Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-21
EhPntng Chat

More projects for improvement OF
spokes OF the wheel of roads, lead
ing TO the State Capital are under dis.
cusslon now in this part of the State
than in the last half-dozen wears nos
even excepting 1912 and 1913. whe<,
the ways to Gettysburg were fixed I'm.
Fart or this is due to the William Penn
Highway, which is now attracting ma
tlonal attention because of the onnor-
tunities it offers for yisitine, bietoric
ana thriving points of interest. and
part due to the general desire to have
roads which will prove worth while
Tor the motorist, whether pleasure
farming or business bent. In addition
TO tne movement for the betterment of
roads III the eastern end of the county
steps are being taken by folks in the
upper end TO get highways improved
ana the Lykens Valley offers some
scenery of which the average Harris
burger Knows little and yet which he
tofe many years will be visited by
many people. The negotiations be-
tween the Northern Central Railway
and the State Highway Department
are expected to lead to substantial
changes for the better on the River
SIDE road above Fort Hunter and will
enable people to come to the State
Capltai from Sunbury without running
risks and at the same time open an
interesting portion of our own county
to automobilists of Harrisburg. The
moves being taken in Cum berland and
Perry counties will affect this CITY be-
cause those roads are feeders for Har-
rlsourg traffic, and il something is only
zone TO Improve the road along the
SuSquehanna south of MiddletoWn il
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In beautiful river views. Just how
much of the various programs under
way can be worked out this year is
proolematcal, but the fact that so
many propositions have sprung up
spontaneously shows a healthy degree
OF interest in better roads to and from
harrisburg. which. by the way, this
Guys people can well afford to stimu-
late.
The present activity in the iron and
steel trade is having the effect of re-
VlVlng some of the furnaces in this
part of the State which have been re-
garded for the last few years as having
come close to the period of antiquity,
especially several in the Susquehanna
ana Lebanon Valleys. The demand for
lerro-manSaneSe, a. pig iron mainly
produced abroad and now in very gen
eral use in filling trade orders, is
causing some furnaces to be improved
at heavy cost. Marshall furnace, at
Newport, which had been idle for
some time, has been started on this
kind of iron, and North Cornwall fur
mace, near Lebanon, which had been
classed as practically abandoned, is
about to go on this iron and to use
Brazilian ore. There are three idle
blast furnaces in this city and one or
two near Columbia, which are said to
have been looked over with a view to
estimating what it would cost to op-
crate on ferro- One of
these is LoChiel furnace, owned by the
Pennsylvania Steel Company, and last
in blast two years ago.
The Washington Fire COMPANY,
which will be seventy-ive years young
this week, was established i'm 1S41 at
the United States Hotel, which stood
at the corner of Second and Mulberry
streets for many years. but which has
disappeared in the march of improve
ments. That its members were hus-
tiers is shown by the fact that in less
than forty days after the meeting was
held the company had a hose carriage
bought and pair for. Levi Wolfinger
was the first president and many men
prominent in Harrisburg affairs have
been members. The company has al
ways been a hose company, never hav-
ing had an engine, and not until it re-
celVed ltS chemical apparatus having
else than a hose carriage. It's first
real home was at Second street and
Meadow Lane, which it occupied i'm
August, 1914. Among the men who
were officers for years We're Major
John III. Zeigler, W. A. Alricks. D. r.
Jauss, r. S. German, John L. Martin,
David Iingle, George II. Bell, A. A.
Pancake, Charles H. Etter, Peter K.
Boyd. Frederick Haehnlen, j. +. c.
Dace, Samuel and John Bernh eisel.
Levi Wolfinger, Henry F. Young and
others known to the older residents OF
Harrisburg.
The greatest interest is being mani
tested throughout the State in the ac-
ton of the Public Service Commission
on the full crew law complaints. There
are over q dozen complaints embodied
in the cases now being considered and
the rulings will clear up numerous
points in which the railroads and the
railroad men have been at odds.
number of teachers in this part OF
the State and some State officials are
planning to attend the banquet of the
alumni of the West Chester State Nor
NAL School. State Superintendent N
C. Schaeffer and President f. T..
Sparks. of State College, will be guests
of honor.