Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-08

$4,000 for decorating and illuminat-
ing the streets of our city At the
same meeting George b. Trip, of TIE
Harrisburg Light and Power Company
informed the unions committee that
the Harrisburg Light Company would
furnish all the current for the street
contribution to the Harrisburg fremen.
which our committee thought a very
generous offer.
After the Chamber Of Commerce
showed they were not men enough to
trust the fremen who risk
5her nd daySfs yes ruin tbg,er thssr a to health pro
tect their property, by refusing to turn
their contribution over to our finance
committee, as thousands of fair mind
They also agreed that IL the decor
atons and illumination did not cost
four thousand dollars, as called for in
our budget that they would use. the
and what they could raise, to meet
another item of our budget.
Plans Were Requested
They also agreed that the decor
Union should prepare their plans as to
the streets they wished to have decor
and proposals for same; after which
we would meet jointly, and after re-
ceiving any suggestions which might
help to improve the plans, we could
1t.
After our committee spent much
time in going over the streets, get
ting measurements and going over
various plans of decoration, we noti-
fed the Chambers committee that we
were ready to meet them. They once
again showed their lack of harmony
with the liremen by sending us a letter
stating they could not get together
at that time, but that we should send
CON q
answer. we were ordered at a special
meeting of the union not to turn our
plans, and prices over unless they
would meet with us. The union also
appointed special committee to try
and agree on meeting, which was
finally granted.
August IS, at the Chamber Of Com
merCe headquarters. and i'm addition to
the decoration committee. Colonel H.
G. DemminE, president of the Fire
presented three proposals and bids for
decorating Market street from Front
street to the Pennsylvania Railroad en-
trance; second, Third and Fourth
streets from Walnut to Chestnut, and
also four other sections of the city
The Chambers committee offered one
Of New York. MIR " Henderson NC GiibeTTt RbeT
stated that the Roster company did
not do any electrical work. and our
the Roster bid at that time The pro-
posal was very indefinite as to just the
amount OF material that would be used
The Lowest Bidder
After going over the three bids and
proposals which our committee pre-
sented the prices running from
$4,000 to $4,000, the firemen's commit
tee decided that the bid of G.. A. Ira
han Company, of Cohos. N. Y, at S2,500
was the cheapest, considering the
amount of decoration offered, and
agreed to leave their bids and plans
with the Chambers committee in or
der that they could go over the plans
carefully and recommend any improve
ment in same. We agreed to meet again
the following Tuesday evening, Sep
tember l. We also agreed to have
one of the electrical firms, who had
already placed a bid with our COM
mittee, to give an additional bid on
Illuminating the streets on which the
Roster company had bid for decor
ationsi
Upon our next meeting on Tuesday
evening. after our bids had been left
in the hands of the Chamber of Com
merce for four days and gone over, we
were greatly surprised to have Mr.. GIL
bert Introduce a New York man, who
he said was the Roster firms cleo
trician; this after Mr.. Gilbert had ad-
vised US at a previous meeting tina
Roster & Company did not do .electri-
cal work, and presented a bid of
$1,000 for decoration and illumination