Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-18
MORE WORK AND
SMALLER FORCE
Public Service Commission
Adopts Plan to Speed Up
Its Bureau Efficiency


| ing, is to be handled with fewer
| people and more system as the result
of series of changes to become eff
| fective on November /. Confronted
with the necessity of bringing its
expenditures, outside of statutory
and specific salaries within $215,-
/ 600 for two years instead of $685.
900, the Commission has adopted the
report of a committee of its men,
bers who have made study of the
methods in use and determined upon
series of readjustments and speed
ing up of efficiency.
The place of marshal. paying
$4,000 a year, and filled by William
| II. Hartman, of Philadelphia, will
be vacated and Mr.. Hartman take
the place of j. II. Nugent. Philadel-
phia, inspector ut $1,S00 year,
while William S. Seibert, Pittsburgh,
will he transferred from the execu-
tive offices to the bureau of rates
and tariffs as assistant chief. the
position of Oliver ID. Schoch, Ham
burg, being discontinued. ii. r.
EhlerS, chief of rates and tariffs, VIII
become assistant engineer at an ad-
vance in salary, Paul II. Fickensher,
Philadelphia, assistant chief, being
promoted To chief. The positions of
j. H. Smith, Pittsburgh. clerk, who
resigned; Thomas ]. Mawhinney,
Philadelphia, laboratory assistant.
and II. u. Hirsh, Pittsburgh. reporter
clerk. being discontinued. The Board
OF Grounds and Buildings will take
over the janitor service, thus saving
the cost of two persons.
Officers of the Commission say
that to bring the readjustment
within the funds at hand, positions
had to be consolidated and changed,
while some advances be given to
the technical experts to hold them
in State service in view of outside
competition for men trained in spe-
cial lines. 1t is expected that the
reorganization which has been ru-
mored on Capitol Hill for some time,
will add to the efficiency not only
of the bureaus, but of the general
business of the Commission which
has increased over 100 per cent in
year.
1t is probable that Oliver ID.
Schoch, of the Public Service Com
mission staff. who will retire short
ly, will take up work in another
branch of the State government. Mr..
Schoch, by reason of his long serv-
ice here, is one of the best posted
men on Capitol Hill matters and
while no announcement has been
made he will shortly be assigned to
q new post.
State Game Commission officials
say that if the registration of hunt
ers for licenses keeps up at the rate
that it has been going for some time
there will be close to 325.000 hunt
ers licensed this year and the record
of $1,000 made last year will be
broken. The proximity of the open
ing of the small game bird season
next Monday has had the effect
of causing a rush for licenses and
there have been requests made by
some counties for more licenses. Fay
ette, Philadelphia, Lancaster and
Dauphin are counties which have
gone ahead of the license issue at
this time last year and Berks. York,
Washington. Mont gomery, Chester
and other eastern counties report
brisk demand. The bear, blackbird,
snipe. rail. reed bird. raccoon, wood
cock and water fowl seasons are
now on and Monday will see the
opening of the season for quail
pheasants, grouse and squirrels. The
rabbit season starts with November
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last two weeks of November. deer
hunting being the first fifteen days
of December. Many of the appli-
cants for licenses are returned SOL
diers.
Senator Richard j. Baldwin is an
early bird. He came here vest" day
afternon to look after some business
at the Capitol and was at most of
the offices before the attaches got
around.
DR.. Franklin Roger. formerly with
the State Department of Health. who
is to become the executive office of
the Halifax Health Commission will
sail for Nova Scotia this month.
James III. Maurcr, president of the
State Federation of Labor. who has
been in Pittsburgh the last few days
is to speak at Reading tomorrow
night and it is expected that he will
answer Governor William c. Sproul
in the State Police matter.
According to word from Philadlel-
phia three of the big Ware leaders
last night went over to Congressman
j. Hampton Moore and agreed to
cooperate with him in his campaign.
They were Senator David Martin.
Coroner w. r. Knight and C. B.
Hall. all well known on Capitol Hill.
Much interest has been aroused
at the Capitol by the demand of the
Schuykill teachers yesterday for
minimum salaries of $1,000.
At the Welfare hearing on rent
profiteering yesterday Frank e.
McClain the director, said that he
would launch a project of having all
leases made safe for tenants until
April l
Adjutant General Beary has
directed the newly appointed memb-
bers of the National Guard staff to
report to General w. G.. Price at
once.
A respite was issued to-day stay-
ing the execution of Broneslaw
Bednoriki. Beaver, from the week of
October 20 to the week of Decem
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