Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-31
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In spite of the fact that the interest
ana dividend period of many concern,
Whlch formerly made payments on th,.
i'rst Oh the year has been changed. II liz
sate to say that an amount of mones
not equaled in years will be nut inro
circulation in Harrisburg Tomorrow.
To begin with. there is a large anount
VI city and county Indebtedness on
"nich coupons fall due tomorrow and
quite large amount of Industrial and
otner securities held by Harrisburgers
ana their institutions have payments
uue on January 1. Business transac
.iohs uue on the first of the year con-
'ripute quite good bit. more than
most people think, according tn one
or the city's bankers And then there
are numerous private obligations
which date from the first of az ,ea,
ana on which payments will be made.
VI course, the holiday will nrevent
actual transfers being made but the
papers are ready and the cash is
s.acked up so to speak, for the closing
up OF these affairs. No two baniers
appear to have the same estimate
ABOUT how much money will he maid
out IN Harrisburg tomorrow. but they
all seem to be in high flriIres with
| thelr guesses. So it must be con-
siderable.
To-day was wedding out" dav in
most OF the city and county offices
partlcularlN, where present incum-
pents Will give way to new officials OF.
suDordlnates on Monday incident 10
changes of administration. Clerks and
sIenosraphers had small "house clean
|
and papers of one kind or another
were thrown away or dumped into the
| waste baskets. Even in the Offices
where there will be no changes the
heads OF departments and their clerks
cleared the decks and closed their
| DOCKS Tor the year. The official year
ends Monday and as Tomorrow will he
generally observed as n holiday the
ONCE staffs to-day finished up all the
ODDS and ends of business for 1915.
Capitol Hill has been seeing more
lWenty-doliar bills lately than the
| average man runs across in half a life
ume. The reason is that this is the
period OF the year when automobile
| licenses are taken out and as Father
Penn wilfnot take anything but cash.
certified checks or money orders. a
good many owners of cars send him
tWentles, especially as a twenty pavs
Tor type of car that is in general use.
The result is that every day the State
treasury that often goes through n
day without actual cash but thousands
and thousands of dollars represented
by checks has been overrun with bank
notes. The "yellowbacks," however.
are pleasant to look at.
The ruins of the houses in South
Fourth street which were wiped ont
py hre last autumn are serving ad-
mlrably for advertising matter these
DAYS. The other day twenty-one dis
tlnct advertisements were counted on
one building alone and there were
signs or varied hue on all the others.
1t is rare space that the shrewd ad-
vertising man let's go unadorned.
There are some automobile owners
IN Harrisburg who are progressive to
u degree. Under the law every car
run on January 1 must display u
Incense for 1915, but cars may not be
run in 1915 with only 1916 licenses.
Hence some owners have attached
their yellow 1916 licenses to the backs
of their blue 1915 tags. The new onesl
are longer than those in use now ands
there Is promise of the new year i'm
the yellow edges Of the 1916 crop
when they are displayed together.
The sleet storm which wrecked so
many trees about the city and dam
aged some of the finest in Capitol Park
was the cause of the smashing of one
of the squirrel hotels in the State
House park. The house was located
on the last sturdy limb of one of the
smaller trees near the Mexican monu-
ment. but when the sleet came and
encased the limb and the house in ice
1t was too much and the whole bust
ness fell to the ground. The squirrels
seem to have escaped.
The Harrisburg Public Library.
which will close its second year on
Monday. will probably show a total
circulation this year equal to two
books for every person within the cor
porate limits of Harrisburg. The cir
culation last year was considerably
over 100000. This year will beat it.
John A. Scott, of the State Work
mems Compensation Board, has been
i'll with grip at his home in Indiana.
Mr.. Scott was taken ill a week ago
and has been unable to attend meet
ings of the board, which is preparing
to launch the compensation system to-
morrow.