Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-04
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Men connected with the transpor-
tatlon interests of the city and active
In its highway affairs say that they
rear February weather more than that
OF any other month in the year. Tho
weather of the second month, thew saw.
Is apt to be more variable than in anv
other MONTH even more so than in
March, which is the month against
which medical men warn patients sub
Ject to depression when the weather
turns bad. One man who has been
connected with transportation affairs
all his life said to-day after having
read the accounts of variation in tenn
perature recorded by n resident of
Mount Joy in 1860 that he knew of
some almost similar antics of the mer-
curry In the last twenty years and re-
marked that most of the big snow
storms had come along in February.
making all kinds of trouble and caus-
ing companies to spend money and
their passengers to be inconvenienced
The same view was taken by a citv
of1clal, who stated that in all his
service the most trouble experienced
was in the second month, when one
could have work all planned out and
hours because half a foot of snow had
fallen without warning. One builder
SAID recently when asked when he was
going TO start construction work on
some houses that he intended to wait
Tor March. Il started to dig cellars in
FEBRUARY several times and had to quit
work and lose money because of SHOWS
and freak weather. I wait for the
windy month now"
William Conner, who was hurt in the
Pennsylvania Railroad wreck near
Johnstown, is a former legislator and
is now register of Wills of Allegheny
county. lie was on his way to Harris
burg to consult with State officials
when he was hurt.
The Harrisburg Public Library's new
school Libraries, which were placed in
five of the buildings of the city. have
proved so successful that there is con-
siderable need for additional books.
Ihe library has sent all it can spare
from its own shelves to the school
branches and the demand is growing
faster than the resources of the library
The school libraries were out of the
experimental stage a day after they
were established in this city and the
books have been taken out as soon as
returned.
There are a number of railroad vet
Grams in Harrisburg who can tell many
interesting facts about the early his
tory of the Pennsylvania Railroad, but
If you want correct dates and further
information, consult with William
Bender Wilson, a former Harrisburger,
now resident of Philadelphia, and
on the honor roll of the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad. Colonel Wilson is the his
torian of the Pennsylvania system be-
tween - 1rI
He not only has facts and figures I'm
| his possession, but a collection of rare
and valuable photographs taken years
ago. He can give you the names of
every official in the employ of the
Pennsylvania Railroad from its incep-
| ton. This historian has compiled n
history that is of much interest to
IlarriShurgcrs, especially those who
worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad
in its early days. Every month there
is a meeting of retired veterans at
Philadelphia. Colonel Wilson is on
hand and gives interesting talks. Last
Friday he presented to a Harrisburg
veteran two pictures. showing the first
and second station buildings in Har-
risburg. These pictures were made
from prints that appeared many years
ago.
Members of the State Board of
Public Grounds and Buildings will de-
termine next week where to place the
paintings brought to the Capitol from
the State building at the Panama
Pacific Exposition at San Francisco.
These paintings, which were by a
noted Pittsburgh artist. were removed
from the walls of the building on the
shores of the Golden Gate in excellent
condition and are now stored at the
Capitol Superintendent of the Capitol
! S. B. Rambo will make an inspection
of the canvases and determine their
location. They will be placed this sum-
mer when some of the Oakley paint
ings may also be here.
Copies of Colorado newspapers
which have been received here lately
! give some amusing incidents connected
with the going dry of the mountain
commonwealth. 1t would seem that
some of the liquor dealers got ready
for the change and are now selling
soft" drinks of all kinds, making
specialties of mineral water and grape
juice. One man advertises in two
column form Temperance Bar Room, y"
while another says that he sells "Fizz-
ing, Sizing, LIKABLE drinks" An.
other announces that Everything is
dry. including the climate" but that
| he has some fine thirst quencherS