Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-12
EVENING Chat

EVENING Chat
tatner Penn is in a position where
he need not worry about the price of
: coal for the next eight months He
/ has couple of thousands of tons in
his cellars and another thousand on
vacant lots on Fourth street where
they can be wheeled into the big bins
beneath the park. Superintendent
the job in the matter of buying fuel
| when the price is down and getting
results, has stocked up on river coal
| until he has all that anyone could
| wish. Some years ago Mr.. Rambo
studied the fuel situation in Harris
| burg and concluded that If he burned
| river coal he could save money.
Changes were made at the furnaces
down deep in the basement of the
Capitol and big bins put in. The re-
! suit was that the State saved about
$1,000 month. Then the superin-
: tendent conceived the idea of having
-he state stock up when coal was low
and every Spring when the floods have
| rolled down many tons and the quality
is the best the State buys literally and
| stores ahead. The bins in the Capitol
are chock full and the vacant lots on
! are piled high with fuel. Thus the
State is using land which 1t has bought
! and saving money by buying ahead.
| 1t Is probable that someday still larger
, pms VIII be constructed and the State
i De aole TO put years supply in cell
lars and be independent of prices,
strikes or anything else. The Sus-
quehanna offers a fine supply at a low
rate and as steam coal it is excellent
The music of travelling hurdy-
gurdy on Saturday afternoon raised a
question as to what would happen
when the German bands come around
81 don't think we will see many
German bands. l think they will all
be hghting,' remarked one man.
ON, / guess we will There are
some in this country who have not
been able to get home to fight. Mil
waukee, East st. Louis and Cincin-
natl must have a good many" replied
the second
What are you going to do if you
should happen to hear a German band
strike up Die Wacht am Rhein' in one
OF the Irish or Italian parts of the
city?' was the query of a third.
The first speaker was strictly on the
1ob and answered: I'm going to start
to whistle 'Tipperary' and walk away
fast as / can"
The suggestion was then made that
the German band leaders would be
roxy enough to begin their stands with
the Star-Spangled Banner" and to
even have "Tipperary" on their lists.
Among Harrisburg visitors yester-
DAY afternoon was Congressman d. +.
Lafean, of York. The congressman
came here to see the Governor, with
whom he ran on the ticket last Fall.
a nf OF
roof of the Central high school caused
rumors to get abroad among the stu
dents that some class stunts were be-
ing tried on the top of the building
and there was stir for a while. The
tlnners did not appear to be aware of
the excitement they caused and went
serenely on with their work.
The moving of the Cumberland VAL
ley Railroad bridge. which has been
In progress here and is Il feature of
engineering work on the river. has
been duplicated on other occasions in
this vicinity in recent wears. saw rail
road men. Several bridges have been
moved, although not of the size of the
Cumberland Valley.
AS an indication of the times there
Is more smoke by day and fire by night
about the Pennsylvania Steel Works
smoke pail can be seen for miles and
the tall stacks are beacons of return
ing activity. At night the glow from
furnaces shows for long distances
around that Steelton is working.
In the last few weeks a considerable
quantity of the wheat held in this sec
tion of the State has been sold and il
is said that in another month not
lnuch more than will be needed will be
on hand. When wheat went up there
were a number of farmers in this sec
uon who sold out their holdings. OBJ
tanning good figures for them.
Now that spring has come around
again and there has been a RESUMPTION
OF automobile traffic. demands are be-
ing made that the portions of State
highways passing through boroughs be
put into good condition. Under the
plan OF maintenance the State is not
responsible for the upkeep of State
highways within boroughs and auto-
mobile owners are disposed to go after
borough authorities to secure inn
proved conditions in the vicinity of
Harrisburg. For instance, the CITY is
about to pave from Twenty-third street
TO the city line on Derry street where
IL VIII meet the State highway to
Heading, one of the most Travelled in
PENNSYLVANIA. The section immedi-
ately adjoining the city is in the bor-
ough of PaNtang and Is prolific
source of objection because of it's
state. There have also been discus
sions about the condition of the state
highways where they pass through
Penbrook. Oberlin and the West shore
towns.
+. {. Staples, who is to speak before
the Engineers Society tonight on the
development of transcontinental teIe-
phone service, has been the Bell pub-
llcity manager in this section of the
country. Mr.. Staples was here a num-
Der of times last year when the teIe-
phone hearings were held at the Cant
tol. He comes from Baltimore and
keeps things going.
Il WELL KNOWN PEOPLE