Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-13
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Just as an instance of the way State
finances are running nowadays it is
interesting to note that just $s5,000
Is held by Harrisburg banks which
are not active repositories of Father
Penn's cash. There are two active de-
positories where checking accounts
are kept by the State treasurer and
which used to carry half a million
or so of ready money. Now they do
not have 100000. As for the mac
tive repositories there was a time
when there were a dozen or so in this
county and when some of them regu-
larly carried more than is in the
whole list of inactives in this city
now. The $4,000 mentioned is in 4
three banks in this city, the largest
being 100000 in one institution. This
condition prevails in proportion all
over the State. There are hardly moro
than 100 banks now holding State de-
poslts. There used to be 800. The
total of the cash of the State was So
2O5,0 600 in round numbers on July l.
Some years ago there was more than
that in the general fund alone. Now
1t is in six funds. The whole situa-
ton Of the cash has not given the
State as much money to keep on hand
as 1t had some years ago and that
often 1t takes scraping around to get
the cash to meet the big pay rolls
and charitable acquisitions. Another
interesting thing about the report is
that except for the active repositories
there is but one bank which has more
than 100000. The financial state
ment of the State shows an interest
ing feature in the invested funds, such
as the school and fire insurance funds.
The school fund now contains S216,-
900, which is destined to be a great
nest egg some day, while the fire
insurance fund, which was born less
than year ago, now contains $2S3,-
900.
Writing from the Plattsburg camp
one of the Harrisburg boys says:
For the first time in four days I'm
able to sit down and look around for
a few minutes without being scared to
death that bugle will blow and call
me out for something Things are
certainly on the qui vive up here and
there's scarcely a second goes by with
out something to do. Yesterday we
drilled In close formation most of the
morning and marched about 'steen
miles. In the afternoon we worked in
open formation lying on our tummies
in the grass and ever and anon get
ting up and rushing convulsively
about fifteen yards, when we would
again fall violently forward in
breath-taking manner. Great stuff
and especially because we were car
rying hefty guns and wearing KNAPP
sacks! Believe me, if I am not a ro-
bust Hercules by the time I leave this
place my name is not Bill"
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channels in the river during water
carnivals and pageants will be adopt
ed by the park department If sufficient
funds can be provided for the con-
struction of a type of marker along
the lines designed by James o. Shope,
one of the departments draughtsmen.
The buoy which Draughtsman Shope
has drawn provides for an air-tight
tin boat-shaped object, which will
keep it's equilibrium by means of
weights in a small chamber in the bot
tom. Out-riggers to which the an
chor chains can be fastened are pro-
vided for while the top of the marker
contained permanent socket in which
the flag may be placed. 1t is the in
tention to mark the routes with small
American flags and to place various
colored emblems at the start and finish
points.
People who like to stroll along the
6uSQuenanna river nave remarked
that in spite of the intense heat of
the last few afternoons there has al
ways been a breeze to be had in the
river parks. The same is true of Res
ervoir park hill, where there is al
ways a zephyr playing about. The
reason for this is said to be that the
mountains about Harrisburg form
currents which enable our city to be
famed at all times by the breezes.
The currents come down from the
Susquehanna gap and even Steelton
sweltering amid it's iron and steel
mills has a breeze every now and
then.
Farmers living within a short dis
tance of the city say that the outlook
for the grain crops, except corn Is
growing better every day and that II
they could only get the hands to har-
vest the grain all would be lovely. In
some sections of townships adjacent
to Harrisburg the grain is turning
brown, being so dead ripe that unless
soon cut the ears will burst and loss
of grain would ensue. The situation
in regard to harvest here is worse
than known for years.
Attorney General Francis Skunk
Brown plans to take a vacation. He
has not done so since he became at
torney general. Mr.. Brown will go to
Lake Placid, where for several years
he has been a neighbor of Charles
Evans Hughes.