Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-25
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ihis is tulip time in Har
hundreds OF gardens are abba
the blooms of the great
mower and the variety of tn
SONS is perhaps greater, tha
known here. The raising OF
mas been a favorite form of
ing here for many years a
letters mention the arrival
bulbs from Holland and the
papers of bygone days present
the local news which is so
their columns, compared to ou
day standards, notes of the f
pearance of somebody's
Like the growing OF roses tn
raising in this city has been
opment. There have always b
voices of the flower, but il
mat in the last twenty five Yea
there have been more of them
ed than ever. Perhaps, the
favor of lawns has had SON
10 do with it. There was
when the only displays of
were made in Front street q
or at the outlying homes d
stantial citizens, but the trade
ods of people who deal in bult
not only extended their sal
mensely, but brought about
terest that occasionally ri
neighborhood rivalry just as
in roses, dahlias, iris and e
Now tulips are to be found al
Harrisburg. They are in
park where the shades show
year are delicate and ext
pretty, notably in the bed nd
State Museum; out in Reservo
and in many a garden. Some
bulbs have been planted in d
and show bewildering asso
or color, while in other gardd
colors have been segregated al
| flowers bloom each in their
1t is a pretty custom and Harl
is showing an interest in tuli
ing that bids fair to be worth
in few more years to come
Bid schedules received in I'll
by road builders, showing tn
submitted to the New York
Highway Department, on Al
reveal the fact that on a thiI
projects the New York Depa
received no bids at all. Thi
startling contrast to the situa
pennsylvania, where, on the
lettings" held so far this
covering three score projecj
average of contractors bidd
each job was five. No proje
less than two bidders and son
a dozen. Pennsylvania's roa
struction program has attractd
tractors of the largest calibd
only from the State itself, bu
far distant points. The States
embrace more construction of
maEent nature than has yet
undertaken by any commonJ
At the peak construction pol
summer total of $4,000 me
be at work on the highways of
sylvania, employed both by th{
\ and the successful bidders.
lettings are scheduled forI
date; and it is an evidence
interest these lettings" are al
ing that advertisements calli{
bids no longer specify that. thd
be opened in the Highway II
ment, but in the Capitol at II
burg. The department is cap{
but when 125 representatives d
tractors gather to hear bids d
and read the congestion is 4
too great. Henceforth when d
! gather, the lettings" will ID
in large committee or causus |
Among visitors to Harri
yesterday, was NJ. Hampton
attorney general under Edv|
Stuart. The general, as he
fectionately termed by his 4
here, does not seem a day olde|
is as vigorous as ever. Incide|
the general complimented Fl
burg for its new signs of ente|
Just to show just exactly how
risburg has been on the map
as news is concerned this
especially in regard to legi|
news and the Penrose visit, il
be said that Tuesday the WI
Union carried over $4,000 wo|
news matter and the Postal
25, 900. Just figure out the nj
of dots and dashes in the
Harrisburg" for instance, an
will get an idea of how man
to be sounded to handle that
nous amount of words. The
age newspaper column contain.
1900 to 1,400 words.
We are hearing a good bit
building of dirt paths or "sho
roads with earth surfaces to ca
horses in these days of asphalt
ment and smooth surfaced hig
where a horse has trouble to
his feet, but that condition do
seem to have affected cattle
into Harrisburg. These cattl
generally brought in early in til
not long after daylight And
well. Most of them travel c
grass plots that line the pave
just inside of the curbs.