Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-25
EVENINC CHAT

The road drag appears to be rather
popular hereabouts. In the last ten
days, although the roads have been
generally very muddy and travel on
tnem mas been rather unpleasant un-
vi the AFTERNOON when the sun got in
It's work, repair gangs were at work.
rms is attributed by observers to the
iaci lhat there are so many more auto
nnoplieS owned in the country now
than there were year ago. In any
event the mild weather enabled some
ROADS In the country to be gone over
py the road drag on Washington 5
Dlrthday. thereby demonstrating that
In good many localities the frost was
out of the ground and that If the
weather man only behaved himself the
roads could be put into condition be-
iore April. The drag made some good
highways in spite of the ruts left by
winter: The State Highway Depart
ment has probably a thousand drags
throughout the State and they will be
put 10 work as soon as the weather
conoltlonS are suitable. Reports to the
offices at the Capitol indicate that in
some parts of the State the weather is
anything but propitious for road
work, the northern tier having some
districts where there is snow and where
road work will be difficult until the
frost Is out OF the earth.
Miss Grace Daniels chief operator
OF the State Capitol exchange of the
Bell Telephone Company, is a humor-
lst and firm believer in the proverb
that a soft answer can soothe an irate
state official. Her observations on
this line known branch of industry at
the capitol are interesting, too. Writ
paper of the Bell system in this sec
uon, she says: There are five girls to
operate the board, consequently the
Doard is operated continuously. Dur
ing the day from Q a. m. till D. m.
three girls are kept very busy; after 3
p. IN. one girl handles it very we'll her
self l found the P.B.X. board very
easy to operate. There is not so much
to learn compared with the city ex-
change. 1 find P.B.X. work very in
teresting as we have the same people
to work with every day and we learn
to know their voices and get familiar
with the calls they give and to know
Just about where to reach them,
whether it be out of the city or in the
city. We have about twenty resident
telephones coming in on our board for
men who are heads of their depart
ment. find 1t pays to be as pleas
ant as possible even if they do call me
cranky old maid. In our P.B.X. we
don't go by numbers and we have
over thousand employees in the build
ing, and in order to connect them with
the right telephone we have to ask
to whom they want to talk: and when
the exchange was first put in, the
people used to get very cross but they
soon became used 20 It. They were so
accustomed to just giving number to
the city operator that when we asked
whom they wanted they used to say it
was none of our business. Some of
npn tr.fA NnI -.
the exchange. They come in to see us
and have us explain the board. If
they want to know anything, they call
the operator-they take us for a reg
ular bureau of information, thinking
we should know everything"
Hey" sounded a voice over City
Clerk Miller's telephone the other af-
ternoon.
We'll" said Mr.. Miller.
rs the new city forester free?" ask
ed the voice.
HE has not been named yet"
We'll, does he cost anything"
Yes. He will cost $1,000"
No, no. mean does he cost me
anything to have my trees cut?"
He does not begin his duties until
We'll, want my trees cut. Put me
down for the first man he's to see."
The city clerk referred him to the
Park Department.
There will be one hotel in Dauphin
county which will not open its bar on
Monday. And it will be the only one.
II happens that it has been "remon-
strated against as they say in some
parts of the county. 1t is the st.
Lawrence Hotel in Berrysburg, an "old
stand" The reason it will not be open
is that there has been complaint made
against the conduct of the place, chief
y by mail. This is an unusual condi-
ton and will be ventilated in court on
Monday when the writers will have to
appear.
The application of the proposed lit
ney bus line for a charter recalls the
days when Third street had a line of
herdics. The herdics took their name
rom their inventor, a well-known Will
Transport man, and were about rs
queer looking as their name. They
keen competition with the
street railway company for less than
4 year, but in that time the company
saw opportunity to improve service
Every now and then some one starts
4 bus line to the Hill and when busi-
ness builds up and population increas-
eS along the route the traction COM
pany comes along and builds a line.
rhe fact that the jitneys will go many
places not reached by trolleys will
make them valuable.
DIR. E. A. Weimer, who attended the
meeting of the State Beekeepers is
)ne of the all around scientists of the
State. He was mayor of Lebanon in
addition to being manufacturer, in
'entor, experimenter, fish culturalist,
game propoeator, engineer, and chem
st. He is chairman Of the commits
sion that has drafted the uniform
code and is we'll known to
many Harrisburg men.
We'll KNOWN PEOPLE