Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-06
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Sundays blizzard is still apparent from
the car windows of trains passing to
and fro upon the Rockville bridge.
That Sunday night will go down in
| history of Pennsylvania haiiroau
storms as one OF the worst; from day
TO day the toll Is being reckoned IN
repair bills and maintenance reQui-
sitons. The average traveller in one
| OF the Pennsy's swift trains doesn't t
ponaer over tnat phase of the storms
tran; he has the severity of the
weather more forcibiy impressed upon
him, however, as he riues over the
brioge and LOOKS out upon the frozen
eXpanse of the Susquenanna beneath.
Ear below the bridge, firmly impedded
| IN the ice. is the evldence-haIf q
dozen bits. in fact They are the roofs
of freight cars that were blown from
the cars during the great blizzard as
the trains passed over the bridge.
From time to time old Telegraph
readers ana subscribers bring in copies
OF the newspaper OF the Gays wnen
Llncoin was the man of the nour. the
papers are always a matter of inter-
esl especially TO Telegraph readers, If
| Tor no otner reason IMAM purposes of
comparison. Just such Il copy was re.
Gently unearthed from a lot OF old
treasures of the kind by Frank n.
Templar recently promoted to the
chief clerkshlp of the Department of
Public Safety. Mr.. Tempiar has had
,he paper tucked away for number
of years and it is in an excellent state
of preservation. The paper is es-
pecially interesting in that 1t contains
the story of the death of Abraham
Lincoin 1t is dated April 15, 1865.
Another Telegraph of September 20,
1881, exhibited by Mr.. Tempiar con-
lains an account of the death of Presi.
dent James y. Garfield.
The parcel post is saving money for.
rather Penn and it may amount to
thousands of dollars at the end of the
year. IN tne Highway Department all
automobile Tags have been going par
Gel post, ruling to this effect having
been made last April. and the numer-
Gus bulletins and other publications
ABOVE -FOUR pounds have been going
the same way. In years gone by the
express payments of the state mounted
INTO high figures, but now Uncle Sam
gets the business wherever possible,
and after the middle of this month
probably more will go under the new
ruling from Washington. The expert
ence or the Department of Agriculture
illustrates the way 1t has been saving
money. On shipment of 143 bulle-
tins the other day the department
saved s2s.2l as compared with express
rates, while on shipment of lat
bulletins it saved SSS.54. Another ad.
vantage In the shipment of such pub
icatfons which go mostly to farmers
and people in rural communities, is
that by the parcel post the rural mail
delivery man carries 1t right to his
ooX within a short distance of the
house, whereas before 1t went to the
Afa4
nau TO go and get 1t. Secretary n. b,
Critchfieid has been pushing the dis
trioution end of the department to an
extent never dreamed of two years ago
Dy means or the parcel post system
and Is doing II cheaper than under the
old plan. If the ruling to admit books
IS made the State will save still greater
sums of money because the 1918
smulrs Handbook and the pamphlet
Jaws are going out.
The snow which fell yesterday at
tracted much attention among the
Weatherwtse because someone had fig
dred out that 1t was the onion snow,
or the snow which ordinarily ends the
lall for the year. However, it Is said
by some Of our rural friends that the
onion snow comes about the flrss
week in April and is so named because
t falls right after the new onions have
been set out.
Although automobile licenses have
oeen Issued from the office of the
DIVISION at the Capitol by the thou
sands lately. people are still asking for
special numbers. One man has asked
Tor 4O,000, while another who follows
the issuance of tags has stated tina,
nasmuch as it does not look as though
travelling would be good for some
weeks TO come, he would be glad If
when $4,000 is reached it should be
put aside for him.
Il see the City Council is getting
ready to rename some of the streets
which have been going about under
The names of the fishes and fowls, the
berries and the flowers" said man
Who follows such matters pretty
closely. Now why does not the Coun-
ell of the capital city of Pennsylvania
adopt the Ian of Philadelphia and
name its streets after the counties and
the Governors? Surely there is no
more approrDdate place to have the
names or counties and the men who
1ave been Governors than right here
at the capital. 1t is worth while con-
sidering instead of taking fancy names
ana putting them on streets. Phila
delphia laid out streets for miles
around and they are now building up
or built up. They bear the names of
counties and Governors and our city
planning commission could give the
Council some good suggestions"
Nathan r. Butler, the State Com
missioner of Fisheries, who returned
to the State Capitol yesterday after
having been snowbound for several
days, said that he never wanted to go
through the experience again. 1--WE
had snow drifts thirty feet high in the
streets or our town and l saw them
twenty feet nigh In many places. One
woman was frozen to death going To
barn and two boys who got lost NAV
die as result of exposure"
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