Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-18
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more preliminary work for the
improvement of Capitol park and
the erection of the new building and
the bridge is under way about the
States domain, than the average
man realizes and although there are
numerous inquiries as to what is be-
ing done little is known. What is
really needed to show that things
are doing is some flying dirt" es-
pecially on Walnut or Third streets,
upon which the city of Harrisburg is
anxious to get to work and which
nave long been watched by resi-
t n.s Oh tnls city for some oppor-
'y 10 co-opeate. Engineers are
n,.T,,. om uhhihg the lines for the new.
walks and the trees which will be
IN tne new park and for the changes
in ii the oider Park. This later opera
tion winch will invoke some changes
IN the line of the historic "board-
walk now made of concrete. will
make the park one Of the
n lilest IN the country. Many of the
oiu trees Will come out and some
new ones, which fit in with the
niantoS soheme G of things. will be
OAKS dedicated to the Governors
is 10 be carried out while eventu-
ally there will be rows of oalx trees
painted In the Mall. The next oner-
atlon VIII be the boring for the
foundation for the new office build
ing Whlch Will be east of the library
Dulloihg' This will be to determine
me me character of the stone for the
.EiuhualIons ,i,n and will be an exten-
siNe proposition. Holes will he
sunk also for the terrace 60 +bat
there will be no more chance of
changes due to foundation than in
the State Capitol itself. The bor-
inss Tor the State House were n big
engineering proposition in them
serves: Some idea of what was re-
CURED for the new Memorial bridge
may be gained from the statement
la rnas tnere were forty-two borings
nm Ior that structure. They ran
flibert street to the brow of the
Hill and went down many feet As
u RUE they struck slate and occa-
eiolaiiy some limestone. The data
coin piled on the results is an inter-
esting geological study for this com
munity in itself.
III there was one place In Harris
| purg yesterday where a seesa.w was
ABOUT the best emblem, it was the
Sapltol. There were people in the big
1uilaing from every section of
pennsylvania and each one had
something on his mind regarding
the primary and as most people had
TO leave early to get here for bust
ness everyone wanted the --latest"
and the --latest" varied much. At
one time the Moore people at the
capitol were jubilant over the result
IN Philadelphia and the next minute
the Patterson people would get a
new story. And then it would 20
the other way. 1t was the same in
regard to various other contests and
people lndulged in much kidding.
In one instance a man paid a bet and
found out that the --latest" made
him winner.
It's fact that many more people
well known throughout the coun-
try have been visitors to Harrisburg
since the opening of the Penn
Harris than ever known before, at
least since stage coach days. The
word that Harrisburg has a real
motel motel has gone forth and almost
every day there is car from a dis
tant state and quite a few with
| IN. Y" and ID. OF c." license tags
to be seen. And by the same token,
the State Capitol has been visited
by more men of affairs who ALWAYS
wanted to see it, but didn't want to
come mere because of the roads"
tnan one imagines. Judges from
New york. officials from Washing
ton, bankers from Ohio and busi-
ness men from southern states are
TO be found registered here whereas
a year ago they would have made
Gettysburg their main point.
Congressman j. Hampton Moore
has written this paragraph about n
camp well remembered by Pennsyl-
vanians:
Major William Reese Scott
chaplaln, U. s. ~, has been made
superintendent of education of the
Camp Meade schools. An attractive
booklet compiled by him and print
ed by command of Major General
Grote Hutcheson, has Just been is-
sued, which tells of the vocational
and educational training now being
done at the military camp named
for Pennsylvania's famous general
The departments of education pro
vided in the Camp Meade schools in
dlcate that common sense efforts are
being made to give the bows in
khaki a chance to equip themselves
for civil life while also undergoing
military instruction. The Young
Mems Christian Association. the
knights of Columbus, and the Amer
lean Library Association are CO.
operating in this work.
This is the season of bonfires and
1t is well to be careful when burning
brush that the fire is not too close
to barns. stables or chicken houses ),
warn officials of the State Fire De-
lection and Prevention Bureau. Ac-
cording to records of the bureau.
fires due to carelessness in burning
brush caused losses of thousands of
dollars and numerous burning acci
dents last year. People living In
built-up communities are especially
urged to use care.