Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16

department, Will make one OF the
largest improvement operations in
that section of the State. The share
of the railroad Is fixed at $66,002;
northumberland county, $S2,27O;
State Highway Department, $32,-
O65.40: Public Service Commission,
$4,000, and West Chillisquaque
township $1,000. The county is to pay
half of the damages and the railroad
and the township to divide the rest.
The State Highway Department
to-day received bids for construction
fof the largest highway program 1t
= has ever submitted. over LAT miles
are included in the offer. There were
numerous bids and clerks will be
busy most of the day tabulating
them.
State farmers institutes, which
entered upon their third week yes
terday have been very satisfactorily
attended, according to reports which
have been reaching the State De-
partment of Agriculture and in a
number of instances special sessions
were held to discuss the lines OF
agricultural activity in which the
residents are engaged. The coun-
ties where institutes are being held
are Perry, Westmoreland, Tioga and
Huntingdon. The Perry institutes
are in Roseglen, Green Park, 1ckes-
burg and Blain, Representative c.
M. Bower presiding; Huntington
having Warriors Mark and Neff's
Mills, G. G. Hutchinson presiding.
The Public Service Commission has
taken the Mount Holly water case
under advisement. Argument was
heard yesterday.
Allegheny county viii receive more
commissions for justices of the peace
and other magistrates from the Gov
ernor'S office this month than any
county in the State. Owing to the
fact that it has more boroughs than
any other county and a number of
townships equal to some of the lar
ger counties withal Allegheny has
. the largest list of justices and the
bundle of commissions to be sent to
the recorder will be impressive. Most
of it's county offices will also be COM
miss ioned by the Governor who is
expected to sign the parchments next
week. A count of notaries public
made recently, showed that Philadel-
phia had over 5000 in commission,
but that Allegheny has over 1900
who are now in Office.
Major General William G. Price,
, commander of the National Guard,
which is now being organized, is
planning another visit to Pittsburgh
during the coming week. The Cen
eral has been visiting communities
in the eastern part of the State to
assist in the organization of new
units and this week after a visit to
some of the middle sections will be in
Pittsburgh to meet colonies and
Guard affairs.
The Eastern Pennsylvania Rail-
ways Company, operating in Schuyl-
kill and Carbon counties has been
directed by the Public Service Com
, mission to within 10 days reduce the
cost of miners books from $3.50 to
So, to be at the rate of 6 cents a
ticket, and to make a traffic check
particularly in connection with the
zones affecting Summit Hill, Coalport
and Brockton and submit it to the
Commission before February /. The
! decision, written by Commissioners
James S. Benn and Samuel M. Gle
. ment, Jr, says that since April last
year there have been wage increases
amounting to 65 per cent with cor
responding increases in fares, which
caused protests from miners unions.
The decision says that balance sheets
of the company show that the sale
of miners tickets and operation of
J miners cars is the most Improbable
item and a monthly deficit results
from the operation of such cars the
Commission feeling that it should
not order the business to be cone
Quoted at a loss until next April
when the wage scale of the miners
may change, therefore makes the
ticket rate at 6 cents, which would
about cover the actual cost, effective
until April 1.
Tho first 1920 automobile license
tags were issued by the State Au-
tomobiIe Bureau last night. More
than 100000 applications have been
filed for the new licenses and 1000
tags were in the first shipment. The
new tags are blue and white without
the keystone. ONCE deliveries Will
start Wednesday.
Several suggestions for radical
changes in the State government to
be considered by the State Constitu-
tional Revision Commission when it
meets here on Wednesday afternoon
have been received at the Capitol.
and along with such others as may
come will be sent to the prop COM
mittees for consideration. Possible
changes in the Constitution have oc-
cupied attention of a number of per-
sons who have been sending their
views to various departments, the
correspondence on the subject being
decidedly varied. 1t Is probable that
when the Commission reconVenes this
| week that IL may near some remarks
by the Governor, but it is understood
that the position he takes is that
the Commission should itself de-
; termine what to do. Since the Com
mission adjourned Thursday legisla-
tive power to name the present Com
mission a constitutional convention
has been the object of considerable
. study.
Some very interesting political de-
velopments have been noted in Phil
. adelphia the last few days. Mayor
Elect j. III. Moore has let 1t be
known that the same independence
which characterized the selection of
his cabinet appointments will rule
in other appointments. District At
torney S. z. Rotan, who has been at
odds with the Smith administration
Department of Public Safety for
years, has announced that he will
cooperate with the Moore admins
tration to the limit. The Moore
councilmen are getting ready to meet
to outline their plans and the re-
formers are demanding that the old
Blankenburg civil service commits
sion be named again. Mayor Smith
is signing numerous ordinances for
1.-THE closeup of the administration.
Governor SDroul was the speaker
last night at the annual meeting of
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