Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-04
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One of the things about Harris
burg that causes comment amoas
visitors to the city is its passing
up OF anniversaries. 1t has plenty
or such occasions that other places
would brag about, but just as 1t
has neglected its historic sites It has
tailed to note the passing OF tho
dates upon which events OF moment
not only to the city itself, but to the
state have fallen. In n recent adj
dress b. NJ. Mead, president OF the
Dauphin County Historical Society.
called attention to this fact, irstanc-
ing the anniversaries OF the con-
stitution ratification and other oc-
casions which have unusual signifi-
canoe for Harrisburg. Last May tho
Harrisburg Telegraph called atten-
tlon TO the centennial Of the laying
or the cornerstone and ii will only
be some eighteen months until the
centennial of its first occupancy
comes around. That was a notable
occasion In Harrisburg and the
whole town escorted the Legislature
from the courthouse to the Capitol.
To-day is the thirteenth anniversary
of the dedication of the present
capitol. That ceremony brought to
Harrisburg probably the greatest
crowd known here. 1t being esti-
mated that between $4,000 and
$4,000 persons came here. The ora
tor of the occasion was the lament
ed Roosevelt and the ceremonies
and parade, tho illumination and
the fireworks will long be remem-
bered.
Almost any morning nowadays
one can see men standing along the
| river front up above Maclay street
watching the river as intently as
though they were watching for In
dams to . slip down in canoes or
| Germans to slip up in submarines.
They are earnest, preoccupied and
stand for hours They are duck
] hunters watching for signs of the
| f1ocks which are commencing to ap-
pear in this section. The stone en-
| bankment at Front and Seneca
streets appears to be the popular
place for these lookouts and they
have spotted more than one flock.
Peter Williamson, gateman at the
Maclay street station of the Penn
| sylvania railroad, is lamenting the
great loss of fish through the pollu-
tion of streams. He is an authority
of fishing, and has been one of the
|
Susquehanna river. He spends much
of his spare time fishing and knows
where the real bass and salmon
spend their time. The other day
Pete" as he is known, went to Liv-
erpool. 1t was his first visit there
in a long time. He met with some
success, but when he returned with
his boat to the Liverpool shore he
was surprised to find many dead
fish, mostly sun fish. On investiga-
ton he found that these fish had
got too far into the sulphur water.
They tried to make the fresh water
but did not have the strength. He
counted twenty-seven fish, large and
small, all on their sides too weak
to help themselves. Later he met a
native of Liverpool who had buck
etfull of fish, which he had gathered
along the Liverpool shore. Some OF
the sun fish were ten inches in
length. pete" was at one time a
fish warden and he says the sulphur
water in the Susquehanna river has
killed thousands and thousands OF
fish. He added, "It Is pity some
thing cannot be done. There was a
time when I could go out anywhere
in the river and get a mess OF sun
fish, perch, bass and salmon. but
you got to hunt for them now" Il,
|
The automobile truck Is entering
into the movement of Pennsylvania
apple crop this year more than evei
known before and truck loads arc
replacing car loads from the South
m ountain apple section. When the
peach crop began to assume the
large proportions that ordinarily fol
low a prediction of short crop nu.
merous automo obile trucks were USED
to get the peaches from Adams
) Franklin, Cumberland and Yorl
} counties to Philadelphia and various
3 shipping points which could only b'
| used for trains heretofore. Now thu
r truck Is being put into use to mov'
t the apple crop without so much rail
| road assistance. incidentally,
large amount of the picking is beint
( done by girls.