Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-31
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@ioH dud as a dtetr1E
which can produce some of the fine
wheat and in larger quantities d
acre than some of the counties
the big western states. Indead. IL
on record that for sections that haI
been as continuously farmed as YoI
and Lancaster and Berka count,
they have remarkably nreservE
their productiveness and +ha ate
ton given to fertilization hv ths
farmers Is often referred to bv y
perts. With the memory of the fs
Wneat crop gathered this wear
spite or the discouraging weath
conditions 1t is matter of gratific
tion on an end-of- August raiIroE
rlde through our part of the state
nouce the numerous fields of cor
the potato patches, the acres of 9th
vegetables and the many fields lyi
furnishing food for man in less III
year from now. One co,,Id uyr
Books on the agricultural metho
Oh southeastern Pennsylvania.
even a railroad ride furnishes so1
Ilrst-hand valuable information. m
Lancaster county farmers harvest
pretty fair amount of wheat {
year In spite of the weather. a viz
,hat would be considered handsoI
IN some other parts of the count
ana In the face of the fact that tn
ala not put out much more acrea
III Wheat than usual, and the expe
say that the district is more fayt
able TO wheat than to corn, they
pear 10 nave a mighty warm spot I
the Dig, tall cornsta1ks. One
hardly out of sight of a cornfield
a run through Chester and LancastE
berKs, Lebanon or Dauphin count
east OF the Susquehanna and in Yo
CUMBERLAND, Adams and Franklin
the west except where there are thd
stretches of woodland that the cd
servationists are urging for the r
| or the state. This is going to ba
great corn year and one of the Id
ner wheat districts of Pennsylya
seems to be on fair way to maxi
record with corn. And 1t may
stated in passing that rich Lancas
county is going to be a lot wealth
next year when the leaves from
| enormous acreage of tobacco
gathered in and the farmers are p
the prices that prevail for
weed" A train ride through
| part of Pennsylvania is worth Wh
All one needs to do is to look out
the windows and decide not to wa
what bountiful Providence
sent so lavishly for sustenance
! enjoyment.
Another interesting thing abb
taking ride on the railroads throu
our part or pennsylvania is the LEM
OF the trains that are run. The p
| Trains uffo
| OF the station sheds when they s
and the freight trains seem fai
endless and their number as unce
ing as the hours. The railroad N
say that they have been trying to
down the number of their trains
that every time they make a red
ton they have to put more cars
the trains that remain. I'VE
train service and we cut trains.
result was that we had cars jamm
women and children standing. m
Kicking and threatening to write
the Public Service Commission,
Interstate Commerce Commission
the American Railway Associate
The people Of Pennsylvania HI
money this year and they want
travel and they insist on travelling
comfort. So what are we going
do? 1t means long trains" was
way a passenger man put it.
added that he did not think pass
| ger travel would slow up until W
ter when people began to realize
demands of the nation.
A freight man who watched
locomotive smudging the countrys
with smoke remarked that it
hard work to teach firemen to
economical with fuel now and t
he wondered what he would be do
this fall when the young fellows w
in the mobilization camps
green" men were shoveling bl
| coal to keep fires red hot. "I
newspaper fellows have been doin
lot to get the people into touch "
the governments plans and to
| culcate common sense in emerg
| cies, but look at the demands on
freight service. Count the coal tra
| that pass this train in the next ht
never mind the cars. Then look
the provision trains and the gend
trains. Now suppose you ask sd
railroad man who knows the frei
end of it just what they were do
some ten, or five, years ago." was
comment of the freight man. A
matter of fact, the freight movem
through this city on any of the Il
roads is colossal. Except for
you can't figure out what Is bd
hauled. It's none of your busiT
any time and still less so in war ii
but If you want an object lesson
ride and watch the coal trains.
But there is another thing
| impresses one on = railroad
through this land of plenty and
tivity and that is that everyone Sc
TO have more than enough to
III some of the restaurants in the
cities they are serving what they
war orders" Judging by the sta
ard of what was served on an end
| August trip last year, war ORD
is half what you used to get for
thirds of the old price. In ninet
out of twenty cases it is enough.
the portions that they serve for
| full price in the Readings restaur
and at its lunch counters are big.
ones, and the Pennsylvania RailT
persists in serving big portions
of yore. OF course, the prices are
But the steaks are as large and
plates of soup are as well filed,
ice cream cuts" are the same
size and the bread measures the sd
The railroad restaurant, lunch cd
ter and cafe car are great educa
or irritators, as the case may turn
the wonder is that the war or
or "war portion"'is not served.
the time you get through a coup
the standard portions you are I'd
for a hike instead of a long ride
ting still. The sandwiches YOU
at Reading or Lancaster are as
gestive of the land of milk and hd
as ever, and the pretzels are as
untouched by the demands of wa
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