Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
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tinguished architect vino lpianned
the Capitol Park extension and zvhG
suggested that the memorial bridge
with its pylons TO be dedicated %
the Army and Navy was asked how
he came to think of that idea Soz
the commonwealth to show ih
gratitude to its SONS in the great
war, he replied ''Because its diff
ferent." Mr.. Brunner created the
civic center of Cleveland ana many
of the ornamental features OF New
York and other cities and admitted
while at the Capitol the other day
that he had been thinking hard about
the proposition. 'I have figured
in several affairs wherein memorials
were planned" he said with n laugh.
In most of them / rae up against
friends of men who had designs.
In one State Capital which I shalt
not name I found an array of
sketches which were in accord with
some of the monuments and
memorials which have been placed
throughout the land and the COM
petition was brisk. nay, it was rag
ing. I struck one veteran who was
partisan of one sketcher and he
insisted that the best was none too
good. I agreed with him. Then 1
agreed with another who had the
same fundamental thought. Then
/ got them to agree with me that
To get the best In art we would have
to get the best i'm artists. So, to
make a long story short L induced
them to reject all of the sketches
and we got five noted artists to
enter into a competition. Well. |
am proud of that memorial. It's
something different. Just, SO this
plan of making the pylons the CEN
ter of the memorial with appro-
pirate groups and the bridge to be
a memorial in which tho whole state
can take pride while the names of
its sons are perpetuated on the
panels in the pylons, occurred ia
me as something different, that will
be enduring and that will be in
keeping with what this great state
| should have"
If weather conditions permit SUR
veys and borings for the state
memorial bridge to be constructed.
| as a part of the Capitol Park exten-
sion and to be dedicated to the sons
of Pennsylvania in the Army and
Navy will be started within Il week
Engineers in charge of the prelimin-
ary work are arranging to come to
! this city within a few days to pre-
pare the detailed studies and the
specifications on which to base the
estimates to be submitted by the
Board of Public Grounds and Build
| ings to the Legislature and to the
Harrisburg city council, both of
which will have to make provision
| for it, The lines for the bridge
have already been tentatively To-
Gated. conferences having been had
with representative of 4he gail
roads, the city and the county and
when the information is compiled
there will be further conferences. 1t
! is provided that the members of the
| Harrisburg city council will be in
vited to meet with the Board of Pub
| lie Grounds and BUILDINGS within a
week to agree formally upon the
changes in city highways and the
approaches to the bridge on the east
ern side. Should the weather re-
main open the filling in of the park
extension will be pushed during the
winter so that landscgping can be
started, trolley tracks moved and
the foundations made for the sunken
garden on the line of Fourth street
where it cuts the lower end of the
extended park.
The extent of the decline in po-
tato raising in Dauphin county this
year as compared with 1917, which
is interesting in view of the drop of
six million bushels in the Keystone
State production of "Murphys," is
shown by State Department of
Agriculture report. In 1917 Dau-
phin county raised 510,1 1856 bushels
and this year 208,620, while Cum
berland which had 419,6SS went
down to 237,445 this year. Perry
county dropped from 100000 to
144,000. Another interesting thing
is that while Dauphin's corn crop
this year was 1,440,20S bushels
against 1.676,490 last year, Cumber-
land rose from 2,550.511 to 2,714,224
and Perry lost $4,000 bushels. Buck
wheat raising has taken a jump in
Perry. Perry produced 23,263 BUSH
els this year against 22,2S1 last
year, but Dauphin fell off from A.
796 to 4,152. Cumberland seems to
raise but little buckwheat as only
504 bushels were reported.
It's odd the way people answer
the telephones, especially in public
offices where there are numerous
calls in the course of day. In. one
city office there is man who al.
ways responds Eyes, brother" al.
though deponent knoweth not how
he receives calls from women. In
another office the response is al
ways Eyes, doctor?" with a rising
infection. In one state office the
man receiving calls pipes up with
here" while another capitol clerk
has habit of saying fright"