Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02
COMMERCE CHAMBER
URGES EARLY ACTION
tContinued From First Pasel

the Chamber of Commerce is not in
n a civic body, being rather de
voted to the business development c
Harrisburg. the board of directors ha
believed 1t proper to pass a resolutio
and frame an ordinance for presenta
ton 10 City Council looking to tn
vacation of the buildings in the Hard
scrabble district, on the west side c
Front street between Herr and Calder
He said that the final link in this i'm
provement will be eventually mad
and that it can never he done S
cheaply as at present. He urged a
speedy action as is possible with du
regard to the rights of the propert
owners along the thoroughfare named
MIR. Herman also said hat the bust
ness interests of the city necessitat
early thought and action on the pal
of those most interested, looking ia
ward the time when the Market stree
subway will be no longer adequate 70
the ara sc between the city proper an,
the Hill district, and urged the mem
hers to be thinking about a prope
remedy for this condition, which, h
said. will arise in about five year
with the present development of tn
city.
The resolution and ordinance 70
the Hardscrabble district follow:
The Resolution
Whereas, the public improve
ment now in course of compile
ton along the Susquehanna river,
in Front street from Iron alley to
Seneca street. will not be con-
structed from Herr street to Cal
der street uniformly with the
other nOpfiOnS nf said highway hn-
u of the private residences in
said section extending TO low wa
ter mark of said river: and
Whereas, the said portion of
Front street between Herr street
and Calder street, commonly
known as "Hardscrabble,'' should
be opened so as to make one con-
tinuouS and uniform thorough
fare: now, therefore,
Resolved, by the directors of
the Chamber of Commerce of the
City of Harrisburg, that il Is inn
portant at this time that Front
street, from Herr street on the
south to Calder street on the
north, he opened and improved i'm
the same manner and TO the same
extent as the other portions of
said street r now being improv-
ed: and
Resolved, further that we
strongly recommend that all prop
erty owners be fairly dealt with
and properly compensated: and
Resolved, hat this organization
therefore recommend to the Coun-
Gil of said city that the necessary
action be taken as speedily as
practicable to secure this much
desired improvements; and
Resolved. that a copy of this
resolution be submitted to the
council of the said City of Harris
burg, and that the ordinance
Herewith providing for the OPEN
ing of the street according q law
be introduced at once.
The Ordinance .
An ordinance authorizing the opeT
ing of Front street from Herr street {
payment of the cos thereof.
Section /. Be it ordained by til
council of the City of Harrisburg, an
it is hereby ordained by authority {
the same. that the city solicitor /
and he is hereby directed to take IL
necessary proceedings to have Froi
street from the south side of Hel
street to the north side of Cald,
street, as marked on the official ma
of the city, legally opened, and f
that purpose he is authorized, subje,
to the approval of Council. to agrt
with the property owners whose prol
erty will be taken, injured or destro!
ed by said improvement upon prop,
compensation for the damages to !
done or caused by the said opening
Front street as herein authorized.
Section 2. That in case the eli
Enlinifnr in hnha1f nf fhA atfxr ~
the property owners along said Frol
street, between the points designate
cannot agree upon the amount
compensation proper to be paid,
council subsequently fails, or refus,
to confirm any such agreement,
does reject the same. the city sole
tor may. IL the property owners {
not, apply to the proper court for II
appointment of viewers to assess Il
damages and benefits according
law.
Section 3. That the S~uperintendeI
of Street and Public Improvements
and he is hereby directed, a. soon
the damages mentioned in the fir
and second sections hereof shall ha'
been properly adjusted, to cause q
distractions now on the line of sa
street, between the points named,
be removed, so that said highway m;
be hereafter graded.
The Lecture Course
Mr.. Herman's recommendation (,
a series of business lectures, as S
forth in his following remarks, wi
also well received and adopted:
1T have been asked by the directo
to outline in some small measure Il
proposed or a proposed line of VOL
as thought out by your officers il
tended to benefit not only the Chan
Der of Commerce in general but
great number of the members of tn
chamber in particular.
I'm approaching a subject of tn
kind it seems but right and prop,
that a word or two be given to Il
performances of the past six month
We feel that we have been makiT
progress along the lines laid down
a very satisfactory The men
bership has been increased, not
much as your officers would like
see it increased. but to a fairly sati
factory way. Refer to your printt
history or resume of the past S
months will show that our membe
ship has been Increased twenty-si
In doing so part of the efforts of II
officers have been directed along IL
lines of organization and in fact I
little time les been devoted to tn
particular feature of our work. "
feel that in galvanizing into life Il
. commercial life of HARRISBURG in Fl