Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-03
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ShhSyiVdnld lS one OF the rev
States in the Union which is in fav.
orable position in regard to its paper
contracts and 1t will not have. to
worry for over a year to come. It's
contracts were made a couple of
years ago and paper which is now sell-
ing III the market at $S is being
bought by the State for a little over
half that sum. This favorable condi.
tion' which has brought about a coA
dilon whereby paper people are try<
inG not to sell to the commonwealth
,tn ,nseeaa OF trying to have it increase
lts orders, is the result of a contract
pIaced two years ago by A. Nevin Pome-
roy the State superintendent of pub
nc printing and binding. The officials
nave been endeavoring to hold down
the amount of printing required by
chlefs, whose printing was not contem-
piated when the appropriation was
maoe, started to make inquiries they
found that Pennsylvania was in q
favorable condition as regards paper,
put In bad shape for printing fund.
printing last year was 100000 and
out OF this had to come all of the
enid labor. workmens compensa-
ton and State insurance fund print
ing' none Of which has been provided
for when the estimates were made.
Orders have been given that all print
ing must be held down as much as
possible and there will be less this
year than for a long time.
Present indications are that the
revenue of Father Penn will run up
around SS2,500,000 this year instead Of
SS2,O0O,00O. The State is just COM
mencing to reap the benefits of war
bride industries whose stock has
assumed high values because of or
Will be collected in the next sixty
days will cover the greatest of the
flush" period.
If the big merger Of traction, gas
and electric plants in the Cumberland
valley goes through practically ev-
erything between Hagerstown and
carlisle will be embraced in one great
utilities company. AS usual, there are
reports that the Valley RAILWAYS
company is to be part of the scheme,
@ Dut no one seems to know about it.
| me New York and Baltimore, who
are In the new combination have talk
en- over the lines about Cham bersburg.
| Greencastle and Waynesboro and are
about to absorb the Carlisle, Newville.
Mt. Holly lines, according to what is
| heard here.
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do not get killed the stunts they cut
up on the approach to the Mulberry
street bridge at Fourth and Chestnut
streets" said a policeman this morn
ing. Just watch the way a boy will
zlgzag up the approach in the face
lof speeding motorcars and teams
They dart in and out and / get nervous
trying to make them behave. For a
dangerous place the average bicyclist
does not appear to worry as much as
1 do"
These are the days when the tele-
graph and telephone linemen commences
to sleep with one ear open. The Autumn
nal storms are what worry them and
they are ready for any call because
the storms that sweep along now are
generally accompanied by high winds
and of the kind that can do no end
OF damage in a mighty short time.
the prelude to winter and hunt out the
weak spots.
| Bass fshermen are commencing to ling
| the shores of the Susquehanna and its
tributaries to get the late fishing,
which the veterans say Is the best of
all. The fish are well grown, hungry
and inclined to fight Hence when one
happens to get a good-sized bass he
Is sure of sport and If salmon strikes
the fishermen is rapid for early rising
and long waiting. Some of the strings
coming to the city are worth noticing.
|
A man with an inquisitive boy
stopped to hear one of the orators in
the Market Square forum the other
evening. The orator was going on high
gear and he was certainly making a
noise with his hand and voice. He
was directly addressing the audience.
About every other word was the per-
sonal pronoun You" He would shout
1t. He would bawl 1t out and he used
1t to emphasize his points. He asked
several citizens how they would like
to have certain things come to pass.
For a few moments he seemed to center
on the man with the boy. A bystander
asked the father what he had been
doing to the orator to merit such ex-
amples of direct discourse. Before the
father could answer the young Pennsyl-
vania militant broke in: go smash
him, Pop"