Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-12
EVENING CHAT

People officially connected with the
new borough OF Paxtang are COM
mencing to realize that service as Off
clais OF q municipality just created en-
tails an amount of negotiation and
work that is little appreciated by
Ihose who have never been through it,
me organization of the machinery of
the council and the school board is
the least of the detail to be handled.
rake the borough matters, for in
stance. The borough has to arrange
with Swatara township for its share
OF the township tax. This tax is used
Tor roads and administrative purposes
ana 1t was one of the reasons ad-
Vanced for the establishment of the
borough that the residents of PaXtang
got next to nothing in the way of road
improvement or maintenance for the
taxes they paid. Other matters will
also have to be adjusted and then the
borough will arrange with the State
as TO what 1t must 90 about maintain
ing the state highway which crosses
the new municipality. The PaXtang
school board will have to reach an
agreement with the Swatara township
school board about the allowance to
be made for the schoolhouse property
In the borough and apportion any
debts. Then the borough is entitled
10 certain share of taxes for school
purposes collected in the township
prior to the creation of the borough.
Another point to settle will be the
education of children living adjacent
TO PaXtang but not within the limits.
There are about sixteen such pupils
and they will either be allowed to
attend PaXtang school and payment
made for them or else the township
VIII open a school for them Starting
borough is a good bit like getting
housekeeping started. There are a
lot of adjustments to be made and
of tn1, \.
interested never dream until they
pump into them. But after a while
things get going and everyone is
happy.
Friends of Ex-Governor Edwin S.
stuart in this city have sent him their
congratulations on his election as A
member of the Federal Reserve Board,
winch was announced q few days ago
Since leaving the governorship the
former governor has been active in
afalrs in Philadelphia, having been
elected to a number of boards, and is
pelng mentioned as a possible mayor,
although he has been discouraging the
use of his name.
People who watched Yesterdays
storms say that the city was visited by
TOUR distinct storms. Whether this is
true or not the weather observer does
not say. but there was a succession of
showers. eliminating in a couple of
nara rains that swept the streets clear
and caused the usual amount of
trouble on hillside streets.
Just what actuated several people
TO visit the top of the Capitol dome
during yesterdays storm could not be
told, but there were several persons
noticed on the narrow balcony far up
over the city Just about the time the
z o'clock storm broke. They were
standing holding to the railing and
apparently facing a stiff wind. Sud
denly they ducked and went inside, it
belng evident that rain had struck
them. About three minutes later rain
began to fall hard in Third street far
beneath them. There are some odd
places to be In storm and the TOP of
the Capitol is one of them.
People around telegraphic offices
these days are taking a big interest
in war stuff and occasionally people
who know dots and dashes can get an
mixing. However, the use of code is
SO general now that unless a man is
hooked up he is liable to get hold of
the wrong thing. For example. Eng
land is Just EG; Russia is RUS Tur-
Key is Tx. and so on. OF course.
there are all sorts of com bnations on
these words and others Just how
they are worked out may be under
stood when it is said that champion
of the world is sent Just plain COW,
To-day was a peach market and
there were tons and tons of the lus-
cious fruit on sale about the CITY.
Some of the baskets offered were at
prices which were lower than known
in years and which may not be
reached again for a long, long time.
The thrifty housewives are buying
their peaches for canning now, be-
cause next winter they will be worth
something, as Europe will be buying
our fruit.