Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-28

ing rabbits before the season opens.
aliens having quail, allowing dogs
to run deer, unnaturalized man
hunting. killing does, hunting on
Sunday. killing pheasants in closed
counties, shooting deer out of sea-
son and allowing dogs to chase small
game. The fish law violation includ-
ed outlines in trout streams, sunday
fishing, using trapnets and shooting
fish.
Many Complaints.-Thirt COM
plants mainly involving advances in
rates or failure to give service on The
part of public utilities are sched-
uled for the hearings to be held in
Harrisburg, Pittsburgh and Sharon
by the Public Service Commission
next week. The biggest cases are
those from Reading, Birdsboro and
Lebanon against the new rates of the
Metropolitan Edison Co., Lancaster
and Miffiin county turnpikes. Chester
and Dauphin gas, Lebanon county
electric, Lehigh Valley trolley and
Lawrence county electric railway
rates are involved in the controve:-
sizes.
Building Rules.-The State Coun-
Gil of National Defense which has
offices in Philadelphia and receives
$4,000 per month from the State
Treasury for expenses, has issued Il
rule that no building may be erect
ed on Pennsylvania farms costing
more than $1,000 without a permit
and that after November l no re-
pair work can be done on roads in
the state without a permit. The
council is rapidly evolving a system
which will be interesting for future
historians to study. The report of
it's expenditures will also afford much
entertaining reading when the next
Legislature meets.
Fewer Stops. - Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh trolley systems have fall
len in with the suggestion of the
Public Service Commission that there
be fewer stops and Philadelphia has
cut out many of them.
Hope For Permission.-As a re-
suit of inspections made by govern
ment experts this week Highway
Commissioner ]. Denny O'Neil is
hopeful that permission to get ma
terials for nine important road pro-
jects can be obtained. Mr.. O'Neil
has made urgent representations at
Washington against the course
adopted in regard to new road con-
struction in Pennsylvania which is
one of the big munitions producers
and whose highways are used by
thousands OF trucks moving to
camps and easing the strain on rail-
roads.
Attended Conference.-Dr. H. L.
Hull, of The State Department of
Health, was at Bethlehem attend
ing conferences in regarding to
means for combating influenza. Con-
ferences are being held on the sub
ject in Philadelphia to-day.
Fishman Case Ends-The Public
Service Commission to-day dismiss
ed the complaint filed by Samuel
Ffshman, of this city, against the
Harrisburg Light and Power Com
pany about heat service for one of
his properties. The commission says
that the connections of many dis
tributing pipes are faulty; radiating
service is not sufficient to obtain
temperature demanded and that
some changes have been made lately
to increase efficiency.
Posters Bloom-Capitol Hill bios
somed out to-daN with Liberty Loan
posters, big display being made in
the office of the Governor.
To Give Up Bulletin-Dairy and
Food Commissioner James Foust is
planning to abandon the publication
of the bulletin of his division owing
to the delays in issuance and the
lack of demand for the data about
prosecutions contained in it.
New Nominees-O. D. Brubaker,
of Bird in Hand, was to-day sub
for H. F. Dittman as Pro-
candidate for Congress-at-
Large, and T. A. Hay, Republican
candidate for Senator in the North
ampton district, named for Senator
and John Hoffman, for Assembly in
county on Prohibition
ticket.
Boroughs Object-Four boroughs
to-day filed complaints before the
Public Service Commission against
public utilities. Tamaqua complained
against rates of the Eastern Penn
sylvania Light, Heat and Power
South Brownsville school
district against the Brownsville
Water Company schedule of rates;
Leetsdale against Edgeworth Water
Company rates, and Plymouth
against Wilkes Barre railway fares.
Complaints against rates of the Sink
ing Spring Water Company and Met
ropolitan Ediso Company, of Berks
county, were also filed by corpora
tions or individuals.
Charge Violation-The New Jersey
Zinc Company, charged before the
Public Service Commission to-day
that the Central Railroad of New
Jersey had disregarded an order of
the Commission fixing coal carrying
rates made in February of last year,
and that it is continuing to charge
the old rates.
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