Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-06
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cation of the State Capitol, which, by
the way, was the third anniversary of
the unveiling of the Barnard groups of
statuary on the front of the building,
Mr.. Rambo was the superintendent of
construction for the building during
the latter half of its construction and
Is considered to be the man who knows
more about it than anyone else. He
mas been superintendent for over nine
years and has proved himself a good
administrator as we'll as builder. Some
oil the letters which have been received
come from men who know what they
are talking about. men of national
Iame and whose artistic attainments
are conceded. These letters praise the
building, its art features and the fur
nishing plans. Time has softened the
norld coiors of the rotunda and it is
no" praised as one of the beauties of
me State House. AS time goes on the
pennsylvania Capitol is coming into its
own, as was said in this column the
other evening. and when the plan of
mural decoration Is finished there will
pc added attractions for visitors. Mr..
Itamoo has been endeavoring to get
some OF the Oakley paintings delivered
mere In time for placing before the
senate meets but 1t is not likely. Be
lore 1919. however it Is hoped to
nave not only the Senate. but the Su-
preme Court chamber, paintings on
the walls. The item for the mural
decorations for the north corridor was
stricken out of the appropriation act
last year. but the Board of Public
GROUNDS and Buildings will probably
ash ils restoration. as the absence of
any paintings In the lunettes along
the corridor is the object of some
caustic comments by visitors.
Harrisburgs livest and most wide
awake group of young businessmen
are watching with interest the dailv
papers in the expectation that shortly
they will record some extraordinary
feats by Henry Kale a member of
their Newsboys' Association.
Henny,' as he is familiarly known
70 the thousands who come and go
through Union Station holds forth Mt
the station entrance, where he breaks
more than few sales records. You
nave perhaps noticed that due to a
| misfortune years ago Henry depends
upon pair of crutches
But Henry is not to be deferred by
accidents nor circumstances. Henry
has traded in a number of prize cou-
ponS Tor a pair of running shoes
| you've read of the armless baseball
payer, so watch out for the runner
without-well. watch Kale.
|
Girard, in the Philadelphia Public
Ledger. says Secretary of the Com
monwealth Cyrus e. Woods has prob
ably crossed the Alleghenies in an
automobile more times than anyone
else in the State. He quotes Mr.. Woods
as saving: For scenery it discounts
any other trip l ever made. And that
includes what many call the ideal
| but what l prefer to name the ordeal
trip through the Berkshires."
Girard then says: 'It includes all
the guide books best drives of the Old
World In considerable part of
Europe. When Secretary Woods was
our minister to Portugal it was his
custom to do great deal of motoring.
Ke1cre and after that he and Mrs.
| woods had traversed Spain, France,
Germany and Switzerland by automo-
pie. Hence this eloquent member of
Governor Brumbaugh's Cabinet knows
roads and scenery. I repeat he said,
you cannot beat Central Pennsylvania
scenery and you cannot beat our new
State roads"
Ihe younger students of the Harris
burg Academy will start out to-mor-
row on the first of some Saturday
ram bles into the country. The bows
will be under the guidance of instruct
| ors who will show them how to take
care of themselves in the woods and
| W oNOiu tillHS all Ine berries
they see and how to conserve the
water they bring along instead of
drinking from every stream regardless
OF dangers. These hikes recall the days
! of the old Y. M. c. A. Ramblers and
other clubs which fiourished twenty
five or thirty years ago and were great
things in the lives of the youth of that
day.
At intervals one of the fast trains on
the main line of the Pennsylvania rail-
road makes fast rum. 1t Is recorded
In tho time book, but the public sell
dom hears of new railroad records.
1t has been long standing order to
not make public special time made
over any division. If it leaks out, there
is no kick. but officials are of the
opinion that when they give publicity
10 something out of the ordinary in
the running of a train the public al
ways adds mo wonder we have
wrecks, running so fast"
The other day Middle division pas
senger train made the run from AL
| toona, a distance of 1872 miles. in
hours and 20 minutes. This was
done with four full stops and two
slow-ups to allow the train to take q
| freight track and run around a prefer
ence freight that was making almost
as good time as the passenger. The
run from Altoona has been made in
less time, but not very recently. That
is why there is so much gossip in rail-
road circles about the record made on
Train SO the other day.