Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-09
EVENING Chat

Harrisburg will not lose the tower
OF the state arsenal building from its
landscape and it will be pleasant news
10 many to learn that arrangements
have been made for the tower to be
preserved and made a part of the new
arsenal Just contracted for by the
commonwealth. The tower of the ar
senal has been called the finest ex-
ample of English architecture in this
section OF the State and has been a
ngure for over thirty-five years. 1t
was erected when the present arsenal
was put up to replace the arsenal of
civil war days which stood in Capitol
Park about where the Mexican monu-
ment now rears it's shaft. The archi-
tects who made a study of the arsenal
TOT the replacement of the building
with modern fireproof structure
worked out q plan whereby the tower
could be preserved. 1t is the idea to
embody the tower in the structure
which G. w. Strayer, the contractor,
will build. This arsenal will be fire.
PROOF along the most approved lines
ana the basement and one story will
be erected under the contract let and
the next Legislature will be asked to
make an appropriation to cover the
remainder of the project. The next
appropriation will include plans to
make the tower fireproof. In this way
1t will remain as it is to-day. The
warehouse at the arsenal Is now fire.
PROOF structure, having been put up to
replace that burned several years ago.
Contracts for a subway between the
new arsenal and the warehouse are to
pc let and one-story fireproof garage
1or the motor trucks of the arsenal
VIII also be erected. Meanwhile the
landscape gardening of the grounds
VIII be improved and it will be made a
more attractive place than ever. Prob
aply some day Legislature with a
regard for the fitness of things will
provide additional land in that vicinity
Tor the conservatories which are now
moved when the extension to the park
is laid out.
1t may be telling. but 1t is we'll
known among real estate men that for
the last few days a representative of
the George M. Cohan theatrical in
terests has been looking Harrisburg
over. During the winter observations
were MADE as to the attendance and
accommod dations for the people Of the
io0,O00 Harrisburg district and lately
IL mas gotten down to the point where
lhe establishment of a new playhouse
mas been seriously considered The
only thing in the way appears to be
the price asked for sites which have
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State Zoologist H. A.. Surface il
sleeping only occasionally these DAYS
because every person who has a fruit
tree calls him to ask about the way to
treat trees for this. that and the other
thing. This is the season of the year
In which the zoologist has been urging
people to get busy and they appear to
nave been taking his advice because
they are calling him up on the tele-
phone and sending him letters about
the way to contest with the pests for
the fruit.
People who have been noticing auto
mobile tags going around with the
so,oo0 mark should bear in mind that
there are not that many automobiles
IN the State. When the automobile
list was started all of the numbers
between 10000 and 10000 were taken
out and marked for the solid tired
machines or trucks. About 4,SOO of
that class have been issued, so that
the number of automobiles NAV be
eSumated at somewhere about rs, 900.
Inc motorcycles are registered sepa-
rately from the automobiles. but there
are over 5000 of them.
Scores of blue buttons bearing n
Whlte carnation were displayed about
the city this morning by people who
used that method of showing their re-
gard for Mothers Day. This day
comes on Sunday and Governor and
Mayor nave proclaimed its observance.
The buttons would take the place of
a carnation.
Among visitors to the city to-day
were eX-Judge H. M. Mcclure. of Lew
isburg; David Wallerstein, the Phila-
delphia lawyer, and George III. Stew
art, the Shippensburg capitalist.