Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-30
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public building, there are many Har.
risburgers who do not yet comprehend
that the park will be no barrier to driv-
ing across the city. Every large park in
a city is crossed by highways, trolles
tracks, bride paths and by numberless
footways, and there will be no excep-
tion in the case of the big enlarge
ment of the Capitors setting. Even If
II had not been expressly provided that
the park should be crossed by high
ways, Harrisburg. which donated nint
and one-half acres embraced in streets,
lanes and alleys to the Commonwealth
including the 120-foot width of State
street from Fourth to the railroads,
would have some claim for way for its
pedestrians, vehicles and trolley cars
1t will be matter for the man com.
missioned as the State landscape archi-
tect to work out just how the crossings
snail be made, and until then it is all
more or less conjecture. AS the State
has yet to acquire something like 100
properties and close to 175 buildings
are to be torn away, there will be
abundant time to settle details. The
grading of the park area to make it
conform to the elevation of the present
grounds will probably eliminate Fourth
street and as extension of the wings
Is proposed it would seem as though a
tunnel along the present line of Fourth
street would be pretty expensive and
the talk has been that the trolley line
now going up Fourth would be COM
blned with the Capital street line ana
cross the park at say the line of old
spruce street, now officially called
Fifth. What will be done about the
state street bridge and the highway
and trolley line now passing over il is
another matter that will be settled by
the architect, but 1t is thought that a
subway will probably take care of that
tral1lc; which is bound to grow as the
city develops on the heights. Pos
slply lines Of poplars or some other
trees VIII be planted to afford q better
background to the view from the Capi-
tol than is now afforded by the build
lngs between the eastern line of the
Iallroads and the base of the high
lands at Cameron street 1t is pro
posed also to widen Walnut street
from Third to the railroad.
one of the propositions which will
come before the Legislature and which
mas attracted great attention in Har-
rlSpurg Is the hunters license law.
winch bids fair to be as vigorously de.
Ienoed from repeal as it was urged for
passage last year. This law. which
has been in successful oneration ir
many OF the States, including some
oor9erihg pennsylvania, has been the
SUBJECT OF more discussion. in and ont
OF the newspapers, than almost anv
oIlier. . III mas advocates and enemies
ssaIore ana 1t would seem that the
laLIner Is the man who will determine
what will happen to II. The ia,,, irrile t,,ne
passed primarily to protect the farDoa.
say the men in favor of il. the raisinn
VI revenue TO propagate game and
reimburse counties for money sne,,t ~
oountles Tor foxes, weasels and other
Inii'IS ances 10 the agricultural worker
pelns secondary considerations r. 4
cohtended by these men that the uyear
ing OF Tags enables a farmer tn es
tapllsh the identity of a man trasnoss
ing on his land and that as he Ioes
not nave to pay license for buntine
Iii Ii ms own land or that tenanted nv
MIN ne Is not interfered with Tbo
opponents of the act assert tb,t W ~
aprldges the freeborn right to bupt
ana are skeptical as to the bepn6tt
tMiie1I M VIII accrue to the hunters from
game propagation in the end tbI'
opening wide field of argument The
49, caused much oratory to be spilled
Iast session and will be a prolific
source of discussion next year Ana
the influence of the farmer will he
sought by both sides. "''' NC
The fine weather of the week end
uay ana the feeling that it might he
the last hne Saturday" sent every
lover of outdoors into the countrv onS
IL was remarkable the number of auto
moplles, walking parties and individneI
strollers who took advantages of tha
W,onderful, bracing autumn air Foot
pall games attracted many and every
person who had opportunity played
soiI, Went hunting or INDUCED in some
outdoor form of amusement. Huntars
were almost as numerous as automo-
blllstS in the vicinity of the citv and
turned up in most uneXpected n1aces
Ihe nagging of "cottontails'' afforde,,
no end OF sport, as the frosty weather
mas put lots of ginger into the rabbits
ana they have been plentiful all about
the city.
In the making up of the list of
places which sent contributions for the
purchase or food to be loaded into the
TWO ships which Philadelphia sent 10
the starving Belgians 1t will be found
that Harrisburg gave probably as
lnuch, II not more, than any other city
to the Philadelphia fund. over 50 200
worth or food bought by money con
trlbuted through the telegram was in
the cargoes carried by the two shin.
which sailed down the Delaware. the
purchase of the food being facilitated
by the prompt dispatching of money
at the close of each day. In addition
contributions of money, food and toyl
We're given through other agencies for
ships sailing from New York and
Philadelphia and 1t will be found that
Harrisburg's gifts to the relief of the
people afflicted by the war will run
into the thousands of dollars of value.
One of the interesting loads carted
down a central street by a garbage
wagon the other day was a bale of
placards stripped from telegraph poles
and q couple of small signs carried In
parades during the late campaign. The