Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-22

zlazzaaz 1917 and 1918 y
grand total of $12,296,S47.89 was
paid either disabled persons or fam
lilies of those killed, while $14,S86,-
312.0S represents awards contracted
in fatal cases. OF the money eX-
pended for relief of victims, $3,138,-
O14.O9 was paid in fatal cases the
burden being carried as follows. Ex-
empted companies $2.002,239.74; in
surance companies $S69,791.26 and
state Workmen's Insurance Fund
$265, 5,9SS.09.
Disbursements for relief of dis
ability cases during the first three
years aggregated s9,15S,S3S.76. of
which exempted companies paid $4,-
322, 944.65 and insurance companies
$4,4SG, ,10S.5S.
In the three years 195,150 agree
ments between employers and en-
ployes have been approved by the
compensation board, 65,574 being in
1918.
, The. statment says that the news
| papers of the State aided greatly in
the dissemination of information as
to decisions and rulings which be-
came precedents and this policy "has
tended to relieve the system of
numerous absurd claims"
Attention is called to the efforts to
establish a system for habilitation
OF wounded, the fact that 4,448,929
| papers have been handled, the work
of Pennsylvania told to the officials
OF other States, while the Board has
in effect been travelling tribunal
in that 1t has gone to numerous
| places to hold hearings.
| work of the referees is praised
and recommendation made that the
number of referees should be in
creased.
To Abolish Crossings-The Cum
berland Valley Railroad Company
has applied to the Public Service
Commission for approval of the plan
to abolish grade crossings in Cum
J berland county, one known as the
Britton road in Southampton town.
ship and two in Newton which it is
proposed to do away with in favor
of an above grade crossing. They
will be heard Thursday. The Val
! ley railways cases come up April 8.
To Enlist Vctcrans-Plans to en-
| list number of men being dis
charged from the army in the State
Police Department are being made
by Acting Superintendent George f.
Lumb, of the State Police. Numer-
GUS inquiries have been made by men
just out of the service as to the pay
and duty requirements of the State
| force and it is believed that vacan-
cies of long standing will soon be
| filed.
Many Ask Charters-Activity in
the applications for charters from
the State which became so marked
a month and does not seem to have
abated and this week almost forty
were acted upon by Governor Will
liam c. Sproul. In the number were
several Philadelphia building and
associations.
Many Hcarings-A series of hear
ings has been scheduled for Harris
burg Warren and Pittsburgh next
week by the Public Service Commits
sion, all of Monday to be devoted to
arguments, the rates of the High
land Gas Company, Harrisburg Light
and Power Company, (steam depart
ment); American Natural Gas Com
pany, and Dubois and Jefferson
Electric Company, being scheduled
to be heard finally. The question of
the legality of the "coal and labor
charge" in electric contracts is
raised by complaint against the
West Penn Power Company, which
is to be heard at Pittsburgh where
on Thursday a number of jitney op-
orators will be called to answer a
complaint started on the commits
sion's own motion to ascertain by
what authority they operate.
Board to Sit-The State Compen-
sation Board has announced that it
will sit in Harrisburg April and in
Philadelphia April 2, and 4. Hear
| ings will be held in other cities dur
| ing the month.
Licenses Run High-Application
| for automobile licenses at the State
| Highway Department automobile
registration bureau is still keeping
up and it is expected that the total
| registrations to April 1 will break
] all records.