Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-03
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The project for annexation to the
city or the district known as Pleasant
view, which has been revived oftor
seNeral years of quietude, would have
the erect OF running the city limit up
against the borough of Penbrook on
the upper eastern boundary as II Is
against Paxtang borough on the lower
part OF the same line. Pleasantview is
the section which has grown up about
Walnut State, North and other streets
Immediately north of Reservoir Park
ana extending out to about the line of
Iwenty-first street with some lines Of
buildings extending toward Penbrool,
1t is supposed to have taken its name
from that given to a farm beIonginr
TO the Haldeman family which was
spnt up into lots. The old brick harm
Whlch stands up at the end of State
street and is familiar sight for MANY
miles around was the barn on this
farm. Pleasantview does not contain
many people, but If 1t could be taken
INTO the city 1t would give the district
the benefit of city improvements. es
pecially in highways and extend the
municipality to the borough of Pen
brook which has been discussing i'm
proved streets for some time. Prob
ably in the next ten years not only
Fieasantview, but Riverside. Pen
brook, PaXtang and other settlements
which have grown up about Harris
burg VIII be incorporated in the
great Capital City.
The Association of PENNSYLVANIA
boroughs which is to have
its annual convention here
next month, as formally an
nounced by the governor, was estab-
llshed here five years ago. 1t was
formed by men interested in securing
certain definite understandings in re
gard to the smaller municipalities and
the State government and discussed
legislation which ultimately led to the
borough code. When the public SER
wee company act came along the
Borough League was an object of
great interest because of the extent OF
tne interests affected by that law. In
l9l3 the Association was quadrupled
In size and its meetings have attracted
as much attention as those of the
Third Glass City League.
A Harrisburger who has been do
ing some visiting writes this Swe-
denborgianism to the many is nothing
.
significance to the mind. To others,
| 1t is a religion, a belief, a doctrine
promulgated by the famous Swedish
philosopher and religious writer who
| claimed to be i'm special communica-
ton with Christ and who was later,
according to his own sincere belief,
permitted to converse with spirits and
angels. In the beautiful little town of
Bryn Athyn, Pa, is established the
Swedenborgian New Jerusalem"
model of clean living and pleasant re-
lations. At present this settlement,
of which little is heard and of which
/ little has heretofore been known out
side the fact of its actual existence,
is building a wonderful new and last
! ing monument to the memory and
! doctrines of the mystic founder of the
religion, Emanuel Swedenborg The
monument is to be, when finished, a
new cathedral. 1t is being raised by
purely Gothic methods, entirely by hand
| and with the best workmanship OBJ
tainable. There is no hurry to finish
1T within any stipulated time; the pur-
pose is to have it perfect in every de-
tail, and time is no consideration. For
several years it has been building,
| yet it is not neatly completed Indeed
it is very similar, in a sense, to the
building of the temple to the Lord by
Solomon and the lsraelites many cen
turtles ago.
Many famous men have in times
past adopted the views of Sweden
borg among them the father of Hen
ry James, the novelist, who but re-
Gently died in London. Last month
this small but thriving and contented
colony at Bryn Athyn won it's fight
/ to become an Independent borough.
| In all probability the movement
started by residents of the West Shore
! town for improvement of the roads
between Wormleysburg, Lemoyne and
New Cumberland will lead to some
substantial betterment of condition OF
the highways even if it is impossible
| for the State to reconstruct the road
! because of lack of funds. The plan
is to have the road carefully inspected
and such repairs as are essential will
be undertaken when the weather is
! fit. Highway Commissioner Cunning
ham assured a committee headed by
Senator Franklin Martin and eX-Sen-
ator John e. Fox of his interest in the
matter this week.
Samuel NJ. Clement, the Philadel-
phia lawyer who was here yesterday
on business at the Capitol, has been a
frequent visitor to Harrisburg. He
was one of the counsel in the Capt.