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PHOTOGRAPHS THAT SHOW HOW R1 VERT ON CONSOLIDATED WATER COMPANY
HAS SPENT ITS MONEY TO GIVE PEOPLE OF WEST SHORE TOWNS PURE WATER
" I~~• AN OTI ETR. '-RBJERVOIR. !
•FILTER PLANT • AND - OAM -ON • VErLLOIV •BRE-fcCHfcJ-CRErErK*
THE Rlverton Consolidated Water Company has. since its organization,
expended something like ?r>oo,ooo In an effort to give Camp Hill and
other West Shore towns pure filtered water In unlimited; supplies. Its
rates are not based on any desire or attempt, to hold up its patrons. All that
it Is asking is a rate that will Rive it a fair return on the vast amount of money
invested. The pictures presented herewith illustrate beyond the power of
words the effort the company is making to serve its customers as they should
be served. No effort has been saved to give them water second to none in the '
State. The etching of the old pumping station shows the first, development
of the company at Wormleysburg, where raw river water was pumped into the.
mains and reservoirs. Al'erward, when it was found necessary to filter the I
water, this station was used to distribute water bought from the city of Har- I
risburg, the filtered, product being brought under the river from the island
10 the pumping s' jrflon ;ind thence to the Washington Heights reservoir. The
picture of the liUer plant and pumping station at New Cumberland illustrates
the measures the company has since taken to filter its own water. This sta
tion Is located on the site of the old Ross Mill on the York county side of the
Yellow Breeches creek and the photograph also shows the large dam from
Which the raw water is drawn. Thousands of dollars have been expended to
make this plant as efficient as modern silence can provide and the company
Is not afraid at any time to have expert comparison made between the quality
of water it turns out with that from the noted filter plant at Harrisburg. The.
view of the sedimentation basin shows how the raw water is received by the
filters for the first step of filtration. The Interior view of the plant shows
only a comparatively small portion of the elaborate equipment, said to be one
of the most modern and complete in the State for its size. The standpipe at
Washington Heights, which is sixty feet high, Is situated on one of the high
est promontories in the lower end of Cumberland county and was erected at
large cost in order that Camp Hill and other towns supplied would have at
all times a proper flow and adequate pressure. It holds nothing but the purest
filtered water. The Washington Heights reservoir has capacity of 500,000 gal
lons, Is lined with concrete, recently re-constructed, and is also located on
the hilltop back of the river. The Boyer reservoir has a capacity of 1,500,000
gallons and Is located in Falrvlew township, York county, and the Haldeman
reservoir, with a capacity of 1,000,000 gallons, Is located In the same town
ship. All are of concrete. Forty miles of new mains, IG, 12. 10, S, 6 and 4
Inches in capacity, have been laid to serve the growing communities on the
West Shore. The total investment for filter plants, concrete reservoirs, pump
ing stations, standpipe? _,id about 40 miles of pipe Is ,as has been said, about a
hair million dollars It is the desire of the company first to give its patrons
the beßt water obtainable In quantities sufficient to meet their needs. In the
second place the company wants to serve its customers as cheaply as possible,
at the same time setUng aside funds to cover deterioration of plant, sinking
and a proper return to investors.—Advertisement.
Held For Threatening
President Wilson's Life
Special to The Telegraph
Newark, N. J., Feb. 21. George
Bernhardt, a cook, was arrested yes
terday In West Orange, a suburb,
charged with writing threatening let
ters to President Wilson. The post
office Inspectors traced to Bernhardt
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SATURDAY EVENING,
letters signed "God's Son," which have
been mailed to the President for three
months past from Newark and neigh
boring towns.
The writer complained of hard times
and threatened death to the President
and destruction to the city of Wash
ington. The police say Barnhardt es
caped three years ago from an insane
asylum near Philadelphia. He was
held in default of SI,OOO bail to await
action of the Federal court.
