Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-08
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20 uhoer way in three separate and
| oistinct phases within a month IN
'he stimulus of Governor Will
nam Z. Sprouts announced inten-
tioh TO get things started so that
the Official center of the state shall
not only have an unequalled set
tlng' but sufficient room be pro-
| weed for the offices scattered
tnroughout Harrisburg and other
S.s anu winch are costing the
State 10000 q year in rent, The
ulsposition OF the governor IA to
/ get Things started" and "stop nav
ing rent, The governor has gwen
SIoeTs Ior the preliminary work to
oe started on the Memorial bridge
au INC porlngs to asserting what
kinu or foundations will be reouired
VIII begin Monday or Tuesdav Tba
engineers have been ordered here
Arnoio w, Brunner. the architect
was directed to make the plans for
the twin office buildings and ar
iangements will be made by Super-
intendent George A, Shreiner to
award contracts for the changes in
tne old park and the formal en-
Trance at Third and State streets.
these propositions will mark real
| 80 IOf which
4 pIahs nave been In preparation for
over two years, awaiting the time
mheh the state can go ahead The
| bonerhor does not think that there
VIII be any better time and that it
VIII give men work and also start
tnings. The Drummer plans call for
Iour buildings in the Park exten-
sion, but they are in the future.
me TWO authorized to be planned,
year, VIII be 215 by 70 feet and each
contain approximately $4,000 SQUARE
,eet OIL moor space. The first build
ing to be constructed will likely he
on the southern side of the park and
Will be In accord with the big
building. 1t will cost a million dol
lars in opinion of people here. but
save big rental items for offices and
also Tor storage for which the state
soverhmeht Is badly off, being
forced to rent lofts in Harrisburg
Ihis building would jut out from
the south wing with an arcade con-
meeting 1t with the main structure
IL could care for the Health De-
partment, which occupies the most
space and have twice as much left
over.
German language newspapers are
gong 10 nave very hard row to
noe in Pennsylvania as far as re-
quirement of official advertisem ents
is concerned when the present leg
islature gets through with them
judging from the bills which are
making their appearance in the gem
eral assembly. Already a A1zen to
remove all mandates of the law to
publish official notices in German
iheW.spapers are in the hands of the
yquiciary special committee of the
rouse, which will take them IN
during the coming week. These
J bilis are an interesting study. They
refer to acts passed anywhere from
ten TO one hundred years ago. A
century ago there were numerous
herman newspapers and they were
iniiuentlal and in the middle per
iods of the last century they secured
the enactment of laws for publish
ing OF oiilclal news. Harrisburg had
several and Lancaster, Lebanon and
Berks counties quite few. Late
iy the number of such newspapers
mas decllned owing to the stoppage
OIL German immigration and tha
Iact that the younger generations
grew up to speak English. Even
repeal OF special acts relative 10
publication of legal notices in Ger
man newspapers in Berks county
| oOdSilI. n couple OF Dilll
nave also appeared to require every
pupil in public schools to be edu-
Gated in German language. This is
sstlo TO ne aimed at a few districts
where the population Is almost
wholly German, although descended
from people who settled in Pennsyl-
Vania many years ago.
Some of the returned soldiers who
are visiting in the city are of the
J opinion that there will be no trou-
J BILE about getting veterans of the
war interested in the new National
Guard: one soldier from this city
said that the men in the service
would probably want at least a bat
talon located in Harrisburg.
It is not regarded as probable
that any armory construction will
J De undertaken in Capitol Park ex-
tension. The plans as approved bv
the state authorities provide that
only buildings for purely state ad-
ministrative purposes will be erect
ed in the park. 1t is also improb-
; able that the State Armory Board
will ask for any appropriation for an
armory in Harrisburg. 1t is the view
at the Capitol that such a matter
should be initiated here. In other
places county and city or borough
: authorities have provided proper
J ties which have been decided to the
state which has constructed armor-
les. 1t goes without saying that an
armory fronting on Capitol Park
would be a very handsome thing.
Il
The combining of the Garman and
Quinn complaints against the Har-
risburg Railways Company means
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arisen in this city will be decided at
once Just as has been done in COM
plants from other towns and as will
be done with the Valley Railways