12—(-Lancaster Farming, Friday; Jan. U, 1957
McConnellsburg Man Uses Concrete
Pipe for Novel, Economical Bridge
Bridging creek beds has al
ways been a problem to W- G.
Hershey, who manages a farm
near McConnellsburg, Pa. His
latest solution: concrete pipe.
Using eight pieces -of six foot
Jqgg concrete pipe, Hershey laid
out a 12x12-ft. culvert that could
carry ell the water from the
heaviest rains that fall in his
part of the country.
To build the culvert, two sec
tions of six foot long pipe were
placed end to end to give the
necessary driveway width. Four
of these double sections were put
side by side to span the creek.
Forms were braced against the
ends of the ipe and quality con
crete was then wefll rodded be
tween the pipe. Mr. Hershey
used « mixture of six gallons of
water per sack of portland
cement. Enough aggregate was
added to give a stiff but work-
Vocational Aid I
To 20 Per Cent
jMore Disable* 1
Harrisburg An average of
16 8 physically handicapped Com
monwealth residents were pre
pared for gainful employment
during each working day in the
past year, a 20.5 per cent in
crease over 1955, the State Bu
reau of Rehabilitation reported
recently.
During the 12-months period,
4,200 disabled persons were re-,
habilitated and retrained for.
satisfactory jobs by the Bureau,
» while during the previous year
the number was 3,337, accord-
ing to John R. Torquato, Sate
Secretary of Labor and Indus
try and Executive Officer of
~tiie State Bureau of Vocational
T Rehabilitation.
- Figures show the economic sta
tus of the group was quite low
when accepted for rehabilitation
services, Torquato said Some 47
per cent were dependent upon
their families for their major
support, 14 per cent were living
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able mix. This mix was placed to
a depth of four inches over the
pipe to insure good distribution
of wheel loads to the pipe. The
concrete was covered and kept
wet for five days to allow it to
gain strength. Forms were then
removed.
Mr. Hershey knows that his
new culvert wild hold any of
his heavy farm equipment. He
figures that it will not only car
ry all the water from the creek
bed but will prevent costly wash
outs and delays to his farming
operations.'
This type of culvert can be
built by farmers in almost any
part of the country, says Maurice
L. Burgener, farm engineer of
the Portland Cement Asso, Chi
cago. It is low m cost, sturdy and
will give many years of service,
Mr. Burgener adds.-.
I on insurance benefits, 13 per cent
were receiving public or private
relief, 10 per cent replied upon
other sources of support includ
ing savings, and the remaining
16 per cent were living on their
small earnings. However, many
of the employed individuals were
in temporary or part-time jobs.
The annual earnings of the 20
per cent who were wage earn
ers when their rehabilitation
programs were started, were
estimated at $1.3 million, Tor
quato added. However, some of
these individuals were receiv
ing supplemental public or pri
vate assistance. In addition,
many were either in danger of
losing their jobs because of
their disabilities or were in em
ployment which constituted
hazards to themselves or fellow
workers, or were unsuitably
employed otherwise.
After rehabilitation about 93
per cent of the 4,200 persons were
in jobs from which they were
earning a total annual rate of
$9.2 million, Torquato pointed
out. The remaining seven per cent
were farmer or family workers
and their income was not esti
mated.
Forest Service
Investigates
Fire Deaths
Unburned gases carried up a
chimney-like ravine from a fire
were trapped by a cross current
of wind at the run of the San
Diego River Canyon and in ignit
ing, may have caused the sud
den blow-up of flames which
enveloped 11 firefighters on the
Cleveland National Forest in
California November 25, the U.
S. Department of Agriculture an
nounced today.
An investigative team of top
level experienced firefighting ex
perts of the Forest Service re
ported no evidence of negligence
on the part of individuals con
ducting the fire operations. The
investigators could not deter
mine the precise reason* why the
Inaja fire started its flash run
up the side canyon.'They found
many complicating 'factors con
tributing to it.
“In a disaster of this kind”,
Richard E. McArdle, Chief of the
Forest Service,'said, “the Forest
Service has responsibility to
make a prompt investigation to
learn why the tragedy occurred.
Fighting forest fires is a dang
erous business We could hardly
have had more experienced or
better trained men on this fire.
These men were experienced in
ordinary fire behavior, yet some
thing happened here and hap
pened in a few minutes that
caused the fire unexpectedly to
blow-uip. We need to find out
what combination of conditions
caused this so that we can be
alert to detect these conditions
and so avoid repetition of this
tragic accident.”
