Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-11
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N~RRS8a AiOhi SdpiIOl e4Lely
sion and 1t will not be long befoN
all that will be left of some of the
smaller highways will be electric
lights at the former intersections
and memories. The plan of the state
authorities has been to allow the
streets to remain as long as possible
SO that traffic would not be disturb.
ed. but with the filling in of the
spaces to form the two highways
crossing the extension. only State
and the boundary streets remained.
Then the, states men began to tear
up things In general and the streets
speedily became lines, the paving
blocks being carted away and the
curbing taken out. Next will come
the removal of the north and south
streets and 1t is astonishing the
amount of traffic that still flows
across the park by way of Fifctk.'
Cowden and Filbert streets. People
must have gotten into the habit e
using them to get to the Seventh
ward or to the State street bridge
because there are few moments OF
the day that folks are not to be
seen walking along. 1t all goes to
show what a chunk out of the heart
of Harrisburg has been taken by the
Capitol Park extension and how
deeply this city is interested in it.
While the Capitol Park extension
plans are developing rapidly at the
present time the whole project has
been matter of years of study. In
his annual report of 1903 Major
Isaac B. Brown, head of the Do
partment of Internal Affairs, dwelt
at considerable length on the sub
ject and recommended to the state
the purchase of the property which
has since been acquired for park
purposes so that the city and the
state have been constantly working
together to effect this great import
ant improvement. IT is fortunate
that years have elapsed since the
matter was first broached so that
the people learned to understand
what the proposition means and
how it should be carried forward
with the energy of great Common
wealth.
Adjutant General Frank d. Beary
Is receiving considerable support in
his plan to have the flags or the
Pennsylvania organizations IN the
war with Germany placed in the ro-
tunda of the Capitol. The general
will be in Washington this week and
| will ask as.to the plans for the dis
position of the flags carried IN
| France The state authorities would
like to be the custodians OF these
standards. Meanwhile is pushing
along the Inquiries as to the colors
carried by the National Guard regl-
ments before they were merged In
the Federal service. Among mem
| bers of the Legislature the plans 10
group the flags here is highly rec
commended.
To-morrow being Lincoln's birth
day it is interesting to refer TO the
visits of the great Presidents 10
Harrisburg. Lincoln was here in the
ffties to make an address. oelns
then a congressman. His most Ia
mo,is visit was that paid on the oc-
casion of his. journey to Washington
for his inauguration. His last was
a little more than four years later
when his body lay in state IN tne
Capitol. The visit paid on the way
to the capital was on February 2Z'
1851. He arrived at 1.30 in the at
ternoon and was taken in a barou-
che drawn by six gray horses 10 tne
Tones House, later the Common
wealth, The station in those DAYS
Was at Second and Vine streets, not
Far from the Gilbert establishmenI
of to-day and the route was lined
by his Harrisburg friends many OIL
whom were armed, although tna1
did not become known until iater'
Market street and the square were
decorated with arches ana iiass anu
penoars and streamers. The Har-
risburg Telegraph gives an inter-
estinr story of the day, especially
of how the soldiers of the war OF
1912 raised the flag on the Stato
House and cannon were hred at tne
arsenal, then in the Capitol Park.
Mr. lincoln made a short speech at
tbe Tones House and later Vlslteu
&c canitol. 1t was while he was
at the Jones House that the IA
nous conference was held anu tne
plans for the President-elects jour,
ney to Washington were chanseu
and he went to Philadelphia. max
;ne his trip in spite of his foes, He
was saved by plans of Cameron and
curtin and the work done by vice.
prasidant "Tom" Scott, of the Penn
svlvania., and President S. M. Felton,
of the Philadelphia, Wilmington anu
baltimore. the father of Edgar Y.
Felton, long head of the steeitoh
works.
Senator James S. Boyd, Of Mont.
gomery county, is an admirer OF
Harrisburg's River Front. lie taxes
frequent walks along 1t ana says
that the manner in whlcn tisI, ,Is
;nterest other cities. 1T is not often
that that a city has chance to save It's
w.aterfront. You are lucky and you
have handled it right" said he.