Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30

town, $4,000, Herman J. Widmann; !;
Wilcox & McCaffrey Co., insurance,
etc., Bridgeville, $4,000. II. ]. Will
cox.
Objects to Advance-Ernest M.
Gress, of Pittsburgh, to-day filed
complaint with the Public Service
Commission against the increase of
fare by the Pittsburgh Railways
Company.
Armory Board-Members of the
State Armory Board arranged for
newly appointed officers of the Re-
serve Militia to assume duties on
the local armory boards and out
lined the repairs and maintenance
program for the YEAR for the forty
eight armories which are state prop
erty. Most of these armories will
be used by units of the new Reserve
Militia. The completion of the re-
pairs to the Scranton armory was
authorized on a report from a citi-
zens' advisory Committee. Owing to
delayed trains some of the members
were late in arriving and enough
reached here to make a quorum.
To Address Canadianse-Comm
sioner of Fisheries Butler, who has
been in touch with the state hatch
cries throughout the severe weather,
says that they have stood the con-
ditions very we'll and that things
are getting into shape for spring
work. The commissioner has ac-
cepted an invitation to address the
fishermen of the north sltore of Lake
Erie at their annual convention at
Thomas, Ont, on February IS.
Crow Meets Pcople.-Senator Will
lam e. Crow, who was here last
evening, met n number of Capitol
Hill people.
Case Under Advisement. - The
Shamokin and Mt. Carmel Com
pany's increase of fare which was
protested yesterday before the Pub
lie Service Commission was taken
under advisement.
Largely Acknowledgements from
the York county farmers institutes
are that they are we'll attended in
spite of the weather which put a
crimp in Mondays session.
Will Sit Hcre.-The Old Age PEN
sion Commission which began ses-
Sions at Philadelphia yesterday will
have a sitting here to hear sugges-
tions. Meetings will also be held
in Pittsburgh and Scranton.
Smulls Handbook Out.-The first
copies of Smulls legislative hand
book for 1917 made their appear
ance last night. They were well
coined and a good many inquiries
as to delay were made.
Speaking Up Statc.--Dr. J. George
Becht, secretary of the State Board
of Education, left last night to ad-
dress teachers in Elk and Warren
counties.
Boom Canal Again.-The biennial
movement to have the Schuylkill
canal revived to help the coal situ-
alton in that valley has appeared at
Reading. The government is now
asked to take it up.
Company Ends. - Capitol Hill
heard to-day with interest that at
Lebanon yesterday the Berks and
Dauphin Turnpike Company, an or
Ganization which existed for hun
dred years, as owner of the main
highway between Harrisburg and
Reading, passed into history when
Judge Henry granted the petition OF
the corporation for dissolution. The
turnpike was recently purchased by
the state and the road is a part of
the William Penn Highway. The
order for dissolution provides for the
filing of an account, to be followed
by the appointment of an auditor to
distribute u balance of approximate
ly $4,000. The other $35,000 of
the sale price was distributed to the
shareholders shortly after the pike
was freed.