Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-04
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testimony from some distinguished
visitor regarding the value and char
acter of the public Improvements in
this city which are to be the subject
OF the big September celebration.
George w. Perkins, the distinguished
nnancier of New York city and chair
man of the Palisades Commission OF
New York state, was crossing the river
bridge at Market street on a recent
visit when he asked the driver to stop
and exclaimed: who was responsibSi
for that treatment of your river front?
That Is the most attractive scheme I
have ever seen and IL is a suggestion
for our problem along the Palisades on
the Hudson!"
William T. Ellis. the well-known
religious writer, was in Harrisburg a
few minutes last Saturday and this is
what he said: You have beautiful
CITY, l have heard much about it and
now have had glimpse myself. am
coming back to visit the Capitol and
spend some time in looking about Har-
risburg.'
These are but samples of the daily
testimony to the wisdom of what has
been accomplished here in a few
years.
The route laid out for the tour to
See Pennsylvania first which Gov
ernor Martin G. Brumbaugh will lead
from Harrisburg in the first week of
october is now being gone over and
everything about it noted. The route
was worked out for the Governor be-
lore ne went to the encampment of
the national guardsmen at Mount
Gretna last month. Highway Commits
sloner r. ]. Cunningham and Chief
Engineer w. D. Uhler having studied
the road problem after figuring out
where the Governor desired to lead
fhp 70 H..
out on map and the Governor made
few changes so that historic or scenic
spots would be touched and the itin-
erary was made. A few days ago w.
r; ID. Hall. the statistician of the
Highway Department started out in
one or the department cars to mark
the route. complete report regard
Ing 1t will be laid before the Governor
on his return from Maine and he will
then begin making up the party.
These are the busiest kind of days
for the State officials in charge of the
making of the bonds to cover State de-
posts and State Treasurer R. K.
Young is making searches of records
so that he will have information on
which to base estimates. BY the new
system under way every deposit of
State money whether the account of a
hospital or the contingent fund OF a
department of the State government,
is TO be protected by bond. This new
order is now being worked out and
Will not only multiply the number of g.,
bonds. but the size of the security. In
many instances companies which have
State deposits at interest have also
accounts of institutions and the funds
of departments.
The construction of the concrete
walls and floors of the new Graunner
bakery at Tenth and Market streets
Is attracting much attention as the
big gang of workmen pushes along
the filling of the wall and floor spaces.
The pillars are formed by huge cylin-
ders which have capitals like a morn
ing glory. The work is going ahead as
long as daylight lasts and it is expected
10 get the building under roof long
before snow flies and not to do anY
concrete work after cold weather sets
ill., as was the case with the Emerson
Birmingham building.
John P. Dohoney, investigator -
accidents of the Public Service Con1S
mission, is getting to learn much about
the State. He has been investigating
most of the grade crossing accidents
and now is taking testimony for the
commission between accident probes,
He is at Indiana to-day listening to a
fight between the Chamber of Com
merce and the railroads.
Every day or so someone starts
something about some idle iron or
steel establishment going to be fired
up right away on big war orders"
and there is a lot of talk about the
extraordinary rush. Yesterday after
noon couple of men were talking
about the revival of industry and one
man said that every plant in this
county was going full tilt There are
now six idle blast furnaces in Dau-
ptin county and some mills and other
works. Lebanon also has some idle
plants and there are some in the
Junfata valley. The war orders are
very real. but they are not as large as
stated. and by no means general in the
trade.
John W. Dougherty, former general
superintendent of the PENNSYLVANIA
Steel Company, is one of the high
officers of the Crucible Steel Company,
the Western Pennsylvania concern
which is much in the public eve at
present. Mr.. Dougherty has been
with the company for several years
and contributed materially to bringing
it up.