Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-02
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One has only to take a glance at
the registers of the Penn-H Harris and
| other hotels to realize that all State
roads now lead to Harrisburg and
that improvement of the highways
under the Sproul plan has brought
literally thousands of people to the
State Capital who used to go by
way of Gettysburg and pass by the
official seat of the Commonwealth.
or course, the building of the new
hotel has had good bit to do with
1t, but the remarks of the automo-
bile owners and drivers indicaIa
pretty conclusively that the bettss-
ing of the roads has had much :
fuence. There are people coming
here not only from many of the dis
tant points of Pennsylvania, Ki..,
Bradford, Scranton and Franklin
who used to go to the two large
cities at either end of the State and
take the Lincoln highway. ~
taking one of the new routes" is a
common remark to hear in hotel
corridors and it is notable that more
people are coming up the Cumber-
land Valley to Harrisburg over
night than ever. Many of these
folks come from other States and
speed over the Lincoln highway to
Gettysburg, which preserves its i'm
portance as the central point for
| tourists. But there are many who are
commencing to appreciate the beau
ties of the William Penn highway
from Ebensburg to Harrisburg, and
| that the road from this city to AL
| lentown is as interesting as any
from historical, Industrial and ag-
ricultural standpoint. When the
reCOnSfrIlHtlnn l.
Trail is completed there will be
travel from New York State down
the river and an increase in the
number of people coming from
Scranton and Wilkes-Barr An
other road which is proving popu-
lar is that leading from Dubois to
Harrisburg. The flags on cars and
tags from other States seen here
daily are pretty conclusive evidence
| that Harrisburg now has something
IN the way of hotel facilities and
better roads approaching it that it
lacked long, long time.
Plans for charting and marking
Oh some OF the rocks in the Susque-
mamma so that there will be a greater
measure of safety for the many
people who plan to take up boating
and canoeing are being made by a
number of river lovers who have
round that accidents have been
barely avoided by inexperienced
ToWers and paddlers this summer.
is inquired out that with the es-
tapllshment of the system of munici
pal lighthouses and bathing nlacas
next year as a result of the pro
posed loan that there will he moro
craft on the river than ever before
ana that a system of marks will en-
able people to learn the currents
easllN 1t may as we'll be said that
Ihe Susquehanna not only has some
peSuHdr currents which are swift in
opo's because OF existence of rocks
ana winch are soon dissipated in the
volume OF water in the river. And
tne river also changes its currents
eNeIy year IN certain places owing
~ the amount or silt, sand and coal
pIotsht down, a condition which is
Ionilhoh 10 many shallow and rock
polloned streams like our wide
ssIaHchlng river. The sand and coal
meet steamer pilots have learned ~
know the channels but there arc
many people whose enjoyment Of
boatlns could be increased materia1Iv
II paths could be defined for them
IL would be a comparatively easv
natter for men familiar with the
river 10 mark those places and next
spring some way of marking could
~ '''p'oSeu at very little expense.
Harrisburg's Labor Dav depo,-
stratlon which aroused such popular
interest and was witnessed bv nroh-
aoly the largest crowd ever gath
cred for such a parade as we'll &C
ny unprecedented numbers of or
ganlzed labor paraders, is the lineaI
SeeGessor OF big demonstration in
10 .
early nineties the knights of T,ahor
was the big labor organization and
us parades marked the early Labor
Gays, which were observed on tba
nrst saturday in September instead
or the first Monday. The parades
were revived about 1900 and in 1902
mere was notable parade, followed
uS plcalc and meeting in Reser-
Volr Park. Since then the dav has
Been observed continuously and tba
number of organizations and parad-
; eHs has grown rapidly.
FROM all accounts the new Ma
tlorSl Guard of Pennsylvania is NOT
gong to want for experienced ofi-
GERS Ihere have been between 500
I IIiu ooo men OF overseas service who
!aTe applied to Major General W.
". Price, Jr., for commissions. These
men are all being listed and asked
10 give the records from their Off
GERS record books and when the
Guard is made up they will be an
we'd by the Governor according
TO fitness. The Importance of train
ed of1cers, say men active in the
formation of the new guard, was
brought out in the war Just closed
because 1t was found that many men
did not have the habit of COM
mand' when it came to a pinch
The State Capitol had one of the
biggest holidays in its history ves-
terday. hundreds and hundreds of
people thronging the building and
passing through the corridors all
day long. superintendent Thomas
w. Templeton had the legislative
halls and the executive reception
room open for visitors with Capi-
tol policemen on hand to explain
things. Many of the visitors came
from nearby counties, but Mr.. and
MRS. Harrisburger made up a con-
siderable number of the people in
the crowds.