The Hershey Press 1916-07-20

              FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE WORLD
Visitors to Hershey Increase as the
Summer Proceeds. Some of Those
Who Have Recently Inspected
' 'the Plant of the Hershey
Chocolate Company
Visitors are flocking to Hershey from
every point of the compass. There - are
more of them this year than ever, and they
have come from every continent of the
earth. Every week most of the states are
well represented. The automobile travel
is far ahead of previous seasons.
Hershey is open to "visitors and the
town is always complimented by their
presence. A cordial, welcome is extended
to all. • The only place where cards of ad-mission
are necessary is the factory.
These cards can be . obtained at tlie In-formation
Bureau located in the Public
Library in the Central Theater Building.
These cards admit the visitors to the
factory from 8.30 to 11.30 and from 1 to
4.30. The factory is closed Saturday after-noons
and Sundays.
Visitors to the Hershey Chocolate Com-pany
during the past week included : Miss
Grace M. Starkey, 6f the Carnegie Library
Pittsburgh; W. E. Craft, Audubon, N.
J.;.Mr. and Mrs. A. 6. Zink, New York;
Mr. and. Mrs. L, B. Sickles, Trenton, N.
J.; T. Frank Wildsmith, Wilmington,
Del.; J. Frank Adams, Denver, Colo.;
George W. Taylor, William S. Hurd,
Williamsport, Md.; P. .W. Eshelman,
High Point, North Carolina; Charles Gil-lingham,
J. William Landenberger, J.
William Landenberger, Jr. ; W.- 'E. Harris,
Louis S. Deitz, Philadelphia; Midgley
W. Hill, New York; Mercedes Connor,
T. B. Hiestand, Holyoke, Mass.; E. R.
Des Roches, P. W. Roches, Detroit, Mich.;
S. D. White, Theodore E. Bekkefeuille,
Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle; Louis J.
Buckholz, George N. Spencer, Philadel-phia;
John N. Homer, and party, Mt.
Holly, N. J.; B. F. Watkins, W. D. Lloyd,
Dr. George Hay, H. A. Fogle, Johnstown;
Miss Mary . C. Olewiler, Rialto, Cal.;
Miss Adalissa Wilson, R. B.. Wilson,
Russellville, Ark.
C. B. Saylor, Schuylkill Haven; Mr.
and Mrs.- J. H. Musselman, Miss Lucile
Musselman, Millersburg; Miss Catherine
Hoffman, Miss Margaret Hoffman, Dan-ville;
Mrs. Robert Ratcliffe, Miss Martha
Ratcliffe, Reidsville, N. C; Miss E. Vesta
_JWebster, Miss Martha P. Lucas, Williams-
Tport; Mrs. C. R. Cray ton, Wheeling, W.
Va.; Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Skiles, David
_ City, Nebraska; H. H. Palmer, Joeut,
Ills.; Mrs. Jacob Bratter, Miss Blanche
Bratten, Louisville, Ohio; Mrs. Eugene
Gutter, Detroit, Mich.; Louis Oritz,
New York City; Miss Louise Reichert,
Philadelphia ; Miss Maud Morrow, Tor-onto,
Canada; Harry Brecker, Akron,
Ohio;. Mr. and Mrs. James Ferguson,
St. Louis, Mo,; E. R. Watt, Central
Falls, R. I.; Lena Ehlinger, Conshohocken,
and Miss Effie V. Kreider, Abilene, Kan-sas.
L. E. Miller, Sturgis, Mich.; George W.
Helman, Dayton , Ohio; Mrs. William
W. Zeiders, Freeport, 111.; Juanita Hector,
Miss Edna Hector, Mrs. C. R. Spangler,
Walnut , Iowa ; Dr. C. H. Marsh-Wikle,
New York ; W. B. Nissley, Farmingdale,
N. Y.; Mrs. J. Thomas Gailley , Cardiff ,
Md.; Miss Lucy Wagner, Philadelphia;
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Lindemuth, Phila-delphia;
'W. J. Jacobs, New York ; Mr.
