Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22

trio service rates of the Jefferson /
Electric Company. including a war
surcharge," should be dismissed. At
the same time the Company is order
led to file before April IS, 1920, a !
new set of rates or show cause why |
revision of its tariff under proper
operating economies could not be
made under conditions then existing
The complainants contended that
the Company should not pay more
than IS ton for coal, but the COM
mission fails to find that a lower
rate per ton would have afforded
much relief to the-complainants. eff
utility is expected to render pro-
| per and adequate service under nor
NAL conditions" says the decision,
The balance between gross receipts
and proper operating expenses must
De maintained at approximately the
| same level as was found proper and
necessary under normal conditions"
Attention is also called to the fact
that the war surcharge" is to be
Withdrawn when conditions become
| normal.
state Is Acting-The State Live
STOCK Sanitary Board is preparing
TOT energetic enforcement of the
quarantine imposed against any ship
tiIehts or movements of hogs, except
ior immediate slaughter in a num-
Der counties which was announced
yesterday. Reports have come of
serious conditions in several fields
ana each county has been notified of
the restrictions. In addition. agents
Oh tne State and farm bureaus will
oe asked to organize for cooperation
WIN farmers and shippers.
| theckinS Up - Auditor General
oharles A. Snyder has began an in
| INestigauon of mercantile tax returns
made this year by Allegheny county
business men, and it is sid he has
/ sent a score or more of his investi
gators into the county for the pur-
pose of checking up on figures re-
turned last year. The returns each
year are based on the business of
the preceding year and it has come
10 the notice of the Auditor General,
IL Is SAID, that although the business
in all lines of merchandise last wear
was the best the country has seen
IN many years. returns this wear are
below what was expected. A heavy
penalty is imposed for making false
| returns.
| Telephone Case Cp-The question
OF what is the best system for regis
terlng outgoing telephone calls was
argued at length before the Public
| service Commission by counsel of
the United Business Mems Associa-
hon of Philadelphia and the Bell
Telephone Company as the final
steps in the controversy between the
association and the Company over
the method employed in Philadel-
| phla' The association contended
| that the present system is inadequate
and the Company's counsel insisted
that 1t was the best that could be
| devised. The association suggested
meters or registers such as are used
IN Baltimore and in some New Eng
land cities. to which the Company
objected. saying they would not be
an Improvement and would be cost
| II. Franklin Bridges appeared as
counsel for the Company with Ser
| gus Grace. engineer in charge of
such equipment, while G.. A. Wick.
| william Mentzinger and others ap-
peared for the business men. The
| commission asked for briefs.
| New Notaries-A series of new
notaries public was named by the
Governor last night. Among them
were Mary z. Hite. Harrisburg:
Grace A. Anderson. Williamsport; r.
j. Click, Shamokin.
No Scranton Decision-No deci-
sion in the Scranton railway fare
case was rendered by the Public
Service Commission last evening. ItI
| does not seem to have been ready.
Colonel Foster Here-Colonel s d
Foster, former chief engineer of the
state Highway Department and late
ly In France on the staff of General
w. G. Price, Jr., commanding the
pennsylvania artillery. was at the
| Capitol. He just landed week ago.
Ex-Senators Here - Ex-Senators
John NJ. Scott, Ernest l.. Tustin and
Charles l.. Brown, of Philadelphia.
were at the Capitol.