Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-22
RAILROADS FILE
FREIGHT RATES
New Arrangements For Car
load Lots on Sidings in
This City and Nearby

The Public Service Commission
to-day announced that the Penn
sylvania and Reading railroads had
nled new joint switching tariffs APP
plying to all commodities except coal
and coke, to become effective April
20, which will permit the delivery of
carload freight on any and all sid
lngs of the companies at Downing
town, Lancaster, Harrisburg, Read
ing and Williamsport lat a charge
somewhat lower than the combina-
ton of the local rates of both COM
panies.", The charges are to be pre-
paid and the new arrangement will
apply only on carload traffic origi-
mating at points outside of the city or
borough limits of the stations men,
toned and on which one of the car
riers has received road haul. The
shipment must be reconsigned With
out having broken bulk.
The Philadelphia Suburban Gas
and Electric Company filed notice of
a new tariff for Coatesville which
adds 20 cents per 1000 cubic feet of
gas per month, the rate for the first
ten thousand feet to be $3.50 per
thousand. Other changes are made.
Governor Brumbaugh to-day an
nounced that he would remain in
lidi lSpuTS LOT lHe TeCepllOH Ol
Archbishop Lang, of York, to-mor-
row and will welcome him to the
Capitol.
An outbreak of scarlet fever at
Cresson and some suspicious of
smallpox in Elk county We're re-
ported at the State Health Depart
ment to-day.
Edward T.. Eggers, librarian of the
Carnegie Library at Pittsburgh, was
to-day appointed to succeed the late
Henry Belin. Jr., of Scranton, as a
member of the State Free Library
commission.
Adjutant General Bcary has an
nounced appointment of Milton a.
Carlisle, of Erie, as second lieuten-
ant in the Reserve Militia and as
ment of the third infantry.
Highway Commissioner O'NeiI was
to-day asked by a delegation from
Muncy to take steps to protect a
state-aid road in that borough from
damage by water company which
was engaged III laying and improv-
ing its lines.
Representative John A. FitIeib-
bon, of Mexican county, to-day filed
a petition for Republican renomina-
ton. Other House petitions filed
were: Charles f. Ambrose, Demo-
crat, Northumberland John e.
Hampson, Democrat, Greene; David
T.. Davis, Republican, Sixth Lacka-
wanna; Ira Nj. Fox, Republican, For
est
The borough of Muncy to-day fill
ed complaint with the Public Ser
vice Commission against the new
rate for borough lighting os the
Montgomery and Muncy Electric
Light, Heat and Power Company,
which advanced the price 25 cents
per lamp.
The Council of National Defense
to-day urged the Public Service
Commission in letter sent from
Washington to do all in its power to
facilitate the movement of trucks
on the highways of Pennsylvania as
a means of relieving transportation
conditions. The commission will
take up the matter with Commits
sioner O'Neil who has issued orders
that trucks passing through are not
to be held for licenses unless run per-
manently on routes.
Governor Brumbaugh to-day in
formed Mayor A. T. Connell, Of
Scranton, who asked him to take
steps to bring the mine cave" prob
lem to the attention of the people
If the state that he was heartily in
favor of any legislation which would
solve the difficulty and would advo-
cate it, but that he thought the peo-
pie in the affected districts of the
anthracite field should agree upon d
method. The Governor will refer TO
the subject in speeches he said and
in his message to the next Legisla-
ture.
Surveys to ascertain the cost of
reconstruction of the abandoned
right of way of the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western railroad which
is to be turned over to the state to
be a part of the read to be known
us the Lackawanna Trail were or
dered made to-day following a con-
ference of people from northwestern
counties with Governor Brumbaugh,
Highway Commissioner O'Nel and
Deputy Attorney General Hargest.
The proposed road will be thirty
three miles long and is designed to
become part of the state system.
1t is graded and ballasted. In the
committee which urged action were
Senator E. f. Jones, Susquehanna;
Chairman w. d. Il. Ainey, of the
Public Service Commission; ID. l..
Morgan, w. j. Pattison, George b.
Germyn, Scranton, and others.
superintendent George a. Shrein-
er, OF the Department of Public
Grounds and Buildings, to-day ar
ranged with the contractors for the
new Junior High school to furnish
the state with 5000 yards of dirt for
Canffnl P1,lg filing