and Mrs, A. B. Sholly, South Bend , Ind,;
Miss Martha Demmy, Newark , Ohio,
AUTOMOBILE SMASH
Accide nt at Cross Roads Near Unit ed
Brethren Church
Mrs. Frank Kaylor and son of Union
Deposit are suffering from slight injuries
received on Sunday -when the Pullman
automobile driven by Mrs, Kaylor col-lided
with a Ford car occupied by Peter
Basehorc and family of Penbrooli . Mrs,
Kaylor and son were thrown from the
car and spectators nearby rushed to their
assistance, but they were found to ho
suffering from only slight nbrwtions of
the face and body, Tlie accident occurcd
at (lie ci'ohh roads at Derry Road and Park
avenue. Tlie Pullman car was milking the
turn and was bearing hard to the left of
tlie curve and when the Ford appeared
they both turned in the wmio direction,
Tim Ford cur wan carried to the oilier side
of the* rond mid ditched , but iln occupants
CHcaped injury , Both earn were disabled
and were removed to the Hess garage
for repnliu
MANY IN THE POO*,
Swimming is one of the most popular
HportH in Ilonj hoy llils Hummer, The
¦warm wenl her during Hie past two weeks
Iiiih brought ninny blithers lo th e big
pool in l.hu Park. I.iihI. Snlunlsty and
Sunday the cro\vdn broke nil recordH
Willi (ho 'exception of the large holiday
crowds, Local people nre Inking udvnnlngo
of tlie pool mid there urc many swimming
purlieu from llortthoy. The ' new tUroimi
of wider entering the pool from l lio spring
at High Point keeps the wutur fresh and
invl ling,
LARGE CROWDS
ENJOY THE PARK
A Week of Uninterru pted Success in
All the Picnics and Recreations
Large Attendance on Sunda y
Picnics That Broke the
Record. ' Next Week
. Since last week there has been a suc-cession
of pleasant days and fine, crowds
in Hershey Park and every department
has been busy and successful. The new
Park Cafe is such a center of popularity
and convenience that one wonders how
we ever got along without it. On the big
days it feeds thousands with ease and
everyone has praise for its big spaces
and cooling breezes.
Some of the best picnics in the park's
history took place within the past seven
days and it is hardly fair to discriminate
as to their merits, but almost any jury
would find a verdict for July 14 when the
Harrisburg and Reading stores of Dives,
Pomeroy and Stewart came on special
trains, and Hager Brother employees of
Lancaster came in special trolleys, and
took possession of the park and the tow*
and the surrounding country. - '
With the Dives, Pomeroy and Stewart
visitors the day was a series of competi-tions
and contests and the sporting spirit
rah high. Youngest and most enthusiastic
of all were George S. Pomeroy, the big
man of the big firm, and William H.
Bennethum, ,the very able manager of
the Harrisburg Store. Around them were
large staffs of clever and handsome aids
and there were very many very pretty
girls. During every minute of their stay
something was going on. The famous
Periwinkle and Schnitzlebunk bands,
choruses of greeting, games of all kinds,
spectacular marching by a well-drilled
military company, two banquets, sight-seeing
in automobiles and great times in
the pool were some of the things that crowd-ed
the hours and made a record for lively
entertainment in Hershey Park. Not an
unpleasant incident occurred and the day
was one of the great happiness, especially
to the heads of departments who in the
joy of the festivities forgot about place
and dignity.
Mr. Pomeroy and Mr. Bennethum.and
tneTriamines and friends were taken to
Highland Park and other points of interest
under the escort of S. D. Clark, who be-fore
coming to Hershey was connected
with Dives, Pomeroy and Stewart. At
the banquet in the evening Mr. Clark
received a great tribute , from his old
colleagues. The Reading Store with Mr.
Cohm as spokesman presented him with
a loving cup which was filled to over-flowing
with pleasant words and good
wishes from Mr. Pomeroy and the others
and then Mr. Pomeroy added a personal
souvenir by presenting to Mr. Clark a very
handsome travelling bag. There was a
great deal of applause and the oratory was
unusually bright. The /visitors praised
Hershey as the best picnic place they had
ever visited.
The Hager Beneficial Association com-prising
the employees of the famous
Hager Brother Store of Lancaster, came
in special trolley cars and they brought
some of the finest visitors Hershey has
entertained. Their program was quiet
but wholly enjoyable and they received
much social attention here. The papers
had long reports of these picnics.
After their trip the officials of the Hager
Beneficial Association sent a letter to
Superintendent Kreider thanking him and
the Hershey Transit Company for "the
prompt and courteous service rendered
them on the clay of their picnic at Hershey
Park , thereby adding much pleasure to their
excursion. "
On Tuesday the big Luthera n Reunion
filled the . park and enjoyed a splendid
program, includin g special glee singing
from the band stand.
Every day for the rest of the season
there will be picnics and reunions. Today
the Union Sunday School of Reading
Akicn , Reading, is enjoying the park ,
and the schedule for the days to come
this unci next weak include: tomorrow,
Market Street Baptist of Harrisburg;
Saturday, St, Stephens Reformed of
Lebanon ; Tuesday, Union Sunday Schools
of Mount Joy ; Wednesday, Fourth
Street Church of God, Harrisburg and
the Church of God , Washington Borough ,
and the Penbroolt union Sunday School ;
Thursday, July '28, HummolHtown ; July
20, Stale College Day and the picnic from
Oberlin.
