Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-05
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Although Pennsylvania has abous
$4,000, 900 available for work on it,
system of main highways during 1917
the mileage of the purely State roads=
has grown so rapidly that it will hav,1
TO be spread pretty thin. Present
indications are that there will be less
than $500 for each of the 10,2O0 miles
in the State system. The plans for
the States road officials for the new
year call chiefly for maintenance, the
proposition being to carry 1t out as
efficiently as possible with the funds
at hand and to follow the same gems
eral plan as last year. The earth
roads, which comprise the greater
part of the mileage, will be combed
by drags and machines and where
needed will be given some oil treat
ment. The stone roads will be given
asphaltic oil in the Spring and will be
under constant inspection by the road
patrol forces and repairmen. The
patrol system, which was inaugurated
by Highway Commissioner r. j. Cum
ningham, is being perfected during
the winter and not only will the roads
be kept free from snow during the
cold months, but as soon as the Spring
time comes these caretakers will go
out into the country and go over
! every foot of road, patch it up and
keep it in shape for travel.
There's a pretty wide range of
| wages for farm household help in
| Pennsylvania, according to the statis-
| ticians of the State Department of
| Agriculture, who have been giving at
| tention to the gathering of data on
wages of hired girls" as they are still
| called in the country. In Delaware
county the average is $3.50 per week
with board and in the western part
| of the State as high as 81 is the aver
age paid while in the northern tier
1 fus 10 IV, IL liz.
county the average is down around
S3.25. In the cities the rates for help
are higher and going up.
The twentieth anniversary of the
! Harrisburg Academy of Medicine was
| mentioned at some length in a recent
| issue of the Bucks County Medical
! Monthly, as follows:
THE third of December was great
| day with the Harrisburg doctors, for
on that day date Father Times old
clock struck twenty for the Harris
| burg Academy of Medicine.
ITO celebrate this event the doctors
| at home and abroad met together and
! enjoyed themselves to the limit. John
| B. MacAlister, NJ. D., president of the
| State Society, entertained the presi-
dent of the American Medical Asso-
citation, William II. Rodman, and
few personal friends before the meet
ing. After hurried routine business
| DR.. Kodman gave a splendid address
upon Cancer and Ulcers of the Stom-
| ach, and 1t was the best we have ever
read or heard After the lecture we
repaired to the banquet room where
everybody partook with zest and
pleasure. Then back to the assembly
room where upon the screen was
thrown the words of the old-time
songs we cannot help singing. Baby
and youthful pictures of many of the
members were shown, and then the
contrasting pictures, full manhood
and old age. Some showed life at
meridian, others on the western slope.
Taken all together the affair was
unique and entertaining, and your
editor was pleased that his good
friend, DR.. Ellenberger, had made
him his guest.
"The next morning DIR. Ellenberger
showed me the city proper and the
suburbs for many miles around, and
L realized as never before what an
important city Harrisburg is and
what growth there must be In the
years to come. AS I left the city this
thought of the Harrisburg doctors
came to my mind:
"I shall always regret every mo-
ment 1 miss,
From a bunch of good fellows like
you"
Col. L. A. Watres, who was here
yesterday to see the governor, is one
of the commanding figures in north
eastern Pennsylvania. He was Sena-
tor, Lieutenant Governor and colonel
of militia. He is now active in busi-
ness and of wide influence in State
affairs.