Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-22
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Locust blossoms are blooming all
along the state highways leading into
Harrisburg and on country lanes
throughout Dauphin and Cumber-
land counties, the fragrant flowers
of the favorite tree for lining the
roads and making posts are to be
seen. Locust blossom time is the
period for the grand change. as
some people still call it, which
means that it is safe to put on sum-
mer underwear. Probably not as
many people note the blossoming of
the locust as the time for donning
light weight garments as twenty
years ago because there are manS
who do not change. but wear the
same all the year round and others
who make their change in March.
Still, there are many in the rural
districts and IN some of the suburbs
who swear by the locust and who
would not think Of turning to sum-
mer garb until they saw the white
| flowers on the roadside trees. The
| locusts continue to be the popular
tree for roads 1t may be said IL.
spite of two drawbacks in recent
years. For a long time there have
| been people who believe that To-
Gusts draw lightning and for time
| there was a diminution of planting,
but when the supply of posts began
to give out this idea faded away.
The locust blight, which turned the
leaves of many trees brown in mid
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the tree in some districts about Har-
risburg, notably up the Susque-
hanna, but through one of those
mysterious moves of nature some
bug or bird came along with lik-
| ing for the parasite and the locust
trees have been recovering. Lately
there have been hundreds Of To-
Gust trees planted along roads near
Harrisburg, although the popular,
because of its rapid growth con-
unues to be set out more and more
in the country.
Repairs to the State street bridge,
one Of the most important connect
ing links between the main part of
Harrisburg and the rapidly develop
ing Allison Hill section will probab-
ly lead to an early conference be-
tween state and city officials with a
view to deciding upon a policy in
regard to the viaduct which is to
rise from Capitol park extension
, and reach to the brow of the hill
The repairs have been so expensive
that officials are anxious to get some
, permanent structure, especially as
the Mulberry street bridge has been
, found by experts to be as sound as
: ever and to thereby clinch the con-
+, crete proposition. Under the plan .
!, of Arnold w. Drummer, the architect
in charge of the Capitol park extern
sion, the bridge is to supplant the
. present structure, which only spans
: the Pennsylvania tracks, and to be
an ornamental affair in which the
state will provide an approach and
: the Pennsylvania railroad and Dau-
, phin county bear part of the
. cost, while the city will be expected
to transfer the loan for a bridge at
a Walnut street, to which the state
r authorities object strenuously, to the
' State street line, a block or so to
1 the north. Mr.. Drummer has made
2 studies of the bridge and the sur
roundings which will be submitted
!, to the State Board shortly.
| Some idea of the time it now takes
/ to secure trolley cars has been given
/, to Harrisburg people by the arrival
Y of the first four of the new steel
= cars ordered by the Harrisburg Rail-
r ways Company. The cars were
e ordered last summer and the lacks
of them was severely felt during the
deep SHOWS and traffic congestions of
January and February. Additional
cars will be received during the sum-
mer and the maximum of service
will be attained in the fall.
Coming down to brass tacks some
of these people who are apt to re-
mark upon the fact that women
work in the fields in Holland and
other countries in times of peace
and that they guess that women will
have to take a hand in agriculture
here this year are not we'll ac-
quainted with Pennsylvania. For
years women have been plowing in
this state. 1t is no uncommon sight
to see women in fields in Lebanon,
York, Lancaster or our own county
of Dauphin. Only a few days ago a
man from Harrisburg counted three
women plowing while on trip in
. the Cumberland valley and one was
barefooted, too.
New automobiles on their way to
New York from the factories in
Western states have been going
through Harrisburg at a rate consid-
erably greater than good many
people realize. The cars are sent
from the cars under their own pow
er in charge of mechanics and 1t
serves the double purpose ofreliev-
ing railroad trains and at the same
time getting the machines into
good shape. Most of these strings
pass through Harrisburg in the early
.norning as the men stop up the
Cumberland VALLEY and come along
after breakfast. Very few are COM
ing down the Juniata valley.
Fred A. Godcharles, deputy sec
retary of the Commonwealth, Is be-
ing congratulated upon the fine
showing he made at the New Cum
berland shoot. He shot 9S per cent.
Mr.. Godcharles had not intended to
enter the shoot, but came to Harris
! burg during Saturday to help the
Capitol Hill division of the Red Cross
get started and found time to go
win four prizes.
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