; fire
insurance (uninvested), S9S,604.S5
I prison labor manufacturing, $780,.
| 242.11.
Schuyll1in Men Here. - Committee.
| of Schuylkill county men were here
| to-day to discuss the vacancy in the
Schuylkill county judgeship which
the Governor is expected to fill at ar
! early day.
Bids Opened To-day. - Bids were
opened at the State Highway Depart
ment this morning for bituminous ma.
| terials for use in maintenance work
| during 1917. The bids were read anC
/ ordered checked and it was announced
that the successful contractor would
| be notified later. For the purpose:
of bidding on bituminous material, the
State was divided into four districts
geographically, these districts being
! the same as last year.
Bids were received from the follow.
ing: Barrett Company, Philadelphia
| The Good Roads Company Baltimore
I Atlantic Refining Comapny, Philadel
phia; Headley Good Rroads Company
Philadelphia; United Gas Improve
ment Company, Philadelphia; Th,
Beam Fletcher Corporation, Philadel
phia; Paul j. Snyder and Company
! Philadelphia.
To Act Next Week. - The Publ,
Service Commission will act next weel
in the contracts for Philadelphia cit!
street lighting which were submitted
on Monday.
More Cases Turned Up. - More ty
J pllOih ASNSA NttoCS nave dppteTeu IL
the vicinity of Osceola Mills, and it il
believed that the total number o
cases will run up to 75. Commission
er of Health Dixon has detailed Chic
| Nurse O'Halleran and a number o
nurses and inspectors to combat tn
disease. A temporary hospital ha
been established. The department ha
also received word of an outbreak o
smallpox in labor camp near Johns
town.
Lancaster Trustees Named. - Gov
ernor Brumbaugh to-day appointet
the following trustees for the mothers
pension fund of Lancaster county
Mrs. w. n. Appel and Mrs. James L
Lands. Lancaster; Mrs. Belle Patter
son Evans, Furniss: Mrs. J. Ha
Brown, Paradise, and Mrs. w. /
Bucher, Columbia.
Col. Patterson Named. - Col. Will
liam j. Patterson, of Pittsburg com
mander in chief of the Grand Arm
of the Republic, was to-day appointe,
to succeed the late A. p. Kinsley as
member of the Meade Memorial Com
mission.
Complaint on Water. = Resident
of Dallastown, York county, to-day en-
tered complaint with the Public Ser
vice Commission against the rates O
the York County Consolidated Waite
Company.
Dauphin Men Enlist. - The Stat
Police to-day. enlisted ten men to fl
vacancies. One of them was M. S. q
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