Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-06
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Statewide commentator seems
to have been given to the project
for the memorial of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania to her sons
in the war with Germany to take
the form of a monumental bridge
to be a part of the comprehensive
plans for the extension and i'm
provement of the Capitol. Letters re-
ceived by state officials and extracts
from newspapers have praised the
scheme and 1t is now regarded as
certain that it will be authorized
by the next Legislature. At yester- u.
days conference between the mem
bers of the State Board of Public
Grounds and Buildings and the
mayor and officials of the city of
Harrisburg an agreement was
reached between the state and the
municipality and while the bills are
going through the Legislature ordt-
nances will be passed by the city
council establishing the highway
lines desired by the state and pro-
Viding for the bond issue whereby
the city will contribute for the con-
struction of the approaches, this be-
ing the share assigned to Harris
burg. The loan already voted for
bridge, but never used, will be the
basis for action and it is intended
to seek special legislation whereby
the voters of the city can decide
on q transfer to the new project
with such addition as may be needed.
Auditor General Charles A. Snyder,
who is generally credited with the
bridge idea, says that in his opinion
it will be one of the finest memorials
in the land and something which
will be of statewide importance as
it will be a main entrance connect
ing with state highways leading to
the very doors of the Capitol. State
Treasurer II. NJ. Kephart has been
an advocate of a monumental struc-
ture, eighty or so feet in width and
of handsome design. Governor
Brumbaugh, who has visited almost
every bridge of importance in the
eastern part of the United States,
says the Drummer plans will eclipse
them all.
The fact that William I. Schaf-
| fer, the eminent Delaware county
attorney designated as the next At
! torney General by the Governor
elect, has appeared here in more big
cases before the State Public Serv-
| ice Commission and in other impor-
| tant actions than almost any other
| lawyer in Pennsylvania, has caused
much interesting speculation as TO
! the monetary value of the practice
which he. will surrender to become
! chief law officer of the common
wealth. Mr.. Schaffer is not only one
of the most signally qualified men to
! become Attorney General, in opin-
,on of many men of the law, but
enjoys 4 practice worth many thou
sarGs o. dcllsrs a year. 1t can be
said, prol ably without contradic-
ton, that Mr.. Schaffer will leave a
practice more valuable than any man
who has become Attorney General
in over a dozen years. Congressman
j. Hampton Moore, writing in the
| Evening Ledger from Washington,
believes that 1t will run high in the
thousands. He says: There is sat
isfaction in being a Judge o. an At
torney General or in holding some
other office carrying the distinction
of an honorary title, but in order to
acquire it men are sometimes COM
PEELED to make very unusual 1nap-
cial sacrifices. When Mayer Sulz-
berger accepted a place upon tho
bench in Philadelphia he was said
to be making $4,000 a year. 1t GER
tainly would never have paid John
G.. Johnson to take a place on the
Supreme Court bench of the United
States, no matter how attractive the
honor and the title. The question
now arises with respect to William
l. Schaffer, who has been appointed
Attorney General of PENNSYLVANIA.
Schaffer has acquired a big prac-
tice in the shipping world and among
munition manufacturers along the
Delaware. He has enjoyed the work
of Supreme Court reporter and has
become a big factor in the Pennsyl-
vania State Bar Association. He is
one of the Governor-e elects closest
personal friends. Will it pay Schaf-
| fer TO become Attorney General and
put aside the fine professional busi-
ness he has built up?"
The march of improvements in
the rural districts of Dauphin county
is well illustrated by the presenta-
ton this week of an application for
approval by the Public Service Com
mission of a contract between Upper
Paxton township and the Juniata
Public Service Company for light
| ing the streets of LenkersVille. A
half dozen years ago there were
virtually no township lights in the
county. Now the upper end light
ing company, which extends into
Perry and Juniata, has contracts
with a number of rural districts.
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