Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-26
RIVER FRONT STEPS
DONE At MACLAY
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point are only some of the hair
craving obstacles that contractors and
engineers are contending with at that
point. While this work is being hus-
tied another gang is working south
wardly at putting in footwall from
State street to close the gap at South
street
After the steps and wall work
southwardly from Herr street is we'll
under way the placing of the walk
along the whole section between Wal
nut street and "Hardscrabhle" will he
started, according to Charles d.
Sucker president of the company.
This work, however. will likely be
started about the middle of the sec
ton so that the concreting can he car
ried both north and south at the same
time. This is necessary because of
the fact that there are but two ways
of approach for teams between these
points, one at Herr street and one at
Market.
Paving the Way
Material for I'LL" for the section
north of Calder street is being placed
now and, according to MIR. Sucker,
Just as soon as this is finished thu
laying of the concrete sidewalk north
of "Hardscrabble" will be started. The
''fill' now being used is lifted from the
river bed outside the wall and some is
being carted from the Second street
subway excavations.
Within six weeks or two months at
best the cold weather will have put a
material crimp in the operations, 1t Is
eeared. and the engineers and con-
tractors are especially anxious to get
the wall in such shape as will permit
the adding of finishing touches to the
dam. The last pier form was placed
In the deeper water on the western
side yesterday all that remains to be
done now on that great job is the
placing of the concrete slabs on the
breast AS soon as this is done the
water Will be backed up and the pur-
pose for which the dam is intended
will be very obvious. The backing up
of the Susquehanna now, however,
would probably interfere with the con-
struction work on the wall and pre-
vent the removal of rubbish and silt
from outside the wall.
Why They'll Come to Harrisburg
The river front improvement has
assumed such tangible proportions as
to excite the wonder and curious in
terest of scores of Harrisburg people.
An interested spectator the other day,
for instance, was william b. McCaleb,
superintendent of the Philadelphia di-
vision OF the pennsylvania Railroad.
What a splendid water front Har-
risburg will have when this Job is
completed" said Mr.. McCaleb en-
Enthusiastically. NOW the work is as
suming such proportions as to give
one a very good idea of how 1t will
look in the near future. To my mind
this is Harrisburg's crowning achieve
ment in municipal improvements.
People will want to come to Harris
burg some of these days-not for
stop-over convenience, or for business
purposes only-but to see Harrisburg.
And We'll have something to show
them. too"
To Those Who are Making 1t Possible
So much for the river front job.
To accomplish this the activity of the
contractors and the foremen in charge
of actual construction counts for
something. And OF all the foremen
on the Sucker Brothers payroll it is
doubtful IL any has ever stood quite
so high as d. F. Williams. the genial
executive of the concrete gangs which
to-day added the finishing touches to
the steps at Maclay street. So here's
for woEd about Mr.. Williams. or