Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-14
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guished architect who was here this
week in connection with his plans for
the Identification of Capitol Park,
has the idea of making the Capitol
the center of the state. as far as
highways go. as 1t is the govern
mental center. During his visit here
he made a number of automobile
trips about the city and its environs
and then asked for a map showing
the state highways. why, it's
regular web with Harrisburg as a
center" said he. well. that will
make the Capitol Park something
to which all roads will lead in truth"
Mr.. Drummer, who yesterday COM
pared the Capitol Park project to a
double handled frying pan, says that
State street is admirably adapted to
be a center of travel. 1T is mag
nificent highway and we'll named"
said he. But 1 think that there
should be a bridge across the Sus-
quehanna at State street and it
should be the place where the roads
on the other side of the river should
converge. That, however, is mat
| ter for the future. That bridge
would form one handle of the pan.
The other handle would be the
bridge to the top of the Hill. the
Capitol Park with its garden being
| the center"
Few people have any idea of the
magnificent scale on which the archi-
tect who made Cleveland and Denver
| famous for civic centers is planning
the Harrisburg development. He
| told friends here yesterday that 1t
was his idea to make it the finest
state park in the country and that
he had the material to do it. Mr..
Drummer in working out his ideas
has been indulging in what he calls
l"dreaming." In the course of this
| employment he goes to various cities
and studies the layouts. Then he
drops into Harrisburg and applies
them and goes away to dream out, as
he saws, the details. THE bridge to
the top of the Hill" said he was one
of the things which struck me as
essential to complete the park. 1t
certainly should be taken up
promptly"
When M. S. Hershey, millionaire
chocolate manufacturer. learned of
the action of the conference OF
Brethren at Hershey, pledging
loyalty to the government. he did not
attempt to conceal his jubilant
spirits. I'm tickled to DEATH" he
told a Harrisburg Telegraph re-
porter, and there was a broad grin
on his face as he boarded his huge
white automobile and started on his
daily inspection tour of the plant.
Mr.. Hershey was doubly pleased be-
cause it was through his efforts the
faction was carried through. In
rousing patriotic appeal before at
lleast 10000 people Sunday morn
ing. he stirred the conference to ac-
tion and more than So, 900 was raised
for the Red Cross. I've never
heard anything better in my lite'
than this news" was his comment.
While speaking of Mr.. Hershey 1t
might be we'll to say that while ne
is the founder of chocolate toWh'
he is quiet and unassuming. When
he appeared on the convention hall
platform Sunday morning, 1t was the
first glimpse many people of the
town had of him. why that's the
man who helped me across the icy
street last winter" a gray-hairey
woman said. Gracious sakes! l
| never thought it was NJ. S. Hershey.
Many comments were heard on MS
modest appearance. But ne mace
dollars talk for him. contributing a
dollar to match each dollar cohtrl-
buted for the Red Cross
From all accounts the attendance
at the Ringing show on Tuesday was
record breaker and it is astonish-
J ing the small amount of damage
done 10 nearby properties. Gener-
aIlv when a circus alights any place
there is more or less harm done TO
garden plots in the vicinity. Vhe
EAST End, where the circus dis
PLAYED, has numerous war gar
dens" and very few of them sur
fered to any extent because of the
crowds There was one large po-
Itato patch near the main top ana
it was virtually unharmed, while
smaller patches had paths worn
around them. The damage done,
laverred one man, was less than Wheh
the French flier landed out that way
|
IT is always interesting to watch
the people who go to circus GROUNDS
after a show. They have baskets
and what they gather up Is worth
while. A good many small pieces OF
money were found, but such statis-
tics are naturally unavailable But
; there were knives, doorkeys, garters.
handkerchiefs, gloves, hat pins and
buttons among the articles salVaged.
, |
E. Clark Cowden. the engineer,
saws that in spite of reports about
some Paxtang fiickers that changed
their hours of banging against tin.
roofs to meet the requirements of
daylight saving there is one which
holds to his old schedule. This
flicker starts in at 6 o'clock in the
morning. He has been doing 1T
regularly for some months and he
does not vary two minutes. He mas
become so proficient that ne can
play tunes on the roof.