HEM'S PROSPECTS 111
REW ESTITE CIRCLES
Bif Demand For New Homes
of Modern Type in
Harrisbnrg
Probably the most significant thing
about the estate development of
Harrisburg and Steelton ha* been the
fact that when they had enough homes
to house the people they reached out
to get better ones. For a long time
this city was content to see that peo
.ple had roofs over their heads and
that the people paid tho rent. The
values in the central part of the city
were just allowed to mount naturally.
Improvements in a modern way came
slowly, but oil a scale that insured
their permanence. No one can say
there was anything spectacular about
3-larrlsburg's growth in a real estate
way. But in the last decade its re
markable advantages from a scenic
jiolnt of view have been realized and
folks have gotten Into the way of con
sidering elbow room, a tree, a grass
plot and a garden as part of home.
To this sentiment can be attributed
the growth of the movement for sys
tematic city planning as exemplified
by tho creation of a city planning com-
mission to halt tho haphazard laying
out of real estate operations and to
Kfecure for tliu next generation the
Jbe nefit of so locating dwellings that
/they will add to the whole and yet bo
/ built so that every dollar counts rather
than to see how many houses of tho
name pattern may bo crowded on one
block.
When the city and county united in
♦ heir centennial celebration in 1885
two of tho most populous sections of
tho city were cornfields, and tho folks
from new towns who caino here and
talked of lawns about houses were
regarded as extravagant in their
tastes, while the idea of grass growing
Jn the streets was used as material
lor Jocose remarks about communities
being "dead ones." The "Front Steps
of Harrisburg," which are the envy
and admiration of almost every vis
itor, were washed by sewage and their
jiossibiiitles given as litle study as the
opportunity offered for attractive
homes beside the Susquehanna. The
expansion of tlie trolley system and the
enterprise of people who cared for
Iheir city brought about a change In
Ideas about real estate, and the lillls
about Harrisburg are now dotted with
attractive suburbs, with more in the
making.
The healthy tone of inquiry regard
ing prices of outlying property, the
stiffness with which properties in the
central section are held, and the man
ner in which people are turning resi
dences into business places are the
other significant signs about the real
estate development. Two feet of snow
Is rather a discouragement to real
estate sales, but the records show a
number of transfers, and that the
builders who embarked upon opera
tions in the face of adverse conditions
last Fall are commencing to reallzo.
With returning industrial activity the
spirit. of development along the now
established lines of homes with at
tractive surroundings as well as mod
ern improvements should give the city
it most successful real estate year.
HARRISBURG
ABATTOIR
Prosperous Business of
This City.
Harrisburg as a commercial and
Industrial center has long since
been attracting attention from
not only the number, but the va
riety as well, of industries oper
ating within the city limits.'With
the variety of industries in the
city one might expect to find an
up-to-date abattoir, or slaughter
and packing house. And in a
.search of this kind one will not
be disappointed, for during the
past eight years, Mr. Gross has
operated his slaughter and pack
ing house at Currant and Sayford
streets. In conjunction with the
slaughtering and packing, Mr.
Gross also conducts two retail
businesses, at 438 Walnut street,
which he has had for the past
13 years; and one at 7th and Say
ford. From the abattoir he also
supplies a wholesale trade with
fresh meats of every description.
The stock in which M. Gross
deals are the highest grades cf
sheep, hogs and cattle produced
by the Western raisers, and when
brought here, are purchased by
carload lots and slaughtered im
mediately.
Mr. Gross personally super
vises the slaughtering and dress
ing, as well as the packing of the
products and before an article is
allowed to be put on the market,
it must measure up to the highest
standard in quality as weil as
skill in preparation.
Model refrigeration and ice
plants have been installed and
every possible care is taken in re
spect to sanitation.
M. Gross' long career as a mer
chant in this line of business stands
as proof conclusive that he has
served the public to its complete
satisfaction. Means of first qual
ity only have contributed largely
to his success, both as a whole
saler .and retailer, and business
principles have made it possible
for him to build up his business
from a small retailer to the ex
ceptionally successful business
which he operates In da\ us sole
owner and manager.
STATE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS MOST
NOW CONFRONTING PENNA.-, HOT CAMPAIGN IS WAGED
RESULTS OF PENNSYLVANIA STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IMPROVEMENT WORK IN THE VICIN ITY OF THE CITY OF IIARRISBURG
Good Roads Association Is Organizing Communities in
Every County
J. HERNAN, State organizer for
Ethe Pennsylvania Good Roads As
• soclation, says that the movement
for improved highways is gaining im
petus every day.
