Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21
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1t is a matter of comment about
Capitol Hill that some of the bor-
oughs within sight of the dome OF
the State House. have been the most
| backward in the Commonwealth in
cooperating with the state in OBJ
tanning improved highways where 1t
| is the unfortunate lot of state main
highways to be on the line of bor-
ough streets. And to-day it was stat
ed by one of the leading officials con-
nected with road administration that
there was small chance of any i'm
provement being made this year,
even If the municipalities did pre-
sent belated agreement solely be-
cause the labor and material situa-
ktions were getting beyond reach. Peo-
pie at the Capitol, and many in Har-
risburg, too, regard the attitude of
the boroughs lying at the gates of
Harrisburg as most regrettable. This
city leads the whole state in number
of miles of paved streets and radiat-
| ing from 1t like the spokes of a
wheel are splendidly maintained
state highways. But on the highways
are some few miles of borough streets
which are crime. For months State
Highway Commissioner J. Denny
ONeil has been writing letters to au-
thorities of Paxtang, Steelton, Camp
Hill, Penbrook and other places
urging that they avail themselves of
the cash in Father PENIS hands to
join with the state in fifty fifty
contract for improvement Now the
state appropriations are commencing
to go down and the prices of mater
ial and labor to go up and nothing
has been done except draw up some
ordinances and mark time. The
marking of time has gone on until
1t has been waste of time. There
are probably more people travelling
by automobile into and out of Har-
risburg now than ever before and
their expressions regarding the
bumps on some of the borough
streets before they reach Harrisburg
asphalt would scorch this page.
The Elmira Star-Gazette has voted
Bob" Hoy the best-natured man in
that stirring community. The Star
Gazette set out to find who was an AL
man in good nature some time ago
and 1t is interesting to note that the
former Harrisburger beat out the
mayor, Ex-CongreSsman ]. Sloat FaS-
sett and some other luminaries. The
newspaper says concerning the mat
ter: Judges of unquestioned integ-
rity, whose honesty has been tried
and not found wanting but who, for
obvious reasons, wish to remain un-
identified, have reached a decision in
this columns contest to determine
= the best-natured man in Elmira.
Carefully weighing the merits of the
many suggestions sent in, giving con-
. sideration to every little detail that
. might have bearing on the extreme
ly important subject, they arrived
at the conclusion that, of all the good
natured men of which Elmira may
justly boast, Robert w. Hoy, man
. | nf hn rtT
of the Elmira Water, Light and r.
R. Company, is just a little better
natured than anyone else. And so
Bob Hoy is hereby crowned Elmira's
/ best-natured man."
Miners in the LylSens Valley, who
; have long been noted for the patriot
= ism and many of whom are staying
back to dig coal unwillingfy, say that
in their opinion one of the reasons
why coal is short is due to the fall
ure of the railroad authorities to fur
, nish the cars. The same story is told
|, in Schuylkill and LuZerne counties
; and it is common talk in the coal re-
: gions that a lot of blame is being
placed upon mining communities
which belongs on railroad authorities
in charge of car distribution. In the
Lykens Valley the men say that they
have not had the car supply which
/ they could fill. 1t does seem strange
: that Harrisburg, the county seat of
a county noted for it's splendid coal
= and within forty miles of where it is
dug, gets so little of it. Lykens coal
can be bought in New York and
other places, but it's hard to find any
in Harrisburg. In normal times hard
Iy any gets here, and government
running of the railroads has not i'm
proved matters.
Men who have been following up
Major w. G.. Murdock's work or
fight" order in it's relation to con-
ditions in Harrisburg express the be-
lief that it will not trim out as many
people here as imagined In the first
place Harrisburg Is a railroad town;
then it Is manufacturing town;
then it is an official center with
good bit of very necessary business
going on. There has been such de-
mand for men in the purely essential
lines in this city for year that the
number of men engaged in work
which comes under the ban is not as
large as believed. OF course, there
are some who will have to get new
jobs and it is up to the local draft
boards to administer the law.
Among the appointments of officers
| III the army is LIldI OIL -CHdIleS ~
| Brady, of Pittsburgh, to be captain
and quartermaster. Mr.. Brady is
native of this city and son of Mrs.
Sarah A. Brady, 1929 North Front
street. His brother is Frank ]. Brady.
Captain Brady is well known to many
Harrisburgers and has of recent
years resided in Pittsburgh where he
| is an architect and has been active
in home defense and similar move
ments.
| It does seem odd that after a
winter of unprecedented severity and
everything icebound for weeks that
the supply of ice for this city should
run uown. There are a dozen or
more big icehouses in what we may.
call the Harrisburg district and most
of them are cleaned out Even the
giant buildings at Glendale Forge
are about empty. In Cumberland
and Lebanon counties the same sit
uation is said to prevail. Perhaps
people hereabouts have been de-
pending too much upon the capacity
of the mechanical ice plants.