Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-03
EVENING CHAT

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| People who have been watching the
progress of the work on the erection
of the addition to the federal building
were surprise a few days ago wnen
the men excavating for the founda,
tions StruckNa a strata of concrete and
bricks almost ten feet below the street
level. The presence of the strata of
concrete puzzled a good many persons
because of its depth and the solldlty
with which 1t had been put down.
This strip of concrete was the foun-
dalton of the rressroom of the Har-
risburg Patriot in years gone by. For
years the Patriot was located in the
Dock building at Third and Straw
berry streets, where the Hariacker
grocery used to be. In May. 1875, &.
+. Meyers, then the proprietor, be-
came State printer, and it was neceS-
sary to enlarge the plant. The news
paper was then established in the
new printing house at Third and Lo-
Gust streets, being right opposite the
site of the present temporary post
office. There the Patriot was pub
lished until November, 1878, when the
building was bought by the United
States government and was demolished
in course of time for the present
building and It's lawn. The pressroom
was very deep and located along the
Locust street side with cement floor.
The nwspaper press was in this press
room and the job and book presses on
the first floor, and that the press had
a most excellent foundation is demon
Strated by the appearance of the con-
crete at this late day. The concrete
was laid on bricks and stones, which
were found to have been put on top of
the slate which furnishes the bed rock.
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Market and Dewberry streets, where
it was published until it removed to
Market Square In the Spring of 1906.
d. j. McDermott, secretary of the
Berks County Agricultural Society,
which was here recently. is arranging
for an event which people in Dauphin
and Cumberland could well afford to
copy. 1t is to be good roads" car
nival. during which federal experts on
road building and on practical farm
ing, including men from the county.
will make visits and encourage good
road making. The supervisors of the
county will be invited and efforts will
be made to boost the roads in rural
districts where Improvement is needed.
State highway officials will assist
wherever possible.
Colonel James f. Barnett, former
State Treasurer and commander of
the Tenth Regiment, was here a few
days this week on business and took
occasion to look about the city.
Colonel Barnett is a descendant of
the Rev. John Elder, the famous
lighting parson," and his owp middle
name Is Elder. He is greatly inter.
of the parson, about whom so much
has been written
DR.. ]. H. Kreider. the former county
chairman of the Bull Moosers and now
candidate for Congress, is of the
opinion that the Roosevelt movement
is not dead yet. The other evening
the doctor was walking along Third
street with friend when a couple of
boys who happened to pass by rec.
ognized him and yelled "Hurrah for
reddy!" The doctor smiled and told
his companion to kindly note the
words.
The wholesale changes in the sched-
lle of the Pennsylvania Railroad have
wrought havoc among some of the
old-eStablished and well-known trains
and among those which have dis
appeared from the time table are the
only familiar Day and Main Line ex-
presses. Time was when Day express
was the crack afternoon train for
Philadelphia after Limited, east, and
Main Line was put on to take care of
the travel which could not be accom-
modated on Day. These trains were
known far and wide and while never
very speedy or even equipped IN the
top-notch style they were popular be-
cause of the time they left here and
reached Philadelphia.
whats the reason they had JEFF,
ferson day dinner in Philadelphia last
night and that they are not going to
have Jefferson day here until April
man connected with educational
matters yesterday. The educator
thought minute and remarked that
both sets of celebrators were right.
IT'S this way" he explained. when
Jefferson was born the old-style cal
endar was in vogue and he was born
on April 2. Before he became so
prominent. however, the change in
the calendar to make it catch up had
been made and he was born on April
Is. It's the same thing with Wash
ington. If you remember. BY the old
style he was born OIL February IL
hut by the new calendar on the 22d.'
This explanation caused the man VINO
| follows politics to chuckle, because
| as he said; The wings of the Dem
ocracy are so far apart that they
cannot even agree upon date to cele.
| brate the birth of their patron saint"
! She was riding on an Allison Hi
car, wearing a fetching hat with
high feather of the modern shape
| Hanging on a strap. she failed to OBJ
serve the bell cord swinging overhead
! and when the conductor pulled tn,
rope. feather, hat and all rose toward
the top of the car Everybod,
laughed, including the wearer of tn,
hat, and the incident furnished amuse
i, aet ~ 81.