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Homes of Refinement
For Particular People
QUALITY STYLE AIR, LIGHT AND
16th and 17th Sts., Between Herr and Briggs
We invite your inspection of houses at any time without annoyance of agent or representative.
Beautiful location, all improvements, streets paved. Fine building site*. Should you prefer
to plan your own home will submit sketches and estimates.
GEORGE A. SHREINER
17th and Forster Streets
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TO MAKE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER NAVIGABLE HAS
BEEN DREAM OF GENERATIONS; MAY YET COME TO PASS
IF a bill now in Congress is passed
another effort wll be made to find
out how much it will cost to make
the Susquehanna rive. - a navigable
stream. The thought is to look Into
the possibility of utilizing the power
dams already constructed, planned or
possible to be used in connection with
u series of locks, to bring tidewater
ships to the great railroad junction
at Harrisburg. It depends on how
deeply Congress Is interested whether
or not this attempt is made.
The West End Improvement Asso
ciation, which has outlined a big
1 Harrisburg Rendering & Hide Cof 1
INCORPORATED
I Hides, Sheep Skins, Tallow & Fertilizers |
A. KAPNER, Manager ||
Harrisburg Pennsylvania jjpjj
Central Construction
Supply Company
222 Market Street
Harrisburg Pennsylvania
campaign, has in mind the possibil
ity of Harrisburg becoming a mara
time city. Its plans for the develop
ment of the West End, and especially
that section east of the railroad all
have for their ultimate objects outlets
to what members of the association
believe will be a great inland water
way, with docks and shipping points
along the River Front at compara
tively frequent intervals.
Prof. J. Howard Wert once wrote
concerning the early days on the Sus
quehanna, digging his information up
from a dozen sources He found that
%
&ARRJBBURG TELEGRAPH
before the days of roads, canals or
railroads it was extensively used for
travel and commerce. Prior to the
Revolution, when the North Branch
and West Branch began to be dotted
with settlements, the keel-bottomed
"Broad Horns" brought produce down
the river and took hack supplies for
the settlers. hTen came the "Ark," a
combination of a carrier for river
traffic and home upon the water in
which the whole family could be
housed. The first ark passed Harrls
burg in 1794, it is said, but as the de
mand for lumber became great in the
towns of the coast, rafts came down
In vast numbers to Harrisburg, Mid
dletown, Columbia, Wrightsville and
points beyond even as far as Port
Deposit. Even then it was the fond
hope of dwellers along the Susque
hanna that means would be found for
the conversion of the river Into a
commercial waterway for deep sea
boats.
When the Duke de la Rochefoucald
visited the village of Harrisburg, 117
years ago, he found the inhabitants
engaged in preparing an anchorage
for ships so that there might be no
unnecessary delay In unloading car
goes when the white wings of com
merce came voyaging up the river.
The Legislature in 1823 passed an act
making an appropriation for the in
itial work of improving the channel
from Northumberland to tidewater.
Up to 1828, more than $15,000 had
been expended, principally upon the
lower part of the river, which had
been considerably deepened at places
whilst several serious obstructions had
been totally or partially removed. The
work was then allowed to lapse.
As an experiment a Baltimore com
pany in 1825 placed three light steam
ers on the river. When they reached
Harrisburg from York Haven, the
townspeople went wild with exulta
tion. Some of these boats made a
number of successful trips up the river
and up its two great branches as far
as Danville, on the northern affluent,
and Milton, on the western. One of
these steamers on one occasion, passed
up the North Branch as far as the
New York State line. In April, 1826,
one of the boats, the Susquehanna by
name, met with disaster by a boiler
explosion as it was going through the
narrow passage of the Nescopec Falls
In front of the town of Berwick. The
other boats, which were named Pion
eer and Codorus, were then with
drawn from the river.
Telegraph's Publicity
Digging back into the flies Prof.
Wert found the Telegraph, always
leading in the work of public im
provements, once made an effort for
navigation on the river when two
years after its founding it gave much
publicity to a movement for naviga
tion on the stream.
Harrisburg had become recognized
as the center of the agitation in re
gard to Susquehanna navigation. So,
in the Fall of 1833, a large and en
thusiastic meeting was held in the
Courthouse, at which was launched
a sfcheme for the construction of a
navigable Susquehanna. After
speeches a committee of representa
tive citizens was appointed to push
the matter. That committee issued
"An Address to the Citizens of the
United States," which was diffused
broadcast throughout the laud; and,
also, "A Memorial to the Honorable
the Senate and House of Representa
tives of the Congress of the United
States." These were lengthy and ably
written documents urging in forcible
language the construction of a water
way for ships, part by an improved
river bed, part by canal, from the
mouth of the Susquehanna to the
Great Lakes. The arguments were di
rected toward proving the feasibility
and desirability—nay, more—the ab
solute necessity of the work outlined.
During the months of October and
November, 1833, these two documents
appeared in full, in substantially every
newspaper in Pennsylvania, and also
In a large number outside the limits
of the Commonwealth. In 1834,
Henry K. Strong, a very prominent
citizens of the Harrisburg of that day,
took up the matter In a long personal
interview with Honorable Lewis Cass,
then Secretary of War.
