Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-30
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me tap of the repairmen's ham
ners and the noise of the plane have
taken the place of the ran of the
saVeis OF the presiding officers and
me rustic of bills in the legislative
mans at the State Capitol and the
iorce Oh repairmen from the base
| ment OF the State house are now I'm
possession of the chambers where
laws were being made a few -davs
ago This biennial visit of the re-
pairmen follows close upon the de-.
par'ure OF the legislators. They
promptly take account of the. dano
age oone during the session and
make such immediate repairs as are
necessary. 1t is not believed that +ba
damage done to the desks or chairs
VIII De as great as in former sessions
III spite OF the length of the sitting.
seven broken chairs and a. score ~.
/ SO OF desks scratched or partly
broken are the record of the damapa
done in the strenuous closing davs In
the House, while comparatively iittIa
, Mork needs to be done in the Senate
Inc desks will all be gone over and
poilshed at once. The Job will re-
qulre more attention in the House
as the tops OF couple of desks were
broken and some of the woodwork
@ @cIatkeo during the parades and dem
Uns.ratlons OF the windup. Four
years ago thirty of the desks in tha
rouse mad to be repaired and it was
weeks before all were IN good condi-
tlon again. If the governor approves
t@ne @ item IN the general appropriation
Dill Tor the changes to the Galleries
OF the legislative halls that work will
ne undertaken this fall Architects
VIII be asked to make suggestions for
new arrangements or the seats
The National Guard publication
Our Army and Navy" contains
an interesting illustrated article on
the dedication of the First Defenders
monument at Allentown this sprinp.
Ad1utant General Stewart is the cen
tral hgure and there is a fine photo
graphic reproduction of the scene
when he was delivering the oration
of the day.
1t makes one poor to handle checks
| Tor hgures that run up into the thou
sands. The other day three checks
Tor over 100000 each arrived at the
state Treasury. Every now and then
father Penn takes in check or two
which resemble the total revenue of
some of the smaller nations and
winch help to keep the schools and
roads going. 1t is not unknown to
nave million dollar check but late
ly $1,000 900 checks have been rath
er common. The Pittsburgh and Lake
! Erie railroad and the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation Companies each paid
more than 100000 on one day this
week.
The State Department OF Forestry
is making some interesting and
valuable suggestions about teaching
boys to know trees and to love and
protect them. In one of its recent
bulletins the department says:
Teach your boy to identify one tree
a week for a year and let him plant
several along your fences and keep
them watered and cared for. Nut or
fruit trees should be planted by pref
erence."
Demolition of st. Lawrence's
Catholic Church, which has stood
sentinel at the head of Fifth street
for more than generation, is being
attended with considerable interest
for many people. The church was so
stoutly built that it has been neces-
sary to use dynamite to get down the
walls and the charges have rever-
berated through the central part of
the city, leaving the churchrlooking
like a ruin in the war zone. The
chances IRE that it will take another
week to get down the building as
much care will have to be used on
the towers, which abut in Walnut
street.
! A little further up Walnut street
the operation of the big steam shovel
on the site of the Grand Opera House
for the new Penn-Harris hotel is at
tracting it's share of attention as it
rips into the dirt and rocks of the
big hole. This operation is as signifi-
cant of the development of the city
as is the tearing down of the church
for park purposes.
J. D. A. Morrow, the Commissioner
of the Pittsburgh Bituminous Opera
tors Association, who declared to a
Senate committee yesterday at Wash
ington that drink elimination would
mean many more tons of COAL is
well known to many people here. He
has been frequent visitor to Har-
risburg and is one of the best-post-
ed men on mining matters in the
country.
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