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16 NEW CAMERON PARKWAY TO BE OFFICIALLY INSPECTED; REALTY CIRCLES IN HARRISBURG SHOW GREAT ACTIVITY NOT TOO FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD—ON THE NEW PARKWAY DRIVE |< PLAN TO INSPECT DRIVE NEXT WEEK [Continued From First l'agc] ends of detail remain: these will be j Btraightened out by the Park Board j engineers as they complete the final estimate for the contractor. , Early during the week Park Com missioner E. Z. Gross, Assistant V. Grant Forrer and Allen Paget and James Shope, the engineers, will un officially inspect the roadway with a view of picking out any flaws which j can be pointed out to the inspection ! party later in the week. The date for j the inspection trip, by the way, cannot be definitely fixed until the return of Mr. Forrer. Tlie Building of the Road The building of the parkway drive j is another tale that will always have a place of its own in the history of Har- i risburg's public improvements; it's a j story of heart-breaking "cuts" of un- I usual depths through solid limestone, ' the removal of portions of hills, the ] eliminating of a section of one of the j oldest cemeteries in the world—Pot- i ter's Field—the filling in of lowlands | and meadows and the draining of j swamps. The new roadway, declare those officials who have traveled over it. is the prettiest of Harrisburg's many miles of park drives. The section from Cameron street to the almshouse road isn't a new story j to Harrisburg folks; from the old ter minus of the Cameron parkway to Derry street and from Derry north- 1 ward up the valley of the winding Spring creek to the entrance at Reser- ! voir directly east of Cherry Hill IS j new, however. Up tlip Valley Rolling meadow land in the valleys I and green wooded slopes; a winding j road that is coverec with fine crushed stone almost macadam in its consist-! ency for nearly its entire length; and | the assurance that only pleasure and , no heavier vehicular traffic can use!! the road combine to make the drive an ideal one. The ride, incidentally,! will be through one of the most pic turesque little valleys in this section of the county, and a section is close ! enough to the city to afford untold 11 opportunities for suburban develop-j] ment. ! That the citizen who wants to get out to the country and still etjjoy the! 1 numerable "French" drains. These * vantage of that opportunity is evi denced right along. The RellevueP Park section is reaping the benefit of ' the new parkway in a wonderful way; j 1 so are other tracts which have been 1 developed by Miller Bros. & Co. Inci- jj dentally, the company helped to make ] the roadway possible. It donated a l ' nice strip In the vicinity of Prospect 1 Hill Cemetery. The new parkway j ! skirts the new cemetery just east of j the Reservoir. Some idea of thei 1 beauties of the roadway can be had !' from the accompanying etchings; ! 1 they're printed by (he Telegraph ! through the courtesy of Miller Bros.! 1 & Co. I Tlie Long "Coast" The new driveway is unique in a j 1 number of ways. In the first place it will afford a wonderful "coast" at aM gentle but attractive grade for auto- 1 mobile or bicycle from the entrance of 1 the road at Reservoir practically the!' entire distance to Derry street just j I west of Paxtang—a distance of more I < than a mile. < The driveway is twenty-two feet 1 ' wide on the filled ground and twenty- i' four feet in the "cuts." In some in-!' stances side and "noses" of hills had to be cut back lo a distance of fifty feet. In the Dull tract the most serf- ; i ous difficulty with swamp land was overcome by the construction of in- j numerable F"rench" drains. These are ditches about two feet deep and about three feet across at the top. The trench is filled with loose stones, j through which the water can seep. I For some 2.100 feet these drains, alter nating with long sections of terra cotta ! Pipe, have been placed. The roadbed J in ®any instances was filled to a depth of three feet so as to raise it out of the flood stage. One of the contractor's greatest trials had to be fought out in the draining of that section. The ground was so soft—engineers and transltmen often sank to their knees in the marshes —that the stone wagons j couldn't approach nearer than 500 feet ' and the stone had to be carried in bags by laborers on their backs. That was j one of the charges which ran up the ! "extras" so much; the contractor only allowed for 500 feet of "overhaul." Then, too, there was much additional | filling needed; in one instance an extra "borrow" pit had to he dug, from which 2,4 57 yards of earth was taken. The Bridges Four bridges were constructed on ' the route—one below Derrv street and three north of it. Three of the via ducts are constructed of limestone and concrete, made from stone quarried 1 from the "cuts" in the roadway. The remaining bridge is a culvert. ~ For a distance of 1,600 feet northward from ! Derry street crushed stone has been I used on the road and if money had lasted a greater distance would have been covered. The section south of Derry street has been covered with the same flne material. Final estimates of the cost of con struction will show that the citv ex pended In the neighborhood of SIB,OOO on the road, of which about $12,500 was the original contract price. The remainder was charged in "extras." TO BITM) STABI,fc A permit was Issued to-day to Bar ney Katzen to build a two-storv brick stable in Kunkel avenue in the rear of 886 Herr street, it will cost $425. i. SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH JUNE 10. 1916 A GREAT AMERICAN By Frederic [Continued I'rom Editorial Pago] | over the wildest regions of the south- I western United States forty years ago, when the Indians of that section were still on the war-path. He carried no weapons but a light stick a meter long, that was graduated for making measurements. He was beset repeat edly by hostile Indians, and once only saved his life by playing on a well known Indian superstition and pre tending to be insane. The Indians !have a superstititious fear of insan j ity. and will never harm a lunatic, j (>n another occasion he was stricken with smullpox on one of his solitary journeys and almost perished. Again he was caught in a winter blizzard on the great plains of eastern New Mexi co. Two companions who were with him succumbed to the storm, but Ban delier's own physical strength and de termination pulled him through after j a ninety-mile ride and thirty-five mile I walk through deep snow. He went [wherever there was a promise of find ing something that could forward his j work, regardless of risk, i Danger from hostile Indians, from | hunger or exposure had no terrors for | him. His one fear was of thirst —the I relic of a stern experience when he lost I himself in the rocky waterless hill j country of New Mexico and wandered ;for days under a blazing sun, pursuing mocking .mirages of water until he fell I from his horse at the point of death. At the last moment his life was saved by a party from Santa Fe who had set out to look for him. The unique feature of Bandelier's work was the method he employed. ] He had the typical scientific tempera ment—exact, patient and careful, will jing to pay any price for truth. But he believed that the truth was to be I found among the living Indians and their communities as well as in old ruins and dusty documents. So he ' went and lived among them, learned their dialects, and carefully collected and collated their traditions and stories. He exploded a score of es tablished and erroneous beliefs by this method. For instance, the tract just set aside as the Bandelier National Monument includes certain old cliff-dwellings, near Santa Fe, New Mexico. It was long believed that the inhabitants of these caves in the rock belonged to a race since dead and vanished. Ro mantic tradition ascribed all manner of improbable characteristics to these people. Bandelier proved that the cliff-dwellers were simply the fore fathers of the present Pueblo Indians, and very much the same sort of peo ple. He gleaned his evidence while Jiving in the Pueblos of Cochiti, of Zuni and Isleta. He was made a member of the tribe at Cochiti. The scene of his novel, "The Delight Mak ers" is laid in these old cliff-dwellings, and the characters are drawn from real Isleta Indians, whom he knew in timately. In the same way he exploded all manner of myths relating to life in the southwest before the landing of Columbus. He had the foundation for a real history of one of the most romantic and colorful sections of the United States. The work he did later in Peru and Bolivia was of the same nature. By living among the Indians there he showed that many of the ac cepted romantic notions of the ancient Inoas were founded on nothing more than the imagination of Indians and old Spanish chroniclers. He did more than tear down accepted beliefs; he worked until he found the truth to put in their places. The importance of Bandelier's con tribution to the sciences of history and archaeology can hardly be over esti >■' ■ « « ■"« » ■ T Prospect Hill Cemetery MAIIKKT AND 2ATII STRKKTS This cemetery la soon to be en larged and beautified under Man' prepared by Warren H. Manning. Lots will be sold with the uer petual care provision. Prospect Hill Cemetery Co. Herman P. Miller. President LOCUST AND COUKT STKKKTS BELL PHONE 1503 For Sale Manufacturing Plant Modern and completely-equipped radiator plant located in suburb of Indianapolis will be offered for sale At Auction, June 29 Plant Includes large foundry and machine shop, fully equipped and stocked for immediate operation. Pig iron, tool steel and other raw materials to be sold with plant. Inspection invited. Illustrated pros pectus giving detailed description of property mailed on request. Write to-day, as sale is only two weeks off. Russell T. Mac Fall, trustee, 1216 State Life Building, Indianapolis. - ] mated. It seems one of the satirical whims of circumstance that a man lof his caliber and accomplishments should be comparatively so little known. Yet this fact Is due in no small j part to his own character. He had a j great dislike for ostentation and no - Itoriety. He even disliked having any " j title, such as "Doctor," or "Professor" • attached to his name. I profess noth- R |ing," he would say; or "I'm in good! 1 'health; don't doctor me. If you must ! r , put a handle to my name, call me | ' Mister." He was of a retiring type, -.being rather exclusive by nature. But >' I wherever he lived for any time in the; - course of his work as at Santa Fe, he | - 1 made many warm friends, s - | REALTY TRANSFERS OF TO-DAY 1 I To-day's realty transfers included J the following transactions in city and i 1 county: C. S. Segelliaum to J. C. and 1 E. D. Jennings, $«»,875 T Fourth and 1 Geiger streets, and the following, in - j which the considerations were $1; J. ■ ! W. Kline to Samuel Fishman, 1321 [ State street; Mary Shade to M. Stine t | and I. Wolf, Wallace street; heirs of - ! T. H. Heist to Jennie A. Wilson, Sus -5 j quehanna township; State Realty j Company to Robert Rosenberg, Steel ' j ton, 1501 State street; M. S. Hershey > » to trustees of Spring Creek Cemetery t j Association, Derry; State Realty Com- j ' pany to S. Middle Paxton; j , F. Murphy lo 1. W. Dill, Berryhill i i near Twentieth street; W. S. Harris to I • ;S. Katzman, 404 Herr street; Ida A. | [! Miller to S. Fishman, 606 Forster j street; State Realty Company to L., Sil i bert, 1810-12 Swatara street; State j . Realty Company to S. Katzman, Cam- i eron; W. S. Harris to L,. Begelfer, | • | Grape and Herr streets. t i Contractor Harold A. Hippie Is push- i . J ing work on the new Keystone garage | [! building in South Cameron street. "Ex | eavations have been completed and the • foundations are about ready for the |- brickwork. I Inclement weather has retarded work I on the new sales rooms and service . station for the Hudson Sales Oom i pany, I. W. Dill, president, east end Mulberry street bridge. The founda i tlons have been completed. Real Estate For Sale ; 714 CAPITAL, ST. 3-stor> brick house nine rooms and bath, hot ' and cold water, furnace, bay win- ! i dow, good location; newly papered. Price, $4,600. 1939 GREEN ST. 3-story brick house 9 rooms and bath, steam ! • heat, side entrance, front porch, ■ good as a new house. Price, $4,500. 1931 GREEN ST. 3-story brick j . dwelling house 9 rooms and bath, (font porch, steam heat, side en trance, all improvements; you will | not be disappointed if you buy this, j ' 442 NORTH ST. 3-story brick j house, ten rooms and bath, all im provements. corner property; faces | ' Capitol Park; line location. Price, I $7,200. 235 MACL.AY ST. 3-story brick J house nine rooms and bath, out- j kitchen, electricity, gas, cemented i cellar with laundry and hot and cold | water, front porch, balcony, side and front bay windows, gas range, size | lot, 21x98, corner property. Price, 1 $4,800. 224 MACLAY ST. 3-story brick | dwelling, four rooms first floor; j 1 three rooms and bath second floor; four rooms third floor; steam heat; | i all improvements; lot, 26x90, house i 18 feet front, 16 feet between ad joining property. See me about price. 1618 GREEN ST. 3-story brick j house; 9 rooms and bath; all im- ! provements; side entrance; front J porch; good condition. Your mind j will be made up when you see this | one. Now vacant. 1913 SECOND ST. 3-story brick | house; 10 rooms ana hath; steam | heat; side entrance: electric; gas; front porch; it is a good one. Price, j $6,120. 115 VERBEKE ST.