Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-07
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Railroad employees are down to
real war conditions, and they arc
taking things just as they come, with
very little murmuring. There was
time not long ago when train
crews argued long and loudly over
request to work over sixteen hours.
While they are not asked very often
TO remain on the road longer than
the law requires. employees to a man
are now ready to do anything to help
out, AS an example, it was told quite
d tiIne ago where a crew reached
Duhcannon when the sixteen hours
were up. 1t would require lust one
nour longer for that crew to get to
f1arrispurg with the train. 1t was
salu the trainmen could not get
nome IN less than that time on a
pas passenser train or by coming to this
city dead head" on an engine Ex1
ira time was offered If the crew
would continue to this CITY with the
tIaln. Ihere was fiat refusal, Now
thlhss are dlferent. Railroad men
nave reached the point where thew
know Just what railroads are IN
against. And they are SHOWING
Willingness to cooperate. This has
oeeh q Dig factor in breaking I'm
eeouisesIions. eiS AT present neithe,
isnt OF passenger men know how
70 gong to take to make a
E a1unu "Trip. II they are physically
aDle they go when called The san1e
spirit exists among shopmen ana aT
other employees. They are called
frequently to work overtime 80
they respond willingly The oni,, "Iu
trouble now with the raiIrooae
scarcity of men. There arc nnon,,
branches in which additionaI 49,,
may De used. Everybody is worEl
ing hand-in-hand just now. II ia
.ne Only way to win the war" said
Your idea of a sta+e-u,,do -,
winter exhibition of farm tou nrod,,nt,, md
mere in Harrisburg is all right, It's
a Dully good thing and | hone Won
VIII push 1t along and that peonIa
VIII lene up with you" said Attor1
ney General Francis Skunk Brown
yesterday. The learned Attorney
Seneral is a pretty busy man, but
ne is farmer and they say that
politics which is saying somethin~
mad a pretty lively week when
the exhibition was held here. but T
managed to get there twice and T
pought q tractor there, too. for INV
tarm. The idea of q state show to
get together the best exhibits of
the other fairs is all right and there
should be a couple of good talks
at the show every day in addition
to the judging. Keep it IN, Yo,,
Will ma lot of people with you
They tell a story of Mayor Keister
which shows that he is very much
on the job. When the snow Fingers
were out on Monday the Mayor went
ABOUT looking over things. He saw
man who could not shovel snow
a little bit and he got disgusted with
MN. Give me that shovel" said
the Mayor. He shoveled and he
| threw snow around and If some did
! come back into his face under that
| stinging wind he showed the man
now to throw the snow. Bend vour
pack and put some muscle into IL"
said he. ~
1t may be remarked that some
OF the snow which is. on display
| about Harrisburg serves very well
for advertisements and in a few
| places men have taken advantage
OF the mounds, bulwarks, ramparts
ana bastions that line the streets.
But the worst feature of this adver
tising is that it shows snow covered
with SCOT and CRIME, mute evidence
that there is some awfully careless
firing done in Harrisburg Snow
on terraces of Capitol park and in
River park look like a coal pile.
You seem to like Harrisburg
more than before" was the remark
| made to q couple of state officials
who have been here more than
usual. They do not live so far away
and have been accustomed to going
home nightly.
We'll, 1 have more work and
have to spend more time, including
evenings here remarked one
I'm honest" said the other. THE
train service is so bad that I have
! camped here because 1 can't be sure
when | can get home or return to
Harrisburg"
Il think I'm going to be honest,
too replied the first one with a
broad smile. IT have been here all
week and have cleared out my desk
and finished. up q lot of work that
1 had been putting Off"
John P. Dohoney, investigator of
accidents of the Public Service
Commission, used to be a news
paperman, but stall has influence.
The other day Mr.. Dohoney was in
Philadelphia and wanted to get to
train. He left a group of friends
and as the man at the gate knew
him he let him through. Mr..
Dohoney got into the train and
sat there two mortal hours before
it left. And the car was cold and
Mr.. Dohoney did not want to leave
it for fear the train would start