Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-17

! they owe Father Penn money. 1t
was discovered that some of the
| townships had failed to pay their
shares of cost construction of high
ways and had fallen into arrears in
| other respects. Some of them owe
! hundreds of dollars to the state
through recent court decisions.
Treasurer II. NJ. kephart has sent
the counties notices that they owe
the state money and has given them
| thirty days in which to arrange pay
ments. Meanwhile they are not shar-
ing in the distribution which is be-
ing made to townships which COM
piled with all state highway require
ments and also paid their bills.
just 1850 Officers. - Just 1859
volunteer state policemen have been
commissioned at the State Capitol
under the act of 1917. These police
men have in many cases assisted in
the formation of home defense units
and also in training drafted men.
They have been organized according
to wards, boroughs and townships
and some have been called out on
trial summons this summer.
Need Teachers. - Difficulties OF
county school superintendents in OBJ
tanning teachers for the opening OF
the fall term of schools next month
are commencing to be heard of at
the offices of the State Board of Edu-
cation. In some rural districts
teachers who had retired years ago
others volunteers have offered their
services so that opening of schools
will not be delayed. The shortage
Of teachers is worse than ever shown
in the state and is most severely felt
in the rural counties.
New Coal Companies. - Over
score of coal companies have been
granted Pennsylvania state charters
IN the last six or seven weeks, ac-
cording to records at the State Capt.
tol. In addition several companies
have received charter papers to en-
gage in coal dredging. The latter
companies are for the anthracite re-
gion and as the scarcity of coal con-
tinues it is expected that there Will
be further applications for letters
patent. The bulk of the companies
chartered to mine coal have been for
the bituminous region, some of them
having capitalizations of as high as
100000. The incorporation of coal
companies the last two years has
been the greatest ever known at the
Capitol.
Watch Cattle Feeds.-Suggestion
of vigilance in state supervision or
the cattle feeding stuffs being sold IN
Pennsylvania are contained in the
report of the analysis of over 1,2OO
samples made in 1917 by Chlet
Chemist ]. w. kellogg, of the State
Department of Agriculture. 1t is
stated that weed seeds and fiber ap-
peared in some feelings and in 9th
ers excessive amounts of oat hullsl
were discovered and in some ground
up peanut hulls. The restriction IN
the use Of certain by-products made
necessary many changes in formulas
and registrations, especially in the
grains from breweries and distiller-
les. Selling prices were reported to-
have generally advanced.
Public Service.-The Public Serv-
ice Commission, which will have exc
cutive sessions in this city Monday
and Tuesday, has scheduled hearings
for this city and Pittsburgh Wednes-
day and Thursday. Monday a con-
ference will be held here in the COM
plant of the Bradford Chamber of
Commerce against the proposed dis
continuance of the Pennsylvania
railroad station in that city. Wednes-
day the proposed sale of the Eddy
stone and Delaware River Railroad
Company to the Philadelphia, Balti-
more and Washington railroad and
several grade crossings in Philadel-
phia and Chester counties will come
up, together with the controversy
at Hanover between the Conewago
Gas Company and the Hanover and
McSherrystown Water Company.
Rich Withdraws. = NJ. B. Rich,
member of the last House from Gin
ton county, who was nominated for
Congress -at-Large on the Roosevelt
Progressive ticket by scattering
votes, to-day filed his withdrawal at
the State department; anint. comn,aints
were filed with the Public Service
Commission to-day by Arlington town.
ship, Montgom county; Haverford
township, Delaware county, and upper
Darby township, Delaware county.
against the new rates for fire pretec-
tion filed by the Springfield Consol-
idated Water Company. in accordance
with an order by the Public Service
Commission. 1t is alleged that they
are far greater than paid under the
old system because of the addition for
fines. A similar complaint was filed
a few days ago by Lower Merton
township, Montgomery county, which
alleged that the increase was over
1000 per cent. The complaints will
be sent to the Springfield Company
for answer.
Dr. Hull to Inquire. DR.. H. L.
Hull associate chief medical inspec-
tor of the Department of Health, will
go to Downingtown to make an in
Vestigation into the causes of the
typhoid outbreak in that vicinity.
Companies Fight. = The Slate Belt
Electric Company. which operates in
Northampton county, has filed com
plaint against the Pennsylvania Util-