Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-24

S-szEE.ss5..z State Department
of Agriculture do
not believe that much damage was
qone outside of garden vegetables.
reports from Susquehanna, Potter
and other counties in the northern
uer ana from Scranton. Williams
port, Bradford, Ridgway and Erie
told of vegetables being harmed.
some damage to corn and young
potatoes was reported from Tioga
county.
The state has a greater acreage
in corn and oats this year than ever
known and it is not thought that
II has been damaged, although it will
be retarded by the weather of the
iast week in opinion of men who have
been observing conditions. Fruit
will also be held back, the depart
ment reporting IAN unusually heavy
drop of apples. due to the cold and
wet weather" while the peach crop
the normal
Thirty Needed-Thirty men, the
largest number ever required to fill
vacancies in the State Police force,
VIII be enlisted on July 1. A num-
per OF applications have been made
oy married men who have had mill
tary training and who are beyond
the present draft age and some will
be accepted If they pass the physical
tests.
Securities Issued Notices of
heavy increases of bonds and notes
OF electric and other utility COM
panies to meet Improvement charges
nave been filed with the Public Ser
vice Commission, among them the
Erie Lighting Company, which has
ffled certificates as to issuance of
$5SO.OOO of generator notes" which
are due six months after the present
war ends. and 100000 OF bonds;
Pennsylvania Utilities Company,
Easton. notes $4,000; Mahoning and
Shenango Railway and Light Com
pany, New Castle, preferred stock
100000: Penn Central Light and
Power Company, Philadelphia, bonds
SS76,O00: Penn Central Power and
Transmission Company, Altoona,
bonds $4,000; Water Gap Water
Company. Delaware Water Gap, COM
mon stock.
Governor Attended - Governor
Brumbaugh participated in the cere-
monies attending the freeing OF the
Delaware River bridge at Trenton,
together with number of state Off
cials and legislators who were in.
strumental in getting through tho
NAAlS ~ AAAefAS NAG II SClIlS iilpOSSlple.
Guard Orders Out-The general
orders for the National Guard en-
campment have been mailed from
the Capitol to all guard officers.
Hork's Almshouse-Action on the
proposed repairs to the York county
almshouse has again been deferred by
the poor directors. The postpone
ment was for the purpose of giving
the state board of charities time to
confer with the heads of the various
state departments which have de-
manded a remodeling of the insti-
tuition. The State Board of Public
Charity officials will urge the de-
partment chiefs to permit the poor
directors to make only minor re-
pairs.
Legal Posting-Questions involv-
ing what constitutes legal posting of
a notice of an advance in rates were
argued before the Public Service
Commission to-day in the complaint
of the Pittsburgh Coal Producers
Association against the West Penn
Power Company which furnishes
current for some of the big mining
operations in the Pittsburgh district.
New Lieutenant-Harry T. Naatz,
Pittsburgh, was to-day appointed a
first lieutenant of cavalry and assign
ed to Troop D, Pittsburgh.
Rates Go Up-Notices of increases
in rates have been filed with the Pub
lie Service Commission by the Clear
field and Cambria Telephone Com
pany. Southern Cambria Railway
Company. Warren Street Railway
Company. Consolidated. South Side,
Allegheny Illuminating, Equitable
Allegheny Heating and Monongahela
Natural Gas Companies, of Pitts
burgh; West Side and Webster,
Monessen. Belle Vernon and Fayette
City Railways, operating in Wash
ington and adjoining counties, and
Beaver County Light and Philadel-
phia Gas and Suburban Companies,
the latter discontinuing free distribu-
ton of bulbs only under a supple
ment applying to the Jenkintown di-
vision effective July %
New Milk Rates-The Public Serv-
ice Commission to-day announced
that the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company, had filed to be effective
| July 20, new rates for hauling milk
in cans, making shipments in stor-
| age subject to charges in twenty
four instead of forty-eight hours and
changing leaf tobacco rates. In ad-
| dition the company has filed new
joint rates for milk hauling with the
Philadelphia and Easton, Lehigh
| Alley TRANSIT, ReaulnS transit ana
Light. Philadelphia and West Ches-
ter. Trenton. Bristol and Philadel-
phia and Frankford. Tacony and
Holmesburg companies. The Phila-
delphia and West Chester has also
filed new milk hauling rates and new
| tariffs on various commodities be-
tween Sixty-third and Market streets
| and Edgemont.
Bankers to Meet-All banking in
| stitutions under the supervision of
| the State Banking Department have