Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-12
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InS trucks passing through Harris
,o..ts on ne way to the camp at AL
ichtoWh where truck companies are
mobilized and prepared for the
movement to the fighting lines the
iact remains that not one-tenth of
.ie TRUCKS Which go through Penn r
syiVahia comes into Harrisburg. For
very truck that rumbles over the
INer bridge and through the city
ai Gnu on out over the Reading pike
nine are going by way of Chambers
purg and Gettysburg and York to
lIoewater or being diverted over in
FRANKLIN county to Baltimore. Still
others are going over the National
PIKE or Cumberland road which runs
Senrough Washington. Fayette and
somerset counties. But the bulk are
& &oa1eIlng over the Lincoln highway
ana move from Pittsburgh clear
through to Philadelphia. One of the
reasons why the Lincoln highway is
preferred to the William Penn is ths
oiHerenee in grades, but when parts
OF somerset, Bedford and Fulton
counties are considered there is not
nuch to brag of. The section from
| Cham mbersourg to York gets more
traffic because there are portions Of
nlghway near Harrisburg, notably
camp Hill and Paxtang and some
/ other boroughs, over which travelling
even for an army truck is not a
mater of undiluted joy. This city
couid nave many more truck trains
II It's neighbors would buck up.
| highway Commissioner O'Neil is now
arranging 10 extend some help in the
way OF repairs to PaXtang whose au-
thorities will provide the labor and
| material as soon as he can spare
some road machinery. At present all
TOT the states road-building machin-
cry is concentrated on military roads
nr n L.. L.
rolIers alone being on the Lincoln
and the state renting all of such ma
chimes that it can get hold of.
The Capitol Park squirrels have n
new set of friends. They have all
ways had them. but lately they have
peen coming around in increasing
numbers M a,fa They are the soldiers and
sailors. Every day or so squads of
men, who visit the Capitol while
waiting for trains or who stop in
Harrisburg to see the State House
call on the squirrels, or to be more
correct the SQUIRRELS call on thern.
Ihc soldiers have a gorgeous time
feeding the furry denizens of the
public domain and the animals have
gotten so that, like some girls, they
/, Will shake one in "cits'" clothing
for a; uniform without much time be-
ing lost. But IL is the sailors VINO
have the best time. They insist that
the squirrels "wigwag," to them
with their tails and have all sorts of
fun letting the animals climb around
their shoulders.
i Harry J. Myers, state comoensa-
ton adjuster, whose son walked into
:. his office after having been on the
firing line in France the other day
without giving him any notice, was
the most surprised man at the Capt.
tol. Myers comes from McKeesport.
where he held several places, and
resides in PETER street in this city.
: His son had been ordered home as
an instructor SO suddenly that he did
not have time to send word.
A well-known citizen who talked
with the outgoing recruits at the
p courthouse the other day has receitl
ed letter from one of the draftees
at Camp Lee in which he suggests
that the speaker was not fully con-
versant with conditions in the Army
1nasmuch as he, the writer, had not
had any sugar since the morning OF
August 26 and from that date until
| the present time he and sugar were
strangers. He is strong for the Y. NJ,
, c. A. however as he says it is a goC-
send to the soldiers as it is possible
, to go to the "Y' and get stationery,
books, athletic paraphernalia and
hear good music.
The problems attending the abol-
t ition of the three Derry township
grade crossings where the PhiIadel-
, phia and Reading Railway goes over
the William Penn highway will be
cleared up late next month. Tho
5 people interested, the state, the
county, the township and The rail-
? road officials and numerous property
owners have had five hearings and
the railroad and the State Highway
Department have prepared plans and
it is now up to the point where an
agreement must be made or the Pub
lie Service Commission will step in
and make one. The hearing IS
scheduled for October 23. The rail-
road people are as anxious to get the
crossings abolished as anyone, but
whether they can get the material
is problematical now. The property
owners are seeking to have Washing
ton speed up the required permission.
State Librarian Thomas Lynch
| Montgomery, who is to be speaker
at the September meeting of the
Dauphin County Historical Society
tonight, will present some of the
matters he has discovered in a sum-
uments pertaining to the early his
tory of Dauphin county. Mr.. Mont
gomery, who is Harrisburger py
| brevet and inclination, has been Civ
ing much attention to the study OF
the early days in this county, hcving
been fortunate to discover a num-
ber of letters and papers of those
| times.
In regard 10 old-time papers it
would be very valuable contribution
TO the history Of this county il the
| Dauphin County Historical Society
should be able to print the letters
and papers of the Rev. John Elder,
the fighting parson," of Paxton
church. Mr. Elder was one of the
two men who loomed up in the CO.
lonial history of what is now Dau-
phin county and his descendants not
only reside here still, but are giving
their lives for the country which he
helped establish.
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