Bellefonte, Pa., January 17, 1913.
STORAGE ADVOGATES AIDED
Important Developments After Publi
cation of Fiood Commission Report
Show That Erection of Reservoirs
Will Do All That Is Claimed For
Them.
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Pittsburgh, Pa. Jan. 16.—That the
claims of the Pittsburgh Flood Com-|
mission that floods in the Allegheny,
Monongahela and upper Ohio rivers
and their main tributaries can be pre
vented by the construction of storage
reservoirs has been authoritatively
confirmed is shown in a paper pre-
pared for the American Society of
Civil Engineers by Kenneth C. Grant,
consulting engineer of the Flood Com-
mission. Mr. Grant's papsr deals
mostly with the flood of March 22,
1912, which reached a height of 28.2
feet at Pittsburgh and passed on down
the Ohio to become a part of the
greatest and most destructive flood
that has ever visited the Mississippl
valley. i
This flood is the first of any conse
quence that has occurred at Pittsburgh
since the studies and findings of the
Flood Commission have been complet.
ed. It is also the first that has taken
place since gauging stations have
been in operation on all the tribu-
taries of the Allegheny and Mononga
hela rivers upon which the Flood Com-
mission has recommended the con:
struction of storage reservoirs. Com:
plete information was therefore at
hand regarding the part these tribu.
taries played in producing the rise at
Pittsburgh, and Mr. Grant has shown
conclusively that, had their flood
waters been held back in storage
reservoirs, as would have been the
case if the reservoir system recom.
mended by the Flood Commission had
been in operation, the flood at Pitts.
burgh would have reached a height of
only 17 feet, or 5 feet below the danger
line of 22 feet. In other words the
flood would have been lowered about
11 feet at Pittsburgh and the damage |
of about $500,000 that took place with. |
in the city limits alone, as well as the
very considerable losses that oc-|
curred at other points along the rivers!
above and below the city, would have |
been prevented.
As a niatter of fact, such a marked
reduction in flood height would natur
ally be expected, for the total volume,
of the flood wave above the danger
line at Pittsburgh was only about 6,
000,000,000 cubic feet, whereas the!
total storage capacity of the proposed |
reservoir system is about ten times |
that amount. This large capacity is!
needed to control the great floods that
occasionally occur, the maximum of
which at Pittsburgh took place in
March, 1907, when a stage of 35.5 feet
was reached. Even in this record
flood the volume of the flood wave
above the danger line at Pittsburgh
was only about 26,000.000,000 cubic
feet, or less than half the storage
capacity of the proposed reservoir
system.
The findings of Mr. Grant with re
gard to the 1912 flood at Pittsburgh
are peculiarly valuable in bearing out
the claims made by the Flood Commis
sion as to the effective control the
reservolr system they recommended
ould have had over past floods at
Pittsburgh had it been in operation.
These claims are based on studies in
which certain assumptions had to be
made, because, as already stated, com:
plete information as to the flow of
the controlled tributaries was not
available. Gauging stations have now
been in operation for several years
on all these streams and the accurate
data thus provided for Mr. Grant's
study of the 1912 flood have most con
clusively demonstrated the conserva
tive character of the assumptions the
Flood Commission had to make.
The favorable bearing of this im
portant paper on the recommenda
tions of the Flood Commission is of
special Interest at this time on ac
count of the active awakening to the
need of water conservation in Penn
sylvania. The formation of the Penn
gylvania Water Utilization associa
tion, which has for its object the
framing and obtaining of legislation
which shail bring about the fullest de.
velopment of the water resources ol
the state and at the same time pre
serve and dedicate the benefits of such
development to all the citizens of the
commonwealth, has been brought intc
existence largely because of the find
ings of the Pittsburgh Flood Commis
sion.
The report of this commission, the
most important and comprehensive
document of this kind that has ever
been issued, shows such far-reaching
benefits from river regulation by
E END OF
THE LONG CAR RIDE
By EDMUND MOBERLY.
Whenever he could do so without
seeming rude, Kenneth Craig allowed
his gaze to rest upon the girl who,
like himself, stood waiting for a car.
He was spending a few months at
home, after several years in the trop-
jes. During those years, he had been
able to associate with few of the
women of his race, and he now found
positive delight in the mere sight of
such a radiant, tailor-made vision as
the one a few feet from him.