Since then up to the present many
but futile efforts have been made to i
the same end. Yet dreamers still
dream of ocean-going steamers dock
ing at Harrisburg.
F.CfELfJITICII
Third Generation of the Neeiy
Family in the Same Busi
ness in This City
In F. C. Neely who is conducting a
thoroughly up-to-date undertaking
business at 908 North Second street,
there is represented the third genera
tion of the Neely family who have
pursued the same business in this city.
In 1883, F. C. Neely's father op
erated a furniture store and under
taking business at 213 North Second
street. And it was in this location that
Mr. Neely started in the undertaking
business, conducting It after the death
of his father from March 1897 until
October 1898. Mr. Neely left the busi
ness at this time and was away from
it for eleven and a half years, work
ing with the Adams Express Com
pany, the Elliott-Fisher Typewriter
Company and the Bell Telephone
Company, In the order named.
Four years ago Mr. Neely left the
Telephone Company to again take up
embalming. This time he located at
912 North Third street where after
but & short time he found the location
too small and unadapted to hla stead
ily Increasing business. Less than a
year ago, he moved to 908 North Sec
ond street where he is now conducting
the business.
Mr. Noely is joined in his work by
a lady attendant who not only assists
him, but who Is thoroughly capable of
conducting the work In his absence.
This feature alone makes Mr. Neely's
business present something ,of the
novel for & lady attendant who em
balms Is somewhat unusual in a city
of thla sis*. The public shows lta ap
preciation of this service both In
comment and in patronage.
Mr. Neely's business include* his
office and embalming rooms as well
as rooms from which funerals are
held In the event that home burial
services are impracticable or impos
sible
MANY FLOUR MILLS
IN CENTRAL PENNA.
Harrisburg at One Time Ranked High and
Still Has Important Position
Harrisburg won at one time the oen
ter of a great milling Industry.
Wagonload after wagonload of flour
from locally grown wheat used to be
hauled Into Harrisburg for shipment,
but of recent years the Industry has
waned anr 1 the old water wheels of
many, many of the ancient grist-mills
are quiet, the ruined buildings moss
grown and the dams leaky hiding
places for schools of sunflsh.
Harrisburg still has one big milling
concern the product of which Is known
all over the country for Its excellence
and is also headquarters for a flour
and feed euiupany that handles much
i the whuat grown throughout the
eiitirp Lebanon valley. This is a big
whoai consuming city, the big bakeries
at this point consuming hundreds of
barrels dally, the product being dis
tributed over a territory 100 miles In
radius.
It ts due to no lack of enterprise
that Central Pennsylvania 1B not keep
ing abreast of some younger States In
the milling of tlour and feed. The In
dustry tends to contraction rather
than expansion, notwithstanding: there
are mouths to feed and the per
•ipitu consumption of flour is increas
ing. In the character of her mills,
ho ever, Pennsylvania ranks with the
largest producing States, but the mill
of greatest capacity in this State ia
capable of only two-flftfeentha of the
output of he most productive In the
| United States.
In contrast with Minnesota and
Washington, Pennsylvania can hardly
be classed as a wheat-producing State.
The big mills follow the big wheat
fields. Hence, the milling industry
Is not expanding here proportionally
with the iron and steel, woolen and
worsted, lace, silk and hosiery knit
ting and other important manufactur
ers. Then, too, for bread baking there
Is an increasing demand for Spring
wheat—that which is grown in the
West. Winter wheat, that of the
East, goes into pastry and crackers,
etc. Notwithstanding Pennsylvania's
shortcoming in not growing more
wheat, the State's mills a.e turning
out annually tlour and feed of a prod
uct value of approximately $4G,000,-
000.
I In 1857 Philadelphia was produc
ing some flour. IT. that vear the city's
mills turned out 400,000 barrels of a
product value of $3,000,000, a barrel
of flour selling then at $7.50. There
was no material expansion of the In
dustry in the State until after the
Civil War. In 1860 there were in
Philadelphia 20 mills of a combined
weekly capacity of 16,000 barrels of
flour. All, of course, employed the
upper and nether stone, the roller
process being then something unheard
of. An "8-run-of-stone" mill pro
duced 2,400 barrels a week.
The milling industry grew slowly,
if at all, in the State. In 1890 tho
product value \>as $39,500,000, only
about 13 times that of Philadelphia
la- n.. 30 years before. The capital
invested in milling in the State in 1860
was reported at $81,079, 64 a. It ex
ceeded this sum by only $197,358 in
1909. In the meantime the value of
a year's output increased to $44,783,-
000. It Is noteworthy that in 19 vears,
during which there was a 12% per
cent, increase in the value of the an
nual productionfl there waa a decrease
of almost 39 per cent, in the number
wasfp-earners. the force dropping
from 3,378 in 1890 to 2,462 in 1909.
While some of the smaller mills in
rural sections depend wholly upon
water for power, the number is few.
