Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
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one of the things that must have
impressed Harrisburg people the last
three days was freight Freight trains.
loaded with coal, steel, merchandise
Oh All sorts, automobiles and horses to
say nothing of dressed beef and pro-
visions of every kind. were thunder
ing through and around Harrisburg on
their way to the east and the south
on Christmas eve and Wore roIIinr-
along In the same way all day long
on the great day of the Christian
world. Saturday nights howling
STORM was pierced by the whistles of
the engines and the few quiet periods
pi yesterday were broken by the rum
pie or seemingly endless trains of
cars. 1t seemed as though on the day
before, the day and the day after
that every railroad that could pour
irelght Tor the seaboard had selected
hnes passing through or around Har-
rlsDurs; There have been Christmas
udSs Mheh railroad men had to work
10 Keep the yards and the lines clear
OF the accumulating freight, but Sat
uruaN was just like every other day or
a little more so" as one stalwart rail
road man on his way home for Christ
mas dinner after dark put it, The
ralroad men were practically all out
because there was not only a tremen-
dous rush of freight from tbe coal
regions and from the four big lines
tnat converge on this CITY. but an
equally heavy movement of rolling
STOCK going back to factory. mill and
lnine' pouring in from Philadelphia,
baltimore, Reading, Allentown and
could be told just by watching trains
passing the Mulberry street bridge.
cars from every line in the country
together with some from Canada.
were whizZing by in long trains. Then
would come a solid train of coal. Then
one OF live stock. All being rushed
East On the other side of the Susdue-
hanna the same. Long trails of
smoke, long trains of cars. all heading
away on shining rails leading to tide
water. Not much of the Christmas
spirit about any of it. either. Hard
overtime work, one crew taking up
where another leaves off, grim cars
loaded in many cases with grimmer
cargoes, smoke, dirt and hustle over
ALL That's what it is on line and in
| yard for men in Enola, Harrisburg and
Rutherford this Christmas season.
Governor Brumbaugh's Christmas
greeting to his friends was in the form
or an autographed copy of his speech
on Pennsylvania Day at the Panama
Pacific Exposition. The address is
printed in pamphlet form and is IL
! beautiful specimen of the printing art.
| II dwells principally upon the part
pennsylvania has played in the history
of the nation and is brimful of that
pride in Pennsylvania which is one
| of the Governors most striking attri-
butes. Nobody can read the speech
without being the better PennsylVan-
ian for the perusal. 1t was character
| istic of the Governor that he should
choose to make it holiday greeting
to his many friends throughout the
Commonwealth.
'"rhere is one thing that the average
man who talks about pre-
paredness does not realize and
that is that there are large
numbers of alumni, so to speak, of the
regular army and the National Guard
Count up and see for yourself how
many men you know who have either
been in the army or the navy or the
guard or some cadet organization"
said a man who follows public affairs.
Then, too, there are many men who
have been members of organizations
which have some semimilitary train
| ing. The big thing, however, is know
ing to take care of oneself and that is
where I think that we fall down.
know some men who can drill and
who know how to shoot but turn them
loose for a days hunting and they are
helpless as babes. Why some can't
even make a fire on a wet day in the
woods"
| 1t seemed rather odd to notice the
| fires of the works at Steelton on
| Christmas eve and Christmas night.
In fact, Steelton was to be located by
the same brilliant glow as on other
nights. Holidays or not the pressure
of work in the big plant seemed to
be going ahead and there was as much
IaCtiVity as on other days.
| Capitol Hill is observing Christmas
! in probably as long measure as shown
! in a decade. In many of the depart
ments on the Hill and in State offices
scattered about the town the holidays
began on Thursday afternoon and peo-
/ pie living in faraway counties went to
| their homes. The result was that on
| Friday afternoon hardly anyone was
| left in the big State house and to-day
| the number on duty was small. BY
tomorrow things will be moving as
usual.
II. c. Huber. the new associate
counsel for the Workmen's Compensa-
| tion Board, who has assumed his du-
| ties here, is one of the prominent at
torneVS Of Scranton