Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-04
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One of the things which the new
chamber of Commerce might take up
Is the flashing to the travelling public
'hat Harrisburg is nigh. The Penn
syiVania Steel Company's great cleo
tric sign at Steelton can be seen for
iniies and attracts attention of thou
sands and the Elliott Fisher sign is
one which heralds to the world the
industrial Importance of the city.
ihese are in the lower end and people
OH the Philadelphia end of the Penn
syivania- the Northern Central and
the Cumberland Valley can see them.
6us there Is nothing in the north end
ana nothing In the east end. When q
Train speeds over the Rockville bridge
the scores of lights mark EnoIa and
the upper end of the Harrisburg yards
an. nna the glow of the thousands of
ilghts announces that the gates of the
state Capital are about to open. The
river shore above the city, or near the
rockville bridge. would be a fine place
Ior d site to flash out the location and
even one of the islands might be
9sed. The traveller on the Reading
GOES not get much idea that he is
enIerlng Harrisburg until the train
puiis out OF the cut and the lights of
the Mulberry street bridge flash into
sight other cities have great electric
signs that are talked about all over the
Iand ana which are beacons of progress
ana some of the smaller places have
the same devices. Even little Mount
mon mas a big electric sign to help
lts blazing kilns tell the traveller
by" eoAe
John Price Jackson, the Commits
sloner OF Labor and Industry. has one
OF the largest families in the State
ana they are all boys" They are the
graduates Of State. College while he
was at the head of the big department
OF electrical engineering and they are
socheea IN every county. The "dean."
as ne is known to thousands, is forced
TO stop and shake hands with grad
uates every place he goes and it's a
Wonder the way he manages to recall
names and faces. Almost every time
the commissioner gets on a train he
meets one of the "boys'' and he sits
life. 1'i'eee
Among those who attended the
funeral Of General Beaver at Belle
1onte yesterday were three notable
yeterans-General John P. Taylor, OF
Juhlata county, who commanded the
famous Juniata Cavalry, or First
Pennsyivania Cavalry; Adjutant Cen
eral Thomas ]. Stewart, of Montgom-
cry county, who officially attended the
Governors. under all of whom he had
served In the State service, and Captain
). w: Morrison, Deputy Banking Com
missioner. who was q member of the
one Hundredth Pennsylvania Volun-
teers and a member of the staff of
General Beaver when he commanded
the Second Brigade.
The Ford Automobile Comnanv
which has been very much mentioned
IN the newspapers lately because of
the generosity OF it's head. is getting
harrisburg steel for the making of
tires for its machines This steel is
being made by the Harrisburg Pine
and Pipe Bending Company at its
works In State street and is rolled
lIto special plates for a contracting
nrm which Is supplying the Ford
plant with the steel shapes 1t REQUIRES,
Harrisburg steel is in rails and bridges,
ice plants in the Philippines, in the
hulis of warships and in pipe lines in
dozen countries. as we'll as in many
buildings and in thousands of papers
or needles and pins. Now it is going
into motor cars.
The State School Directors Asso-
citation, which will meet here this
week for its annual meeting, is com
posed OF many of the prominent men
or the State who give of their time
and thought to development of the
schools in their home communities.
The meeting of the association this
year will be Of more than ordinary
interest because Of the discussion of
the possibility of amending the school
code.
The new push buttons in the trolley
cars, by which motormen get signals
10 stop without the conductor being
brought into the game, are already
causing annoyance. Children have a
1ondness for pushing them and some
older children have developed a pro-
penslty for playing tunes on them and
Tor ringing and then looking inno-
Gently about the car. Yesterday a
woman saw the button and gave /,
push. The car duly stopped and as
no one moved to get off 1t went on
again. Once more the woman pushed
the button and the conductor danced
up the aisle to know why she did not
leave.
Get off," she asked. "Why?"
Didn't you signal for a stop ?" de.
manded the conductor.
II did not"
II saw you do it,"
You didn't"
You pushed the button"
ooh" smiled tho Iodv ssuas +h,.