Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-21
Enrtttt1g Gtrat

Surveys preliminary to the land
scaping of the extension to Capitol
Park and the big changes contem.
plated by the Board of Public
Grounds and Buildings for the old
park are under way and engineers
are running lines establishing boun.
daries and the new walks and high
ways. The park extension, which
comprises twenty-nine and a half
acres, is almost cleared of buildings
and by the end of the year all ex.
cept those needed for military pur-
poses, will be removed. The old park
contains something over fifteen
acres. The surveys will be to estab-
lish not only the walks and drives
! but also sites for the four new build
ings projected for years to come and
which are to form court on the
east front of the Capitol which is to
| be extended and embellished. The
general plan was made by Arnold
w. Drummer, who worked out the
plans for the Colorado State capitol
surroundings and the Cleveland civic
center with the assistance of Warrer
II. Manning, of Boston, who was
also engaged by the city of Harris.
burg to plan street changes to con-
form with the general scheme OF
park improvement outlined by the
State. One of the notable features
ofthe new park will be four rows of
Pennsylvania varieties of oak trees,
while in front of the Capitol will
be broad terrace which will be ap-
preached by large stairway of
style suitable for ceremonies and
reviews.
We'll it is going to get worse"
said q man who looks after one of
the big utility companies in this
city yesterday when he was the OBJ
ject of life-sized kick against the
service that was being furnished.
This is rotten, what do you mean
Worse?" demanded the man who was
kicking.
Uncle Sam comes first, and you
are second, Mr.. Individual" replied
| the utility man. 1.-The government
has taken some of our best trained
men and has asked us to be ready
to send more. Every telephone, rail-
road, telegraph, electric and other
| utility company is in the same boat.
! The government has need for these
men for national defense and that is
where you will have to indirectly con-
| tribute your share. 1t looks now as
though by the time winter comes
we will be breaking in new people all
along the line because by that time
the armies will be in training and
things will be doing. We have been
looking around for men who have
been rejected or who are over age.
We want to get them into the way
of doing things. Most of the young
fellows are mighty willing to jump
in and work and we are glad to have
them but they will have to go soon.
People in Harrisburg have had good
public utility service and although
a fellow like you gets up and roars
every now and then, especially when
he has to wait a few minutes, this
city has good utilities. But the point
is that along with the rest of the
country you will have to put up with
poorer service for a little while un-
til you can get new forces working
You can't take a couple of thousand
men out of a community like Har-
risburg and not upset things"
Samuel c. Todd, the executive con-
troller, has Just finished task which
is about as bad as any he encount-
ers In the state government. Mr..
Todd is chairman of the grounds
committee of the Country Club of
Harrisburg and he has completed a
score card for the new golf course
: WiiC1l 10 dbOhl llllSt lllllto lOtlSt ~
hill and down dale, with allowances
for strokes and everything else. 1t
is a complicated system playing golf
according to the card, but Mr.. Todd
has worked it out.
Gross at right angles and you
will not get hurt. You will see
where you are going and can get
out of the road while others will see
| Il NF Il Il
one of the traffic policemen this
morning. This is the sum total.
Watch your step and cross at right
angles. Many people are hurt taking
diagonal cuts across streets. Stick
to the right angle"
Even the men who decide in the
destinies of the great transportation
facilities which have made Pennsyl-
vania famous can not always have
things the way the public gets them.
The other day four members of the
Public Service Commission, which
has jurisdiction over the railroads
and all manner of utilities, the high
and the low, corporations and even
individuals, stood in front of one of
the Capitol elevators and rang and
rang. There was no response and
finally the august commissioners
went to another elevator and waited
until some stenographers were taken
to the top floor.
Major General c. M. Clement, who
was here yesterday on his way to
Camp Hancock to take command
of that camp of the Pennsylvanians,
will celebrate forty years in the
National Guard of Pennsylvania on
September 8. He enlisted in 1877 in
Company e, of the Eighth regiment
and began his service as q private
soldier.