Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-12

- 81 vania counties,
lio.tuiy ,nVse III the southwestern
section, have been sending word
here that they are short of potatoes
and want to buy them. e. B. Dor
sett, director of the bureau of mar
kets, who has been travelling in the
farming sections, in seeking infor-
nation on the yield in. the potato
growing counties, such as Lehigh
and Berks, with the idea of putting
the western countians in touch with
the producing regions.
Steps for the organization of COM
munities to sell in large lots, espe-
cially to make up shortages in some
sections of the state or to supply
Army camps are also being worked
out.
Olive Oil Inquiry-Investigat
into the olive oil being sold in Penn
sylvania is being made by agents and
chemists of the dairy ad food divi-
sion of the State Department of Ag-
riculture. Scores of samples have
been taken, but beyond the COM
ment that some do not seem to be
olive oil no statement has been
made.
Executive Session-The Public
Service Commission has fixed next
Monday for an executive session at
which the dozens of cases heard this
week and a number of pending mat
ters will be taken up. All of the
commissioners are expected to be
here.
Money in Hand-The revenue for
the state for the fiscal year starting
November 80 has reached the $34,-
100000 mark, which is S3,500,000
ahead of this time last year.
Fuss Over Creek-It is now
charged that the pollution which is
killing the fish in the upper Susque-
hanna has been traced to the Sinne-
mahoning creek.
Big Hearing Held - The whole
question of increase of trolley fares
in the Scranton and Wilkes-Barre
districts was opened yesterday at
Wilkes-Barre by Chairman Ainey.
The litigation will be extensive.
Marshal Better-Fire Marshal G..
Chal Port, who is i'll at his home
in Huntingdon county, is improving.
Uncle Sam Objects-State High
way Commissioner j. Denny O'Neil
has announced that the United
States Highway Council. composed
of one representative each from
the United States Department of
Agriculture, the War Department,
the War Industries Board, the Rail-
road Administration and the Fuel
Administration, has disapproved the
following contracts, as not necessary
at this time:
iN2oute 62, Cambria township. Cam
bria county; Route 276, Croyle town.
ship, Cambria county; state-aid ap-
plication 720, Lawrence township,
Clearfield county; state-aid applica-
ton 5S3, Shickshinny borough, Lu-
zerne county, and the bridge on State
Highway Route 201, Lower Marion
township, Montgomery county. Just
as soon as some plan can be work.
ed out whereby settlement can be
made with the contractors, the State
Highway Department will proceed
to open the above roads to traffic
and put them in passable codition,
so that they can be used during
the war. The United States High
ways Council has also disapproved
the building of the Martins Creek
Bangor road, in Northampton coun-
ty, for which bids were opened on
August l and, accordingly, Commits
sioner O'Neil to-day rejected all bids
that were received for this project.
Lower End Water Cases-The
complaint of the borough of Middle
town against the Middletown and
Swatara Consolidated Water Com
pany, which will raise the water
question in Lower Dauphin county,
is scheduled to be argued before the
Public Service Commission on Tues
day, while the Progress complaint
against the Susquehanna Water Com
pany, will be heard the following
day.
Brunner Is Ready-Arnold w.
Drummer, the architect for the Cap
itol Park extension, to-day sent let
ter to superintendent George A.
Shreiner, of the Department of Pub
lie Grounds and Buildings. suggest
ing an early conference on the plans
for the park and the ornamental
bridge. Mr.. Drummer will have the
detailed plans ready for the state
board soon.
To Help PaXtang-Highway Com
missioner O'Neil has agreed to help
the borough of PaXtang repair the
stretch of the Reading pike within
the borough as soon as he can spare
any road machinery which is now en-
gagged on military necessity roads
The borough is to supply the labor
and material.
New Charman-J. c. Grumbine, OF
this city, was to-day appointed a
Capitol chairman.
Governor Due-Governor Brum
baugh has closed his summer home
in Maine and is on a motor trip to
this state. He is expected here before
Sunday.
Coatesyille Case - No objections
were made before the Public Service
Commission to the agreements to
give the Coatesville Trolley Company
the right to construct lines in Coates
vile city and East Fallowfield town
ship. The Norwood Electric Com
pany, complaints will be heard in
Philadelphia tomorrow.
Jitneymen Fuss-Major E. NJ. Vale
of the Public Service Commission, to-
day heard two men contest for the
exclusive right to run jitney from
Mont Alto station to the state sani-
torium. Other jitney complaints
which developed fights to-day were
in routes between York and Gettys-
burg.
SanatOr Here-Senator Henry Was
<,ers, of York, was at the Capitol
to-day on a business trip.
LOgue to Quit One Place.. Wash
ington Logue. Democratic nominee
for lieutenant governor. to-day filed
at the Capitol a withdrawal as candi-
date for Congress in the Sixth Con-
gressional District, but as it was not
complete it could not be entered. He
has arranged to complete it at once
SwarthmOre's Complaint-The bor-
ough of Swarthmore to-day entered
complaint before the Public Service
Commission against the Springfield
Consolidated Water Company, rates
for fire hydrants, the objections be-
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