Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-28
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mortal Viaduct and the beautifica-
tion of the Capitol Extension, not
to mention the widening of Walnut
and Third streets, the relaying of
the great water mains in State
| street and the reconstruction of the
sewer system in the park area. will
give work to hundreds of men, and
greatly improve any condition of
! unemployment that might develop
here. superintendent Shreiner, who
VIII have large part in the con-
struction work, says that the Board
or Public Grounds and Buildings is
ANXIOUS to finish up the details ON
the plans and specifications and as
soon after that as possible the work
will be started. OF course it is not
intended that the present appro-
priations shall cover the entire cost
of the park development. That
will be a matter for Legislatures in
years to come, when the other Of
fee buildings outlined by Architect
Drummer are needed. But enough
will be done to make the extension
zone one of the beauty spots of the
| country, so that the next Legisla-
ture will not hesitate to provide
additional appropriations for the
continuation of the work.
I'VE have gotten entirely away
away from the idea of Ornamental
ton in office buildings such as that
about to be erected will be-" said
Mr.. Shreiner. ''The exterior of the
building while corresponding to the
capitol in design and construction
will be as plain as possible. The
interior will be severely simple.
The members of the Board are de-
ct hot
stand as monuments to their ad-
ministration and every care is being
| taken as to details, so that there
shall be nothing but favorable
criticism when the next Legislature
| reviews the work done in the COM
| ing two years.
Harrisburgers who visited Dem
yer with the Rotary party two
weeks ago were impressed with the
similarity of capitol Developments
there and here. While the capitol
at Denver is neither so large nor
imposing as the Pennsylvania struc-
ture, it stands apart from other
buildings, like that in Harrisburg,
and a big plot of ground has been
purchased adjoining the capitol
grounds for the esta ablishment of a
1 NSASS'' hS PloI DGdTS the
| same relation to the Denver build
ing as the extension zone does to
the capitol park here, the only diff
ference being that Denver as a city
made the purchase and controls this
property, while in this city the
State owns and controls the addi-
tlonal acreage. Like Harrisburg
Denver is preparing to erect a new
city hall and courthouse and there
is much talk of locating these
structures, or a joint structure If
that be decided upon, facing the
civic center. Denver has what
Harrisburg ought to have, a large
auditorium. Denver people say that
the aSitorium is the largest fac
tor the city has In procuring con-
ventions and that it is worth more
than the $650,000 which It and the
big organ it contains cost the munic-
ipality. The Rotary club of DEN
yer raised money for the organ,
which is said to be on a par with
the largest instruments of that kind
in the United States.
Harrisburg Rotarians are delight
ed with reports that are filtering
back from the International Con-
vention of Rotary Clubs held last
week in Salt Lake City. Reporting
on the work of the year John Poole,
international president, told a
gathering of Rotarians from the
t1fth district that the conference
held the past spring in HARRISBURG
was the most interesting and in gen
eral the best of any held in the
country. This was especially pleas
ing to the members of the Harris
burg club, inasmuch as the Harris
burgers arranged the program for
the event, with District Governor
Howard c. Fry in charge, and the
entertainment was provided by a
local committee appointed by Ell
N. Hershey, then president. When
the Poole special, bearing a hundred
or more Rotarians, bound to Salt
Lake, was made up in this city
some weeks ago, the tourists were
, dined at the Penn-Harris hotel by
the local club and taken about the
city in automobiles. This little act OF
hospitality so pleased the visitors
that they advertised Harrisburg all
over the west and even compared
our scenery hereabouts with the no.
ted mountain scenery of Colorado
Utah and Wycoming. DR.. c. E. l.
Keen, who was one of the delegates
to the Salt Lake City convention
Joined a party of Rotarians at Sal,
Lake City and is touring through
Yellowstone Park. He will be home
? next week. Samuel Fishburn, of Pen.
brook. also in the Salt Lake party
is spending some time with relative,
in Denver.
With the installation of a new
index system for listing grantees
and grantors in deeds attorneys have
} little trouble now in tracing prop.
erty titles at the county recorder.
office. The cost of the new system
was about $4,000 and was paid TO,
by the county. Charles Fl. Bergner
one of the well-known members O,
the county bar, strolled into the re.
: corder's office the other day and no
ticed the new books of indices. He
Immediately asked them about them
and then said. I'm going to see il
they're all right, I've been tryinf
to locate a deed for months and
couldn't do it in the old index" Ht
looked up the names of the partie.
in the deed and in a few minute.
found the book in which the instru,
ment had been recorded. He is only
one of the many lawyers who art
pleased with the new system.