Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-22
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The Bethlehem Steel Company
which /. building a giant bridge over
a former Harrisburger. who in ditficu.
times OF a flood gained fiattering rec
ognltlon and saved his company heavy
loss by using his head and having t.
courage 10 carry our a well-conceiVsS
plan; Tom" Baldwin. formerly oE
months ago to Miss Montandon NorriS,
niece OF Mrs. H. NJ. Slime of th.s
city, was the hero of the occasion NJ
the story is told by Coyle Kennedy. q.
hambersburg, son of Moorehead q
Kennedy, president of the Cumberland
vditey rallroad. Young Kennedy, who is
working on the same job. is spendtn4
his Vaction at the Plattsburg camp.
II seems one whole pier of the new
orluSe was IN danger of being washed
away by the heavy flood. Baldwin
caiied Tor volunteers among the men to
LoIloW him out and tie up the loose
piece ana make 1t safe. Each man was
oHered 500 to do the job, for there was
an element of danger which Baldwin
recKoned with when he offered the
men the special pay as individuals ane
without holding the company respor-
slole for any accidents. To make a.
long story short the job was ably ac-
complished, fortunately without SER
ious consequences. and it is the quiet
penet or his friends that Tom" will
receive Official recognition of his act
II ne has not already zone so.
Would you mind telling me lust
what is Jitney etiquette?' asked a
young man of a worldly wise woman
yesterday.
"Here-I am in a car and when I sit
GOWN all seats are taken. Two women
stand on the sidewalk and beckon to
the driver. He stops and looks right
tinued.
Get out" responded the worldly
wise one.
Well, then, I am in a car again
ana there is one vacant seat A col
ored woman of Very stout build gets
IN and complains that she is crowd
ed. She does not consider me. What
ought l to do there?
Get out again" was the verdict.
Speaking about jitneys which. have
grown numerous over night as a result
or the conditions caused by the strike
some of them have started to operate
from caprice. a young man who had
new car started out to play jitney
the other evening about 8. At II he
mad $3.50. He got leave from his lob
ana has been jitneying ever since. one
OF his friends who bougk- a car on an
instalment plan cleaned up So in one
| day ana is thinking about taking a
vacation from his regular job as long
as his boss does not spot him in his
new enterprise. Some of the motor
trucks, which are hired at $40 to SIS
day when anyone wants one real
badly have been coming money.
AS for accommodations in iitneys
they are apt to be luxurious One big
/ 90 81, as,~e e
the nice kind that allow you to sit
back and some of them have arms to
them. Another automobile built for
hVe has two small stools for excess
traffic. One of the rneanest carriers is
a truck which has boards placed
across the sides. 1t was evidently
bullt before springs were invented.
However, when a person is face to face
with walk and temperature at 90 or
taxi at 81 it does not pay to be
choicy.
Among those who are unacquainted
with conditions in the rural districts
there is no appreciation of the dirfi-
culties which farmers are now under
going in the matter of the labor short
tage. So serious is the situation that
IN many cases the wives and daugh-
ters of the farmers are running mow-s
ing machines and doing other field
formed by men. AS a result OF these
conditions the farm work has been
much delayed, but it is not believed
the crop losses will be serious in the
final showdown.
There is likely to be some definite
movement set on foot to protect the
river front between Fort Hunter and
the city limits Already some COM
plaint has been heard regarding the
use of the embankment as a dump
ing place for ashes and all sorts of de-
brls. 1t is also suggested that there
should be a general clearing up eth
er by the present owners or through
some arrangement with the Depart
ment of Parks of this city. The growth
is becoming so heavy that in some
places view of the river is shut out
by the tangled masses of wild under
growth There is also needed a gem
eral planting of trees to take the
place of the old giants which are
dying.
Through the kindness of Edward
Bailey, the banker, the Harrisburg
Public Library has received copies of
the publications of the American Iron
and Steel Institute, for which there
has been big demand at the library
because of the valuable papers on the
iron and steel industry they contain.
The books will be on the shelves in a
few days Mr.. Bailey was one of the
which includes the big men of the in
dustry, on this continent.