Mr. Hernan lias been "on the job"
little more than a month, but ho has
outlined a campaign that will place
Pennsylvania to the forefront when
the Legislature meets again with a
program that will gl\Tj good roads ad
vocates a basis for concerted action.
Mr. Hernan says that the Pennsyl
vania Good Roads Association is in no
sense of the word a poiltical organ
ization. In fact., it is exactly the oppo
site. It lias no other purpose than to
make the good roads movement in
Pennsylvania the people's movement
so that the demand that is to arise
l'rom all parts of the State in behalf
of improved highways shall come from
the voters themselves. The associa
tion embraces the broad policy of not
working alone for big State highways
—or main roads —but for the im
j«rovcment of dirt roads as well. This
movement headed by Mr. Hernan
promises to bring Harrisburg into the
limelight considerably during 1914 and
by the close of the year every com
munity in Pennsylvania will have its
good roads branch of the parent body.
Mr. Hernan is working along the
lines that made his recent Ohio cam
paign so successful. Indeed, he was
selected as organizer because of his
successful career as organizer for the
Ohio Good Roads Federation, an or
ganization whose growth and influ
ence has been the most remarkable of
any sirfiiiar bodv in the country.
Through his efforts and those of his
associates the campaign has become a
people's movement in Ohio, and many
thoijsands of citizens are actively en
rolled in better highways. As a result
Ohio has adopted a system of develop
ment of State, county and township
roads that is admittedly one of the
best in the country. The educational
work of the Ohio Good Roads Fed
eration has been so effective that the
people have readily submitted to the
levying of a special real estate tax for
road purposes.
"How much the public is interested
in good roads for Pennsylvania is
SUM HOSPITAL
IS DEED OF 1914
Recommended by Health Board
and May Be Erected in
Near Future
One of the urgent needs of the city
during 1914 is a new sanitary hos
pital.
Health Officers Raunick and the
various members of the Board of
Health have joined in a petition to
council for such a building. The old
structure in the vicinity of the alms
house was all right in its day, but the
building is nearly worn out and is in
adequate in size and appointments.
It will not be long before It will
be unfit for use entirely. There is
plenty of ground surrounding the
present structure and the location is
good, but a new hospital along strictly
modern lines must be provided.
Not only has the present structure
served Harrisburg for the past
eighteen years or more, but scores of
cases have been treated there from
other towns, and the place has a re
markable record for efficiency. So far
as is recorded only two deaths of
smallpox patients occurred there, and
both of those were complicated and
would not have resulted fatally had
there been no other disease with
which to contend.
There are several cases at the hos
pital now, one of them of d very ser
ious nature, but it is hoped to pull
the patient through. Careful nursing,
dieting and the most modern methods
of treatment are provided, all at the
expense of the city, no charge being
made to the individual due to the fact
that the city requires all smallpox pa
tients to be removed there regardless
of whether or not they desire to go.
New Ambulance Is
Also Very Badly Needed
The city ambulance service will be
improved during the coming year if
the physicians of the city, the Board
of Health and other influences have
any weight with councils.
For a long time it has been realized
that the same vehicle that transports
dirty prisoners too and from the jail
should not be used to carry sick and
injured patients to and from the hos
pitals of the city. There has been but
one combination motor for this pur
pose and the result haa been that
while the ambulance Is out doing duty
there is a call for the patrol wagon.
Or while it is playing the part of po
lice patrol, there will come a call for
an ambulance.
The other day a man lay seriously
Injured for a full hour at one of the
mills of the city awaiting the arrival
of the ambulance. He was uncon
scious and bleeding. There was little
hope for his recovery and what hope
there was lay In his getting to the hos
pital speedily. Nevertheless minutes
that meant chances of life to this poor
fellow passed one after the other to
the number of sixty before the ambu
lance. away in another part of the
city doing hospital duty—arrived.
This Is only one Instance of the need
aud an cfCort will be made this iear
to have council voto money for an
other ambulance, using the present ve
hicle for police and emergency duty
only.
illustrated by the caliber of the men
comprising the membership of our
association." said Mr. Hernan. He
said that tho principal officers of the
association are: President, John S.