Every modern mill operated by water
has an auxiliary power plane—steam
or gasoline engines, or, perhaps, elec
tric motor. Of the 1,400 or more
mills in the State, only three show on
innual product value exceeding sl,-
Real Estate Firm
Has Gratifying Growth
in Few Years' Time
H. M. Bird Builds Up Successful
Business Through Efficient
Service to Clients
One of tha most progressive and suc
cessful enterprises In Harrlsburg Is
the .real estate and Insurance busi
ness conducted by Howard M. Bird,
whose offices are located In the Union
Trust Building.
Although It has been but seven
years since Mr, Bird first started in
business, he has built up for himself
a patronage which plaoes his among
the leading real estate Orma doing
business in Harrlsburg.
To the careful and efficient atten
tion to his clients' interests alone can
bo credited the gratifying progress that
has been made.
Mr. Bird has had wide experience in
the local real estate field and 1B
especially well qualified to render the
best of service In all matters pertain
ing thereto. In conjunction with his
real estate business. Mr, Bird also
conducts an extensive business In In
surance. He has made It a point to
connnect himself only with companies
of the highest standing and Is prepar
ed to furnish insurance of all kinds,
including fire, life, accident and health,
automobile fire, liability, property dam
age, collision, plate glass, burglar, live
stock, steam boiler Insurance, etc
Anothor feature of his business to
which he has given special attention
Is the writing of surety bonds of all
kinds.
He Is desirous of adding to his list
of clients those whp wish prompt and
efficient service in real estate matters
and offers in a line of Insurance and
bonds, protection In some of the best
companies the country affords. Ad.
vertlsement.
j| Absolutely Pure Ice Cream |j
and Water Ices m
H Manufactured and sold by E. W. CASE pg
Our Ice Cream is made from Pure Cream and no j||
ppj chemicals or Injurious ingredients used by us. All jaj
ell flavors. A trial order will convince you of the above. US
!| Our entire plant is sanitary from start to finish |1
| E. W. CASE, Proprietor |
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000.000. Two of these are la Phila
delphia. Sixty-one are credited with
an annual output of from SIOO,OOO to
$1,000,000 each. The produet of 884
is less than 86,000 a year, 878 pro
duce Jess than 820,000 and 474 less
than 8100,00. It would appear, there
that thr ee mills In a total of
1,450 In the State yield about 8 per
cent, of the flour.
| Since the consumption of flour
I amounts to about one barrel par year
| for eVery man, woman and ohlld, each
.person In that period eats approxl
i mately five bushels of wheat, this
| »eing the quantity required to pro
duce a barrel of flour. Hither of two
baking concerns In Philadelphia use
\ between 8,600 and 4,000 barrel* a
week. Striking an average of 8,780.
these two concerns bake 7,600 barrels
of flour Into 2,500,000 loaves of broad,
or the equivalent, for every seven
days. In the production of the flour
. !i? week a baking of two ruch es
tablishments the millers grind 87,600
"panels of wheat, about one-third of
which goes into bran and middling*
for horse, cow and pig
One or two Philadelphia mills ex
port flour. The quantity that goes
into foreign markets from that city is
comparatively small, however. When
the now defunct Eastern Milling Com
pany was formod, taking over the
local mills, it looked for a time as
though Harrisburg might also figure
argely in the export flour trade, but
proj.'"*;
OAKLEY PAINTINGS
The year of 1914 Is marked for Har
risburg by the completion of the Violet
Oakley paintings for the new capttol.
They form a striking place of work
and are attracting almost aa muoh at
tention as the Abbey paintings and
the Barnard statuary, already housed
here. The Philadelphia Publlo ledger
recently published as art supplements
the complete net of paintings repro
duoftc* in their original colors.
The Worden Paint
and Roofing Co.
Slag, Slate and Tile Roofs, Damp
and Water Proofing, Paints
and Roofers' Supplies. Genu
ine Pen Argyl Inlaid Slate for
Flat Roofs. Carey's Flexible
Cement Roofing.
H. SI. F. WORDUN, Proprietor
Yards and O tries ■ Tenth and Kltta
tinny street. Branch Office! 637
Mac-lay street. Bell I'honc 1883.
C. V. Phone 715 Z.
Prices and Kntimates Cheerfully
Furnished
The only Plant B«alpped with flood,
year Welt Machinery for Whole
sollna and Heeling Work called
for and dellTered la the city, or
done while 70a irßlt.
OWD SHOES MAJDB LIKE NEW
City Shoe
Repairing Co.
o. B. SHOPS
Entrance) 310 Market Street
Factoryi 317 Strawberry St.
HARIUSBURG, PA.
\ Ober Brothers \
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Court & Cranberry \
5 ESTABLISHED 1888 J>
J (IT Spe'cial attention is i
5 Til given to funerals - a {
£ complete line of cabs and f
N hearses always on hand, j!
\ (TT Pleasure carriages and J
5 jJ business vehicles will be £
5 furnished promptly to re- S
5 sponsible parties. J
i (IT We keep only aafe city- J
/ broke horses for hire 5
£ and our carriages are first- y
Ji class in every way. ;•
$ CI We solicit your patron- t
J age. >
i David W. Ober
I John M. Ober 5