Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-01
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Senator Charles A. Snyder, of
rroItsvlile. who becomes Auditor
General to-day, is the first Dauphin
countian, as far as recalled by peo-
pie on Capitol Hill to-day, to hold
What is generally considered to be
the most important office in the
SIate government after the Governor
Inc Auditor General operates un-
der acts almost as old as those which
confer power upon the Governor and
iINs interesting to note that the basic
Jaw Tor the department dates from
| more than century ago. Mr.. Sny-
| ger ger was born at Pillow on April lie.
100 SO that fortnight ago he wa
Just 1ltty Years old. He says he was
Drought up on a farm and that he is
a product of the public schools. He
mas peen lawyer in Schuylkill
county since 1889 and has served in
| the national Guard and various Of
noes. lie served three terms in the
House and was three times elected
o5,t, 20 ume senate, being conspicuous in
educational legislation. The new
audltor General will be the thirty
nfth man to hold the office. From
lfS9 to 1S45 the Auditors General
were appointed by the Governor, but
conditions made it advisable then to
have the Auditor General separated
from executive control and the office
held the office by appointment of the
Governor and twenty have held 1t
by election. Mr.. Snyder is the tWen-
ty-first to be elected.
People who have observed the dis
mantling of the buildings in the
Capitol Park extension zone have
commented upon the fact that there
Is always a big demand for the glass
and that this material, which is ma
turally the first to be taken out, is
snapped up by buyers. The people in
charSe of the wreclling operations
take the precaution to remove the
glass at the earliest nossible moment
III order to keep it from being
smashed by boys. So they sell the
glass to the first, comers. Large quan-
tltles of glass have been taken from
the houses in the park extension by
builders and good bit of it is being
used in houses being built or else
cleaned up and retailed.
|
1t takes nice weather to cause the
litneys to multiply in Harrisburg.
yesterday was a fair day for the cars
ana streets which in winter time did
not see jitney in a. week had the
cars running right and left while
the downtown business streets were
filled with them. Some of the iitneys
got in each others way and it was
funny to see how they would maneu-
yer for passengers. One man stopped
his car on u trolley track and held
up not only the trolley car but half
dozen automobiles while he neat
ly scooped in a nickel fare. The lit
neymen do not appear to be dis
turbed about the proceedings before
the Public Service Commission in
regard to certificates, but it is no.
uced that most of them display city
licenses conspicuously.
Harrisburg people who are ia
miliar with the activities in the Le-
; high Valley district are watching
with considerable interest the plans
developed for the Association of the
Grand Valley of the Lehigh. The or
gani2ation is designed to exploit the
glories of the Lehigh Valley" 1t will
bring together probably a sdozen
hustling communities and not only
take advantage of the tremendous
manufacturing resources of the val
ley but secure advertising and CO.
operation to attract national atten-
ton.
The Curtin highway, named in
honor of the War Governor, and
the Black Diamond highway, which
is to take it's name because II
latest highways to bid for State at
tention. These roads are designed to
cross the State from north to south
on the western slopes of the Allie
ghenies, being parallel to the new
Susquehanna trail. The State is get
ting to have some notable highways.
There are our William Penn and the
Lincoln which across the State from
east to west, the Sullivan trail, which
is a northern tier road to COM
memorate the expedition to chastise
the Indians after the Wyoming mas
sacre; the Susquehanna, which runs
from Elmira to Harrisburg; the
Perry and the Pittsburgh and
others which are of local note.
"Just take a look at those mani
tests" said a railroad official to a
Capitol Hill man who happened to
be visiting him the other day. The
Capitol man looked and found that
thirty-siX cars of the train were filled
with onions and the next two with
artichokes. There was nothing else
on those cars. There were carloads
of potatoes, cabbages and other veg
etables, all raised in the Western
States and being rushed to New
| York either for storage or for relief
of the market conditions. When the
train went through Harrisburg few
| ndu an lQed OF what II contained.
Fruit trees that remain in Capitol
Park extension as reminders of the
time when they were priced orna-
ments of backyards are in bloom and
some of them present pretty sights.
The trees stand out amid the vacant
lots and few remaining buildings
and the residents of the district have
been raiding them for the flowers
they contain, knowing that when the
fruit times come there will be few
about to gather the fruit. Perhaps
the State Department of Agriculture
will take charge of the trees for
demonstration purposes.
ITS about time that something is
being done to improve the traffic
conditions in Walnut and Market
streets during the repairs to the
streets" declared an automobile
owner yesterday. People are allow
ed to stand cars along the curbs and
when you have cars by the curbs
men working on street surface and
trolley cars passing by you have
precious little room for anything
else. I hope the proper department
will regulate parking during the re-
pairs to the streets"
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE