Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-06

sylvania had large loss which was
accounted preHentable and noted
| that in Europe statistics showed a
! fire loss of 80 cents per capita
against s2.63 in the United States.
The anniversary OF the great Chi
cago fire has been designated as
Patriotic Fire Prevention Day in
Pennsylvania" says Mr.. Butz, land
all citizens are urged as form of
activity for prevention of fires to
unite in naming a fire prevention
committee for every city, borough.
town and township in the State, to
hold fire prevention meetings and
facilitate inspection of property by
members of fire departments, Boy
Scouts and citizens committees to
! secure observance of fire preven-
ton day by appropriate exercises in
the schools, to urge short talks by
employers on necessity of fire pre-
cautions and observance OF fire drills
in institutions, factories and other
establishments"
1t is also urged that there be a
clean up of rubbish. inspection OF
heating apparatus, chimneys, public
places and other places where COM
| ing Of cold weather may cause fire
hazards.
The State Highway Department
to-day issued n list or nine new de-
tours on State highways caused by
construction operations. They in
clude near Cornwall in Lebanon
county: Mohrsville TO Schuylkill;
Haven in Berks and Schuylkill:
Unionville, Neffsville and Schencks-
Vile to Lehigh; Jenners Boswell and
Salisbury in Somerset, the latter on
the National pike, near New Brigh-
IN, Taox-pr. PrnnlN-flla En1GF-
ickville in Jefferson. and Clearffeid.
| Curwensville and Chester Hill IN
Clearfield.
Four of the State employment
agencies which were conducted rs
emergency propositions during the
war by the State Council of National
Defense and the State Welfare Com
mission will be retained for the pres
ent in addition to the five regular
agencies when the State Depart
ment of Labor and Industry resumes
supervision Of such agencies this
month. The agencies which have
been operated by the State at its
own expense since the Federal
authorities withdrew from this field
are to be closed. The regular agen-
cies to be maintained will be Pitts
burgh, Johnstown. Altoona, Harris
I burg and Philadelphia The tempo
rary agencies to be retained will be
Erie, Williamsport Scranton and
Reading.
These PENNSYLVANIA corporations
have filed notices OF increase OF
stock or debt at the Public Service
Commission: Metropolitan Edison
Co, Reading. bonds. $4,000; Stone
Hill Water Co, Housewife, common
stock, $4,000; Edison Electric Co,
Manchester. bonds s205,500 To-
wanda Electric Illuminating Co,
! Towanda, bonds. $4,000: Pennsyl-
vania Utilities Co, Easton. bonds,
ssS,5O0; Washington Township Elec-
trio Light Co.. Allentown, common
stock, $500; Eastern Pennsylvania
Railways Co, Pottsville, bonds,
s20,5oo.
The Uykens Valley Light and
Power Co., which operates in upper
Dauphin and western Schuylkill
counties. has filed action with the
Public Service Commission that if
has increased rates. eliminated dis
counts and omitted the coal clause
from contracts. Other increases
filed were by the Lehigh Valley
Transit and Philadelphia and West
ern Railway companies, which ad-
vanced one-way fares; Citizens
Traction Co.. Oil City. advance in
freight rates; Clarion Natural Gas
Co, Wilcox, Bentleyville Telephone
Co., Bentleyvtlle, which puts on a
connection charge and eliminates
special rates for drug stores and