Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-19
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ties have been turned into a huge
truck storage place by the State
Highway Department, over $50
army trucks being now parked
there with arrangements under way
to care for more. The mobilization
of the scores of trucks, many OF
which saw service at army camps
during the war, has been under way
for several days just beside the
1 Capitol and they are now arranged
/ in long lines ready for any service.
The trucks have been turned over
to the State Highway Department
by the War Department for use on
| State roads and more than origin
ally promised have been sent here.
The vehicles are part of the inn
mense number bought for war SER
vice and not needed now, being
! turned over for use on the re-
pair and maintenance of State high
ways, especially those connecting
with Interstate roads and which
were used by the fleets of trucks
that passed through Pennsylvania
to the seaboard during the war;
| The plan of the Highway Depart
ment is to assemble the trucks and
then send them to the districts
where State work is under way.
The use of the trucks will save the
+, State large outlays of money as
there will be enough to distribute
through every county.
This is from the Scranton Re-
publican: Local autoists will feel
an interest in the announcement
| that a telegram from Congressman
Casey states that the President has
signed the bill giving authority to
the commissioners of Luzerne
county to erect bridges over the
Susquehanna river in Pittston,
Wilkes Barre and Shickshinny.
Scranton interest. of course, CEN
ters in the new bridges in Pittston
and Wilkes Barre. The bridge plans
must be approved by the Water
ways Commission at Harrisburg
before anything more can be done.
1t is expected that this body will
act quickly and then bids for the
construction of the new structures
will be invited. 1t seems that pro-
gress has already been made on the
design and plans for the Wilkes
Barre bridge.
decide here next Tuesday when an
egg is stale. This will be the first
time that an official meeting has
| been arranged for the determination
| when an egg ceases to be fresh
and is the result of the approval of
the legislative bill forbidding un-
der penalty of fine the offering OF
stale eggs as fresh. This bill, which
| was advocated several sessions, is
| q hppn
some questions raised as to just
when the egg may no longer be
presented to the buying public as
fresh AS a result James Foust,
| director of the Bureau of Foods of
the state Department of Agricul-. .
ture, has arranged for conference
of officials of the departm ent with
the chemists of the bureau at the
Capitol on Tuesday to obtain expert
opinion and discussions. formal
ruling will be handed out and mean
while some interesting tests and eX-
periments are being made by the
chemists.
AS a result of the period for the
Governor to act upon legislative
bills the mail of the various depart
ments at the State Capitol has in
creased considerably through let
ters sent here by inquirers as to
effect of legislation. The Office of
the Secretary of the Commonwealth
has been inundated by such letters
and some of the writer's seem TO
have the opinion that bills in which
they were interested passed the
Legislature when they did not,
while others have asked for rulings
on the effect of bills which met the
Governors veto AK An unusual
| interest has been manifested all
, over the state in the work of the
Legislature in which the variety OF
bills affect almost every walk of
life.
Just an illustration of the way
school children become interested
in books and the way they follow
up efforts to broaden educational
advantages this story may be told
about the Harrisburg Public
Library. A branch of the work of
the Library of which the average
person knows very little is the
school library. The Library puts
out about a dozen branch libraries
in schools during the school year
and the books are read by thou
sands. When the schools end the
service ends too. The other day
a couple of youngsters from a build
ing in one of the outlying parts of
the city asked Miss Eaton for in
formation about books and it de-
veloped that they wanted to read at
the Library the books they had seen
in the branch at their school.
Edward A. Howell, the veteran
librarian in charge of Readings
City Public Library was among the
Capitol Hill visitors. Mr.. Howell
is Il first cousin of General Hunter
Liggett. of the United States Army
who won such signal honors in
France. He was a schoolmate of
the late Governor Pennypacker, and
his stock of "reminiscences is most
interesting. In 1880 Mr.. Howell
was the U. S. Census Supervisor sof
his Congressional District.