Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-03
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Some idea of what the Pennsylva-'
MIA Railroad Is preparing for may be
| gained by observing the construction
work under way between this city
and Philadelphia, where the i'm
mense amount of traffic drawn from
the many states tapped by the sys-
tenn concentrates. Beginning at
| Highspire, where there is new yard
being laid out, there is work under
way every ten or fifteen miles. Ex-
| tensive changes are being made in
the Lancaster district and at Parkes-
burg the grading is finished for a
new yard. Additional facilities for
handling what comes off the low
grade are being constructed and
right outside of Philadelphia yard
of vast extent is under contract and
! men and machinery are working to
| get 1t ready. The traffic on the
| pennsylvania Is assuming proper
tions which would have been deemed
incredible few years ago and the
company is getting ready to meet
still greater business. All of this
will add to this city's importance as
a railroad center.
When fall time comes and the
boys of the city turn from outdoor
life to indoors for most of their
amusements and recreations, they
Will find at their disposal a new
boys department at the Y. M. G. A.
Secretary Reeves and Physical Di-
rector Miller are working out the
details. and it is likely that a large
| room on the second floor will be
set aside especially for the boys and
Mr: Miller already is planning spe-
cial classes for them. BY next spring
1t Is believed boys work will be one
| or the best features of the local as
sociation, which for many years past
has had no boys department worthy
of the name.
Mr.. Reeves is bringing new life
Into the local association every day.
One of the best things he has done
since his arrival has been to open
the association privileges to every
soldier in the city, free of cost. They
greatly appreciate this and every day
many of them use the shower baths-
the reading rooms and the desks for
personal correspondence. The little
camps about Harrisburg do not have
many accommodations and hereto
fore the soldiers had to do their
bathing as best they could. Now.
however, the tubs, shower and nee
die baths of the association are at
their disposal and almost every hour
of the day sees some group of men
in uniform taking advantage there
of.
|
Edison j. Hockenbury, speaking
before the Rotary Club on Monday,
bespoke the support of that organt-
zation for Mr.. Reeves, and the good
work he is doing here. "The time
will come when Mr.. Reeves will put
on q membership campaign, when
he will ask for men and for money"
said Mr.. Hockenbury, "and I hope
when that times comes he will have
the influence of this powerful Or
ganization as heartily behind him as
those who planned the Liberty Loan,
the Red Cross and the Boy Scout
, campaigns had behind them. have
known Mr.. Reeves for many years.
| l had no hand in bringing him to
: Harrisburg, but feel sure that the
) directors of the local association
could not have got a better man, no
matter where they might have look
ed"
The venerable DIR. Thomas ]. Fer
! guson, pastor of the Silver Spring
Presbyterian Church, who presided
at the flag presentation there the
other day, has been for more than
forty years head of this one congre-
, cation. He accepted the call there as
a young man just out of college and
ever since mas been laboring for the
,, development and up-building of that
community. Il am not one of those
, preachers who believe that a pas
. tors work ends with ministering to
the religious needs of the communi-
ty. I believe that the influence of
the Church for good should extend
into every activity of life. Acting
on that principle have taken part
} in almost every movement for public
! welfare in this vicinity for more
years than I sometimes care to think
. about" At the moment he was SUI
, perintending canning and preserv-
/ ing demonstration conducted by a
State College expert in the chapel of
2 his church, thoroughly convinced
! that the place of worship was being
: put to excellent use thereby. The
venerable pastors people evidently
thought so, too, for as they filed
!, smilingly out almost every one paus-
, ed for a smile and word with their
! minister.
> Many of the roads in Dauphin and
Cumberland counties are showing
Y veritable hedges of wild roses in
some sections. The roses are all in
Q flower now as summer seems to have
really come and they have been not
only admired but gathered by visi-
\ tors. Flowers along the fences are an
attractive feature in a number of
r counties and there is nothing pret-
tier than the wild rose of Central
Pennsylvania.
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