Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25
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Some estimates as to what sums
of money will be required to carry
through the great plan for extern
sion of Capitol Park, the improve
ment of the old park, construction
of the formal entrance and place
for ceremonies in the west front
and the bridge to be dedicated to
the counties of Pennsylvania will
be made UP next week when the
State Board of Public Grounds and
Buildings meets to consider the
plans of the architects and engi-
neers. The last Legislature made
an appropriation of $350,00O to start
the work, but, owing to the war and
the cost of materials the Board -
deemed 1t wise to have the plans
fully worked out and all estimates
made and to confine the actual op-
erations to filling and grading, which
| is under way. The extensive changes
in the old park, designed to fit it for
inaugural and other ceremonies and
| to complete what was never finished
| in the original plans, were allowed
to go over. Similarly the construc-
! tion of the new power plant was de-
| 'rred. The funds appropriated for
the objects Will ue available when
the war is over. The plans of Ar
mold w. Drummer, the architect in
charge, who was the creator of the
Cleveland and Denver civic centers
and the Morningside park in Man
haitian; Warren H. Manning. land
scape engineer, and j. II. Greiner,
bridge engineer, will be submitted,
showing the whole proposition in
detail. The park extension plan
dates back over quarter of CEN
tury and but for the war would
have been we'll under way.
Captain F. A. Godcharles, deputy
Secretary of the Commonwealth,
who was granted leave to enter the
ordnance department, has been ap-
POINTED on the staff of General
Leonard Wood, and is on his way
ito the generals western headquar-
tiers. Captain Godcharles was sta
toned in Washington for time and
Twill have charge of instruction in
rifle practice. He is one of the best
marksmen in the state. There have
been reports that General Wood may
be sent to Russia.
William Williams, the new secre-
Itary to the State Commissioner of
Health, who comes upon the scene
when the ambulance gongs are
lclanging, is an old newspaperman.
He is a close personal friend of II.
Lindley Hosford, who was secre-
ltary for several years and has been
all over the country. Mr. Williams
halls from Meadville and did news
paper work on the New York Her
laid. He was with Ringing Bros.
circus publicity department for nine
years and in winter time had charge
of the editing end for Barnum's.
He was in Florida when he got the
hurry call to come home. He knows
Inewspapermen all over Pennsylva-
mia.
Major Walter 7. Merrick, former
senator and northern tier lawyer,
was here yesterday with a number
lof friends. They visited the Capt.
tol and called on officials. The ma
jor said he was renewing old ac-
quaintances. He has many
Friends of William II. Ball, secre-
tary to the Governor are kidding"
him about the inkstand presented to
him yesterday by hard-coal region
admirer. 1t contains inkwells and
!, match places and also a thermome-
J ter. The presence of the latter on a
gift in these strenuous days is the
cause of some of the jocose re-
marks.
II don't see why they want the
saloons open," unused a man lean
ing disconsolately against a pole IN
Market Square last evening. The
price of everything is so high that
you can't buy much and what you
do buy is no good any more" Again,
it may be remarked that even in
Ifluenza, dreadful as it is, has some
compensations.
Another interesting sidelight upon
Harrisburg and its life under epi-
demic regulations is furnished by
the quick lunches. Midnight is ordi-
narily the closing time for these
establishmen although some of
them, in Market street and in the
railroad district, keep open all night.
When the closing order began to be
felt the lunch places were favorites
for men who like to be about at
night, but the attendants consid-
cred that twenty minutes was about
long enough for stew or ham"
and they made them move on. The
result was that the luncheries did
not become roosting places and they
have found that time goes slowly
and that there are many yawns be-
tween 10 and IL.
Highway Commissioner ]. Denny
O'Neil was talking the other day
about the way men in charge of
work on various sections of road
had pulled through hard jobs. Il
think that the three-mile stretch on
the National pike was the best
place. 1 had been chasing the man
in charge pretty hard and he had his
own troubles getting hands" said
he. Finally he organized some
Sunday working excursions and
went through with it. He reported
that there had been 1877 men and
I four women"