Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-28

-, zssi.z1sIlszia missioner john 8.
Killing in q vigorous dissenting
opinion filed today. The borough
inaugurated steps some time ago to
purchase the plant and bond issue
of 100000 was voted. The borough
offered $4,000. The majority re-
port of the commission fixes s7S,-
S94.40 as the price to pay. Mr..
Rtlling says that $4,000 is all that
should be paid. He also discusses
whether good will of a public util-
ity should be paid for.
Mr.. Killing says. ut is evident that
the commission in reaching it's con-
clusion gave undue weight to the
thought that it was intended thatI
the owners should be paid the full
value of the property whether it had |
been advanced by them or not. ...
In determining the fair value of a |
utility as a rate basis the items of
good will and franchise value are not
included for the reason that they are
values that have been acquired by
the utility from the public without
of the commission means that there
should be included in the considera-
ton all amounts that company
may be able to eXtort from a COM
munity by excessive rates and in
vested in the plant no matter how
great tney may De.
Hearings End-The Public Service
| Commission has completed hearings
on the protests against the proposed
abandonment of train service by the
New York and Pennsylvania rail-
road which operates q short line in
Mexican county and in the COM
plants about telephone rates in the
vicinity of Windber and water rates
at Hawley. No decisions were given.
The majority report goes into de-
tailed figures, shows an investment
of $4,000 in 1888 and 1889 and eX-
tensions made from year to year out
of earnings remaining in the treas
ury out of cash dividends. AS a re-
suit of this annual building up the
company asked the borough $685.
| 361.95 as purchase price at the
end of 1915.
Inspector Named--ReXford Card
well, of Taylor, was today appointed
state factory inspector effective
December /. He passed the exam
nations provided by the new act.
1t is also held that if the conclu-
sion of the commission is correct the
owners of the plant would receive
on an investment of $4,000 not only
$39,212.SO paid in dividends from
time to time, but also the further
sum of $7S,394.40, making total OF
$117,607.20.
Name Taken-The name of the
Town Meeting party was pre-empted
for the 14th and 2Sth congression-
al, 23rd and 26th senatorial and Elk
county legislative districts.
Named as Officers. - Captain
Lumb received word to-day of the
appointment of a number OF state
police members to officerships in the
United States Army following the
training camp examinations at Fort
OglethorpeA Philip H. Doddrldse
and Albert f. Huebner as captains
and William S. Ernst, first lieutenant.
They were members of Troop A at
Greensburg, and were on leave of
absence to attend the training camp.
All had excellent records in the serV-
ice. Jacob Irving and Albert Jones,
Jr., who resigned to attend camp,
were commissioned as lieutenants.
Freeman c. Gerberich Home. -
Freeman G. Gerberich, Chief of the
Bureau of Railways, Department of
Internal Affairs, has returned from
Texas, where he went for the i'm
provement of his health, considerably
better.
ShippensDurg Trustees. - 4 ii e
State Board of Education to-day an
nounced the appointment of the fol-
burg State Normal School, recently
taken over by the Commonwealth:
George II. Stewart, Ex-Representa-
tive Q. r. Mickey, George S. Mclean,
George w. Hines and ]. E. Boher,
Shippensburg: l.. e. Smith, Cham
bersburg; John Benedict, Waynes-
boro; II. n. Roth. Gettysburg, and
Arthur Griest, Guernsey.
York Complaints. - The Edison
Light and Power Co., and the York
Railways Co., operating in York,
filed notice with the Public Service
Commission of supplemental tariffs.
The former cancels loan or renewal
of lamps after December 3 1 and the
railways company cancels special
rates heretofore given to churches,
organizations, etc, on guaranteed
sale of fifty tickets.
Can't Furnish Reports. - The At
torney Generals Department to-day
issued opinions that there is no rea-
son why reports of examinations of
state bank or trust company made
by the Department should not be
furnished to the Federal Reserve
bank if request is made for specific
information by the board of direc-
tors and that the state should not
be liable for payment .of the war
mobile bought from a manufacturer
for the use of the Department of
Fisheries.
Complaint On Again. Chester
E. Albright, James A. Murphy and
l.. p. MoXey, Jr., of Philadelphia, !
to-day brought complaint before the |
Public Service Commission against !
proposed increases of steam heat
rates by the Germantown Steam
Company. There was litigation be- |
tween residents of the territory fur
nished by the company over rates &,
proposed some time ago and an ef- |
fort was made to secure an agree |
ment on new rates. Exceptions are !
filed to the latter.
Amber ReaGy-Insuranc Com |
missioner Charles AZ Amber de-
clared to-day that he would "give |
careful consideration to any state |
ment," the Philadelphia Board of |
Fire Underwriters would make con-
cerning the reasons for the increase
of insurance rates. THE subject is |
one to which will give earnest at
tention and I want to be shown why
1t is necessary to boost these rates"
said he.
To BE Major-William G. Muir |
doch, disbursing officer at the state
draft headquarters since Col. III. S.
Williams was detailed to command
the ammunition train of the Penn |
sylvania troops, is to be made a |
major in the officers reserve of the |
United States Army according to |
what has been learned here. Mr.. |