HERSHEY'S NEW GARAGE
Old Carbarn to bo Remodeled and
Thoroughly Modernized
When the big new carbarn now being
built in KiihI. Ilersli ey Is ready, work will'bo
begun on the old carbarn In West Hershey
and it will be made Into ono of the finest
and most complete, garages of the stiite.
It in ideally lot-filed and it will bo much
more convenient than the present garage
north of the railroad ,
The , old carbarn Is one of the njost
mibul initial buildings in llurshoy, It. is
of limestone and is of ample proportions,
ho that there will bo plenty of room,
There is too much reckless speeding by
automobiles and motorcycles in and
around Hershey, and Squire. Cassady is
going to put a stop to it- He asks the
Hershey Press to print the following
with the assurance that this kind of law-breaking
is going to be st opped:
"To Motorists and Motorcyclists:
"All persons exceeding the state speed
limit of 15 miles per hour through Hershey
and Derry Church will be dealt with
according to law. This will be enforced .
"E. B. CASSADY,
"Justice of the Peace."
This is fair warning and the speed mani-acs
would better keep away or be prepared
to pay well for their folly.
AL KRAFT TO LEAVE
There is general regret that Al Kraft's
new work takes him from' Hershey. He
will go to Allentown to direct the construc-tion
of a large apartment house. However,
as he is still associated with Mr. Wicke:-
sham it is probable that he will return to
Hershey later. Ee and his family are
very popular here.
HARRISBURG TROLLEY STRIKE
Harris barg has had a real trolley strike
with a tie up of the lines and with con-siderable
disorder. It has worked very
serious inconvenience on the public and
has been expensive to sereral Hersheyites
who arrived in that town on trains too .
late for the last Reading connection. The
Hershey Transit lines have not been af-fected
except in the traffic they received •
from the Harrisburg line at Hummels-town.
HERSHEY IN THE PAPERS
Newspapers during the past week de-voted,
much attention to Hershey. The
Harrisburg Patriot had an excellent illus-trated
account of the Hershey Industrial
School and the papers of Harrisburg and
Reading devoted large space to the store
picnics with illustrations that extended
across two pages. All ojf/the papers spoke
highly of Hershey^ti' oWthe beauty and ;
rneajs of Hershey Park.
SCHOOL BOARD'S REPORT
The Derry Township Board's financial
statement is printed in full today in the
Hershey Press. It • shows resources of
$126,406.59 and running expenses of
$29,973.09, for which the taxes collected
yielded $13,963.52 and the state appro-priation,
$3,374.76. The indebtedness
was reduced $2,500 during the year. The
board .elected Miss Dora Dise, of York,
to fill the vacancy in the second grade.
Miss Dise is a graduate of Millersville
and has had four years experience.
PETTY THIEVES ABOUT
The many strangers in Hershey this
month have given opportunities to petty
thieves who have stolen money, jewelry,
shoes and clothing. |
MOTOR SPEEDERS, BEWARE
'Squire Cassad y Issues a Timely
Warning
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This Big Stone Car Barn Will Be Turned Into a Model Garage
Up to Over Thirty-Four Millions for
the Fiscal Year Ended With June
An Increase of Two Hundred
and Fifty Per Cent Since
Hershey Was Founded
Here is one of the biggest food stories
. in the history of the world told in three
rows of figures:
.1914, unmanufactured cocoa imported ,
$21,000,000. . ..: ' ' ' '¦ ' ' - . '
1915, unmanufactured cocoa imported,
$23,000,000.
1916,; unmanufactured cocoa imported,
$34,000,000. . • ."¦ ¦
• ' '
The Government's fiscal year ends June
30 and these figures are for the fiscal years
stated?ai
Trie almost magical growth of the cocoa
business is here seen. When Hershey was
begun the imports were worth much less
than ten million dollars; already they are
three and a half times as much, and the
increase goes on. • . .
The fine thing about Hershey is that
its wonderful prosperity has been built .
out of new business and that its gain has
been nobody's loss.
Hershey was never so busy as it is today
and it is using all the good labor and all
the supplies it can get. It is in the market
for more, especially for good labor.
How. the Cocoa Conies In
The cocoa movement to the port of New
York so far this year has been heavy,
797,658 bags for the six months, as com-'
pared with 764,192 in 1915 and 636,330 in
1914. Imports of African , according to the
figures compiled by the Frank G, Alden
Co., are the chief factor, totaling 235,784
bags, as against 113,007 for Sanchez,
121,013 for Bahia and 108,639 for Trini-dad.
The cocoa arrivals at the port of New
York from January 1 to June 30 follow :
Bags.
,. 1916 1915.
