Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-16
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Trolleymen declared that the snow
or Friday and Saturday was the hard,
est they have had to fight since thu
days of the great blizzard In the early
part or February. 1899. This storm
VIII be remembered as upsettint
everything In the way of transporta.
tion In this section and piling thu
streets with about three feet of snow
1t was marked by the same higf
winds that characterized the recenI
snow and paralyzed outdoor busines.
Tor full twelve or fourteen hour.
aiter 1t had ceased to blow. Every
one was occupied in digging out OIL
being dug out. The storm of a. few
days ago. which has left abundant
traces all over the State was marked
ny considerable drifting, and that i.
what made it difficult for the trolley.
men TO buck. Cars had to be rur
continuously for rty-eight hours tc
Keep the tracks open and often opera.
yves mad to leave the cars and go out
with shovels to get the tracks cleared
only TO have them covered a few min
utes later worse than ever What
made much trouble as well was the
irosting' OF the windows. The moist
ure inside the cars CONCEALED on the
WINDOWS and the motormen had to
keep punches of waste handy so that
their view would not be obscured. And
When they opened ventilators to lower
tne temperature inside passengers
kicked. In some instances defective
panes of glass In windows of cars
were broken by the combination OF
,rost and 1olting and the repairmen
mad their hands full.
speaking about trolleymen, it is sim
guar that in spite of the signs painted
on the sides of the cars warning pas
sensefs TO have exact fare ready, COM
paratiVely few people make u point of
naVlnS the necessary nickel handy.
oh saturday night sixteen people got
on one car at single stop and every
last one of them presented a dime or
quarter and not one q nickel. Dol
lar bllis rain on conductors on Sat
urday nights, and occasionally they
are asked to make change for a five
dollar bill and even for yellow
backed y. The company rules do not
require change beyond certain
amount. but 1t is up to the operatives
10 maintain the good will of the pub
hc' and q lot of them do it at incon-
Venlence to themselves. But it seems
tough to be digging for change when
half dozen people are waiting to
BOARD car and the doors are open.
rev people know that HARRISBURG
contributed not little to the found
ing OF the great fortune which enabled
Frank M. Woolworth to erect that
100000 building in New York,
with its record of being the highest
In the world and also of being abso-
lutely free of debt. This building rep
resents the last word in skyscrapers
c ,nf n ~ a
Woolworth has made all of his money
In less than thirty years and he has
htty millions or SO. He started in
business for himself i'm Utica. but
where he got his real start was in
Lancaster. The third store was opened
In Harrisburg and now he has about
740 stores.
The Market Square Presbyterian
Sunday school anniversary yesterday
was not allowed to pass by without
grateful remembrance to the splendid
services of Judge S. ]. NJ. NTcCarrell
as superintendent. The Judge is in
at his home, but the esteem in which
ne is held was shown by printing of
ms portrait on the front page of the
program and this note of service:
Forty three years at the Sun
'day school desk is the grand
record of Mr.. McCarrell, the
present superintendent of the
Market Square Sunday school.
Seven years assistant superin-
tendent to the beloved James w.
Weir and thirty-six years super
lntendent of the senior depart
ment. Forty-three years faithful.
efficient, prayerful service for the
Master in the Sunday school. And
with 1T, thirty-seven years a rul-
ing elder i'll the Market Square
church, to which he was ordained
In 1871 Congratulations from
congregation and Sabbath school
go out to Mr.. McCarrell on this
our ninety-eighth anniversary.
A Harrisburg lady on her way to
the South dropped her leather bag on
the moor of the car in which she was
travelling and it was promptly picked
up by an old gentleman who was sit
ung on the chair opposite. She gave
MN comprehensive glance, and said,
Il thank you very much, Mr. Can
non." He lifted his fedora with the
remark, Pardon me, have / met YOU
In Washington ?" NO" said she.
but L have seen your counterpart so
frequently in newspapers and maya
zines and became acquainted in that
way" To which the ex-speaker re-
piled, You are observing and your
memory is such you should have been
a politician" The lady replied, 81
should have been inasmuch as I come
from family of them" This was the
beginning of very pleasant little
chat on the way to Washington and
the Harrisburg lady was quite pleased
that she had been able to recognize
the famous statesman from his carl
catureS in tba pawsuonars