ASK SCHOOL BOARD TO
BOOST APPROPRIATION
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4,153 and In February to the 19th, in
clusive, 2,160. The number of read
ers at the library in January was 4,-
404, of whom about 54 per cent, or
2,389 were children. The readers in
February to the 19th, inclusive was
,2,221 of whom 789 were children,
the Inclement weather preventing the
usual attendance in the last wek. The
registration from January 1 to Feb
ruary 19. inclusive, was 5,4 39, of
which 1,376 was of children, the par
ents signing for each child. Estimat
ing 75,000 as the population of Har
risburg this registration is better than
1 in 15 with the library in use only a
month and a half. The registration is
bound to Increase as In many cities
the size of Harrisburg it runs 1 In 5.
Increased registration means increased
; demand for books and therefore of
j expense. The library is In need of
; books for children, less than 400 of
'the 2,000 of that class remaining on
! the shelves to-day. The expenses of
the library can be estimated upon tho
experience of the first month, the
total v
and the book service 11,888. The stand
kiu uutuoi.i.i on ij ii
the United States, the "American Li
brary," by Bostwick, gives on page
I 132, C cents as the minimum cost of
: circulation of a book and 10 cents as
the maximum. Taking the January
figures the service of the Harrisburg
I public library shows a cost of less
than 6 1-3 cents oer *>ook."
Moutn Tlygienc
Aside from hearing the trustees'
committee the board did little else
than transact some routine matters.
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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
Mouth hygiene, was discussed and it
was decided to investigate the ques
tion of establishing a system in tho
schools. In order that ail possible
data may be obtained on the subject
the board appointed a committee con
sisting of President Boyer, Dr. F. E.
Downes, city superintendent, and D. D.
Hammelbaugh, secretary, to confer
with the Harrisburg Dental Society on
the matter.
Beside awarding a few small con
tracts the board received the appli
cation of J. H. Killinger for a janitor
ship; appointed Miss Myra Stutzman
from the substitute list to succeed
Miss E. B. Shnffner, resigned, as
teacher In the Camp Curtin building,
and refused the request of Poor Di
rector C. L. Boyer for the use of the
old church at Sixth and Forster Btreets
to serve as a mission ecauso the build
ing Is being considered as a possible
domestic science school site. The re
quest of the school teachers that
school re-open during the second In
stead of the first week in September
was refused. The contract for laun
dering the towels of the Technical
High School was awarded to the Troy
laundry at its bid of twenty-five cents
'per hundred. No definite conclusion
i was reached as to the award of the
lcontract for furnishing brick for the
new grade school at Seventeenth and
Catherine streets.
Mr. and Mrs. Bowman Give
Dinner at Berwin Park
Special to The Telegraph
Lebanon, Pa., Feb. 21. —Last even
ing the handsome residence of Mr.
and Mrs. Leigh ton G. Bowman, of
Berwin Park, was the scene of a happy
and rather unique affair when they
entertained a party of friends at a
fine dinner at their home. Among the
guests were Mr. and Mrs. Charles F.
Hench, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde P. Love,
of Harrisburg, and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles I). Weirlck and Miss Mabel
Weirlck, of this city. In connection
with the dinner, the affair also served
as a reunion inasmuch as this was
the first time that the Harrisburgers
and Mr. and Mr. Bowman have been
together since their trip to the Pacific
coast last August and September,
when they went to San Francisco,
Cal., with a special Pullman train of
Phlladelphians and other Pennsylvan
ians, who attended the triennial con
clave of the Knights Templar of the
United States l.eld in the city of Den
ver. Another pleasant incident of the
occasion was the fact that several
years ago Mr. and Mrs. Weirlck ac
companied the Harrisburg friends to
" "list on the occasion of the
Shrlneri rnd Knights Templar con
..eld in Caiuornia. Mr. Love and
Mr. Hench are prominent Masons and
Knights Templar of the State Capitol.
Mr. Love Is a past officer in several of
■ .via:- ml' Ml liis!->t tons of TPirrls
burg. He is » passenger
conducto on the Pennsylvania railroad.
The visitors arrived here in the after
noon and were met at the Reading de
pot by Messrs. Bowman and Weirlck,
who escorted them to Berwin Park.
'Yesterday afternoon Messrs. Love and
Hench were also shown through tho
Lebanon club's handsome quarters in
the Muim building and in the local
Masonic Ten.pit, Suii k buii-ium, Nintn
and Willow streets.
