The Hershey Press 1910-08-19

              Famous Gorge Route
Railroad Laid at Great Expense
• A larg force of sixty men and twelve
teams are rapidly bringing the Hershey
Scenic Railroad to completion. The
road b»gins at the large Union Depot
at the Park entrance. It extends on
thru the Hershey woodlands winding
along, always, close to the river bank.
Thebeantifu l scenery of "Spring River"
is ever in view. At one point down the
river, the road passes, thru a large ten
foot cut in the rock's.. To the left one
looks up to the grand limestone pali-sades,
and to the right, the river.
Soon, one reaches the beautiful falls
and rapids of the river which is then
crossed over on the large concrete
bridge. On one goes past New Italy
Until the "Cavern", just discovered , is.
reached. Finally the treminus near the
beautiful Rustic Bridge is reached.
After all, the above is not irony. The
-construction of this miniature railroad
represents a vast, amount of effort and
skill. The route selected for it, too,-.is
a most beautiful one. Steel is now be-ing
laid and it will not be long until the
Work is finished^ The power will be
^electricity, and the three-rail system
Will be used, thus eliminating the over
head trolley.
A motor car of fifty horse power and
and four passengers cars will make up
the train. About sixty persons can
take the .trip at once. The.grading has
been done with great care, results even
to the tenth of an inch being demanded.
The rails will be two feet apart. Tho
the road is not in time for the busy sea-son
this year, it will be ready for the
opening of the Park next year and will
surely prove one of its best attractions.
Added Equipment for the
Hershey Press
For some time the present equipment
of the Hershey printing plant has" been
inadequate to meet the demands .of in-creasing
business. The plant is to be
improved by the addition of a No. 2
Miehle Printing Press. This is probably
the leading press on the market, and is
the same as the ones that are in use in
the printing department of the Choco-late
factory. The weight of this press
is ten and one half tons, and its practi-cal
speed is-2000 per hour. With such a
press, there will be nothing in the way
of bills of sale, large posters, etc. that
can not be printed in the quickest and.
most up to date manner. The new
press will be an advantage to the readers
of the Hrshey Press, for. now it will
not be necessary to print the paper' as
early in the week as before, thus later
news can be presented. A new proof
press and additional type will make this
one of the best equipped and most up to
date printing plants- in this part of ,the
t state.
Hello! Who Is This ?
New Telephones In Use. Hershey 's Ex
change No. 11
The new Hershey Private Telephone
system which connects with the Bell
Company at Harrisburg has been prac-tically
completed. For several days a
large force of. linemen have been busy
making the connections, and there re-mains
now but little to do to complete
the system. ;
There will be an exchange in Hershey
located at (the Central store. The drop
number of this exchange.will be No 11.
In addition to a large list of phones .in
Hershey and the farms nearby, free
service is furnished thru the Hummels-town
exchange. This adds more than
sevpnty-five additional ~ phones, for
Hummelstown connects with Union De-posit,
Hanoverdale, and Sand Beach.
An alphabetical list of the subscrib-ers
will be prepared in the near future
and will be furnished to each customer.
Long distance connections to all par ts
of the United States can be made over
this line thru the Bell Exchange at Har-risburg.
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Successful Fishing Trip
Mr, and Mrs. George Copenhaver en-joyed
an outing last week to Anglesea
on the Jersey Coast. Their' experience
was unlike that, of the one of whom it
is written:
He fished all day,
He fished all night,
But never a fism Would come to b^ite.
Mr. Copenhaver reports a catch of
forty-five pounds, he himself succeed-ing
in drawing from the watef nineteen
of the finny creatures:
Camp J. P. S. Gobin opened at Get-.
tysburg ron August 11. At present Gov-ernor
Stuart is in camp. He is ; Com-?
mander-iri-chief of the National Guard
of Pennsylvania. Contracts have just
been let for 47,599' pounds of beef , 11,-
400 pounds of ham, .5,70.0 pounds of
bacon, .2,360 pounds of cheese, 1,900
pounds of butter, 720 pounds of lard,
and 2,550 dozen eggs. Eight thousand
troops engaged in a pitched battle on
Tuesday.
Large Opening in the RocK North ot Ball
Field
On Friday of last week as the men
were digging along the line of the new
miniature railroad , north of the base
ball field , they uncovered, the mouth of
a large cavern in the rock. The Mouth
itself is about two feet in diameter . but
the opening increases rapidly in size on
the interior. The depth is about twenty
feet.
At the base of the main shaft there
are recesses in three directions forming
chambers of considerable size. These
were examined as far as possible, by
reflections from a mirror used at the
mouth of the opening. A small pool of
clear water sparkling in the rays of
light from the mirror was plainly seen
in one of the chambers, and drops , of
water trickling into it from the rocks
above. _
A partial cave-in has somewhat ob-structed
the clear view that was pos-sible
when the opening was first dis-covered.
Except for the danger of fal-ling
material it would have been an easy
matter to have descended the shaft and
made investigations. Several men could
easily stand at the base of the cavern.
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As was announced in the PRESS
some time ago, it is the intention oi
those having the matter in charge , tc
open the Industrial School about Sep-tember
first. Several applications foi
pupils have been presented to the board.
Thus far five have been accepted. .
Mouth of Cavern Dis-i
closed