Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-29

16, Philadelphia, elevators; Decem-
ber II, Philadelphia, scaffolding.
DIR. George III. Ashley, the State
Geologist, who has just returned
from visit of inspection to the
new gas fields in Western Pennsyl-
vania, to-day declared that if half
the gas wells now projected in the
McKeesport gas district are drilled
the immediate field will do well to
last two years as a large producer
of gas" He made this statement
in report to Secretary of Internal
Affairs James f. Woodward. He said
that "a few wells judiciously placed
and supplemented from time to time
in the McKeesport district might
supply that citys industries for half
a century TO come" The site of the
gas supply just struck resembles old
days in the oilNnd gas field and there
is much activity in sales.
Silas S. Hall, of Bentlcyville, has
been appointed a State mine inspec-
tor for that section of Washington
county. He succeeds r. j. Wath. re-
signed.
Two big State road building con-
tracts have been awarded to Phila-
delphia concerns. The Benjamin
Company was awarded 20,902 feet
of concrete roadway is feet wide
between Morrisville and Tullytown,
Bucks county. at S144,0S5.50, and
the Philadelphia Paving Company,
1883 feet of State-aid road btu
minous mixture construction be-
tween Yellow House and Douglass
Vile, Berks county, at $50, 0,42S.75.
T. NJ. Gill Company, of Binghamp-
ton, n. Y, was awarded 1925 feet
of reinforced concrete roadway in
Wysox and Rome townships, Brad
ford county, at S150,56S.09. and E.
NJ. Love 81 Son. Cory 1900 feet
near Northeast, Erie county, at $72,-
$3.50.
Ex-senator NJ. X. Henningcr, new
Judge-elect of Lehigh, was here yes
terday.
Philadelphia jitncy owners are
commencing to rush for State certif-
icates. Over go will be given hear
ings in Philadelphia on December 10.
The Mount Holly Springs Electric
Company complaint will be heard
by the Public Service Commission
on Wednesday.
The Public Service Commission
has dismissed complaints against the
new fare schedule of the Lehigh
Valley Transit Company by the bor-
oughs of Catasauqua, Emaus and
North Catasauqua and Whitehall
township and residents of Lehigh
county with two orders for the sale
of round "trip tickets at reduced rates
between certain points in Allentown
and Emaus and in Hokendauqua and
Catasauqua. The Commission found
that the increased rates would not
produce revenue in excess of proper
charges and refused to change the
zones, except in one Instance where
Il change was made to meet a pc
culiar local condition. The right to
withdraw rates for round-trip tick
cts between several points was
granted.
The first of the farmers institutes
arranged upon the new plan of the
State Department of Agriculture
will be held next week in Cumber-
land, Greene and Susquehanna coun-
ties. At each of these meetings there
will be State lecturers qualified to
speak upon the specialized line of
farming, stock raising or other ac-
tivity in the county and it is planned
to make the institutes a clearing
house for information and questions.
The Public Service Commission
will have the largest calendar in
months for next week.. Monday ar
gument will be heard in over so COM
plants against the Pittsburgh Rail-
ways Company and hearings will be
held here on three remaining days
of the week. Thursday 40 electric
companies to operate in Clarion and
other western counties will ask
charters. Thursday and Friday hear
ings will be held in Philadelphia in
complaints against the Philadelphia
Suburban Gas and Electric and
Eastern Pennsylvania Railways and
Lehigh Valley Light and Power
companies. Executive sessions will
be held Tuesday.
The day of the S11,O0O,OOO build
ing and loan association is here. A
number of such associations have
been chartered for $1O,000,000
authorized capital, but the first to
be incorporated for n larger sum
has just been recorded. Seven build
ing and loan associations chartered
the last few days, all for Philadel-
phia, represent an aggregate capital
of $21,000,000. Last week the capital
represented by associations chartered
was over SIS, 100000.
Auditor General Snyder was wired
congratulations on the record of col
lections by his department to-day.
Harry S. McDevitt, secretary to
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