Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-03
EVENING Chat

Operatives of Harrisburg Railway
cars nave been asked numerous times
me iast rev days what has happened
70 the Illuminated signs that ordinar-
uS ,Vrhament the fronts of their ears.
illustrates how quickly the people
OF .he city have become accustomed
20 look Tor the sign up at the top of
eho car. Two years ago such things
mere unknown here except on a few
OF the Valley Railway cars, and it was
only last year that the newest cars of
Siie ffarf1sburg system commenced to
9lsplay the destinations over the vesti-
oule fronts. In the last six months
MOST OF the cars have been equipped
ana everyone appears to look for the
uhSuishing u car than the big blue
signs, provided ones sight is good.
rms week the company's repairmen
look out the signs from a score or so
o1 the cars to repaint them. 1t is the
Iuea TO make better letters and to i'm
prove them In some details. AS re-
SUIT the cars have been running with
only lights in the sign slot. and while
they do all right as auxiliary head
ishts' they do not tell much. The
signs will be back in few days.
People have. odd things to bet on.
Inc other day a couple of members
OF the committee which is supervising
the drilling of the we'll in Market
street near Fourth for a hotel got into
discussion on the number of stabs
the drill made into the earth every
minute They promptly bet and none
OF them came withisl ten. The drill
sinks many more times than the aver
age man would believe. The sight of
the we'll driller at work has furnished
some of the big towns with a choice
n FnF arlru ss.l.,, F.~II
drilling wells in the main street, some
OF them not being half bad. One man
asked If the city had given up its
water works and another whether the
Susquehanna had gone out of busi-
ness. third man asked if it was in
preparation for location.
Tim Dinan. the golf professional at
the Country Club of Harrisburg, has
Joined the list of weather prophets.
He insists that Spring will be here in
earnest before April 10 because the
blackbirds are commencing to dig
around for the white grub worms. He
says that means that golfers will get
into action very early. Tim taught
Governor Brumbaugh how to play
golf and was Governor Tener's in
structor. too.
The entertainments being built in
Second street and Market Square for
the improvement of the drainage ia
cilities of the central section of the
city and to take care of the Second
street subway are attracting the at
tention of the youngsters and they
are naturally playing war" about
them. Incidentally, they are running
a big risk of being hurt by tumbles
and of being punished by their enc
mics, the policemen. Yesterday aft
ernoon a couple of kids undertook
to charge on a trench held by n
couple of noisy young pals. The boys
in the defense had moved one of
the big drainpipes and it was pointed
at the advancing foe. 1t made an ideal
cannon and it resounded with shrill
boom" boom" to the great enter
tainment of the passersby.
Holy Week had its usual effect upon
the hotel registers of the city this
week and most of them showed slim
lists. A clerk at one of the hotels de-
clared that II il had not been for the
Legislative session and the big hear
ings held on Tuesday the lists of
guests would have been slim indeed.
The week before Easter and the week
before Christmas are generally pretty
poor for hotelmen.
Speaking OF hotels, it is interesting
to note that now. when most of us
are thinking about buying summer
clothes and wondering how soon we
can shed our overcoats, that the men
who sell winter goods are commenc-
ing to appear at the hotels. Among
one of the groups here day before yes
terday was n man who sells furS,
another who handles goloshes and a
couple of overcoat men. They were
thinking of Christmas, not Easter.
The average coal cart driver does
not think how many people he may
upset when he backs his team so that
a car cannot pass easily. Yesterday
a driver blocked n line in one of the
uptown streets and when the ear
came along it's side almost grazed a
horse. The driver handed the motor
man some remarks and declined to
move the team. He deliberately un-
limbered and unluaded. adding insult
to delay by climbing into the cart and
sweeping out the coal. He made one
man miss a train. kept another man
from making a connection with troll
ley car running half hourly. held up
a doctor and made six people mad.
The big spaces on the main portico
of the Capitol arc in demand by kids
Tor pfdctlCe Win mafpieS. 1t Woulu
surprise one TO see the manner in
which they are used and the fine shots
that are made. Half a dozen kids
will practice a quarter of an hour at
at time and to prove they know a
good thing they will keep quiet as
mice while doing II.
Spring is really here. Peoplesare
commencing TO make bonfires of rub
bIsh and policemen have their hands
full going along to see that sparks are
extinguished on vacant lots in some of
the residential sections. The Spring
cleanup is later than usual. due to
the weather. but there is Il disposition
to make up for lost time and there is
much activity in the bonfire line.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE