Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-05

restricted by an express service that
goes beyond my powers of descrip-
ton. They are afflicted by the worst
telegraph and telephone service that
anybody ever knew anything about
And it takes day and a half for a
letter to get from the town of Ches-
ter where l live, on the main line
of the Pennsylvania railroad, 124
miles north of WASHINGTON, to the
governmental departments here in
this city. II used to be possible to
get a reply back the following day,
always.
Now the things that | would es-
pecially urge upon you are prompt,
careful economical and efficient
administration by the government
encouragement and hope, and an eX-
ample of judicious expenditures in
the states"
Have 70 Per Cent. of Aliens
Twenty per cent of the foreign
immigration to the United States
stops in Pennsylvania, but somehow
or other our people have had a way
of mixing with those people and
taking an interest in them. not look
ing at them as social students
through shell-rimmed spectacles, but
getting down amongst them and do
ing things for them and convincing
them that the people of the state and
that the communities and the state
ithelf are their friends. and that the
state is there to protect them and to
cherish them and to make them un-
/ derstand that they are a part of the
community" said Governor Sproul.
II will try now, in a moment or
two, to sketch some of the things
I'that we have been doing. In the
first place, we have been going ahead
with a big public construction pro-
gram. While the Legislature has not
authorized all the things yet that we
expect to plish-and l have
been in the Legislature for twenty
two years and have some knowledge
of what it may be expected to do
l am confident that all of the things
which We desire will be done In
the first place, we shall have $780,
100000 to spend in Pennsylvania in
road Improvement Part of that will
be covered by the issuance of bonds,
and part from current contributions
from the state and from counties.
We expect some Federal aid, of
course. The state gives the public
schools S1O,000,000 a year. We are
trying to facilitate the payments to
| the districts, with the understanding
| that they shall go ahead quickly with
their construction work in connection
with their schoolhouses and other
| improvements. We believe in Penn
| sylvania that thrift is judicious pub
| lie spending. We are also planning
| other public works We are going to
build in the Capitol at Harrisburg
office buildings and other things
which will be of great value in stabili-
zing conditions there, and we are
| trying to encourage our communi-
| ties-instead of erecting monuments
| to our heroes on which to place
wreathes and giving high prices, may
| be $4,000, to an architect; although
we appreciate their art-to give that
money to the building up of COM
munity centers and spend 100000 oi
| S1.OOO,O00 in the creation of places
| where there will be light and warmth
and some of the joys of life for the
people who live in the VARIOUS locali
ties, which will give employment t
bricklayers and stonemasons anC
carpenters and roofers and to othel
| tIdueS tndl 30 INTO DulldlnRS.
Share 100000 Daily
THE Governor of Ohio touched OF
one subject which is of the utmos
Importance. The railroads of thi!
country spend billion and hal
/ or two billion dollars a year in sup
i plies. In Pennsylvania, judging by
the mileage of the railroads and tn,
density of traffic, our share will
amount to about 10000 a day in ex
penditures. Now, If the railroad
could be encouraged to go ahead, i
the $3S1,00O.000 which is owing b,
the Government of the United States
to the railroads of this country TO
rentals for last year had been paid
| the Pennsylvania railroad, which ul
until last year had the best credit II
| this country, would have by this tim
at least paid the businessmen of ou
state and the other businessmen o
this country it's October bills. TIL,
railroads have discharged so, mel
in Pennsylvania. That is the larges
single item. There is a constructive
suggestion for the gentlemen dow
here who are administering things t.
get busy with. | hope that Con
gress has passed the deficiency bill
including the railroad appropriation
for this is not a time to play small
politics, either by Republicans or b.
| Democrats"
BISHOP TO VISIT CHURCH
The annual visitation of Bisho
Darlington to Mount Calvary Episcopa
church, Camp Hill. will take place to
morrow evening at 7.30 p. m.. at whic
time the sacrament of confirmation wi
be administered and an address will b
: given by the Bishop.
: A feature of the music will be
first rendition of an original setting
hitherto unpublished. OF Just as
am and responsive prayer "Fathe
In Heaven, guard us by night and guild
: us by day" both by Ernest C. Hand
deceased, the son of Charles II. HanC
a former Harrisburger. The rector
: DR., o. II. Bridgman. has invited a
: Interested friends to attend this ser
5 vice.