Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-08
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~ @NeASe % AcI DIS the state OdDl-
tol is concerned, because fully 1000
tons of coal dredged from the Sus-
quehanna river are being piled on
land from which buildings have been
| removed for Capitol Park extension.
Iaklng coal from the river, which
brings 1t down from the Luzerne,
Shamokin and Lykens regions. is 4
Dig industry here and keeps many
steam dredges busy. Last year Su-
PPerintenoent q. A. Shreiner, of the
department of Public Grounds and
Buildings, stored an immense amount
OF coal, which came in very handy
during the very cold winter, The
Legislature Will sit during the COM
| ing winter and the space to be heated
| VIII be somewhat increased, and the
state is now taking the entire OUTPUT
OF couple of fleets and will store
the coal during the summer. The
| huge pits underneath the courtyards
OF the Capitol are filled to the top
! ana the coal is now being delivered
on lots which will be converted to
park some day when the war ends
ana the project can go ahead. 1t is
the intention of the state govern
ment TO begin work on the outskirts
OF the park this year and to begin
tne preliminary work on the extern
sion, but the main work will depend
oi 'he continuance of the war.
Fears that some of the states in
s.itutlons Will scrape the bottom of
| tneir cash boxes before the close of
Ihe year are being expressed at the
| Capitol, where various departments
nave been ordered to reduce their ex-
Ipendltures for contingent expenses
ana on postage and eXpressage to a
| minimum in order to avoid deficien-
cles. The postage increase has
caused demand for heavy expendi-
lures for that purpose in the Capitol.
| NOW word is coming from state in
sane and other hospitals that the
auVanclng cost of provisions will
make serious inroads on their ap-
propriations and that they will need
more long before the close of the ap-
| preparation year next June,
| According to some things that the
birds In Capitol Park say the fact
that the State of PENNSYLVANIA was
$82,0OQ short in its appropriation TO
| meet the cost of purchasing proper
| Ties IN Capitol Park extension was
que In part to the high cost of liv-
| ing. The commission which bought
tne properties won the name of be-
| ing hard hearted, stony eyed and iron
cared because it drove such bargains
FOR the state. The people who ap-
pealed cases to court were some
What inclined to think that public
service was being given new stand
ard. And then along came the ad-
vance in prices for everything and
the tendency was so slxyward about
the time came for trials that LAWYERS
made settlements. And the appro-
priation could not be made to reach.
How important is the Americana
zation of the foreign-born peoples
who have come to the United States
is illustrated by an incident or two
OF the last Liberty Loan campaign
In this city. In one of the public
schools there are many children of
foreign birth and their LOYALTY to
the United States has been remark
able. In this school a little Russian
boy, who heard that the solicitors
would visit the school for subscrip-
tionS asked his teacher for a loan
OF two dollars for the first install
ment, He said he would earn enough
10 pay for one bond and return the
loan. Outside of school hours he
soon earned enough to repay the
loan and is now regularly meeting the
instalment of one dollar a week
doing errands and odd chores. An
other boy, an Austrian, brought his
savings to school and paid cash for
a bond of fifty dollars. Still other
children of the foreign colonies took
a great interest in the loan and in
the war saving stamps
officials connected with the State
Workmen's Compensation Bureaus
work in this section of the state are
looking for an early decision from
the compensation commission in re-
gard to the hundreds of claims filed
| by dependents of Austrians and other
| foreigners killed or injured in Penn
sylvania industries and who are resi-
| dents of enemy countries. Thou
sands of dollars are involved in
claims arising in this section of
| Pennsylvania and the subject has
been heard by the board. A Mitchell
Palmer. custodian of alien property,
having intervened. In the event that
| the decision is that the cases should
| be tolled until the end of the war it
viii mean much money to be set
! aside. The decision is being awaited
with great interest in the Susque-.
hanna valley counties because of the
! many subjects of the Austro- Hun
garian empire who are working in
mills, mines and other industries.
q
The other day horse was killed
by one of the Harrisburg Railway
Company's cars. When the usual
steps We're taken to ascertain the
value with view to settlement the
| owner asked $1,000.
This figure stunned the man in
charge and he reported it to Presi-
! dent Musser.
NO" said the president in reply,
That's a mistake. All of the $1,000
horses were killed last year"
Col. Lewis E, Beitler, former dep,
uty secretary of the Commonwealth,
who is now the secretary of the State
| Committee of Public Safety, was here
yesterday with a new crop of stories.
The colonel said that in the vicinity
of Philadelphia, the people have
come to realize that the committee
means something and to bring in
their troubles. Often the offices are
called on the telephone and given
complaints which ought to go to
police. Sometimes the complaints
are the kind that should just be filed.
For instance, complaint that women