Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-03

that they will he able to furnish first
hand information to the Auditor Cen
eral and also to have things in shape
in case explanations are asked. In
Vestigation is the order of the day
on the Hill and the people who are
doing the work are making no secret
OF the fact that they are going back
into the days of other administra-
tlons on the hunt for precedentsL
Under the terms of the DaiX reso-
luton the departments must inform
the Legislature as soon as possible
how much they have spent between
June l, 1915, and December 81 last
and what they will need for the two
year appropriation period as we'll as
their estimates for deficiencies. This
means an immense amount of work
and will probably result in the max
ing of the most complete statement
known in a long time.
In some of the departments things
are being calculated down to a nicely,
all sorts OF expenditures being item
lied. The Public Service Commission,
which has had Il very complete sys-
tenn of accounting, can tell for what
purpose most of the postage stamps it
used the last two years We're en-
ployed.
Directors uerc-Commissione of
Health Dixon held conferences here
yesterday with the directors of the
State sanatoria. matters of adminis-
tration being discussed.
Under Control-The Department of
Health has gotten the typhoid out
break at Osceola under control. There
have been nearly ninety cases report
ed.
To Act on Mcrgcr-The Public Ser
vice Commission will act next week
on the proposed Western Maryland
merger The executive session will
be held on Monday.
10 Argue Important Case-Dep-
uty Attorney General largest will ar
que in the supreme court next week
the case of Stratford VS.. the Franklin
Paper Mill Co., which comes from
Delaware county and involves the inn
portant point whether a state tax
settlement must be sued out in an
other county instead of here.
Men Go on DCty-The men enlisted
in the State Police yesterday will so
on immediate training and will be
assigned to places as soon as possible,
Don't Like the Signal.-W G. New
bold, of this city, yesterday filed an
informal complaint against the trolley
signal on the State street bridge. He
AYERS that it gets out of order and
he does not like the way the cars are
run pS IL. Inc OIlclll investigator VIII
detail his staff to look up the matter.
Smallpox Rounded Up.-The State
health authorities have rounded up all
of the persons in the labor camp near
Johnstown where smallpox developed
Printing Was EXpcnsive.-The print
ing of the Frontier Forts and Gettys-
burg Semicentennial extra editions,
authorized last year because of the
big demand for them. cost over
$4,000, according to estimates made
to-day.
McDevitt Has New Pian.-Harry s..
MeDevitt, counsel for the Economy
and Efficiency Commission, has been
working on plan to reduce the size
of the State government lie would
abolish about thirty bureaCc or COM
missions and have their duties taken
over by others.
Wild Dogs Found.-Camb bria county
game wardens report that they have
found colonies of wild dogs in the
mountains near some places where the
State has been trying to increase the
number of game. The dogs will be
destroyed, as there are no owners and
no licenses.
Discuss Toll Roads.-IIighway Com
missioner Black was last evening
waited upon by delegation from the
West Chester Pike Committee, who
seek TO have that portion of State
HIGHWAY Route 1913, from Phlladel-
phia city line to Newtown Square, in
Delaware county. freed from toll. The
delegation consisted of c. Edwin
Hunter, Horace Paul Dormon and
Charles w. Russell. The commissioner
told them that it was not possible for
him to make any statement as to toll
road purchases until after the appro-
pTiations were made by the Legis-
lature, inasmuch as the previous ap-
propriation for this DurpOSe had been
expended or was contracted for.