Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-31

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buildings which flanked it, occupied
ground now covered by the present
building, the entrance of the rotunda
| beinfg almost on the site of the en-
trance to the first structure and the
center of the dome only a short dist
ance away from the center of the
first Capitol.
Accounts of the laying of the first
cornerstone carried in the old news
papers of Harrisburg. tell that it was
conducted on Monday, May 81, 1919,
at noon, by Governor William Find
lay with assistance of Stephen Hills,
the architect and contractor. in the
presence of the commissioners to
build the Capitol who included the
Governor, Richard M. Grain, George
Bryan, John B. Gibson and William
Grayson, and many people. The
Harrisburg band rendered music and
when the ceremony was concluded
there were three salvos fired from
cannon on Capitol Hill. The first
cornerstone which contained copies
of the charter of Charless II to Will
| liam Penn, the Declaration of In
dependence and other documents,
was found after the destruction OF
the first Capitol by fire on February
IL, 1897, and was placed within the
COTHeTSIOI1e VI lHe pTtScht -SoPiIoi
building when it was laid on August
| 10, 1898.
Stations Decrease Officials of
the State Live Stock Sanitary Board
have been making inquiries to ascer-
! tain the reason for a decline OF al
most 400 in the number of stations
in Pennsylvania, as shown by the
| licensing bureau conducted by the
State Department Of Agriculture.
For years attention has been given
to horse breeding in this State, but
since 1914 there has been an annual
decrease in the animals licensed.
The figures for 1918 show 1,42O, or
which 7S3 are classed as registered
and 637 as unregistered, against
1904 for 1917. 920 being registered
and S74 unregistered. In 1a16 there
were 2,049, of which 1,012 were reg
! istered. The figure for 1915 was
i2,25S. According to the license list
the registered stock has more per-
cherons than any other, there being
491. Belgians came next with LOG.
There are no longer any Arabian,
Welsh, Orloft or Yorkshire stations
registered. Franklin leads with SO
stations, Westmoreland being next
with 66.
Nearby Cases Due-Questions in
volving rates for gas, water and
bridge tolls are to be argued when
the Public Service Commission meets
here on Monday. for its first June
sessions and hearings, will be held
during the week in Wilkes-Ba
Philadelphia and this city. The
cases to be heard iEclude the Nc
Connellsburg water rates, Mechan-
a.H tne nd oh oh
Transit bridge toll controversy with
the New Street bridge company.
Tuesday the complaint that the Fay
ette County Gas Company has not
compiled with orders of the COM
mission, will be heard, and on We'd
nesday there will come up complaints
of the State Highway Department
against grade crossings in two town
ships in Clearfield county; complaint
against grade crossing near East
Lewisburg; complaint of West Ches-
ter against the service of the West
Chester Street Railway COMPANY.
and complaint of the borough of
Pine Grove against the new rates
for electric service in that place.
The Wilkes-Barre gas rate con-
troversy comes up Thursday here,
and at Philadelphia, on the same
udys tll0 VI 'liS pCicu6i
of Morrisville against the fares of
the Pennsylvania-Ne Jersey Rail-
way Company will be heard.
In DIR. DixOn's Mcmory-A bronze
tablet in memory of the late DR..
Samuel G.. Dixon, State Commission
er of Health from the creation of
the Department of Health until his
death last year, will be unveiled at
the State Tuberculosis sanitorium
at Hamburg, Berks county, on next
Friday, June g.. The tablet was
presented by the patients at the in
stitution as a memorial to the Of
fetal who took such an interest i'm
their welfare, and will be affixed to
a big boulder in the grounds. There
will be a brief program.
Mrs. Dixon, Col. Edward Martin,
missioner of health, officials OF
the department and members of the
advisory board will be present.
More Capital Now-Two new State
banks. several building and loan as
sociations and a number of metal
working and construction companies
have been granted letters patent by
the State. Most of the companies
chartered have capital stock authori-
cations of $4,000 or upwards. there
being comparatively few of the nom-
inal $4,000 capital companies incor-
porated lately. This change has
been coming around gradually and
100000 companies are not uncom-
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