Eyewitnesses of the fire told
the investigating team that dur
ing the day of the tragedy the
mam fire had been burning
against the wind slowly up the
river canyon with occasional
short runs up the side ridges
and ravines. -The day shift had
cleared by tractor a firehne
along the top of the canyon rim
to be used as control point if
the fire spread that far. In order
to stop the fire’s travel up the
river canyon they had started to
clear a line down a ridge from
the canyon rim to the dry river
bed in the floor of the canyon.
The fire quieted down .about
430 p. m. and was still quiet
when the night shift came on at
7 p. m., according to both the
day and night shift bosses. The
i night crew of 18, therefore,
! seems to have been Justified in
! resuming construction of the
fireline to the river bed. Another
crew of some 20 with a fire boss
dropped back on the rim and
began burning out a swath 10
to 40 feet wide from the tractor
cut fireline. This is a normal
fire control method, and was
proceeding as planned without
difficulty.
When one of the foremen on
the fireline near the rim saw
the fire in the canyon make a
run toward the ridge on which
the men were working he order
ed the men out even though at
that time he did not consider
the situation particularly criti
cal. The men started up the
trail at a normal pace. As the
fire suddenly gained speed, be
shouted to the men to hurry
but the fire exploded before 11
''f them could reach the top.
'Seven escaped.
Several of the fire fighters,
including the forest officers who
lost their lives, stayed with the
crew until- the (Last, helping and
urging others out even though
they may otherwise have had an
opportunity to escape; One of
those who escaped credited a fel
low crew man with saving his
life when he- became exhausted
trying to escape.
The investigators found that
, when the fire made its flash run
1 there was * local up-canyon wind
faff a- result- of eddies’ around a
Special School Milk Program
Increased Milk Use in 1956
In reviewing the events of
1956 the Milk Control Commis
sion today pointed out that the
one outstanding factor influenc
ig the price of milk to farmers
was the substantial increase in
the use of milk due to the Spe
cial School Milk Program. All
milk thus sold gave farmers
Class I prices for their product.
Whereas m previous years
Pennsylvania returned to the
Federal government something
more than $600,000, the aggres
sive -action of Governor Leader’s
special team of consultants has
now given assurance that all of
the $2,148,773 allocated to Penn
sylvania will be utilized mid
another half million will be re
quested for the current school
year. -
This team consists of Clyde A.
Zehner and Eli Nenadovich, both
of Paxtang, and Earl W. Hetrick
of Newville They have been em
ployed under a special adminis
tration (bi-ennial) appropriation
of $70,000 authorized by the Gen
eral Assembly of 1956. This ex
penditure of $35,000 thetef&re
, promises to bring to Pennsylvania
children $1,100,000, worth of nu
tritious milk m Federal aid, an
nually
Reports from many schools
throughout the State indicate
that aside from the aggressive ac
tion of the Governor’s team his
insistence upon the inclusion of
flavored mittk an the Special Milk
and School Lunch Program has
been responsible for increased
consumption among children, re
ported to be as high as 33% in
the number of schools enrolled
■and 71% in the per capita con
sumption of milk among school
chAdxen. Other factors in the
-use pattern may be attributed to
the wider use of bulk dispensers
and vending machines in schools.
Both Mr-. Zehner and Mr. Het
rick have been presenting testi
mony at public hearings of the
Milk Control Commission request
ridge on the other side of the
main canyon. There was also a
Ml in the easterly winds blow
ing over the ravine and a rapid
buildup-of heat from the fire
when it reached more flammable
fuel on the steep slopes. The ex
tremely rapid run of the fire
culminated m flash ignition, of
unburned gases trapepd at the
canyon rim by a combination of
wind and. topographic conditions.
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mg uniform- pricing of half pints
during the school term and for
quantity discounts to schools for
dispenser milk. The Millk Con
trol Commission, effective to
morrow, has responded to the
testimony of Mr. Zehner in re
ducing the price of bulk
er milk by two cents per quait
to schools in Area 9 (Johnstown-
Altoona).
The Commission takes parti
cular pride in the control ot in
flationary influences affecing
milk as a segment of all commod
ity markets. The United States
Department of Labor statistics
show marked increases in pricey
of articles of food (1953-1956) as
follows bread, 13%; pork chops,
18%; canned orange juice, 26%;
coffee, 23%; lard, 25%. An
analysis of prices in Pennsyl
vania during the same period of
time shows that average prices
for milk rose only .84 of 1%.
This record was made in spite
of emergency relief to farmers
suffering from adverse weather
conditions and a general price
cost squeeze of national propor
tions This negligible price in
crease was favorably influenced
by the Governor's demand for
economies through store differen
tials and half-gallon packages in
most areas of the State. Of
particular interest is the fact
that milk consumption in Penn
sylvania advaced 4.190 in 1956
over 1955 while our population
increased only 1%.
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