Fisher, Indiana; secretary, Frank Bell,
Harrisburg: treasurer, Charles 8. 8011,
Harrisburg; executive committee, A.
L. Martin, Deputy Secretary of Agri
culture; Senator William C. Sproul,
Chester; James B. Hammond, Bolivar f
■William Jennings, Harrisburg, and
Frederic C. Fleltz, Scranton. Vice
presidents of the association include
such well-known men as ex-Governor
Edwin S. Stuart. Charles M. Schwab,
the great steel manufacturer; Justlco
John P. Elktn. of the Supreme Court;
General Charles Miller, oil manufac
turer, of Franklin; Dr. Edwin E.
Sparka, president of State College; J.
Horace McFarland. president of the
American Civic Association; the Rt.
Rev. James Henry Darlington, bishop
of tho Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Harrisburg; Edward E. Jones, chair
man of the roads conimitteo of tht»
House of Representatives; Charles S.
Price, ex-president of the Cambria
Iron Company; Mayor Frank B.
McClain, of Lancaster, formerly
Speaker of the House; John S. Rilling,
of Erie, member of the State Board
of Education; Joseph C. Trees, mil
lionaire manufacturer of Pittsburgh;
Colonel J. N. Schoonmaker, vice
president Pittsburgh and Dalce Erie
Railroad; A. B. Farquliar, of York, a
leader in the Pennsylvania Conserva
tion Association and prominent manu
facturer; Congressman Charles E. Pat
ton, of Curwensville, and John H.
Rothermel, of Reading; ex-Senator
John E. Fox, of Harrisburg; Robert
P. Habgood, postmaster of Bradford;
William McClung Donley, civil engi
neer, Pittsburgh, and C. H. Morgan,
Williumsport.
"The question of improved public
roads is the present time one of
the most vital problems with which
we have to deal," continued Mr. Her
man. "There is no one internal im
provement so necessary and essential
to a State's progress and prosperity
as the betterment of its roads. They
involve the public transportation
problem, which directly effects the
cost and pleasures of living, exchange
of commodities, valuation of property
and social and educational functions.
"The constant growth of our cities
and towns results in a steady in
crease in the demand for everything
produced on the farm. This in
creased demand must be supplied to a
greater extent than ever before by
increasing the average production per
acre, and bringing the producer in
close touch with the consumer.
"To within a very short time ago
we were dependent upon the railroad
alone for the means of communica
tion and transportation of food pro
ducts. but it is now evident that if we
are not to maintain a monopoly In
transportation and leave the common
carrying business solely with the rail
roads, we must have a modern and
improved system of highways. Such a
system is essential to a State's develop
ment. It is now more than ever a
necessity as a factor for progress and
self-preservation to our present-day
civilization.
"The farmer recognizes the need of
better roads and realizes how much
" PL C AS^ RE
the I
Haynes . National
The first car made in the United States, $1 735 t0 $2785 B ' | J hink of it, all electric. $2375.00
Harrisburg Auto Co.
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The dependable car for the general public. a I c J| an j uses the B
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Full electrical equipment $1175 tomer. It is the E x
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State Goo- Roads Organizer
such roads would contribute to his
comfort and prosperity. Good roads
save dollars and cents to the farmer.
Bad roads make farming unprofitable
and undesirable. Bad roads increase
the solitude of country life and limit
the opportunities of the farmer. Good
roads bring him in closer touch with
the center of progress. Good roads
enhance the value of farm land, beau
tify the country and advance the
farmer in his social, religious and edu
cational development. Good roads are
the avenues of trade, which lessen
the transportation of marketable pro
ducts. Good roads are the cords that
bind the city and the country to
gether In thrift, industry and intelli
gence. Good roads are the most po
tent factor to make the American
farmer better, greater and happier.
So get in the swim and boost the good
roads project."
The association's board of directors
includes Julian B. Iluff, of Greens
burg; E. S. Bayard, editor of the
Farmer and Stockman; J. V. W. Reyn
ders, general manager of the Penn.
sylvania Steel Company; ex-Auditor
General A. E. Slsson, Leonard Rhone,
former head of the State Grange;
Thomas C. Leslie, secretary of the
State H<>tcl Men's Association; Robert
K, Cassatt, of Philadelphia; George H.
Flinn, son of William Flinn, of Pitts
burgh; Colonel Harry C. Trexler, of
Allentown; ex-Representative James B.