—3-story brick j house; 8 rooms and bath: hot and | cold water: furnace; gas; centrally i located; well constructed. See me about price. M. A. FOUGHT 272 NORTH STREET V„ . This Is the Birthday i Anniversary of— f V i n I u ' t E t Bp Photo by Roshon. EDWIN N. COOPER He is the senior member of the i firm of E. N. Cooper and Company, [ iron founders and machinists, Short: ] and South streets. Mr. Cooper is a I native of Kingston, Luzerne county, but has long been one of Harrisburg's ; leading manufacturers, and has a host 1 of friends who know him as a live wire. His home is at Camp Hill. Beautiful Bellevue Park The Ideal Home-Place of Harrisburg ~ I Here there Is freedom and quiet, j ' • Wh, r ° ■ VOU <■"» l ' nio> n sociable evening amonK your ••Peonies' in Mrs. 1,. F. Haehnlen's Flower Garden, Bellevue I'ark lists upon receipt of your request. I jIIWWMWWWIMM WW>WIMWM%»W%HWMIWMW W***WW*W%W*MW%MWW*%%V»WW»»WW>»tW»»»»W»I»»»»I»WM»IWWW%WI»IWW Fine Homes For Sale ALL-NIGHT CAR SERVICE—PAVED STREET— 10-foot cement porches and cement ij cellars. Steam heat, electric lights and gas. First floor hardwood finish, second floor white |i enamel and mahogany. Best bathroom fixtures. II~•t " . - ■ 1' LD. S. HF.HNEY, Onnrr. 1^......,-...n.n SECOND COMING NOW PREDICTED Ella Wheeler Wilcox Points Out Prophecies of New Era By ELLA WHKKI.KR WILCOX Copyright, 1916, Star Company. A littlw magazine lies before me de- | voted to the subject of the second! coming of Christ. Long and long ago It was predicted that after the most terrible war the world has ever known the Spirit of the Great Master would again visit earth. Wise students of ancient religions tell us that the same Spirit appears in different bodies at various times (usually a period of several thousand years intervening). Krishna. Buddha. Christ, were al! one Spirit, taking upon themselves human forms and visiting the earth to awaken the world to higher ideals.; Now it is said He is coming again. I read in this little magazine. ."As we [ study the unfolding of the vision we j are surprised to see that the war j hastens the coming of a new religion by showing the inadequacy of the old. The financial distress, political dis turbances. social upheavals and pro found spiritual unrest which will fol low the war are like plows which fur row the ground for the planting of new seed. "As we stand in the garden of the Lord and gaze upon the stirring ; drama of the world, we know that though the war was caused by the ig norance, the selfishness and the am- ' bition of men, nevertheless it is being I utilized fully to advance the splendid plan of God for men. "Suddenly, like the reverberating! tones of a mighty organ, we hear the j North Fifth St. Homes Located at 2311-13-15-17 N. Fifth Street EASY TKRMS Fred. C. Miller Builder 213 Walnut Street, Harrlftburff, Pa. llell Phone, 71)7 HI. Homes Quality Burton Van Dyke 900 N. Sixteenth St. Harrisburg, Pa. V , solemn words of His promise, "When the world is ready 1 will come.' And we go away comforted for He will surely come." I am running forth to meet you, O my Muster, For they tell me you are surely on the, way; Yes, they tell me you are coming back I again (While 1 run, while I run). And I wish my feet were winged to speed on faster, And I wish I might behold you here to-day, Lord of men. I am running, yet 1 walk beside my j neighbor, And I take the duties given me to do; 1 Yes, 1 take the dally duties as they fall (While I run, while I run). And my heart runs to my hand and I helps the labor, For I think this Is the way that leads to you, Lord of all. ; I am running, yet I tiyn from toil and duty. Oftentimes to Just the art of being glad; . Yes, to just the joys that make the earth-world bright (While I run. while I ruiy>. ; For the soul that worships God must worship beauty, And the heart that thinks of You can ' not be sad, Lord of light. I am running, yet I pause to greet my brother. / N For Sale at Once A frame dwelling with garage. All improvements. The price is very reasonable. Located one block from the Post Office. A desirable, pleasant home. Communicate at once with or call on M. R. ALLEMAN 145 NORTH FRONT STREET • STEKI.TOX, PA. ! FOR SALE j 1 Three new, modern single houses on Park C • Avenue. Camp Hill, at greatly reduced prices for f quick sale, owner leaving city. £ These houses are built of brick and stucco | 1 construction; have hardwood floors and finish C and are fully equipped for most comfortable * homes, on sixty foot lots. C APPLY 1 I WILLIAM M. RUSS 1 1538 WALNUT ST., HARRISBURG, PA. And I lean to rid my garden of its well; Yes, I lean, although I lift my thoughts above (While 1 run. while I run). And I think of that command, "Lov*. one another," | As 1 hear discordant sounds of creeS with creed, j Lord of love. . I am running, and the road is lit with splendor, 1 And it brightens and shines fairer with each span; j Yes, it brightens like the highway in a dream ; (While 1 run, while 1 run), i And my heart to all the world grows very tender, 1 For 1 seem to see the Christ in every man, j Lord Supreme. I / v FOR SALE Itrick anil Stucco Dwelling. All Modern Improvements. Most Desirable Locution NO. 1(112 FORSTKR STREET Lot 25x110. Owner leaving town. I Property now vacant. Inspect This Property Bell Realty Co. Bergncr RuilfUng;