Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
Ehentng Chat

The fact that the aggregate of the
balances in the State Treasury went
below the four and a half million dol
lar mark at the end of July has at
tracted much attention from all parts
OF the State as 1t is the first time in
over twenty years, according to men
who have followed State finances, that
such a condition has occurred. 1t Is
In striking contrast to the state of
the Treasury fourteen or fifteen years
ago. In those days there was gen.
orally a balance of from S12.000,0e0
to 14.000,000 and once when Z. II
Hardenbergh was auditor general big
collections caused the total to go up
to Sl6,O00,000 This was the high
water mark and included the sinking
fund, which however, was not over
$4,000 600. Ten years ago the State
had considerably over $4,000, 900 in
It's balances, but the furnishing of the
Capitol put a crimp in the cash and
since that time there has been q
gradual decline, The rapid decrease,
however, has been in the last few
years and is due to the larger appro-
things about the States finances is
! that while the demands on the in
active repositories, which carry cer-
tain State deposits to be withdrawn
only on notice, have been heavier than
ever known and over forty were call
to the State in July, there are still
many applications to be put on the
| list. The State repositories have not
had very good thing in the last few
years. The amount of money in the
inactive list has not been great and
has been spread pretty thin and the
calls have been frequent as much aa
mali million dollars being taken out
in week. The institutions are re.
CURED to furnish corporate security
1 hn s@-.N
vigorously kept up, and some of them
| nave been paying for these bonds for
| months when they have not had n
cent OF State money on deposit. Prob
ably when the State corporation taxes
commence to roll in sixty or ninety
days hence there will be more money
put out on deposit and the long suf-
fering banks will share. But, there
are some people about the Capitol
who predict that the State will not
have for many years balances like it
used to carry decade ago.
There have been more of the So
called summer colds this year than
l have known for a long time said
one of the city's physicians yesterday.
This is due to the fact that we had
cool, and even cold weather, during
the period when 1t is generally hot.
People did not prepare for cool
weather and exposed themselves. Now
when things have become hot they
have felt the heat very much and
have gone to extremes, in some cases,
to keep cool. The consequence is that
they take cold and not precautions"
Just where some of the raw foreign
labor that is once more commencing
TO appear about the railroad stations
come from is a puzzle to a good many
people. Transatlantic travel is more
or less hazardous these days and i'm
migration is shown to be at a low ebb,
but there have been men and women,
rather more men than women, seen
about the stations who are manifest
ly foreigners. They have all the ear.
marks of the newly landed, including
the always interesting peasant garb,
and are heading for the manufacture
ing and mining districts. Some of
them are from the Balkans and some
from Russia, but how they get here
is more or less unexplained.
Yesterday mornings sudde ehower
caught good many automot lists and
motorcyclists and along tSe roads
there was a skurrying for shelter. THeN
automobile parties deffed the generally
believed dangers from lightning by
heading for trees in order to put up
tops, while the motorcyclists speeded
for harms and asked permission to stay
In the dry. Automobile trips are fur
these days of almost daily thunder
storms.
That the period for camping had
come was manifested on Saturday by
the number of fishing and other
parties leaving the city. Quite a num-
ber started by train for spots along
the creeks, but automobiles were used
by a good many more. The Juniata
seems to be the popular place.
Postmaster Frank C. Sites, who has
found it necessary to issue notices to
boxholders to take their keys out of
the boxes in the post office, says that
often punches of keys. giving access
to dear knows what, have been turned
: in at the office. Often the clerks get
half dozen punches of keys and in
short time frantic telephone calls to
know about them. Mr.. Sites notice
calls attention to the fact that people
ters and go away without thinking
about the box.
The Harrisburg Country Club golf
ers kept up their reputation for extra
hole matches. The golfers of the club
have had such matches in their con-
tests with other country club teams
this year and some of them have been
Of the most exciting nature.
Sunday swimming with a thunder
storm in the offing prevailed yester-
day along the River Front. Hundreds
of people appeared on the islands and
along the shores for dips notwith-
standing lowering clouds. The Susque-
hanna was one of the most popular
places yesterday.