Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-17

sioner Bowman's measure appropri-
ating $S45 to pay for the paving in
front Of the Emanuel Presbyterian
Church and st. Matthews Lutheran
Church, on Sixteenth and Emerald
streets, respectively Mr.. I.ynchs ordi-
nance providing for the paving of Sew
enth street from Emerald to Wood
bine. The Lynch ordinance authoriz-
ing the paving of Derry street from
Twenty-second to Twenty-third could
not be prepared in time.
A bill of S170 for fire horse, board,
etc, was held UP at the suggestion of
Commissioner Taylor pending an in
vestigation into the matter. He said
he understood the Fire Chiefs motor
was intended primarily to do away
with the services Of the horse and he
wanted to look into the bill thoroughly
before Council paid it.
Only one application for a patrol
mans job was received. This was in
| the shape of a letter from w. ]. Shep-
| herd. Thirteenth ward resident. He
wants to be a policeman in the city or
In the suburbs. hopes Council will give
1t to him and asked that he be given
an interview.
The plans for the new Dock street
bridge were approved following the
| reading Of letter by Commissioners
Lynch. In this Mr.. Lynch told of a
| conference with the Pennsy officials
IN which 1t was decided that the origi-
nal plans wouldn't be changed. The
bridge will be of steel girder and con-
crete construction and the method of
arching the bridge will mean an addi-
tional foot of headway over the tracks
The structure will cost from $4,000
to $4,000.
In connection with the dropping Of
Forrer in the face of general protest
thr0nUh0nt ha cifx
advising his retention adopted by the
Park Commission, City Commissioner
Taylor issued this. statement:
In prediction statement I
/ promised the people of Harris
burg that / would devote my en-
tire time to the duties of the of
flee and it is my intention to carry
! out that promise. I do not think
/ that the city of Harrisburg should
! pay $500 a year for it's superin-
tendent of parks.
II have requested j. Raymond
Hoffert to remain in the depart
ment as assistant superintendent.
| He is not only a competent engi-
neer. but also deserves much
credit for the able handling of
the detail work, and with his as
sistance I feel confident that the
work will be carried on as we'll as
In previous years.
"I have been busy the last few
months familiarizing myself with
the condition Of the fire depart
ment. having visited several Of
the larger cities with a view to
looking into the matter Of mod
I ern fire apparatus before expend-
ing the $25, 900 loan voted for by
the people of Harrisburg for the
Improvement of the system.
'I have decided to retain John
G. Kinder in his present position
as chief, as he Is a capable man
and will be a competent assist
ant to carry on the work Of the
fire department"
All morning Commissioners Lynch,
Tayio. and Bowman conferred on the
list of appointments, the session being
sort of a hold-over from last evenings
meeting.
The appointments submitted to-day
1t Is understood, were practically de-
cided upon last evening; although an
other meeting was necessary to-day, 1T
Is said, to smooth over some slight riff
f1es that developed
All the Commissioners said to-day
that there was no friction at the ses-
sion last evening or this morning
TO Provide Planning Commission
Harrisburg's first City Planning
Commission is provided for by an
ordinance introduced this afternoon i'll
City Council by Commissioner of
Parks and Public Property M. Harvey
Taylor.
The appointment of the present
members of the Park Board-Charles
A. Disbrow, j. Horace Mcfarland, H..
Il. Hershey John IT. Brady and Will
liam T.. Bailey-will be offered in
resolution at meeting in the near
future, it Is understood.
III ordinance as offered this after
noon provides for the election of the
members of the Planning Commission
for terms of one, two, three, four and
five years, for the first time. There |
after the members shall be elected for |
five-year terms.
The powers of the commission, so |
far as the hiring of engineers, etc, are |
limited, provision being made in the |
ordinance for the engineering work to
be done by the City Engineers Depart
ment. n !
No action relative to the Shade Tree !
Commission was taken to-day.