Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-12
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Alter the weather opens up Il -
likely that Harrisburg will stand a
good chance of seeing some of tho
huge truck trains which are being
sent from the automobile manufac.
turing centers to the seaboard Tor
Amy use. Few people know that
the National Government has CON
tracted for close to 10000 trucks .rd
that the bulk of them will have q,
pass through some part of Penn
sglNahla to get to the coast. Eraight
congestion has caused the authoril
~ 20 connplne tests and movement
ana In spite of the terrible winter.
weather which the urgency OF tba
occasion has demanded it is said tbat
inc trucks have stood uD splendidL.
POSSIBLY $500 trucks have nassoi
through this state to the sea nooI,
ing over the Lincoln highway from
point in Beaver county to the
naIyland Ihe near Littlestown, the
state OF pennsylvania doing its nort
py spending thousands and tbon
SANDS OF dollars to keen the rood
open. But even so fine n rood,,a,
as the Lincoln highway cannn+
stand the strain of such bnaVo,.
lioNement and as soon as the waa-
ther conditions are favorable move
isiH5,"l "lii pesln over other roads
,t.t,ioii the william Penn highway
WHICH passes through HarrisburT
ana after the birds begin to eins,
again we may wake up some noor,,9
ing ana find Market Suuara GIiad
win Army trucks, recalling in "
way 10 the older residents tbe doys
When army trains filled the streets
IN SlNli war days. 1t is an inter
eSe,iis Iact IN connection with this
Io
eide the routes to be taken 70 get
the trucks to the seacoast is pono
other than Major w. ID. IIbIer tbo
chlet engineer of the State IIigbo
way Department, who is now on
leaVe OF absence to serve the Nation
Mr.: Uhler was formerly Connected
with Maryland's highway depart-
nlenI ana is also familiar with the
New York system. In company with
number of truck builders. motor
Nehlcle experts and engineers of tha
pennsylvania and Ohio highway do
partments is now planning routes
whereby cars can be moved from
wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Mirhi.
gan and Ohio in big trains compored
TO which the truck lines that have
been passing over the Lincoln hi~b-
way will be small. It is possihia
that four routes across Pennsyl-
Vania, two of which will nass
through Harrisburg, may be chosen
one Will be the William Penn which
comes down the Juniata valley and
| the other from New York state bv
way of the Susquehanna trail
when goes through Williamsport
ana Harrisburg. The state is already
| preparing to meet the heavy main
tenance costs for this movement
and 1t is up to counties, cities pnd
poroughs TO make preparations, too.
Working on freight is like war
| service said a railroad man who
went through the Spanish war, last
evening. The railroads are being
called upon to move every car they
can. can ana men who are willing to
work overtime can do it. The traf-
nc that has accumulated is some
thing awful and there is more com
ing up behind it every minute. Let
me make you a prediction. The
| movement through Harrisburg is
gcing to be the greatest ever known
TINS spring. You can see it starting
now. Every man who can make re-
pairs Is oeing called in so that the
| Ehrman B. Mitchell, Jr, of this
city, was one of the members of the
committee which devised the stand
ard poultry feed which is to be
recommended TO poultry feed manu-
| facturers at the meeting at the Capt.
tol on Wednesday as part of the
gram conservation movement. With
| him were several men who had given
attention to the scientific raising of
cattle and poultry and it is believed
| that by-productS of farms and mills
can be combined in a way to give
a feed for hens which will meet all
| nutriment requirements and at the
same time permit the saving of the
maximum amount of grains of all
kinds for food.
More milk bottles have been lost
in the last month than in an ordi-
nary year, declare the milkmen.
| one big uptown firm puts it's loss
in the hundreds alone and there are
a number of distributors who say
that another month will force them
to charge for bottles. The intensely
cold weather made the milk freeze
and the glass becoming brittle was
easily broken. More than one IN
stance has been known where people
picked up bottles of milk to find the
bottom falling out and the milk q
solid mass which had to be thawed
out. Such a thing as n foot of milk
was not unknown in Harrisburg
this winter. Fortunately it was I'm
convenient form for handling after
the broken glass had been gotten
rid Of
Harrisburg people who recall the
activities of r. Nelson Bennett, one
of Wilkes -Barre's councilmen, at
the third class city conventions ami
! in legislative hearings in recent
years will be interested to know that
he is the controlling factor in the
councils of that city just now. There
are two factions and Benefits vote
seems to have decided some things.
He is the type of the well-to-do
man in municipal affairs and the
way he works out the problems in
his city will be noted in many parts
| of the state.