Letters to the Editor
THE LITEM AC Y TEST
To the Hd : *or of The Telegraph:
In your editorial of February 18, you
say all good Americans will approve
the reported Intention of President
Wilson to veto the new immigration
bill If it comes to him with the literacy
clause attached.
P'o tlie readers of your paper, myself
included, understand by this that our
National Congress at Washington, who
pussed this bill by a 252 to 12b, precise
ly a two-tliird vote, and all people who
favor it are not good Americans?
I. for one, will say all good Ameri
cans favor the bill as passed.
We could not expect anything but a
veto from President Wilson, Judging
him by his passed actions.
It seems very strange that you wish
the literacy test omitted for fear it
might bar the father of a Lincoln from
our shores. We will admit that there
Is a very large number of illiterate em
igrants who possess good character, a
strong body, and a determination to
get there. Hut the great majority are
under tlie Illiterate yoke in their na
tive land, and after landing on our
shores fail to take advantage of our
educational Institutions, consequently
thoy fall back under the same llliter- j
ate yoke.
Many of them are opposed to our
free schools, free speach, free press,
and our Republican form of govern
ment.
May there not be a hidden purpose
of foreign influence back of it all.
Hoping you will give this space In
your valuable paper. ,
Yours for the bill.
A CONSTANT READER.
Harrlsbnrg, Pa. Feb. 19, 14.
Washington Banquet of
Hummelstown P. 0. S. of A.
Ilummelstown, Pa., Feb. 21. —Cainp
No. 306, P. O. S. of A. last night cele
brated the anniversary of Washing
ton's birth with appropriate exorcises
and a banquet. The meeting was pre
sided over by Deputy Prothonotary
Homer Hummel Strickler, of the Su
preme Court; and excellent addresses
were delivered by George B. Marquart,
ex-mayor of Lebanon, and Early Z.
Hitter, of Hummelstown. A history ot
tho local camp was also given by
Henry M. Horst, cashier of the Farm
ers' Hank. Music was furnished by
tho P. O. S. of A. orchestra. Covers
.vere laid for seventy-five members
md guests,
i Mr. Strickler acted as toastmaster
nd toasts were given by the following
brethren: Joseph Burkholder, William
I. Earnest., R. C. Stecker, Henry M.
lorst and William F. Shoemaker. The
meeting was enjoyed by all present.
PLANS FIGHT AGAINST OISEASK
Washington. Feb. 21. —Contending
that It was just as proper for the fed
eral government to spend money to
eradicate malaria and typhoid fever as
to investigate ithe cattle tick, hog
cholera, or dourlne in horses. Senator
ißansdell to-day Introduced a bill to
'appropriate $500,000 to light malaria
and typhoid. i
FEBRUARY 21, 1914.
Know Mrs. Newlywed?
Well's She's Going
to Be Here Next Week
I ! y° u Know Mrs. Newlywed?
<>f course you know the girl around'
tho corner who was married not long
ago. and who. with her husband, has 1
fheen dubbed "the newlvweds" by the ]
I neighbors, but we mean--
Uo you know llie real Mrs. Newly- •
wed, who lives In the Sunday news- i
j papers, and who has such beautiful
hair, and oh yes the mother of i
! Snook urns?
The Mrs. Newlywed of the Sunday!
comic section -is a creature of the im- !
agination of George McManus, one of '
the best known newspaper artists in I
ihe world, and to Mrs. McManus belongs i
the credit for the inspiration that
brought about the successful carica- i
tures. The artist's wife was really the
' model for Mrs. Newlywed, and next
week Mrs. McManus is going to be in
Harrisburg. She is a sister of Mrs.
Hi S. Erloks °n, who with her husband. j
i will he at the Orpheum in a musical
comedy act, and Mrs. McManus will j,
spend the week here with her relatives
l —Advertisement. *|
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PHOTOPLAY TO-DAY
To-day the most interesting of this
, world-fatuous series, "Adventures of ;
Kathlyn, which have proven to be i
tho most wonderful pictures ever pro- '
' " The R °y al Slave" is full of |
, thrilling and sensational incidents. I
i Knthlyn's marvelous escape from tho
. elopard's den is truly wonderful audi
keeps you spellbound from start to 1
| finish. The next adventure, "A Colonei I
in Chains," will be shown In this the
ater in two weeks. —Advertisement.
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