Hammond, of Bolivar; S. Jones Phil
lips, prominent manufacturer, of Ken
nett Square; C. E. Foster, of Brad
ford; John M. Heany, banker, of
Bridgeville; George L. Collard, steel
manufacturer, of Sharon; C. A. Young
and H. J. Werneburg, of Pittsburgh;
Setli T. McCormick, of Williamsport;
Daniel T. Pierce, of Philadelphia; ex-
Representative Andrew A. Thompson,
of Uniontown; State Highway Com
missioner E. N. Bigelow, and W. A.
Alsdorf, of the National Highways
Association.
State Report
Notwithstanding the defeat of the
$50,000,000 road loan last November
and the hold-up of several road funds,
E. J. Her nan, Noted Highway Expert, Is Placed in Charge
of This Impo rtant Work
good work has been accomplished by
the State Highway Department under
Highway Commissioner Bigelow. In
the past year, for instance, 386.11
miles of road were contracted for and
on June 1, 1913, 277.4 miles had been
completed and 90.71 miles were in
course of construction. The construc
tion work completed included 698,500
on main highways; 683.821 on State
aid road and 80,967 feet on national
road, which, the report says, is either
improved or under contract.
The State Highway Department ex
pended for maintenance of the main
highway system $8,574,736.99 and had
a balance of $1,225,263.01. The ex-
BLOUGH MF'G CO.
IS BIG CONCERN
Among the Largest Producers of
Women's Apparel in Whole
Country
Tlio Blough Manufacturing Company
at Reily and Fulton streets, in Harris
burg, and Its branch apparel factory at
Dauphin, is among the largest produc
ers of women's apparel in the country.
This firm makes a specialty of aprons,
bonnets, dust caps, night gowns, ki
monos, bloomers, dresses and garments
of a similar nature. More than 600,-
000 dozen garments are shipped in one
year to various countries throughout
the world. The company was establish
ed twenty-two years ago in a modest
way and to-day is numbered among
Harrisburg's leading industries, em
ploying almost a thousand pcoplo and
has an establishment that represents
an investment of a half million dollars.
Five acres of floor space are devoted
to the making of aprons in 140 differ
ent patterns; night gowns in 21 styles;
house dresses of 40 varieties; 60 differ
ent kinds of skirts; bonnets in 50 dif
ferent patterns and caps in 25 styles.
In children's wear the garments aro
made in various patterns, as follows:
Aprons, 26>; bloomers, 23; sleeping gar
ments, 15; bonnets, 23; rompers, 100;
kimonos, 15; skirts, 20. and dresses, 25.
Seven hundred sewing machines of
various types from single needles to
multiples of twelve are operated by
women and girls, whose skilful Angers
deftly guide the various shaped pieces
through the process of making, while
the foot on the pedal controls the high
powered machines and makes them re
spond to the will of the operator as
promptly as if they were automatic in
their action or guided by Instinct.
The employes work under most fav
orable circumstances. Good light and
sanitary surroundings are in evidence
everywhere. There isn't a week goes
by but the halls and starways
are thoroughly scrubbed. The new ad
dition completed this year Includes a
large recreation room for the girls.
These rooms are equipped with dancing
floor, piano, free library, lunch room
and all the modern conveniences neces-
penditures included $1,333,909.79 on
contracts, $1,132,053.87 on main
tenance; $622,325.43 on surveying
work; $94,089.34 on machinery ana
tools. The appropriation for this ob
ject amounted to $4,800,000, of which
$1,800,000 was from automobilo
State-aid roads cost the State $208,-
023,52 out of $1,000,000 appropriated,
leaving a balance on June 1 last of
$791,976.48. The State-aid road ap
plications are numerous, the total
mileage asked being $B3l, which it is
estimated would cost over $12,000,000
at a minimum estimate per mile. Over
$600,000 came in from auto licenses.
sary for the comfort and sociability of
the girls employed.
The foundation of this large industry
was established in 1891 by W. R. and
B. P. Blough. At that time only two
people were employed but constant In
crease of business necessitated larger
quarters. In 1906 the firm Incorporat
ed under the laws of Pennsylvania and
the present building wus erected at
Relly and Fulton streets. Additional
increase of business has made neces
sary several new extensions to the
building since that time until to-day
It is one of the largest and most mod
ernly equipped ii) its line of business.
The officers of the Blough Manufac
turing Company, Inc., are: W. R.