Trinidad . 108,639 123,232
African.... - 235,784 143,820
Bahia... 121,013 75,097
Sanchez , 113,007 132,323
Venezuelan . ' 78,680 110,037
Guayaquil 93,696 106,882'
Cuban. . .1,121 9,150
Grenada 15,901 17,305
Para . 4,836 7,191
Hayti.. ;..' 1,628 11,260
Surinam 1,342 605
Ceylon .;. 4,643 7,404
Java 3,770 2,135
Columbian 2,007 1,160
Maracaibo 3,959 2,175 '
Jamaica 4,705 12,136
Divers 2,927 2,280
Totals; . 797,658 764,192
The arrivals for the first six months of
1914 were 633,330 bags.
AFRICAN GRADES
1915 . 1916.
St. Thome . 8,129 35,780
Accra 135,691 200,004
COCOA IMPORTS
MAKE BIG JUMP
LAST SATURDAY, WITH THE FACTORY CLOSED HALF OF
THE DAY, HERSHEY USED, 957, • 000 GALLONS OF WATER AND DURING THE WEEK THE USE IS THREE HUN-
. '- *' DRED GALLONS PER CAPITA WHEREAS THE '
AVERAGE FOR OTHER TOWNS IS 100 GALLONS
A'careful inquiry is being made into the
.use of water in- Hershey. The supply
should easily take care of three of four
times the present population of the town,
but the drain has been increasing at a rate
which is beyond any normal demand and
the inquiry is to find whether this is from
waste "or leakage. To that encHhe follow-ing
appointment was made:
HERSHEY IMPROVEMENT CO.-'
Hershey Water Company,
This certifies that James J. Malone
is an inspector, for the Hershey Im-
. provemerit Company and Hershey
Water Company and is authorized
to examine all premises served by or
supplied with water by either of these
companies, the water connections
thereof , the use made or waste of
water.
This inquiry is necessary because of
the great increase in the use of water.
Last Saturday, with a half holiday at
the factory, Hershey used 957,000 gallons
of water.' The daily average.per capita
is now 300" gallons, whereas the daily
average per capita for cities, and towns
is only about 100 gallons, thus showing
that the Hershey average is 200 per cent
above normal.
.• Whether, this excess is from waste or
leakage or both will be determined by the
inquiry and in the meanwhile the cordial
cooperation of the people of the town is
requested.
Hershey's water supply is one of the
best in the state. It is mountain water
that comes from the Blue Ridge in the
Manada Creek which is dammed north ¦ .7— . of Sand Beach. There it is filter.ejdthipugh
a plant that cost over $100,000 arid, then
it is pumped up to the' reservoirs on the
summit of Highland Park. These reser-voirs
have a capacity of 1,000,000 gallons. '
HERSHEYS' USE OF WATER IS
200 PER CENT ABOVE AVERA GE Great Interest Shown in ¦ the Pro-jected
Trolley, Line. Much Space
Devoted to it in the Papers of
the Three Counties. One
of the Probable Routes
Papers of Lancaster, Lebanon and
Dauphin counties continue^ to print ar-ticles
about the projected trolley line
between Manheim and Hershey. They re-port
great interest in the matter and in-dicate
that the people of the sections to
be served will push the project through.
Mr. Hershey . stated his position very
clearly to the committee that waited on
him. If they want the line and if they
reach a proper agreement among them-selves
and if they will see that the right
of way is clear he will be very' glad to
put his engineering force at work.
Mr. Hershey's recent experience with
the line to Jonestown has pretty well
cured him of trying to benefit a section
and then be . held up by extortionate
prices for rights of way. In the Jones-town
case, however, the would-be holders-
. up oyer did it. The pity is that the few
have, worked against the general good
and a splendid section remains without
transit facilities.
The following is a sample of the aticles
being printed about the Manheim pro-ject:
"The proposed "route begins at a
point on the Hershey and Elizabeth-town
line and extends about two miles
to the village of Bachmansville. From
Bachmansville partly along public roads
and partly through private lands, a dis-tance
of threc miles, to Lawn. From
Lawn along the C. & L. railroad on the
south side ot Colebrook. From Colebrook
to Mastersonville. A short distance south
of Colebrook the line will pass "Stauff-er's
gate," a distance of two miles from
the park at Mount Gretna.
"The line would pass the village of
Mastersonville a short distance to the
south and pass through private prop-erty,
.by the Union Square Hotel and
meet the public road at the Old Line
store. From Old Line the road will
follow the public road to Snavely's
cross-roads, thence along the road to
Naumanstown, from there along the
road for a distance, thence through the
farms of Landis Bachman and Geo.
Weaver to the Manheim & Sporting Hill
turnpike, entering the Borough on West
High street.
"This route will be presented to Mr.
Hershey when he will have his engin-eer
go over the ground. He will make
suggestions for changes wherever he
sees advantages, after which the plans
Will be made. Following this the rights
of way will be secured.
"The people along the route are show-ing
great interest in this proposed line.
They realize what it will mean to them in
the development of the northern section
of Lancaster county."
FROM MANHEIM TO HERSHEY