Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-30

amendment to the code for safety
in construction and operation of
boilers.
A written request must be made
to the Department of Labor and In
dustry before boilers not Pennsyl-
rania standard may be installed and
operated and it must set information
concerning history and construction
of such boilers in order to determine
working pressure. The factor Of
safety must not be less than five
and this factor should be increased
each five years thereafter. ReSu-
lations arc also made for second
hand boilers and when the chemical
and physical properties in the shell
plate are not known the tensile
strength is to he assumed at certain
figures all boilers under that class
are 20 be inspected and tested by a
state inspector from the departm ent
before being operated.
State Wants To Know-Inqulries
are being made by the attorney gen.
erals deps rtment of various alder
men and justices of the peace who
have been reported to State Draft
headquarters as charging draft reg
istrants form making out question
naires. Some reports are that as
high as II dollar was charged not
withstanding the request that such
services he given free. In the case
of a notary public who inquired of
the attorney generals department
whether he could legally charge Il
notarial fee for taking the affidavit
of u registrant he was told that he
could do so, but that there were few
so unpatrotic as to make the charge.
Increases Filed.--Notices of IN
. 90, ..1H
the state Capitol as follows: Briggs
Machinery Co, Pittsburgh, $4,000
TO $4,000; Swain Hickman Co..
Philadelphia, $4,000 to $10O, 900;
Scottdale Ice Co, Scottdale, SIS, 900
to $4,000; Canonsburg Gas Coal
Co., Pittsburgh, $4,000 to $50, 900;
Industrial Warehouse and Transfer
Co, Philadelphia, $4,000 to SIS, 900;
Industrial Requirements Co., Phila-
delphia, $4,000 to $4,000; Pitts
burgh-Cumberland Oil and Gas Co.,
Pittsburgh, $4,000 to $4,000; Nom
roes Coal Mining Co., Philadelphia,
S65O,O00 to 100000; Penn Hosiery
Co, Reading, $4,000 to $4,000; The
Howard Anthracite Coal Co, Scran-
ton, $4,000 to $15O,00O; Central
Coal Co., Scranton, $4,000 to $780,
600; Kane Gasoline Co.. Kane.
$4,000 to $150,000: Wark Co, Phil
adelphia, $4,000 to 100000. The
North Chester Realty Co., Chester,
filed notice OF increase of stock from
$4,000 to $1SS,450 and bond issue
of $2,750,O00.
Checking Up.-Commencing this
week every application for charter
papers tiled at the Department of
the secretary of the commonwealth
is being followed up with a notice
TO the applicants of what the federal
government desires in the way of
conservation of capital. The federal
rulings have been printed and their
relation to The state government ex-
planned. Similar action is being ia
Ken in regard to notices of author
1ty to increase stock or bonds filed
by corporations.
Look For Action.-Decisions are
expected this week from the War
Industries board in regard to the
construction of the road links on Tho
pennsylvania State Highway system
the urgency of some projects having
peen submitted at Washington las.
Monday. Highway Commissioner I
Denny O'Neil who was at the CanitoI
says that with the State concentrat-
ing its road repair forces and ma
Chinery on the Lincoln Highway TO
lacllltate movement of army trucks
at greatly increased expense to the
department the State should be ner-
mltted TO receive materials for build
Ing OF sections needed To beIn alone