Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-10
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Friends of Lew R. Palmer. tho
States chief of factory inspection, are
congratulating him upon his election
as president of the National Safety
council, the executive organization OF
one of the strongest factors in the
world for the making of things better
and safer for working men, everyone,
in fact. Mr.. Palmer. was one of the
organizers and was vice-president last
year. He aided in organizing when
he was selected as the representative
of the American Association of Electri-
cal Engineers The National counGS
is composed of representatives of every
big corporation in the country, the
safety engineers and experts and some
big business men. 1t is working not
only for safety in the industries but in
every day life. 1t is the organization
that is behind many safety movements
in the country.
Speaking of safety it is interesting
to note the manner in which safety
warnings are given. 1t seems to be
the general idea that when red globe
Is shown that it means caution and
there are various devices which have
become popular to designate dangetS
The warnings are in great array. In
Market street these were read yester-
day: Better safe than sorry
Watch your STEP" Look before you
cross" and Use your eyes and watch
your feet"
Harrisburg is great city to cele-
brate things" said visitor to the city
as he stood in the Commonwealth last
night. Yet, have not noticed where
Pennsylvania's capital or it's metropo-
lis or any other city has celebrated
much about William Penn. His birth
day, October IA, is unnoticed and as
for the day of his landing, or the day
on which he promulgated his plan for
government of the province, 1 do not
think that many people in his State
| even know them.'
| Arnold w. Brunner, who will make
the plans for the improvement of the
State Capitol park, knows Harrisburg
and what 1t has been trying to do. Tho
creator of the great civic center of
| Cleveland visited here last Spring
when he spoke at one of the noon
luncheons of the Chamber of Com
merce and he has been here since.
Warren H. Manning, the consulting
| landscape architect is a close friend
of Mr.. Drummer and the two visited the
| park extension and went over the
park extension zone some time ago.
Signs of the change at the great
| steel works in Steelton are to be seen
on many hands in the big borough.
The signs are different about tho
works and there are some lively days
on the extension operations. Even
the shifters have changed the name to
! the Bethlehem Steel Company and
the cars are coming out of shops with
| the big p changed to q B in the COM
pany initials.
THE American species seems to be
losing that Yankee enthusiasm and
| ingenious effervescence which hereto
fore has characterized it in presiden-
tial campaigns and less important po-
| litical occasions" said dusty trav-
eler yesterday after motor trip
through a number of northern coun-
ties. Not Il sign to indicate that the
country was passing through a period
of suspense the outcome of which was
| of immense Importance to our welfare
as a nation. The only thing 1 saw
of significance" said the traveller, was
a group of women in Duncannon en-
tertaining themselves with cheers for
Wilson.
| "Take me along, Mister!' The cry
came from a small 14-year-old boy
trudging along the road below Speece-
Vile.
"All right, sonny, hop in," returned
the driver and the motor renewed it's
| chugging.
| And by the time the pair reached
the Clark's Ferry bridge it leaked out
that wayfarer was Pat" Boyle, of
! Wilkes Barre, on his way from Gale
donia to his home, q matter of some
1870 miles. While visiting relatives
there, he became homesick, according
1 to his story, and started to walk home.
| He "freighted" it into Harrisburg on
election night and found it not to his
liking. So he moved on.
The driver of the machine later
heard that several boys had run away
from Bloomfield Academy and the
authorities were on the lookout for
them.
Within the next few days the
various city departmental heads will
begin work on the estimates for the
1917 budget and in course of time
the report of the city assessor on the
taxable property possibilities will be
ready for the commissioners. The
budget doesn't necessarily need to be
passed until the latter part of De-
cember so that the councilman can
devote all the time they wish to par
ing and pruning with the hope or
keeping down the tax rate. Whether,
in view of the extra demands that will
necessarily have to be made on the
municipalities purse strings during
the coming year, the millage can be
kept to the present basis Is considered
questionable in municipal circles.
Many prominent Central Pennsylva-
mans were here yesterday to attend
the hearings of the State Board of
Public Charities on appropriations,
some of the leading lawyers and busi-
counties being here. The hearings at
tra oted an unuS,laI number of men