Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-18
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S VI 1ehHsyiVanla'S famous
boardwalk" the path in Capitol
Fark that has been trodden bv
thousands of men in public life in
the Keystone State in tho last
ninety-eight years, is to be presarvaa
IN the laying out of the park under
the general improvement plans. IT
was proposed that the approach TO
,the capitol should wind emons tb,
trees and along tho Third street sid.
OF the park, but il has been J.cisod
TO maintain tho walk tLat was laiA
out when the Capitol was c,cupiea
utmost century ago. This WA.
starts from Third and Walnut
streets opposite the Federal BuiJJ.
ing' and runs straight to Inc soutb
"'nE OF The Capitol. 1t haa Gsarcd
! much III the political history of ;h,,
state Originally the wall; was OF
prick' being laid out in 1920 the
year before the Capitol was occuu
pied, and the State authorities linad
4" with eims' some still standing. and
other trees, most of which have dis
appeared. Shortly after the Civil
| war the brick pavement was taken
up and boardwalk constructed II
was renewed a dozen times and was
as wei known in the talk of the
day as the rotunda of the CapitoI
Inc boardwalk disappeared in favor
OF concrete about thirty years ago
and the hard frosts and growth IF
roots of trees have put corrueations
| into Its surface so that it will have
| 10 be relaid. The State authorities
oeciaed to keep the historic lines
ana the avenue of elms for posterity
IN the' new scheme of things
|
In preparation for the improve
ments to be made to tho C'anitoI
grounds and the new buildings. bor-
lhgs mad to be made and they have
established that Pennsylvania State
| House Is built upon living rock. AL
most 100 borings have been made.
| az or them alone for the new office
| building and 20 or 80 for the section
OF the granite terrace which is to be
constructed east of the Capitol
| building. Most of them went into
the hardest kind of slate and Others
struck trap of an extremely hard
variety. The whole knoll upon
which the Capitol stands was found
10 De rock with very thin covering
OF SOIL, so scanty in places that the
surface was virtually rock. The
foundations of the Capitol itself had
10 cut into rock when it was rebuilt
late in the nineties.
Death of DIR. J. F. sachse, the
Phlladelphia historian, will he re
GREETED by many here. as he was
much interested in the history of
| TINS section of the State and in a
number OF his works referred to
the Importance of Harrisburg in
Pennsylvania affairs. He frequently
visited here and was an authority
on Masonic matters.
Mention in this column of the fine
collection of Indian relics at the
state Museum has stirred interest
IN such matters and it is probable
that more Will be heard of the num-
bers of fine arrow heads and other
ARTICLES that have been picked up in
this city and vicinity. The Dauphin
County Historical Society has one of
the finest of the smaller collections,
showing specimen of almost every
thing that has come down from the
Indians who lived in this part of
the State. Several of the schools
also have collections. some of which
were made by pupils.
Saturdays football game had a
bad effect upon the Capitol Hill
squirrels. Some of them are just
recovering. The squirrels did not
have anything bet on the game but
they were the recipients of much
attention from the Bucknell and
Gettysburg students who appeared
to think that their chief job was to
buy peanuts for the animals. To
be frank about it, some of the bushy-
tails got indigestion.
Attaches of the State Depart
ment of Health, who are required by
departmental rules to relax and
during the day, have turned regula-
tions into pleasure. In some of the
corridors at the Capitol when the
hour for opening the windows and
exercising comes around, the en-
ployes take to the center of the
rooms and after some simple calls
themes have some dances. These
are popularity called "health dances
and are one of the most popular
five minutes, but no one appears to
miss single chance.
State Treasury officials are look
ing for the $50,000,000 mark in
State revenue to be passed by the
time the State fiscal year ends on
November 80. The income of the
State so far is over S45,000,0 ,000, with
some big accounts in process of set
tlement, and it is believed that tie
remaining $5,000,000 can he OBJ
tanned. Generally the last fortnight
of the fiscal year is marked by tre-
mendous payments and some large
settlements will appear. AS far 9s
the Auditor Generals Department
is concerned 1t has made up the
settlements for this year and has
proceeded vigorously in getting in
back taxes.