Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-12
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Edward F. Eisely. long connected
with the Telegraph circulation de-
partment and prominent in Allison Hill
affairs, combines with official and
business matters the presidency of the
harrisburg Jitney Association. Mr..
Elseiy was asked a day or so ago to
give his experiences with the business.
He has two cars. These cars first at
tracted attention by the signs they
bore. notifying that they took people
From here to there" for 5 cents. The
remarks of Mr. Eisely on the jitney
situation are not only a contribution to
local classics but are illuminating as
Well. This is the way he puts 1t:
Now let me tell you something. When
was a young man / went through
the baseball game with many a nerve
racking experience and have been in
politics for the last thirty years, and
suffered defeat, and gained many vic
tories, but this jitney game is the most
nerve-racking experience I ever had.
Now, for example, last Saturday night
my phone rang and l said 'Hello!'
and one of my drivers chirped, is that
you, Dad? Well. won't be home to-
night 'Why?' I asked. Well, / was
going up the river and a big car came
down the road about thirty miles an
hour and side-swiped me. throwing my
car over the bank into the river; / wilt
see you tomorrow when l swim to
shore. That is what l call nerve
racking; the sweet. repose that pre-
cedes Sunday morn was turned into q
fretful and worried night"
One of the most interesting articles
In Of f,Na II
partment of Labor and Industry. was
written by f. l.. Benedict, of the
Elliott-F1sher Company, the big indus
trial establishment of this city. It is
entitled the Efficiency Vacation" and
gives some novel and very practical
ways or giving vacations so that eff
cheney or plant is not retarded a
particle and the orders go on just the
same. the customers satisfied and the
employees refreshed.
Miss Alice r. Eaton, the librarian
or the Harrisburg Public Library, is
asking for some Harrisburg directories
for 1914. She wants last years direct
ories so that she can advertise Har-
r!sburg. 1t is a fine chance to do it,
too. 1t seems that Miss Eaton has
arranged to exchange directories with
the libraries of number of Pennsyl-
Vania, New Jersey, Maryland and other
cities. The way it has worked out has
been very advantageous because men
in other cities have said they got the
| addresses of people here with whom
they wanted to correspond in a busi-
ness way from the directories at their
| home city libraries. Newark, for in
stance, keeps a list of Harrisburg
| directories on hand.
Ex-senator George NJ. wertz, of
cambria county, now county con-
troller, is stirring UP the animals in his
| county. The former senator has been
| having some jars with the county COM
missioners and after a controversy
issued statement challenging them
| to take him into court in regard to
some transactions of which they did
not approve and he did. He is we'll
known to many here.
They have started in to reclaim the
Federal building lawn. Last week the
removal of some of the junk from the
| Court street segment of the Walnut
street front was followed by some
rough and ready farming, during which
the weeds were cut down and portion
| OF what used to be. the finest lawn in
eight counties was given a trimming.
Yesterday work was started on some
| sections of the Third street lawn, the
comparison between the weeds grow
ing on the citys side of Front street
dpoNe MdCldy ana the lawn In the
heart of Harrisburg being too much.
The choice exhibit of Harrisburg grown
weed nufsances on the Court street
| front toward Locust remains.
|
DR.. J. NJ. J. Raunick's figures on
the birth rate in Harrisburg for the
| first six months of this year show that
there have been more boys than girls
born in this city in the first half of
three years. In 1913, when the world
was at comparative peace, there were
34b boys born in the first half of the
year and only 215 girls. In the first
! six months of last year when things
were more or less peaceful and the
great war had not started there were
372 boys born and 3S4 girls. The first
sX months of this year, when half the
wcrld was at war, there were 346
boys born and 342 girls. In spite of
the old saying that there are more
boys born in war time than girls, tho
margin has been coming down in Har-
risburg.
Two members of a well-known Har-
| risburg family this week toined the
Harrisburg contingent at the military
| training camps. James Boyd. Jr.
went with the North Carolina regi-
ment to the officers camp at Toby
/ hanna and Jackson Herr Boyd to the
Plattsburg camp.