Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-28
SCHOOL AND CHURCHES.


The 7,N the erection Of se0er large churches in
Harrisburg and others making PREPARATIONS along the
fne The latest make announcement of the kind is the
Messiah Lutheran church. 0vich H put MP building cost
not less than $I5oooo proper site be obtained
4 large of the necessary money has been raised
The Bethel 4. M E. church. of those qohiu the Capitol
Park has taken ont permit for the erection of cdfee
to $4,000 ASh and Brqas streets and the vork q,
start 1lh the OPENING of SPRING ~ 81 ii as
St. Larsnee German Catholic church another avithi the
park that must look fora home Wheyever 1t
goes aON gothic expenditure of seSeral hundred thousand dollars
for the congregation aON in all likelihood include the plant to
be built parish house pdrocidl school residence as zeN as
church.
The Harrisburg school board has plans made school
on allison Hill and this auN anqtestionably be built this year.
beginning early IN the spring The qvN contain
besides gymnasium and domestic rooms an auditorium
intended for social qvork the eQe,ag The school
house cW embrace all of the very ideas educational ork
NOT ALL IN DOLLARS And CENTS.
But all of the q0oyk for the npbmdng of HARRISBURG in
1914 be retkoned IN dollars There is for in
stance the Chamber of Commerce. and efficient body
soich has taken the place of the old Board of Trade This
body planning campaign of advertising that apM bring the
advantages of Harrisburg manufacturing and more par
hca distributing center and desirable place of residence
before eaery community in the country Evennay the city u
reap its REGARD from this n business and money present
1t educational and constructive instead of being immediately
profitable from cash standpoint.
There also in the Vest End 5eyy ely caqc body knoqou
the Vest End Imbro0eem association (which has for its
purpose the construction of Subaouys beneath the tracks of the
Pennsylvania Railroad at Di0iSi0n street and other points, but
at the first named place especially The West Enders qoN dinq
the take up many subjects for the beeren of the layqe
and rapidly extending section of the city (Which they so 7UeN
represent.
The Church Federaons activities along The same lne
The members aiming dry toaV free from sice and
strong d" church membership The Federation pron.a TO
be gerry busy during 1914.
le school board H its agitation for hqh school,
tn an attempt to educate the aoterS the baaqe of loan
sufficiently large to enable the directors to erect bduo COM
ensnate C the needs of the city Auother old theme that
has been renewed is the erection of hotel this time by
Nesc York capital, largely and with boouq 1t looks
better than of the schemes far suggested alosq this
line
The city aH haze at least gatherings of sse here this
yearthe Odd FeoVs of the State and the Pennsylvania Fire
mems Association. They gve the hotel project interest in oev
Of the fact that going to haze difficulty in ca,iq for our
stors The Central Pennsylvania Methodist conference qvH
meet here in March.
Home building aoW continue throughout the year but ON a
somewhat limited scale Contractors and builders saw the out
look good but they boom in sight anywhere and thew
will be content if the year good that of 1919
All told Harrisburg has much aVoy about davino rorh
and sery much to be thankful for No matter hoav times NAV
with other communities measure assured of be-
ing able to poOde zvork for all aOho the outlook is
good for fairly prosperous teOee months (Which is about all
that municipality has right to expect times as unsettled