Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-10
WANT STANDARD LIGHT
SYSTEM At STEE[T0N
Special Committee Will Take Up
Question Within Short
Time

The establishing of a new system
of electric street lighting, possibly
the standard system; plans for q more
efficient system of garbage collection;
Improvement of the old Pennsylvania
canal nuisance; criticism of the Har-
risburg Railways Company for the
manner in which 1t removes snow
from its tracks in the borough; plans
for removing snow from the borough
streets, and demand on the Penn
sylvania Railroad for the placing of
safety gates at the Francis street cross
ing-these were some of the things
acted upon in q lively meeting of the
Steelton borough council last evening.
President Reynders was not present
when council convened and Council
man Stees took the chair. A petition
was presented requesting council to
make q small alley running from
School alley to Fourth street, between
Locust and Walnut, d borough high
way. The alley was named Glen alley
and the ordinance making 1t q thor
oughfare passed second reading.
Chairman L. c. Henderson reported
that the highway committee is maxi
ing progress with the big $4,000
improvement plans and that several
men were being considered for the
place of supervising engineer. The
highway committee will notify the
water board to go ahead in the placing
of surface drain pipes in the streets
to be paved this summer.
After President Reynders arrived
and took the chair Chairman Nelly, Of
the police committee, reported that
the new police call-light system had
been installed at a cost of only $272
and was working without a hitch.
There Is now someone on duty at all
times at thu police headquarters.
Nelly requested that direct line be
run from the Steel company telephone
exchange to facilitate the hourly re-
ports from the patrolmen on their
beats. This will be taken up with the
steel company.
Scrap Over Snow Removal
A lengthy and scrappy discussion of
snow was started by Councilman Wag-
genbaugh, Of the Third ward. The
trolley company was severely criti-
cized for failing to protect its snow
sweepers when they are sent through
the borough. Snow, 1t was reported,
was thrown back onto pavements and
over pedestrians. The borough So
licitor will attempt to have the trolley
company bear pro rata share of the
cost Of removing this snow.
A motion to have the highway COM
mittee clean the parts of the streets
not occupied by trolley tracks aired a
scrap in the highway committee Mr.,
Waggenbaugh, the new member from
the Third ward, told how he ordered
Highway Commissioner Meshey to stop
removing the snow from the streets
after Chairman Henderson had or
dered the snow to be removed. Coun-
Gilman Henderson was almost unani-
mously sustained and the snow will
be removed. An appropriation of 800
was made for this purpose.
The contract system of garbage col
lection was discussed. After a place
for disposing of the garbage is secured
bids for the work will be asked Coun-
Gilman Stees suggested a system of
locks and overfiows to overcome the
old Pennsylvania canal nuisance and
to prevent floods. The highway COM
mittee will investigate the plan and
if it Is practicable 1t will be adopted.
Want Standard Lights
On the suggestion of President
Reynders, the finance and town prop
erty committees will meet with George
B. Tripp, vice-president and general
manager of the Harrisburg Light and
Power Company, with a view of secur-
ing cheaper and more modern sys-
tenn of street lights. The present con-
tract for street lighting will expire in
April. 1t may be renewed on the
same terms for another period of five
years. New lights have been intro
duced. however, and they will be in