Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-29

Company, of Reading, for answer
| the complaint of several iron and
steel companies of Reading, Leban-
on and Birdsboro against the pro-
posed new rates of the company. 1t
is one of the largest electric cases
outside of Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh to come up. The Commission
will sit in Harrisburg, Williamsport
and Philadelphia tomorrow.
The State Police Department will
enlist twelve men for the five troops
at an examination to be held here
Saturday.
| Members of. the Public Service
Commission last night approved the
| preliminary report of Commission
ers Samuel M Clement, Jr., and
James S. Benn on the hearing held
in Philadelphia on the taXicab and
| jitney situation and have authorized
the making of arrangements for eX-
peditious handling of applications
for certificates under the new regu-
| lations. Reports have also been
made and approved on the hearings
held in jitney cases in Pittsburgh.
The Commission is expecting that
| the proposed ordinance in Philadel-
phia and the new regulations in
I Will ltiiiy lCo9Sh SAAS
number of illegal operators of such
vehicles.
Governor Sproul has sent the fol-
lowing telegram to the White House
| upon the Presidents statement on
the threatened coal strike THE
Presidents statement on the coal
strike situation is superb. You may
| count upon the complete co-opera-
ton of Pennsylvania in such plans
as he may decide are necessary in
this great emergency. Public senti-
] ment in this industrial State will
| back him up in his courageous and
patriotic stand. Command us when
we may be of service"
State Health authorities have
called attention to the dangers of
| mistaken diagnosis in smallpox
| cases in the situation in the Goddard
| family at Parnassus. Three persons
I who had not been Vaccinated are
i down with the disease, a quarantine
! for chicken poX having been estab-
| lished. Five others are under quar-
| antine because of contact.
Street railways operating at Jer-
/ sey Shore and at Williamsport en-
tered protests before the Public
Service Commission against grant
| ing certificates to operate jitneys to
from Jersey Shore to Antes Fort and
c. ]. Kahler, who wants to run be-
tween Williamsport and Picture
| Rocks. The point made was that
| trolley service is sufficient.
Officers of the Auditor Generals
department believe that something
| like a million dollars has been re-
ported by Pennsylvania banks and
trust companies as liable to escheat
to the State as unclaimed bank de-
posits. The constitutionality of the
act for escheating has been upheld
by the courts and the procedure will
come up for hearing in the Dauphin
county court next month. 1t is
thought that more will be discoY-
cred.
The Public Service Commission in
an opinion by Chairman Ainey has
directed the Home Heating Com
pany, of Erie, to make ar extension
of mains and also if it desires tenn
| porary assistance to accept loans for
| the purpose of making the extension
| from TT. n. Fleming, the complain
ant. The Commission says that the
companys obligation to render pub
| lie service requires this extension to
| be made and that the laying of
mains should be accompanied by
some assurance of continued patron
age and consequent revenues" 1t is
suggested that the guaranty be not
less than $1,000 annually. This is
the first order of the kind to be
made.
Governor SprouI finished his
speech making in Massachusetts
with many complim entary things
said about him. He has been invit-
ed to speak in Philadelphia.
Propagation and preservation of
fish during the winter were taken up
yesterday afternoon at a meeting of
the Board of Fish Commissioners in
Philadelphia Monday. The impor-
tance of the various fish hatcheries
scattered throughout the State was
the subject of several addresses.
These hatcheries are located at
Torresdale, Cory, Union City, Belle-
fonte and Pleasant Mount. Their
yearly capacity is the breeding of
100000 fish. Fish hatched are not
put out Immediately, but held for n
year in order that there may be
greater chance of their surviving
, The distribution of these different
species of fish Matched and put out
in the State waters was also dis
cussed. Nathan R. Butler, Commits
sioner of Fisheries, stated that all
streams and lakes in the State have
been stocked with trout, bass, cat
fish, bluegills and yellow perch.
Redemption of the rebate slips is
sued by the, Scranton Railway COM
pany to its patrons when it in
creased its fare first to six and later
to eight cents, previous to the ruling
of the Public Service Commission
last May, is asked for by the city of
Scranton in its paper book in the
appeal from the Commissions de-