A car came along and they boarded
it. It was well filled, and after she
had seated herself, there remained but
one vacant seat—the place by her
glide, which he straightaway took. An
acquaintance of Kenneth's, thinking he
was accompanying the girl, bowed to
him, at the same time raising his hat.
Kenneth returned the bow, and absent.
mindedly followed the other's exam-
ple as to the hat. In the next instant,
he would have given anything to re
call his action, for he saw that she
had noted it, and construed it as an
impertinence.
The conductor approached them, and
when Kenneth handed him a dime, he
| promptly rang up two fares, assuming
the pair to be companions, and being
in blissful ignorance of the fact that
the girl was at that moment delving
in her handbag for her purse.
“Your paying my fare was an act
of unpardonable presumption,” said a
cool voice at his side.
“Very well,” he replied.
call the conductor? Or do you prefer
to cancel the debt by simply handing
me five cents?”
“The latter method will serve,” she
decided, and again began to search
for her purse.
Suddenly she grew red and nervous.
| Telegraph and Telephone Co's Benefit
The new plan of benefits for disability
due to accidents or sickness, of insurance
and of pensions, went into effect with the
their declining years.
should desire to assume the normal re-
sponsibitities of life and to surround him-
self and those dependent upon him with
the things that make life complete and
dens, and whatever may be put aside for
the day of misfortune, must in the begin-
ning be small and accumulated slowly.
met in times of misfortune, as well as in
times of prosperity, has made the need
of something beside merely an old age
pension appear absolutely vital.
Employers buy and employees sell
service. Perfect service is only to be
found when fidelity and loyalty are re-
| ciprocal in employer and employee. It
| is this relationship that brings satisfac-
tion and success to both.
| The intent and purpose of the employer
| in establishing a plan of benefits, is to
give tangible expression to the reciprocity
“Shall I| which means faithful and loyal service
on the part of the employee, with pro-
tection from all the ordinary misfortunes
to which he is liable; reciprocity which
means mutual regard for one-another’s
interest and welfare.
This is justice, and without justice and
“I cannot find my purse; it isn't in | sympathetic interest, we cannot hope to
my bag,” she faltered.
“I'm very sorry,” he replied, solicit.
ously polite.
“Oh, it isn’t the loss that I mind;
it was but a small sum—but now 1
cannot cancel my obligation to you."
“It is a trifling matter. Let us for
get it,” he urged.
“Indeed we must not, You must let
me know where I may send the
money.”
“Oh, very well. If you insist, here
is my crrd. It has my address on nr
The car stopped at his street, and
when he left it, he was mildly sur
prised to see that she did the same.
He bought a paper, and she passed
him. When he started toward his
home, he noticed that she was just
ahead. :
He tramped along, reading the head.
lines of his paper, and when he reach.
ed his home, he was amazed to see her
standing on the front porch.
“Are you following me?” she asked
defiantly, as he ascended the steps.
“Not in the way you mean,” he re-
plied with a smile.
“Then why do you come here?”
“Do you know whose house this is?”
he asked, answering question with
question.
“Yes.”
“Then will you kindly look at the
card which you so disdainfully thrust
unread into your bag while on the
car?” ;
The card was quickly found. She
read it with a gasp. “You are Elsa
Craig's brother,” she exclaimed, in
pretty confusion. “Oh, why didn't I
look at this card before?” ‘
“And you are—?" he hinted.
“I'm Barbara Page, Elsa's room-
mate and chum at college.
Kenneth looked at her intently. “So
you are Barbara Page,” he said mus.
ingly. “Elsa wrote me much about
you while I was in Brazil—but, by the
way, you weren't expected until tomor-
row, were you?”
“No; 1 am a day ahead, My father
was traveling this way today, so I
came as far as the city. with him, leav-
ing my baggage to follow.”
“Elsa won't be home for an hour of
two yet,” he sald, opening the door.
“Won't you come in?”
“Will you go to your room, or will
you bear me company in the living.
room until sister arrives?” he asked
as they entered. “Such a pleasure
as chatting with a real, live American
girl has been almost entirely denied
me during the last three years, and
in view of the fact that you are in
debted to me for the sum of—"
“If you start by mentioning that, I
shall assuredly go to my room,” she
broke in with a laugh, as she en
the living-room.
She sang his favorite
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|doa thoroughly good piece of work.
The American Telephone end Tele-
| graph company, which centralizes the
| Associated Companies into one system,
| with one policy for universal service, has
considered the interest of all workers and
has made a comprehensive plan possible.
