Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-30


schedule and near Mifflin you will
notice the station "Hawstone." Look
at the footnotes below and you will
learn that "all stops shown at Haw-
stone will be effective August /.
1917"
Hawstone is the little town that is
growing up here in Juniata county as
the result of the enormous activities
of the Haws Refractories Company.
successors to the A. ]. Haws and Sons.
limited. They manufacture large
quantities of firebriclk. silica brick.
magnesia and chrome brick. The
town is named after one of the prin-
cipal stockholders. who is general
manager of the concern, w. III. Haws.
Incidentally this Mr.. Haws made
Mount Union and Shawnee, two lead
ing Juniata Valley towns. and is now
making Hawstone in Juniata county
"Ork OF BUSY Mhn
In April, 1900. a small man. wearing
a corduroy suit and a flannel shirt,
with white slouch hat. disembarked
from the comfortable seat of pas
senger coach of the Pennsylvania
Railroad at Mapleton. Huntington
county. Striking toward the Juniata
river, he proceeded eastward along
it's north bank. Coming to a bridge.
he crossed to the south side and again
went eastward until he came to
small wooden structure which served
at that time for the Mount Union sta
ton. 1t cannot compare with the fine
brick station now at Mount Union
for then this town did not have enor-
nous brick plants and gigantic Aetna
Explosives Works; and only few
wretched houses marked the site of
this now prosperous community.
From the station the little man
went to a small brick hotel nearby
and entered. Why it was there is a
mystery. for certainly it did not serve
much of a purpose. No person await
ed him. But Haws discovered keg
sitting on a bracket. a wash basin
and a roller towel. Making himself
at home, he proceeded to lave him
self, when suddenly he became aware
of a short, heavily-built man suspi-
ciously looking him over" 1t was
then two hours after noon.
Whats your business here?" curtly
propounded the heavily-set character.
I'm hungry and want something to
eat. Can you accommodate me?" re-
turned the little stranger pleasantly.
We'll. 1 don't know; it's late, but
I'll try" returned the other in a hesi-
tating manner.
Tho owner-manager-wa (hiS
other titles we will leave for the pres
enD did ransack the cupboard and
finally set before the man several
dishes, which We're attacked in n
ravenous manner. Not a crumb re-
rtained after Haws. the explorer had
appeased his appetite.
Information that his feast" would
reduce his capital by two bits pro-
duced an expression on the stranger
that would ordinarily indicate that
amount of money and he were not
on speaking acquaintance. A search
through his jeans revealed a fifty
dollar note, but the change required
exceeded the capacity of the propri-
etor. Another search ensued and an
elusive quarter was brought to light.
The interest of the hotelman, already
aroused, became more intense. Fol-
lowed this:
What might your name be. sirE
We'll, 1t might be a good many
things. but 1t isn't"
well, then, what is your business?'
We'll, sir returned Haws. as he
pointed to the surrounding peaks. II
am going to buy them! Yes. every
one of them"
Nut" thought the boniface, but an
offer of two dollars per day (two dol
lars looked bigger then than it does
to-day would have been sufficient
inducement for him to accompany a
party of a dozen nuts" as their cook
on a hunting expedition; so he and
Haws made a pact. They set out
on their exploring expedition. which
soon led them to an examination of
the canister rocks on the south side
of the Juniata river. Then the
stranger departed.