Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-12
EVENING Chat

It's odd the way some streets get to
be more used during repairs to others
Wnen II people figured 1t out they
could make shorter trips. Take the
work under way in Derry street, where
the Harrisburg Railways Company has
been replacing its double track This
operation has restricted travel to one
side of the street and as the company
has been forced to use one track the
available space has been more or less
congested. Consequently people going
over the Mulberry street bridge have
been turning down Thirteenth to
lSerryhill and going out Berryhill to
Nineteenth and Derry. Some who
have been heading for the East End
from Market street have also gone
down Thirteenth to Berryhill when
they could continue out Market to
Eighteenth and then drop down, while
the ones turning off at Thirteenth
could go to Swatara and then cut in at
seventeenth. saving a couple of blocks.
But Berryhill street is coming into it's
own and is now a much travelled high
way. The extension of the double
tracking has caused Derry between
Nineteenth and Twenty-first to be
Jammed up the last few days and
people have taken to going down
Nineteenth to Brookwood or to Green
wood and then going across to Twenty
first or Twenty-third streets. Owing
to the fact that neither of those streets
are paved, they are not popular for
rides, although as time savers, under
the circumstances, they are not to be
deSpised.
Wildwood Park could have hundreds
more visitors if the trolley line was
only extended up Cameron street The
G et,.i,, 10 yi,tt
the park either go up Cameron to
Maclay and then plod over a road that
has no reputation to sustain or else
leave cars at Sixth or Seventh and
Maclay and foot it over the bridge and
up the commons into the park An
other way is to go to the upper end,
and walk down. but that means a troll
ley ride to Linglestown lane. The ap-
proach to the park from the southern
side is not the pleasant way that it
might be made. The garbage plant is
too near and some of the fields and
lands are not any too attractive. Par
ties of children have to go a distance
OF many blocks in hot sun before they
get to the shades of the park and COM
ing out 1t is the same thing. A trolley
extension into the park would make
accessible one of the finest parks in
many miles around.
One week from to-day the voters of
Pennsylvania will have their first real
primary, the first election at which
every candidate for state-wid or
district nomination. exclusive of county
and municipal nominations. must go
before the people. The election will
include United States senators under
thep rlmary law for the first time as
well as candidates for Governor, these
being the big offices affected by the
legislation passed last year. The cleo
tlon will be an election before the gem
eral election on a scale never before |
encountered in Pennsylvania and the |
OF working out will be
watched not only by people of the |
state who are ready to argue that the
statewide primary law is a panacea
or failure, but by the residents of
other States. Pennsylvania has gone
ahead of most of the other eastern |
States in its election laws and the
other States will await the outcome.
The manner in which the river sand
ana coal fleets have been working the
last week or ten days shows that the
Susquehanna is still good for a good
many tons of both commodities after
the Spring floods and from all ac-
counts there are some immense de-
posits of sand to be found this year.
In half a dozen places sand deposits
greater than ever known before have
peen struck and it has also happened
that in several spots rather well known
for sand there has been comparativelv
little. This is all the more strange be-
cause the coal has been found at about
the same places.
The way corn is being planted these
Gays is caution and in spite of the
weather there has been some active
work done by farmers in this section
OF Dauphln and in eastern Cumber-
land. Ploughing has been late owing
to the cool and wet weather, but the
last ten days have noted much activity,
ana farmers who intended to raise
corn have been getting it in as fast as
possible.
Some very funny straw hat combi-
nations were seen last evening. One
man came into town on an open car,
wearing straw hat and a raincoat
Another man sported IAN ice cream"
suit and a last years straw hat.
Bright new hats were worn with win
ter suits and several automobile
parties came into the city with straw
hats instead of caps.
There was a battle at the courthouse
yesterday which did not have any,
thing to do with the automobile IL
cense suit Half a dozen martens
swooped down on the pigeons which
live in the capitals of the pillars of
the portico and proceeded to look up
apartments. The pig
cons were excited and a couple of
males were named as committee
to investigate. The martens made "A
dive in body at the commit+oH and
chased them off. However there was
so much chattering that courthouse
attache chased the whole feathered
party away.