Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-01
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lie average coal car that passes
oan oonarough Harrisburg carries from 40
80 W oo,oOO pounds of coal, or even
somewhat more, how MANY cars
would be required to haul sOO 0oS
TONS That is an interesting oues-
eioh @ tnese days when the bituminous
coal production of the Nation is
trembling and when you have the
answer you will be able to conpre~
mend something of the production
ehat takes place not in Cambria
county or in West Virginia or Ohiox,
Vi some other state, but right in
Hor own county of Dauphin. To
mamma Colleries Company, which are
Iocated at Lykens and Williamstown
produced 899,3S3 net tons in 1aie
ana all of this enormous ouantitv
Whlch was turned out in the nh,
sence of many of the fine younp
Worknen IN the army or navy. goes
TiBht out of the county. EXCEPT for
the limited quantity burned in tha
region, the rest of it goes away
tronl pennsylvania. This mining
operation, whose production last
year was the average, will prob-
ABLY be speeded up considerably in
Ine next few weeks if the soft coal
strlke goes on. 1t will mean busier
times than ever in the Lykens valley.
Lykens coal has been mined for we'll
nlgh century and it is SAID that
! there' are large masses of coal in
tne earth, although the cost of
reachlng them and getting out the
1uel Will be large.
A., Inc conference to be held here in
ny week OF November II to discuss
| educational matters will be one of
! the most notable of the kind ever
! held IN the State in the eighty wears
tnat pennsylvania has had a com
| mon school system. To use the words
OF State Official ut will be to find
out what ails the school system
Whether some people know what
they are talking about or whether
mere is anything to talk about"
6ankers, farmers, railroad presi-
9ents, manufacturers, teachers and
uoGtors eo" VIII sit down together and
ta!k over what's needed in English.
arithmetic, history and the like.
Some rather funny stories are
pelng told about the coming of the
Ieal dry period to Harrisburg and
Iney indicate that to certain pilgrims
Ihlrd, Market and other streets re-
sehpie sections of the great Ameri-
can desert and that objects along the
SIDEWALKS seem like cactus. One
man went into a thirst emporium.
na newspaper men in Harrisburg
uSeu 10 call them thirty years ago
When they wanted to be compliment
tary, and demanded some of the new
Drew; He took one drink and de-
Lnanued ginger ale. From what the
men pehlnd the bars say, the drink
ers nave not gotten down to anv
standard tipple yet. Many take GIN
ger ale. but the way some experi-
ment with the various fruit and
other concoctions is funny. They try
several or them one after the other
Just IKE some used to drink beer
anu the sweet drinks and the several
Iruie JUICES soon produce distress
which makes the drinker mnddar
J than ever at the coming of prohibi-
, ton. 0''''1
. Attorney General William I, Schaf
Ter, While a dignified Attorney Cen
eral, is nevertheless very much one
of the plain people as becomes a
descendant of long line of sturdy
Pennsylvanians. So when he got a
letter the other day addressed to the
attorney General and saluting him
as your Hlghness" he proceeded to
dictate statement to the effect that
the salutation that ordinarily obtains
among gentlemen was quite enough
for him and for other officials of the
government of PENIS Common
wealth.
From all accounts, there were
fewer gates on sprees, less migrat-
ing of steps and wandering of vari-
, Gus objects last night than usual
on Halloween. The old-time mer-
riment of taking away the front
"stoop" that used to be so popular
when Harrisburg was mainly below
Reilly street lost its popularity with
the increase of the police force. AS
one half-grown boy put it last night:
Pops stories about the way they
used to hang gates on trees on Front
, street and put wagons on top OF
: sheds on the Hill sound all right,
! but when we try anything we get
chased"
, What will be the final steps in the
, passing of State street as a highway
. are now being taken by State work
men who are ripping up the old side
= walks. People who use the old street
! ! between Fourth and Filbert, and
they are more numerous than the
, average man believes, now have to
| take to the highway. The old pave
l ments could tell many a story OF
L lively times in Harrisburg in the last
5 sixty years. Present indications are
/ that the days of that section of State
street as a highway are numbered
= and the end of the year may see its
use for trolley cars stopped and
t other traffic greatly restricted.
,
Men who have been in Perry
= county hunting the last few days say
= there are numerous deer in the
= Juniata valley counties. Several
l have been seen near New Bloom
1 field and not far from MilIerstown
1 Deer have also been seen along the
= Wiconisco beyond Oakdale in this
{ county.