Blougli, president; B. F. Blough, treas
urer and general manager; Charles E.
Yount, secretary; and the production
Is In charge of J. W. Dechant, superin
tendent. The board of directors is as
follows: W. R. Blousrh, B. F. Blough,
C. E. Young, J. W. Dechant and D. H.
Wise.
ENSIGN HAS
GREAT WORK
LOWER
One of the most important addi
tions to the city's sewerage system that
will be completed during the ensuing
year will be the great Spring creek
concrete drain extending from Nine
teenth street to the Susquehanna river.
G. W. Ensign is the contractor.
The sewer is about three thousand
feet long by three feet wide and when
completed will be the longest piece of
engineering and contract work of its
kind in this section. Harrisburg just
now is in the midst of some of the
most modern kind of municipal im
provements but it is doubtful if any
of these jobs can boast of more up
to-date appliances and construction
ideas than those adopted by Contrac
tor Ensign.
Th sewer is a part of the system the
purpose of which is to drain the Thir
teenth ward and other portions of the
Hill and the lower end of the city.
The drain will follow the course of
Spring creek which winds through the
Cameron parkway, crosses under Cam
eron street and the Philadelphia and
Reading, and the Pennsylvania Rail
road tracks and empties into the river.
More than a third of the job is
BIG BUILDINGS ARE
NOW BEING ERECTED
Permits For Past Year Show Quar
ter Million Gain Over
Those of 1912
Harrliburg is steadily forging t«> the
front in building operations. For the
year past they exceed by $299,915 those
of J»l2. which is regarded as an excel
lent showing In the light of the busi
ness uncertainties that beset the coun
try during the period. Some of the
I largest buildings that have been erect
ed in several years were constructed
in 1913, chief of which was the Me
! clianlcs' Bank Building, tlie Harrisburg
Light and Power Company's new steam
plant, the Young Woman's Christian
Association's new home started and
numerous others.
The comparative tables of the value?,
month by month for the two years
follow:
if] s. mi:'.
January sT>4,47r> $6,675
February 12,57 ."*> 95,875
March 111,555 '99,075
April IXS,O'J."> 58,240
May . 121,050 2»9,02.">
June 81,275 1 19.830
July 409,065 161,625
August 95,505 77,725
September 83,800 101,(150
October 153,615 51,175
November 81,800 57,480
December . 11,250 99,350
Totals $1,467,040 $1,167,125
A DISCHEKT DADDY
My daddy's always telling me
About how good he used to be;
He did what he was told to do,
And he was neat and tidy, too;
Ho learned his lessons every day,
And he would rather work than play;
But when my grandpa's visiting
With us, my daddy, if I'm bad,
Forgets to say a single thing
About his goodness as a lad.
My daddy says he never told
A fib or made his parents scold
Because he did things that wero wrong;
He always tried to help along
By being good and kind and sweet
And eating what boys ought to eat;
But when my grandma visits hero
My daddy never boasts to me
About how good and sweet and dear
A little boy ho used to be.
My daddy always took delight
111 doinir only what was right
When he was Just about my size:
He wanted to be great and wise;
But when my grandpa conies ami when
My grandma's here to visit, then
My daddy merely gives a wink
Or smiles, If I've been kind of wild,
And doesn't try to mako us think
That ho was onco an angel child.
—S. E. Klser, in Harper's Magazine for
March.
"Doctor, I'm feeling awful. I can't
eat, I can't sleep, I can't "
"X can cure you," said the doctor, "if
you'll take my advice. Go and ask her
to marry you."—Cleveland l'lalu
Dealer.
completed and it is expected that lie
fore another summer has rolled
around, the sewer will be ready to be
placed in commission. The drain
when completed will cost more than
$29,000.
The Spring creek sewer will empty
into the river below the mouth of tho
Paxton creek improvement. Tho job,
which it is also hoped to complete this
summer, will be an additional im
provement to the city's sewer system.
The scheme that is being carried out
under the direction of tho Board of
Public Works will, when tlnlshed, con
vert the winding, twisting, slimey creelc
bed into a broad concreto "gutter."
This will extend from one end of thu
city to the other.
RADIUM
What cures a man of all his Ills?
What saves the doctor lots of pills?
What saves the family doctor bills?
It's Radium!
What makes this great big world go
round?
What causes all light, heat and sound?
What costs Ave million bucks a pound?
Why Radium!
H. AL.TMAIER.