Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-21

i Gus crossing when
the interest of the public are con-
cerned and that the property being
1900 feet away from the crossing
they are not entitled to damages.
This decision. which will have
some effect upon other cases, was
given in the claim of Morris T. Phil
lips and James Scully for damages
alleged to have been caused by clos
ing of what is known as the Red
Road" in Valley township, Chester.
This road connects with the Lincoln
highway and the Valley road. The
claimants set forth that the clos
ing of the crossing over the Penn
sylvania railroad would force them
to make a new longer and harder
haul for their product The COM
mission says The abolition of the
crossing will undoubtedly incon-
Venience the applicants. but it is an
exercise of a power of government
for the benefit OF the people as a
whole. In the interest OF safety,
the State refuses to permit persons
to cross the tracks at the point in
question. In our opinion. the prop
erty of the applicants is not ad-
1acent to the crossing which has
been abolished"
Commissioner John Killing dis
sented.
Rains General-Practicall every
county in Pennsylvania is reporting
heavy rains and considerable wash
ing of roads and fields. In some
sections much harm has been done
to orchards and growing corn. but
IL is believed that with return of
clear weather much of what now
seems loss will be overcome. State
Department of Agriculture officials
say that in some sections the rain
fall is greater than known in July
in years. 1t has interfered to a
certain extent with work on State
highway improvements in southern
counties.
War Work Rcflex-Activity of the
last year and a half in coal mining
and shipbuilding industries in Penn
sylvania Is commencing to be re-
fected in compensation claims COM
Ing before the State Board. Over
score of recent decisions cover
claims arising in these industries
alone, while most of the rest are in
steel manufacturing. Rehearings
granted include Triggs vs. Merchants
Shipbuilding Co.. Bristol: Neff VS.
American International Shipbuild-
ing Co., Philadelphia; Onofrey VS.
susquehanna Colleries Co. wilkes
Barre; and Sipple VS. Lackawanna
railroad.
To Test Code-Tests of the State
dog license code OF 1917 will be
made in the courts of half a dozen
eastern Pennsylvania counties at the
coming fall terms because of activity
Of State Game Officials and State
Police in enforcing the law. Many
farmers were found not to have taken
out dog license and on refusal
20 pay the cases were returned to
court so that further tests can be
made. Numerous arrests of aliens
for owning dogs have also been
made.
Road Rewards-Plans for putting
Into effect the new township road
reward law. which allows one third
Of cost for improvements of various
kinds en- highways and bridges are
being made at the State Highway
Department and the first aid will
be distributed at the close of the
present season. The new law, which
was approved together with an ap-
preparation OF $1,000. 600, gives the
bureau of township highways au-
thority to receive and act on petit
lions for rewards. The approprta-
ton will likely be divided into two
equal parts, one for each year of the
biennial appropriation period.
Quarantine Code-Copies of the
new quarantine code are being
printed for the State Department of