Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-22
EVENING CHAT

Few people are aware of the fact
tnat as far as land area goes the city
OF Harrisburg is not nearly as large
as,some of the smaller cities, in point
boroughs. The city's total acreage
within its Incorporated limits amounts
to 5,504.41, of which 3,44S50 is land
and the rest Susquehanna river. The
clty's line goes to the west shore of the
Susquehanna and comes near to touch
ing three counties. Allentown is a
larger city in area than Harrisburg by
over 500 acres and the borough of
Carllsle Is almost half as large as Har-
flspurg In area. ChamberSburg has
2,0l5 acres and Dubois and Dickson
CITY, In which many Harrisburgers
nave never been, are more than half
the area of the State Capital, while
Dunmore borough, the halfsister of
scranton, has an acreage of $3.50, or
more than Harrisburg, land and
water. Erie's area is 4,739 acres and
FRANKLIN and Hazleton are both about
Soo acres larger than we are. We are
larger than Altoona. Johnstown, Ian
caster, Lebanon and McKeesport and
little bit larger than Wilkes-Barre,
pu. New castle has us beaten, showing
o,S15 acres. Williamsport goes to
4,4SS and the borough of Larksville, in
Luzerne county, 3,092. Pottstown is
almost as large as we are. And as
Tor the borough of Taylor, which be-
longs to the principality of Lacka-
wanna, it is not so much smaller than
the State Capital. Steelton has an area
or 1.09O acres, or little smaller than
Coatesvlile, Connellsville, Donora, Sun
Dury, Northampton and Winber and
being close to Pittston and Shenandoah
in area.
Late travellers on the Derry street
trolley lines have a new form of enter
tainment on their trips owing to the
operations in relaying the rails on that
thoroughfare. Owing to the immi-
nence of the paving the company is
pushing the work and concreting goes
on until as late in the night as the
people VIII stand for the noise. The
concretlng force has machine that is
iighted up like battleship and then
lhere Is rock cruSher or ballast
maker that eats up cobble stones and
winch is also rigged out with wreaths
OF lights. Both machines furnish much
Oh interest. Then when the noise zone
is passed the traveller goes about a.
quarter of mile between a lane of
req lights, one stationed every twenty
hve or thirty feet. These mark the
excavations for the new rails.
The riverside up above Maclay street
hundreds of people who stroll along
that thoroughfare and within short
time people will no longer have to
walk IN the street with automobiles
buzzing by every few minutes. Some
OF the sidewalk operations are extern
slVe and have attracted much atten-
ton. Before long the street will be
provided with sidewalks from end to
end.
South Harrisburg people are not
bothered by the smoke nuisance and
TO near some of them talk they are
rather yearning for the smoky DAYS to
come back. Only some portions of the
Central iron and steel works are in
operation and the real smoke makers
among the tall stacks are not doing
much. The Chesapeake nail works and
Paxton and Lochiel furnaces are all
idle and the only very tall stacks in
South Harrisburg which are smoking
are those at the old PaXtang electric
plant and the Harrisburg Railways
power plant.
The odd Fellows convention, which
adjourned yesterday, was one of the
most pleasant to Harrisburg people of
the long series that have been held
mere. This great fraternity has a large
membership in this city and it's dele
gates are entertained in Harrisburg
homes to great extent Many of the
men who come here ha been at,
tending conventions in the city for a
long time and contribute to the pleas
ure of the meetings here. Every five
or six years the Odd Fellows pick
Harrisburg for a convention and they
are always welcomed and taken to
the hearthstones of the States capital.
The other morning dog was being
given a trip on the front end of a
pay-within car. He did not like the
place of travel and he kept boiling
back into the car until his mistress
was flustered and passengers in the
car irritated or amused, according as
their breakfasts sat with them. Finally
the motorman hit on a scheme. He
Just 'meowed" like a cat and the dog
sat up on the platform watching for
the cat until he got over his scare.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE