Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-20
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Ii ali goes well the State will start
planting the rows of red oak trees
planned for Capitol Park extension be-
iore next fall. When the sale of build
ings for the material they contain is
| finished by the Board of Public
Grounds and Buildings on March 81
there will be approximately twenty
| TOUR buildings left in the zone, includ-
| ing those in litigation. They will ps
| taken down as soon as the proceed
| ings are closed and the Common
| wealth obtains title. There will be
seven or eight buildings remaining
| which the State is occupying, most of
| them on Fourth street. The idea is to
| start the grading as soon as the build
| lngs to be sold are removed and TO
| tear up the existing streets. Probably
State, Fourth and Eflbert streets will
be retained for some time. When the
| grading is undertaken it will be along
lines which will enable the planting of
| the trees. These oaks will be in four
lines and they will be started within
a short distance of each side, of State
| street.
Just what the State will do next
fall about the buildings it is using no
one seems to know. There are half u
dozen bureaus in old residences and
there is also the laboratory which is
in the old Day school, while the Moor
head Knitting Company's building, is
used for the document division and
the big Paxton warehouse is employed
for military purposes. The Governors
Troop has the old a. NJ. L. Church
and two stables. The chances are that
there will have to be some arrange
ment made for housing all of these
agencies. The State is obligated to
take care of the military and officials
are just commencing to realize what
the State must do. The Capitol Park
extension is now something in which
the average legislator, who was in
clined to fuss over it last session,
takes pride and several men have
been telling what bargain the State
got and how unfortunate it is that it
did not buy down to the Susquehanna
river while it was about it.
a good story is being told about the
Capitol on Paddy" Gilday. Mr.. Gill
day is one of the best known labor
leaders in the whole soft coal region
and had charge of the interests of the
miners of the big Central Pennsylva-
MIA district. He was picked as chief
or the bureau of mediation when the
Legislature authorized Father Penn to
go into the business of keeping busi-
ness going by settling strikes and has
been somewhat noted for his success.
In fact, Mr.. Gilday is noted as one
who can employ a soft answer and
over whom no one can pull any wool.
The other day he turned up with title
| to an automobile. 1t seems that q
= friend of Mr.. Gilday won the machine
in rattle and he did not know what
\ to do with it. So he hunted up Mr.
] Gilday and told him his troubles and
also sold him the automobile. Mr.. Gill
day was supposed to have won a bar
| gain. Up to date he has had to build
a place in which to store the car, to
pay man to show him how to run
the thing to buy oil and supplies for
the contraption and to go around
apologizng to people for what the
darned machine hits while he is learn
ing how to steer.
! Harrisburg has never been known
as Il very contentious place, in fact,
: it has had good reputation to the
U contrary, being more of a spot where
,, people gather to fight out their diff
II ferences. But the records of the Pub
IS lie Service Commission indicate that
h 1t has originated more complaints in
g the last six weeks than any place in
e the commonwealth.
e The dinner of the Legislative Sons
IS of st. Patrick, which is to be held to-
d night with a galaxy of State officials
and legislators past and present and
e hopeful, in attendance, is the twAlfth
), to be held in Harrisburg. The idea
d originated when some members of the
If Friendly Sons of st. Patrick, famous
e organization dating from revolution
!, ary days, were kept in Harrisburg by
e press of business on the great day.
Is There have always been st. Patricks
Ie day observances here, but they made
it a real one. 1t has been kept going
y ever since and they say that Lieuten-
n ant Governor Frank b. McClain and
n George ]. Brennan the scribe, have
d not missed any of them.
Is Col. George Nox Mccain, who is
% suggesting the purchase of the Penny
e packer farm because of It's historic
e associations of revolutionary days,
is used to be a newspaperman on duty
sr here. He flourished twenty-five years
s. ago in the days of Col William Rode
ID armel and was the staff representative
IF of the Philadelphia Press. Governor
Hastings made him n colonel on his
- staff and he was also decorated with
the big order of Venezuela by one of
Castro's enlightened predecessors.
Colonel Mccain became even more
noted because of the lectures on for
/, eign travel, several of which he de-
| livered in Harrisburg to the delight
| of many. Last time he came here he
| declared he was more satisfied with
4 life than ever in spite of his many
and varied experiences. I'm n plain
A farmer now" was his summing up,
| However, it is to be noted that the
| colonel heads q delegation to Harris-
VI burg to ask improvements of roads
A whenever he gets a chance and that
4 he is strong on marking of Pennsyl-
I Vania'S historic places