Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-02
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Government orders against use fol
the present of open top cars is going
to interfere materially with the plans
or the State Highway Department for
completion of construction work on
state highways and also with the late
maintenance operations according to
people at the State Capitol. For the
last few weeks the Highways De-
paftment people have been concen-
| tratlng efforts toward getting roads
INTO shape for winter and to repair
those which have been worn by the
heavy traffic, especially from trucks
which have been sent across the
state by main highways to the sea-
board because of the congestion on
railroads. Hundreds of tons of stone
and other materials are yet to be de-
livered especially in the southern
countleS where work is some times
possible until well in December.
There Is also scarcity of teams and
trucks and the Department is forced
to fall back upon its own vehicles
which are widely scattered.
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The Pennsylvania railroad has
filed its answer to the complaints
alleging violation of the full crew
law in operating of express trains
out of Philadelphia and all full crew
cases Will be taken up by the Public
Service Commission on November 21.
1t is the plan to dispose of the cases
before the end of the year. Other
cases which will be grouped and
heard probably late this month are
those involved in tn ; increase of fare
by the Scranton railways system. The
city of Scranton has filed an
amended complaint raising the issue
of whether the increase is reasonable
and the decision will probably have
a wide effect.
Senator Clarence J. Buckman,
President pro tenn. of the State SEN
ate, was in Harrisburg yesterday
seeking way to get 500 stenogra-
piers, girls preferred. The Senator
seemed to be somewhat of a hurry
about it, too, although after one got
through talking to him it was hard
to believe that he would get away
with 1t, persuasive as the peace-loV-
ing Quaker, who likes to fight, hap
pens to be. 1t seems that the Sen
ator has volunteered to look after
some work for the National Govern
ment at Washington and among the
pleasant little duties given to him
was one to organize a certain hu-
reau which must have 500 stenogra-
they get started, but as your Uncle
Sam is rather slow in paying, but oil
t right when he starts, the conditions
: were that the stenographers would
S have to pay their own fare and GER
:. tain expenses unless patriotic en-
9 ployers would agree to come across
I for them. The employers would be
( asked to give up their stenographers
, and to help them on the way in the
e national need. However, these are
war times.
Two boys got into glorious fight
on the Capitol Park walk near Third
t and Walnut streets yesterday after
i noon. They totally disregarded the
e injunction to stay off the grass and
i tore up the turf in their battle.
When they were stopped some one
{ asked the cause of the row.
o THAT mutt, he called me Kaiser
e Bill. My names Bill, all right, but |
= amt going to stand for being called
e Dutch king" was the beiiigerent
y reply,
0 Business at the Pennsylvania Rail-
t road station ticket office was held
e up yesterday for almost one-half
D hour by a petite stranger. She want
ed to go somewhere but the ticket
l clerk was unable to find out just
t where. She anchored herself in
front of the window and the manner
in which, she quiZZed the young man
r on the inside made his head swim.
Y She wanted to know all about the
/ trains, parlor and sleeping cars,
, mileage books and what it would cost
@ with the revenue tax added. All the
t time she was talking a crowd was
n gathering and the line stretched TO
0 the Bureau of Information. Finally
S someone called attention to another
window. Then there was a rush.
The little stranger wanted to know
what was going on, and a travelling
man told her. You have been tie
ing up the Pennsylvania railroad.
young woman" She smiled and
= added, "Oh dear. / am so sorry,
| hope no one missed the train. [
: expect to so away next week and
there is so much to find out, espe-
cially when one travels alone"
"That is just like a woman"
snarled some one down the line.
Ring off, if you had been No. 2
in that line you would have let her
stand there all day." replied the
clerk.
: please do not give me any more
: suits that will look like the Chinese
flag" said a mother of several. in
cluding some little boys, at one of
. the Market street stores. She was
after wash suits"
The woman was a good customer
and the clerk was tactful "Well,
; We can not guarantee anything that
5 will be fast just now. Here are
: some suits that have just red and
blue" said he. Then he added, "If
they run it will be a Liberty Loan
combination"
No wonder he made the sale.
("
A captain in the American Army in
France in writing to his brother in
this city says that in spite of all the
talk the Germans are depressed over
the American entry into the war.
The man who writes is one Of the
keenest observers and familiar with
the Teuton mind. This is the way
he expresses it: I'VE are getting the
very definite impression that Ger
many is licked and will soon know it.
They say that in spite of all the blus-
ter Germany greatly fears the
American troops and the fact that
the Americans are going in on n
scale so vast is making a great inn
preston on this side. I don't think
that at home you know how fast
and on what great scale we are
getting under way"