Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
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Some idea of the amount of paper
used up in the daily operation of the
State government can be gained from
the remark by Superintendent Samuel
b. Rambo, of the State Capitol, that
the contract let for removal of waste
paper from the Hill will aggregate
a ton a week. For many years the
State used to throw away its waste
paper and old books for junk. Per-
sons who would cart ava stuff could
sometimes make a handsome stake
out of retaining the paper and SELL
ing the books. But a few years ago
Mr.. Rambo made some calculations
and figured out that Father Penn was
losing a pretty penny. So he started
selling the waste paper. Pretty soon
1T became so valuable hat balers
were installed in the basement of the
Capitol and the waste paper which
often used to be carted off by j~anitors
and other persons was carefully col
Elected and put INTO bales. 1t was
nothing to get eight or
ten hundre weight of paper from the
letters, envelopes, old documents and
other sources which figured in the
every day business of the Hill and the
waste paper business rose to magnif-
cent proportions when the legislature
was in session n bills by the score
were thrown away every day. Per-
sons who saw the throwing of paper
dpOuL lit les SldllNt idllS III the CLOS
ing days of the session were not aware
of the fact that all of 1t was carefully
gathered up and put into bundles and
that these bundles were sold. 1t is es-
timated hat the paper sold by the
State brings in close to so, 900 every
year. This is quite a tidy sum for
what a good many people did not sven
consider as a by-product.
Prominent among visitors to the
city yesterday was Alexander Graham
Bell, the inventor and perfector of the
telephone. Mr.. Bell came from Wash
irgton on an automobile trip. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Bell and they re-
manned here over night. leaving this
morning.
Not as many enator and members
of the House a been coming here
to loo after legislation in the hands
of the Governor as usual. In years
gone by legislators were numerous
while the Governor was working, hut
DR.. Brumbaugh has established the
rule that he will see no one except
those for HON he has sent and he
stays at the Mansion while visitors go
to his Office. Everyone is at liberty
to file briefs, and judging from the size
of the mail many are availing them
selves of the privilege.
Inc DIluSeS ERECTED over front ana
Second streets by the Cumberland VAL
ley Railroad are being ornamented and
will be attractive additions to that part
of town. They are being topped with
fences of concrete work and the panels
are taking form. The operations of
the railroad are attracting much at
tention and every afternoon and even
ing there are numerous visitors to
Mulberry street to watch the progress.
Flag Day exercises which are to be
held at the Reservoir Park under
auspices of the Elks next Monday will
be part of a general observance of the
day throughout the country and If the
weather is fair Harrisburg will have a
fitting ceremony to recall the Flag Day
exercises of last year. 1t will be re-
membered that a yea ago next Mon
day the flags were transferred from
the State Museum to the rotunda of
the Capitol after most impressive OK
e%rcises. 1t was one of the memorable
days for Harrisburg.