It is the administrative clearing house
and the underwriter of the necessary re-
serve fund, upon which a general plan
must depend.
One illustrative instance of the exer-
cise of these functions has been the uni-
fying of the various interests so that any
employee may aspire to work anywhere
in the country with uninterrupted bene-
fits, and any company can obtain any
man it needs, without prejudice to his
welfare.
the American Telephone and Telegraph
company, the Western Union Telegraph
and the Western Electric companies, let
me say that we have a personal interest
in our public service, a personal interest
in our employees and a personal interest
in our common country. It is our hope
that what we have already accomplished
has helped the men and women of the
Bell system to become happier and bet-
ter American citizens, and it is our New
Year's wish that what has been planned
for the future will contribute to their
constantly §increasing happiness and
betterment.
Treo. N. VAIL.
His Ruling Passion.
Dibbs said, “I'd like,
Before 1 dle,
Just one more chance
To swat a fly.”
Different Today.
“You don’t meet any more bunco-
steerers or gold-brick men.”
“No,” replied Farmer Corntossel;
“when a man is after your money
now, he doesn’t take the trouble to be
sociable an’ show you a good time. He
jes’ addresses a few circulars an’ ex-
pects you to send him the money by
Unseasonable.
“Did you see where a man Was
saved from a bad fall by his open um-
brella’s acting like a parachute?”
“Then it was a good thing this um-
brella was not in the season.”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean it was lucky the umbrella
was not lent.”
The Nature of the Assemblage.
ily
“Well,”
“that's what it started out to be, but
some of them got to talk our
relations over and the occasion
Solved osif Into un 18diguation
Lots of "Em Left.
“How'd ye New York?”
“Didn't like it. Wouldn't have gone
only I read that the taxicab robbers
had been arrested.”
“Hadn't they?”
“Naw, the driver of the first taxi I
rode in robbed me.”
It is but natural that every employee |
A realization that obligations must be |
In the behalf of the management of"
as fine Job Printing.
Fe JOB PRINTING
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AT THE
| WATCHMAN OFFICE
| There is of from
| Tr a eo te aki te
BOOK WORK,
we can not do in most satis
manner, and at consist.
the class of work. Call on or
with this office.
Insurance.
EARLE C. TUTEN
(Successor to D. W. Woodring.) :
Fire,
Life
and
Automobile Insurance
None but Reliable Companies Represented.
Surety Bonds of All Descriptions.
Both Telephones 56-27.y BELLEFONTE, PA
JOHN F. GRAY & SON,
ial (Successor to Grant Hoover)
Fire,
Life
Accident Insurance.
represents the
in the
This
Insurance Wi
w= NO ASSESSMENTS =
Po uot full to give usa cal
or Property as
large lines at any time.
Office in Crider’s Stone Building,
43-18-1y. BELLEFONTE. PA.
The Preferred
Accident
Insurance
THE $5000 TRAVEL POLICY
5 8 om
Fire Insurance
{ invite your to my .
AEE nd host Bo
ed by any agency in
H. E. FENLON,
§0-21. Agent, Bellefonte, Pa.
Groceries.
— —
Rice—If you enjoy a dish of fine
Rice, try our fancy white flinty
whole-grain goods.
SarLmMoN—Canned Salmon at 10c,
15¢, 20c and 25¢. Canned Corn at
3 for 25¢; 10c; 2 for 25¢, and fancy
Maine Corn at 15¢.
CanneEp Fruirs—In Canned
Fruits we have Peaches at 18c, 25¢,
soc and 35¢. Apricots at 25¢ and
. Pineapples at 10c, 25¢ and
3oc. White Cherries 25c and 3oc.
Correes—Our line of Coffees is
fully up to the usual standard, at
25¢, 28¢, 3oc, 35¢ and 4oc per Ib,
We guarantee to give you better
value than you get elsewhere at the
same price.
ORANGES—California Navals and
Indian River Florida Oranges,
Grape Fruit, Lemons, Bananas
.
B Monev to Loan.
M™% = re good security and |
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Flour and Feed.
Assyucypat- Lav.
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H* EEA SEs
CURTIS Y. WAGNER,
BROCKERHOFF MILLS,
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BELLEFONTE. PA J
Manufacturer, Wholesaler and Retailer of to . Consultation in English or
Roller Flour
Feed G bah BE
Corn Meal J KEICHLINE- Atgmey at Law.
