Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-10
EVENING CHAT

- VIM SH
North Tenth street north of Mar
ket resembles a line of coke ovens
THESE evenings because of the build
ing operations on the big warehouse
OF the n-Brantingham COM
pany which is being pushed in spite
OF the winter weather. In order to
keep the material soft and workable
big hres are built in the sand and
earth and other stuff entering into
the construction. These fires are built
IN cylinders of tin, old boilers, stove
pipes and other things and when dark
ness comes there is a line of flaming
mounds for a block or more. The
workmen keep the fires going until
after 10 when operations are suspend
ed and their activities and the fires
attract much attention. The fires also
have great attraction for crowds of
boys who gather round and have lots
OF fun helping the men keep them 60
ing. The builders are protected by
large sheets of canvass and have lots
ot electric lights strung along to fur
nlsh the illumination for night, the
effect of the glow being seen far off.
During the dav time there are screens
erected to save the men from the wind
and the snow. The progress on the
building has been rapid and has at
tracted general notice from people
passing in trolley cars. This building
operation has established something
like record in the city as it has gone
ahead, rain or shine. and the men in
charge have been pushing things at
rate that has been noted by visitors
and by local builders.
1T would have been better for the
'Groundhog had he seen his shadow"
said man in market this morning as
looked a u-b 10
the carcasses of three plump, fat
groundhogs all trussed up for the
roasting pan. They are the first TO
be seen on sale here for some time.
Nearby, on another stall, were several
opossums. The man who brought
them in said that 'possums' and
groundhogs are unusually plentiful
this winter and that for some reason
they are unusually fat for this season
of the Year
Congressman W. d. b. Ainey. of
Montrose. who spoke in the hall of the
House last night, was formerly a cap
tain in the National Guard. and it hap
pened that when he was getting out
or Siberia the Russian mobilization was
beginning. lie was much impressed
with the enthusiasm of the Russian
soldiers and of the populace when it
became known that England was GO
ms II join in the war against Ger
many. Mr.. Ainey had a narrow es-
cape in crossing the Baltic and got out
of Europe through Sweden.
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh
was last night elected to mem bership
in the Country Club of Harrisburg
and when the robins nest again he
VIII take some more lessons in golf
from Tim Dinan, the club profess
SlOnal Tim taught the
the rudimeuts of the game on the
Aronomink links at Philadelphia and
the Governor will probably be one of
his pupils again. Secretary of the
Commonwealth Cyrus L. Woods will
also be a member of the Country
Clubs golf playing squadron.
The presence of the dam will, l be-
lieve, mean more productive river
coal area in the immediate vicinity of
the city than ever before" said City
Commissioner Harry +. Bowman. su-
perintendent of public safety. yester-
day in discussing the possibilities for
obtaining the fuel from the stream for
the next fifteen or twenty years.
While the coal has a tendency to
float-it is more bouyant than sand by
far-much of ii will become lodged
among the rocks above the dam in
stead of being washed over the breast
mat means InaI lne coal area from
the obstruction northward will ma
turally be much greater and contain
infinitely larger possibilities in this
respect than the area Immediately be-
low the dam. Each year the volume
of water will deposit more of it and
so" continued the commissioner. "I
don't think there is any likelihood of
a lack of the supply-not at least,
within the fifteen year contract period
which the ordinance relative to the
construction of the electric light com
pany's landing wharf and hoist on the
island provides"
Congressman-e elect l.. T. McFadden,
who was visitor here yesterday. is
baker in Canton up on the northern
tier and a farmer on the side. He
has been chairman of the committee
on agriculture of the State Bankers
Association and has made the com
mitee something worth while. He
was elected to Congress in a district
that has gone Democratic every now
and then and now feels that it is Re-
publican once more.
Commissioner Hans Wagner, OF
the State Fisheries commission, was
drawn as juror in Allegheny county
but got off because he said his duties
would prevent him serving. Wagner
is famous short stop and angler.
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