Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-24
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peen iiled away. 1t came from "a
western firm which seemed to be
specializing in general data and the
request was for detailed facts re-
Sardlng the mileage and ownership
OF Pallroads, number of farms and
Vaiue OF products. general welfare
laws diversity of manufacturing.
nationality of persons coming to the
state in the last ten years and other
mes 1t would take about six men
SIN weeks just to compile that in
formation said George ID. Thorn,
the chief clerk of the department.
MI morn answered the inquirer by
sending copy of Smulls handbook
as the best that could be done with
out State appropriation.
one of the odd things about the
hre which wrecked the beautiful new
nome of the Country Club of Harris
DurS early Saturday morning, was
that members of the club which
rushed to the scene when the news
or the fire got abroad succeeded in
saving the handsome mahogany
puffet in the dining room. This is
the second time this article has been
saved from a fire which destroyed
the club house. 1t was part of the
orlSlnal furniture of the club and
when the building at Lucknow was
burned 1t was among the pices drag
ged TO safety. 1t underwent the
same experience at the Fort Hun
ter site.
Lines of several of the smaller
islands in the Susquehanna opposite
this city have been materially chang
ed by the action of the river since
last t%ll and the island that used to
show in the middle of the river Il
sho' distance above the sanitary
da seems to have been az
iG">t washed away. While thare
has 'een no food in the rive
tfis year u amber of periods
"' high water have occurred
and rivermen say that the currents
have been so swift and the rises due
TO rainfall so fast that the sandbanks
have been cut away in many places
and the islands which resulted from
such accumulations in the past have
been suffering the same fate. The
city's big island where the play
grounds and filter plant are located,
has gained somewhat by these freaks
of the currents.
Over score of grade crossings
are being studied at the Capitol with
view to determining whether the
conditions surrounding them would
Justify the State Highway Depart
mcn,makino .Crmdl complaint 10 ,he
Public Service Commission for orders
for their abolition. These crossings
afsiR
listed when the highways which it
is planned to build wholly at State
expense were outlined. The idea is
to get the work of elimination of
those which are perilous under way
while the highway construction is
being pushed. In every case the
Department is giving consideration
TO the situation whether the cross
ing can Lc easily eliminated All re-
lation to getting rid of other cross
ings in the neighborhood by means
of n single subway or bridge. The
engineering features have been given
thorough study and personal inspec-
tion by officials of the department
in some cases with the result that
information which will show the
Public Service body exactly what
situations prevail is to be filed. The
first of these complaints has been
filed against West Chester road and
steps have been taken in regard to
central counties and these will he
grouped with the complaints filed i'm
the last two years against crossings
The attitude of the United States
Railroad Administration has thus far
been against any expenditures for
permanent Improvements. but in
view of the return of normal times
and the eXigencies of the State High
way construction program it is be-
lieved that there will be some agree
ment reached where it is easy to
better conditions at crossings.
Even if the average man in the
street is not showing much interest
in the legislative session which enters
upon it's tenth week of actual work
tonight ii can not be said that the
high school students and the school
boys and girls of the towns in this
section of the State are not being
polite to the lawmakers. Almost
every session there is a delegation
of students in the galleries, some of
them coming from as far away as
Chambersburg and Sunbury to hear
the discussions. And it may be said
that James y. Moore and r. Ross
Seaman have nothing on any of them
when it comes down to parliamentary
procedure.
The farmer who sold his potatoes
! at last falls prices knew his bust
ness" observed +. +. Umberger, for
merly Harrisburg Councilman and
city planner. who now practices law
when he finds time to get away from
his country place near Duncannon.
That's what l did" he added COM
placently. And that is the truth The
price last autumn was $2.25 to $3.50
! and to-day it is nearer 81 than SO.
Umberger didn't know potato seed
from French fried when he went to
Duncannon, but he has become such
a graden sharp that now the farm
ers come from miles around to hang
! on his garden fence and listen to his
speeches on scientific agriculture.
| And he not only has a fine line of
talk: but around about crop time he
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