Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-14
EVENING Chat

chestnut street between Second and
Ihird on market morning is about
the meanest stretch of highway in
Harrisburg and trolley cars have to
elbow their way through the farmers
wagons and the delivery teams which
cluster about. And yesterday morning
there was added to the conglomeration
Oh traffic steam shovel, going east,
under its own steam. A traction en-
CINE working its way around a street
is bad enough. but steam shovel is
somewhat larger and harder to handle.
wen. traffic stopped when the machine
poked Its nose around the corner. A
Few farmers horses danced and pair
oil chauffeurs promptly ran their cars
into Court street. Three trolley cars
sat down to wait on the east side of
Third street and Il hundred people
turned out to see it. And the man
operating the machine piloted 1t
through the jam. worked his way to
the side in front of Salem Church and
with a Jet of steam bowed his big
shovel arm and gave the right of way
to traffic. He never hit anything and
everyone was so busy watching the
maeuvering that few noticed that 1t
had taken five minutes to make the
two blocks.
Along the shore of the river just
above the pumping station is a whole
lot of undoubtedly good firewood-sev-
eral cords of it in bulk, in fact-ready
and waiting to be taken without even
the asking. Father Susquehanna pro-
Vided it The half dozen or moro cords
of prime kindling, furnace or boiler
wood is contained in a giant tree
twenty-five or more feet in length and
at least four feet in circumference.
The tree has been lodged against the
embankment since the Spring freshets
and it doesn't help the scenery alona
the river front a bit A couple of
cross-cut saws, an AK or two, and there
Is enough winters wood to fill an ordi-
nary cellar. He who strolls along the
bank may see it, and if he wishes to
obtain his next seasons wood supply
free there is none to say him nay.
Fishermen in this section Of the Sus-
quehanna Valley have been watching
with great deal of interest the result
OF the planting of salmon fry by
United States government experts.
Some of the fry are said to be in good
shape, but there has been objection
that some of the consignment con-
sisted of fish too small to take care of
themselves. The State Department of
Fisheries some time ago gave up the
idea of planting the very small fish
and in the case of trout only we'll
grown specimens We're put out. The
State planted many trout and bass in
this section last year and with the
government contribution fishing ought
to be improved.
Speaking of fish, there is the usual
demand made at the State Department
or Fisheries for young sunfish by
people who have ponds near their
homes and who are going to spend the
summer in localities where there are
bodies OF water offering good breedine
grounds for mosquitoes. Young sun
mes delight in diet of infantile mos
qultoes and the State has aided as far
as possible localities where the "skeet-
ers nave been pests. Well authen-
ticated records show that MOSQUITOES
are not numerous where there are
many sunfish.
one of the noticeable things about
the convention of the street railway
men here this week was the general
approval of the course of the Public
service Commission. To put it mildly
the commission has gone into prac-
tees of the traction lines pretty iivelv
and some of its rulings have been
rather expensive. But the traction
iiiVh nave NOT only submitted, but
named a committee to work out uni
formity in reports in conjunction with
the commission. In this enlightened
and wise acceptance of the act the
traction men are rather distinct from
some other interests which object 10
state regulations. Apparently it was
realized that regulation was bound To
come and that it was best to make
the best" of it,
Among visitors to the city to-day
was eX-Congressman d. F. Lafean. of
Y ork, one of the candidates for noni
nation for Congress- large on the
republican ticket. Mr. Lafean is
WeH-Known manufacturer and was
elected for several terms from the
1ork-Adams Y district.
1t s odd how people will flock to the
Susquehanna river when there are re-
ports of a possible flood. Last night
word got about that there was danger
OF nigh water at Wilkes-B Barre. This
morning scores of people lined the
river bank watching the stream.
well KNOWN PEOPLE