4 and Office south of court house.
and Grain pps, SR
ling aR ad Bo |] KENNEDY JOHNSTON Attorney at law
Rr RT
| HIGH GRADE Physicians.
VICTORY PATENT we Seep ow me
FANCY PATENT Se : a Physician an =
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we are in dg gn
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SPRAY
secured. Also International Stock
and feed of all kinds. Tout
can be
Lk K WARD, D.D S., office te
De Sirf
Vis
Dealing we have earned a place in
the public confidence unquestion-
SANITARY PLUMBING
OFFICE and STORE—BISHOP STREET. of experience.
Years work of
Restaurant.
saddlery. ESTAURANT. _
i Bellefonte now has a First-Class Res-
A Meals are Served at All Hours
+ Harness Blankets § | sus com sores. omen on se
: Tiohir Spe. Soupa, and wy bag ons Yo
4 dition I a plant prepared to
; 1 H. H. Robes furnish in bottles such as
: SODAS,
You are safe when you deal with ARILLA,
; us—42 years in one store room is a SELTZER SYPHONS, ETC.,
guarantee that our prices and goods picusics, families and the gener.
a A wavot
HAVE BEEN RIGHT C. MOERSCHBACHER,
50-32-1y. High St., Bellefonte, Pa.
and always give satisfaction. Our
goods in Robes, Blankets and Har- Plumbing.
ness is at the present time the Larg-
est that has ever been placed upon
a Bellefonte market. Good Health
You will miss it if you should Good Plumbing
fail to call and see us, and examine
| 4 our large stock, and get our prices, GO TOGETHER.
as the Tariff is off. This is to your
you have dripping steam pipes,
advantage rR AAR Troi
After Forty-two Years of Honest 3 polsonoe a: your system becomes
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SECHLER & COMPANY.
EvAPorRATED Fruir—New crop Sugar,
Lime and Crushed Limestone.
—_ En (nde Ws dom trust thie work $0
i ie Tieden
James Schofield, :
~~ Fixtures are the Best
Groceries. Nospchanr fer rice or 27
material, our
Prices are lower
than who give you Fs Snsaniigny
and thelowest grade
UNPARED PEACHES At — 3%) the Best Work try
15¢ and 18c per Ib. Fancy
Peaches at 35c per 1b. ARCHIBALD ALLISON,
BuckwHEAT—Buckwheat Flour | Opposite Bush House - Bellefonte, Pa.
(guaranteed all buckwheat.) Pre- 56-14-1v.
pared self-raising buckwheat flour.
Coal and Wood.
Nurs—Fine, bright, new Cali-
fornia Walnuts, Pecans,
Brazil Nuts, Filberts, Italian Chest-
nuts and Mixed Nuts.
FANcy EVAPORATED CORN—AL
25c per Ib. This is something es-
pecially fine and less expensive than
a good grade of canned corn.
Tras, ETc—We carry a large
fine of fine Teas, Pure Spices in
; we handle no Jaskage spices.
Burnett's and Knight's flavorings.
Fine Lucca Table Oil, C. & B.
Pickles, Pure Maple Syrup and
Raisins, Sauces, Ketchups,
——— IRD
EDWARD K. RHOADS
SheEiat "sn Dealer tn
ANTHRACITE Asp BITUMINOUS
COALS
CORN EARS, SHELLED CORN, OATS
and other grains.
— BALED HAY AND STRAW —
Suliiorals Apricots at 16¢, 20c and an} a Sef} Con Cheese ever Builders’ and id Sand.
TRI
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.. SECHLER & COMPANY, |,ootott ites
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friends and the public, at his Coal Yards
near the Pennsylvania Passenger Station-
We are the
imestone and Lime for all purposes.
58-3.1y
Increase Your Crops
Lime is the life of the soil.
USE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LIME
Some Farmers have actually doubled their crops by use of “H. 0.” lime
Drill it for quick results. If you are not getting results use “H. 0.” lime
Manufacturers of Lime in Pennsylvania. Ground
Works at Bellefonte, Frankstown, Spring Meadows, Tyrone Forger and Union Furnace.
Write for literature on lime.
AMERICAN LIME & STONE
Get the Best Meats.
TEE 2 Er
LARGEST AND FATTEST CATTLE
EERE
1 always have
DRESSED POULTRY —
Game in season, and any kinds of good
meats you want.
COMPANY., FRY Ur So:
Offices st TYRONE, PA. P. L. BEEZER,
o | High Street. 3434ly. Bellefonte, Pa.