Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-10
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The last issue of the Journal of the
Engineers Society of Pennsylvania is
really Harrisburg number because II
contains no less than three important
articles of great local interest and
also an address by J. Horace McFar-
land on seeing our own land first. This
ADDRESS, which was delivered before
the society, was on the scenery of the
keystone State and was an exceptional
presentation of what this State had
TO show its sons and daughters If they
| would visit her hills and wales and
follow her streams instead of going to
the Rhine, the Rhone and the Danube,
the Hudson,i the Sagunay and the Colo
| rado. 1t is illustrated by a picture
from Reservoir Park. The reconstruc-
| ton work at the PENNSYLVANIA Steel
Works is outlined and illustrated by
Frank \. Robbins, Jr., the Cumber-
| land valleys great work on the Sus-
quehanna and on Mulberry street by
Thomas E. Kennedy, and the Paxton
| creek work by Joel ID. Justin. The
| number is one of the greatest boosts
that Harrisburg could have. 1t is a
happy combination, perhaps unwit-
| tingly, because there is no blaring an
| nouncement to the effect that the
State Capital is one of the real places
on the map. In issuing it the society
has done a lot for Harrisburg that
Harrisburgers do not realize.
A friend sends this note in regard to
recent article in this column on the
Importance of eXterminating the dan
| delion before its flowers have O. chance
to run to seed: IF people interested
IN preserving lawns were wise they
would offer rewards for the dandelion
roots by the dozen. There are rewards
| offered for dead flies. by the pint or
quart. Why not get rid of the dande-
lion the same way? Dandelions do not
come back, either"
The time for visiting the Capitol as
part of education seems to have ar
rived earlier than usual this Spring
! There is scarcely a day now that a
school does not appear and Saturday
two took in the sights. AS has been
pointed out, the Legislature is a great
attraction, but the battleflags and the
Museum run close seconds.
Receipts at the State Treasury show
that comparatively few Sabbath break
ing fines are being taken in just now
This is a rather interesting comment
upon the complaints made about OBJ
servance of the first day of the week.
In some years gone by Sabbath break
ing fines amounted to over $100 a
month. Last month they aggregated
only SS.
1t is interesting to note that even
If the Legislature should pass the
anthracite coal tax bill now pending
and the Supreme Court should uphold
Judge Kunkels opinion on the consti-
tutionality of the act of 1918, that
Harrisburg would get share of the
tax for two years. The original act
provided that the counties producing
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proceeds based on population and this
is the one that was upheld in the
courts. The new act will return money
only 20 boroughs and townships in this
county that produce coal. Harrisburg
ought to get enough out of the coal
tax when it gets it, to buy a piece of
motor fire apparatus anyhow.
The sand sucker and coal dredgers
appear to have made short work of
the island of sand and coal which
formed in the Susquehanna above Cal
der street. Very little trace of it is to
be found. This simply goes to show
what would happen if the sand bars
were allowed to remain as formed.
Only freshets would take them away.
If all of the bills providing for
bridges across the Susquehanna river
between this city and -Herndon go
through there will be abundant means
of communication for people in a re-
gion which is now sorely in need of
something beside ferries. The only
difficulty about any of them appears
to be that of expense. 1t is rather
odd to think that between Clark S
Ferry and Selinsgrove there is no
footbridge or other highway bridge.
Bills are pending for bridges at Mil
lersburg, Dalnatia and Herndon. The
Millersburg bridge is in the best shape
as it passed the Senate last week and
is being strongly urged.
The coming of the Liberty Bell to
this city on its way to California re-
calls the fact that on every occasion
when it has passed through Harrisburg
it has appeared in daylight hours
never after p. m. On each occasion
it has been given a great popular re-
ception and people have driven to the
railroad line for miles around to see
the relic as it went by. In fact it was
said on the occasion of a trip through
train passed between lines of people
from Middletown to Union Station.
Mothers Day was not observed as
generally as it was a few years ago.
The day was given a notable recogni-
tion in Harrisburg when 1t was origi-
mated some seven or eight years ago
and sermons and addresses were de-
livered on the occasion. Yesterday the
display of carnations, while notable,
was not as extensive as in some for
mer years.