Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-23
EhrntnD Chat

A paragraph in one of the Harris
burg papers the other day containing
extracts from an article on Libraries
cade OF the seventeenth century calls
IN Wilmington and UP in Vermont
which began business in the last de-
10 hlind the fact that Harrisburg early
went In for library facilities as an aid
70 education. In 1895 the Harrisburg
Library Company was organized with
some OF the prominent men as direc-
tors and 1t conducted its business for
several years, closing up with what
was very popular in those days--a
lottery. The present Library Asso-
ciation has an order for one of the
DOCKS OF this library which had been
alotted In the closing up. 1t COM
pletely establishes the existence of the
library prior to 1900 just as a certifi-
cate OF membership in the second
Library Association which fiourished in
the twenties and thirties shows the
activities later on, The State Library
came into being almost as soon as the
state capitol was located here, all
though 1t was not until twenty-five
years after that time that 1t began to
assume proportions. For quite a time
or until the late eighties this library
served the people of the city.
Speaking of libraries one of these
days Harrisburg is going to be con-
fronted with a demand for local
Libraries. This may not come for some
time. but the manner in which the
taking of books for school children to
the Fairgrounds has worked out this
year shows that there is a field for
library activity that must be met
some time. The new library has been
remarkably successful and "up town"
and out on the hill'' have been steady
patrons.
II don't think / ever saw the Mar
ket street subway get filled up so
fast as 1t did on Saturday night when
the big rain began. l had gone
through to the Reading station and
when l returned a short time later 1t
was over car wheels said man who
gets about the city good bit. Il did
not go through 1t in that storm be-
cause | wanted to make observations
I had to go and tell you the way the
water rose was something surprising.
1t is only a question of time before we
Will have to provide better drainage
because every time 1t rains heavily the
travel is driven to the Mulberry street
bridge"
The city's front steps" are much
appreciated by small boys, but there
seems to be one disappointmen They
do not allow turtles TO climb up on
them to be caught. The Susquehanna
Is full of turtles and rocks and sand
bars and old logs are used by them
when the sun is shining. The front
steps would be ideal in the minds of
the boys, If they were better adapted
for turtles.
Saturdays storm is declared by the
farmers living near the city to have
to fruit. The fruit crop this year
especially apples pears and peaches,
has had trouble enough to get along
between pests and storms and cool
days, but Saturdays down pour of rain
caused branches to break and knock
ed large quantities of immature fruit
| from the trees. If there had been wind
there would have been precious little
fruit left on trees in some exposed
orchards and gardens.
Recent sales of property along NorthS
! Second street indicate the big increase
! in realty values in that section of
Harrisburg. A case in point is prop
erty which changed hands few days
| ago. 1t was sold at a price almost five
times greater than the purchase price
of fifteen years ago. With the develop
ment of the city north of Market
Square as business district, realty
values are likely to soar during the
next few years.
The Rev. DR.. e. N. Kremer pastor
of Reformed Salem Church, has been
enjoying his golf playing this summer
in spite of the weather conditions DIR.
Kremer gets great enjoyment out of
the Reservoir links and is one of the
regulars"
Edmund C. Breen, prominent
lawyer of Oil City, combined politics
and pleasure on a visit to this city on
Saturday. He came to look after fill
ing of his nomination petition to run
for Judge in Venango and also visited
the State Capitol. Mrs. Breen accom-
panied him.