Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-04

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they got them. The matter was
held over by the commission for fu-
ture decision. Some of the trolley
men subpened as witnesses by the
miners. demanded their fees at the
close of the hearing and when they
were not paid Immediately appeal
ed to the officers of the commission
who said they had no jurisdiction
in the matter
| Fish Activity-'Planting" of trout
| in thN state streams will be stop
| ped within a week or so to permit
large numbers of young Susque-
| hanna salmon or wall-eyed pike to
be sent out from the state hatcher
les. The early spring permitted
large distribution of trout to be
made, shipments being made from
the Bellefonte, Pleasant Mount and
| Cory hatcheries. The fish are all
of size to take care of themselves.
! Millions of young ciscoes are being
put in Lake Erie.
Lunch in the Open-The Pennsyl-
vania State Society, composed of
heads of departments of the state
| government, will have it's next
monthly luncheon in the open. Dur
! ing the rest of the year, the society
! has monthly luncheons at which Off
cials speak. The idea is to have the
members take an automobile ride to
a place in eastern Pennsylvania.
! Bids Too High.-State Highway
! Commissioner ]. Denny o'Neil to-day
! rejected the bids received on March
! 26 for the Improvement of the Wash
| ington Pittsburgh pike, because the
| prices submitted were too high. on
account of the Importance of this
| link, which connects Pittsburgh with
The famous old National pike and ties
up Pennsylvania system of high
ways with those of West Virginia
and the South, the State Highway
| Department is anxious to start con-
| struction. This section of roadway is
portion of one of the postal routes
! recommended by the Government.
! Ir order to secure competition and
! to enable contractors to bid with
| safety, this road has been separated
! into two sections and readvertised.
Bids will be opened on April %. The
| lids received on the same date for
| the construction of three miles of
| roadway between Bellwood and Ty-
rome were rejected on account of
| high prices. This road has been re-
| advertised and the bids will be open
! ed on April %.
New Officers.-Captain J. Kirk Nc
| Curdy, Swarthmore, First Infantry,
was to-day promoted to be major of
| infantry, and DR.. Edward a. Weiss
! Pittsburgh. appointed major in the
Medical Corps of the Reserve Militia.
Attack Increase.-An increase of
| fare from five TO six cents by the
| Waverly, Sayre and Athens Traction
| Co. was to-day declared in a COM
plant filed with the Public Service
| Commission by residents of Athens
to be improper and unjust as well
as contrary to a franchise ordinance.
Want Soldiers. - The Harrisburg
| State Insane Hospital. which has
| been designated to care for insane
| soldiers, has asked the War Depart
! rent through the Adjutant General
to detail soldiers as nurses. It is
claimed that the draft and other
causes have reduced the nursing
| force fifty per cent. and that men can
not be obtained. There are 500 pa
tients in the hospital, including a
few soldiers.
Cases Go over.-Owing to studies
! being made of the transit and high
way situation by the city of Bethle-
hem, hearings to have been held by
the Public. Service Commission on
changes by the Lehigh Valley Transit
| Co. were continued to-day by agree
ment.
Discussed Roads.-County Commits
sioners of Berks county to-day dis
cussed with Highway Commissioner
| O'Neil steps to improve portions of
! the William Penn and other state
highways in that county. Surveys
will be made in some places and
agreements on construction of sec
, tions to be post roads will be ar
! ranged.
! Tractor at MitcheIPs.-One of the
state tractors was to-day put to work
or one of the Mitchell farms at Beau
fort.
To Meet TO-mOrrOw.-The State
/ Forestry Commission will meet to-
morrow to discuss offers for land.
| Member Here-Dr. I. X. Urich,
member of the House from Lebanon
county, was at the Capitol
Smallpox SeriOuS. = The general
/ a serious condition in the state exists
as regards smallpox. New outbreaks
are being reported daily, and there
/ are probably a dozen counties where
! the disease prevails.
! formerly connected with the Depart
ment Of Health. now in the Army,
and DR.. T. A. II. Sites head of the
| Hamburg Sanatorium, called at the
offices of the Department of Health.
Krusen Mentioned. There has
been a revival of mention of the name
of DR.. Wilmer Krusen, Director of
| Health and Charities, Philadelphia,
as a likely appointee as Health Com
missioner to succeed the late Dr. Sam
| uel G.. Dixon. DR. Krusen is a noted
administrator as we'll as a health au
thority. His appointment, it is point
ed out would not be factional, as he
is friend of men in all wings of the
Republican party.
Old Age Pensions. - Old age pen
sions were discussed in executive ses-
! sion by members of the state COM
mission appointed for the purpose. in
| Philadelphia yesterday. Representa-
| tive James a. Maurer. of Reading,
chairman. said that the hearings will
| be continued in Harrisburg and Pitts
| burgh. The question taken up yes
jterday was the division of the eN-
| penses to be borne when the plan is
| in operation. Public hearings have
been held in. Philadelphia in the past
| The Legislature authorized the in
uuiry into the advisability of a state
pension system to protect workers
from a dependent old aCe.