Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-21
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Another flag has been added to the
collection now in the possession of the
State through the generosity of a vet
eran of the Civil War who has sent to
AdJutant General Thomas ]. Stewart
the guidon of the Seventh PennsyIvA-
ma cavalry. The flag was received at
the capitol few days ago and will be
carefully examined and put into good
shape Tor preservation. The name of
the donor and the circumstances will
shortly be formally announced and it
is HKely that they will prove q stimulus
to others having flags which were
borne in the great conflict. In the last
year or so, or ever since the cere-
monies attending the removal of the
flags from the State Museum to the
Capitol rotunda, there have been nu-
merous letters addressed to the Ad-
1utant General regarding flags which
are in possession of families. Several
flags have also been given to the State
Museum.
Concrete workers, especially those
who are employed on sidewalk work,
are considerably disgusted with tho
weather conditions which, they de-
clare, are anywhere from two to three
weeks behind time. 1--WE have gen.
orally been busy as nailers at this time,
| but this year we have laid one pave
ment. And we had to cover that with
straw foot thick and keep it COW
cred because the mercury went way
down." said one worker.
The song sparrow is determined that
Spring shall reign. The sparrows have
| been about the city considerably in
the last fortnight, although the cold
wave killed some of them. Yesterday
IN spite of the cold breezes sweeping
from the Susquehanna there were half
a dozen of the sparrows caroling away
along the river front and one was
heard in Capitol Park.
One veteran railroad man is respon-
sible for the statement that he has
| never gone to the Pennsylvania Rail-
road station that he did not find q
force of worltmen tearing down some
part of the building. "IIe is right"
added an official. 'It has been one
continuous tinkering ever since the
| building was erected" This brought
| forth the following: For some reason
| or other, the late president, A. j.
Cassatt, was not pleased with the sta
| tion. He remarked during one of his
! visits to Harrisburg: I wish it had
never been built this way. You will
! have TO be tearing out and adding to it
all the time to get the room you need
| Subsequently the late president, James
! McCrea, expressed similar views. vt
looks very much as il they told the
! truth"
| While the average person knows
| that fair portion of the milk supply
! of Philadelphia comes from upstate
| and considerable part of that passes
| through Harrisburg, yet it would sur
prise many to know how much of TTar-
risburg's milk comes into the city on
trolley cars. \ number of the old
| time dairymcn still do business on
routes in Harrisburg, but the bulk
of the business is now in the hands of
| firms or individuals which obtain milk
| in bulk and distribute it. Almost any
evening or in early morning cans
of milk can be found on interurban
! trolley cars and they are put off at
points nearest to the headquarters of
the distributor or delivered at places
where wagons or truck pick them up.
| 1t is one form of trolley freight that is
developing rapidly.
Major c. S. Farnsworth, of the
United States army, who was for sew
eral years detailed here as Inspector
instructor of the National Guard, is
now on the Mexican border. He is in
command of part of the Sixteenth in
| fantry and has been in charge of the
making of important surveys and
maps. Captain S. NJ. Rutherford, Of
this city, is with the Tenth cavalry
now in Mexico.
William Harrison Allen, of Warren,
former attorney for the State Railroad
Commission, was at the Capitol day
arguing in a case from his county.
| Mr.. Allen was greeted by q number Of
| friends in this section.