Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-28
EVENING CHAT

Two hundred and fifty of the $50
buildings in the forty-one blocks of
the area to be added to Capitol Park
have been demolished or are prac-
tically out of the way and within u
week the demolition of fifty-seven
more will be started. The State is
selling the buildings for the material
they contain. the buyers being re-
quired TO remove everything above
ground and to take away three feet of
cellar walls. Only such buildings as
can serve the State for offices, storage,
garages and similar uses are being re-
tanned. 1t is the belief that by the
end of the year all of the buildings
on the $40 properties to which the
State has title, except, of course. those
in use, will be removed. Properties
are being acquired by the State almost
daily and two churches have lately
been taken over. 1t is probable that
the next Legislature will be asked to
take some steps to provide for a study
of the park and the extension from a
landscape standpoint so that when the
properties are acquired in 1915 the
State. will be in shape to go ahead
with development. The park as 1t
stands at present Is unfinished, the
stoppage of work on the grounds in
1905. when it was found that the Capt.
tol was costing far more than eX-
pSStSu, HaNlI6 CdusSu parts Oh
1t to remain unfinished. Plans for
driveways and walks and for new
entrance at State street in place of
the unimposing sandstone steps have
been prepared for some time, but 1t
has been deemed best to await the
time when the planning of the whole
park can be undertaken and the best
results obtained.
Pennsylvania is now going to buy
lie m nd
get the advantage of large purchases
at fixed price and arrange for de.
livery afterward. Bids have been
asked for as much asphalt as the
State will need and the same plan is
to be followed with other materials.
1t is expected that a considerable saw
ing will be made. The State did that
when it bought machinery few years
ago.
Mayor Joseph Cauffiel, of Johns
town, who was here recently and who
has upon several occasions made in
quiries about matters in this city, has
started a move to have the Flood City
own its own water works He has
studied water plans in several cities,
including Harrisburg, and is convinced
that the city plan is the best. He
faces big fight in his city, as the
plant in that section is big affair
and will cost a lot of money.
The areaway between the Court
house and the Commonwealth Trust
Company building, which has been re-
ferred to upon several occasions as a
canyon because the sun shines into it
only couple of hours a day. is hold.
ing up its reputation. The pave y ent
in the section closest to the Post Onice
has several piles of snow. which have
been there for weeks. They are COW
cred with dirt, but it is snow all right
The south side of Derry street neal
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets also
has snow piles as reminders of the
blizzard.
Get Your sassafras. This is the
time to make tea and to drink It,"
sung out farmer in the Chestnut
street market this morning. I'm SELL
ing a lot of the bark. This bark Is
the real biting kind, the kind that
makes the tea that clears your sys-
tenn. You'd be surprised at the num-
ber of people who take sassafras tea
every year. There's lots of 'em and
it's great thing for the liver"
These fine days have caused a reg
ular rush on the Public Library and
1t is expected that the March book
service report will make a fine show
ing. The attendance of children has
been very large and the juvenile book
department looks as though raid
had been made upon it. The library
is really suffering from too much pat
ronage. It's stock of books has been
worked and worked hard.