Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-01
EVENING CHAT

| y curious SldeHgnt on Ine leBlSla-
ture is thrown by some of the letters
received by Harrisburg businessmen,
especially lawyers and those interest
ed in finances from people who want
to get straight tips" on the way legis-
| lation is going through. When 1t is
| considered that there is scarcely q line
of business in the State that is not
touched in some way. or other by a
bill in the general assembly or its
committees, it can readily be under
stood why so many eyes are upon
Harrisburg. In one day man active
in affairs in this city received letters
from friends asking about bills rela-
| tive to physicians, capital stock tax,
| foot and mouth disease, trust COM
panies and building and loan assoeia-
tions. Another man spent a couple
| of hours trying to find out a proposed
| regulation of railroads and struck a
dozen bills through which he had to
plough. Some of the third class city
officials here during the week declar-
| ed that the flood of legislation on that
| subject was worse than it had been
for years and that half a dozen bills
amending the Clark act were pending
in addition to one general bill. One
farmer who likes to be called progress
sive came to get a list of all bills re-
lating to agriculture and it took him
day. Some of the letters hint at
business enterprises held up pending
disposition of bills, but that is not
taken very seriously. The public util-
ity companies have to maintain regu-
lar information bureaus because of
the ramification of bills affecting their
interests. And vet the total number
of bills in hand is 1900 short of what
it was two years ago.
t1I ..4
yesterday afternoon that Chiefly" Gill
ner is not in the joke class, but that
he is real live proposition. 1t seems
that some furniture was being moved
out of one of the offices and the self
appointed guardian of the Capitol
strolled along.
"Whas that goin'?" he demanded
One of the men said it was going out
of the building.
Where? Where?" demanded the
chief again.
They gave him the name of a State
official somewhat noted for his holding
down of expenses and care for State
furniture.
"All right take 1T. I'll not look"
Later on he found the furniture 60
ing to a storeroom and wanted to
know why it had not been delivered.
What's the worst job you have to
handler" was asked of one of the
cleaning force at the Capitol.
Getting chewing gum out of the
carpet in the rear of the hall of the
House" answered the disgusted man.
You would be surprised to see how
many pieces of gum are dropped. They
get tramped in and it's about the only
thing that a vacuum cleaner will not
remove. We have to cut it off,"
Reservoir Park with its crown of
green rising at the eastern end of the
city is commencing to show what it
amounts to. 1t can be seen for miles
around and an excellent idea of what
the park means to Harrisburg can be
gained from train coming up the
Susquehanna from York. The Capitol
stands out prominently above the city,
but beyond the Reservoir hill rises
with its wealth of green and its line of
trees.
Despair reigned in a good many
gardens yesterday morning when the
results of the hard rain and of the hail
storm Thursday afternoon were noted.
In some gardens there were regular
cascades of water from roofs and wa
ter flowed over many a new-made
bed. Flowers were washed out and
in the central part of the city hail cut
tulips, hyacinths and Spring blooms
to pieces.
Beaver closed its school for the sea-
son yesterday and the occasion was
marked by a celebration that will go
down in the history of Dauphin coun-
tvs schools. All the children who
attend the little schoolhouse for miles
around dressed in best bib and tucker
and their fathers and mothers and
other members of the family who
could attend, gathered there for the
day and enjoyed an interesting little
program. The feature of the day per-
haps was the luncheon. Professor r.
e. Shambaugh, county superintendent,
who was guest of honor, smacked his
lips in retrospection some six hours
afterward when he thought of the
things that came from the bounteous
lunch baskets.
Some of the farmers in the town
ships of Dauphin and Cumberland
counties are not waiting for Good
roads day." but have taken off their
coats and gone to work on the repair
of roads near their homes. In several
instances supervisors have had volun-
teers and have given papers to show
that men worked of their own will.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE