Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-13
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is being poured through Harrisburg
ana into the Rutherford yards for
distribution to the east can be gath
I-sred from the mere statement that
the engines that haul the trains
come from five different railroads
ana II the big engines that wear
u o. A" on their tenders are taken
INTO account there are half a dozen
xmas operating. The United States
engines, which are known as Boil
shevikis because of the noise thew
make, are very numerous, there he
ing about thirty in service in this
section. They were originally built
lor RUSSIA, but taken over by the
! government and are working here to
ip OUT. The Reading has some
| this vicinity now, but the Rntbar-
lord yards also get trains drawn bv
SStsantlc western Maryland engines;
| cumberland Valley and PennsvIvo
ma railroad freight haulers and
baltimore and Ohio locomotives. AS
eaEh engine has n different toned
pen ana the whistles on the varieties
@ @ale very diverse there is more or less
~ se alohg the railroad and one can
- G.1n D.
J i've power. The Western Maryian3
enslhes nave been coming here Tor
some tlme, but they seem to grow
larger with every year.
removal of the old Capitol park
conservatory is under way at last
ana another month it will have dis.
| SPPeaiea; me first work being
! aone is the taking out of the. 10 OO0
feet of iron pipe. This pipe is about
/ twenty-five years old but it is of y
| type that is Very hard to get these
| 1ays ana has proved q very valuable
| nnd Tor Sam Fishman, who Invested
| Sooo ana some thought and time i'm
| Tue purchase of the conservatory.
! ne is using the pipe to equip a build
| ing and saving hundreds of dollars.
Is sald that a market has also
| peen found for the glass, although
some Of it is badly discolored.
| The Army truck seems to he the
| means OF awakening interest In bet
ter highways in the boroughs when
nothing else has availed. In the last
year literally thousands of Trucks
| ana motor vehicles have been NOV
| eu over the main highways of Penn
syiyanla ana the drivers have simply
yelled when they struck borough
streets. Complaints have been made
10 state, county and borough au-
thorities and in half dozen Dor
oughs along the Lincoln highway
alone improvements of a permanent
character have been started.
The war seems to have put crinp
IN the picnics according to what is
| up such things. There have not been
many and the few that have been
.held have been mainly held on troll
ley lines, relieving the railroads. AS
a matter of fact the picnic is no
longer an attractive line of business
to the railroad man, who is busy talk
ing orders from Washington and
| wondering how he is going to get
the freight moved.
| DR.. Joseph Kalbfus. the veteran
secretary of the State Game Com
| mission, who has a son doing DUTY
on the seas in conspicuous line of
national defense, says he wants to
see more hunting than ever this
| year. There are many young mon
going to The colors now who have
| Iost the chance to learn how to use
| hrearms and to look after them
serves In the woods and to exercise
| their facilities and self-restraint
because they did not go hunting.,'
| said he. The State of Pennsylva-
MIA is furnishing it's sportsmen and
| lovers or hunting with excellent on
portunitfes now. The game pre-
serves have caused game of various
kinds to multiply, with the regula-
i tions which have been established
there is chance for every man who
wants to hunt to get his license and
| enjoy himself. There is one place
where man can learn Familiarity
with firearms ana that is in the
| woods. 1t is a training in itself and
| most valuable for national defense
| Still better it teaches a man to be
careful, something which is being
! instilled into the soldiers. There are
many men wearing khaki now who
are thankful that they went hunt
ing|'
From a religious point of view the
war seems to have brought Harris
burg churches much closer. There
| are numerous union services and
ministers of all creeds are uniting in
| various activities. The number of
union services being held these days
is greater than ever.
Some of the State Policemen who
have been on patrol duty. in this
section have been keeping a sharp
lookout for tramps as the farmers
are all on the watch for husky able
| bodied men. The old-style tramp
seems to have disappeared from the
| roads in the Cumberland and Leba-
non Valleys and there are very few
who appear for Handouts" now.
! probably because farmers are so
hard up for hands that they are not
| inclined TO feed unwilling workers.
| There was a time when this section
was more or less annoyed by tramps.
| but they have been chased away by
| farmers and policemen and the man
| who fingers long about this section