Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-02
COUNCIL DECIDES
To READVERT|SEF FOR
FILL HAULING BIDS
Commissioners Hold Special Ses-
sion to Consider Problem;
Mayor Submits Plan

Two seperate bids, one to cover
hauling of fill from Calder to Maclay
street and one for hauling the neces-
sary material from Maclay to Divis-
ion streets, will be advertised for with
in the next few days by City Com
missioner M. Harvey Taylor, Superin-
| tendents of Parks and Public Prop
erty.
Before advertising superintendent
Taylor will receive an estimate from
City Engineer M. B. Cowden as to how
much will be required to fill in the
river front to a point three feet west
of the curb from Maclay to Division
streets.
Council this morning in special ses-
sion decided upon these steps as fur
ther solution of the River Front "hll>
problem.
In connection with the River Front
treatment, Mayor John X. Royal sub
mitted a communication from Horace
A. keeter, Linglestown, in which Mr..
| keeter suggests that the sand and
gravel from nearby ISLANDS in the river
be pumped out and used for I'LL" !"
| Commissioner w. f.. Gorgas stated
sanitary engineer tor the State Board
OF Health and now chief of the engi-
neering bureau of the State Pubic
! Service Commission, had endorsed the
same plan.
Submits Shoemaker's Proposal
| Council had been specially convened
for the purpose of acting on the single
bid for hauling the fill from the Sec
ond street subway to between Calder
and Seneca streets, and MIR. Taylor
showed the proposal of Roy l.. Shoe
maker, the bidder. He wanted to do
the work in 100 days with a guaran-
tee of 20 yards, and would carry
1t by Industrial railway for SO cents a
yard. BY dump wagon he offered to
haul 1t for rs cents. Commissioner
| Taylor pointed out that the filling in
of the River Front from Calder to
Maclay was included in the Park De-
partment's general scheme for treat
ing the embankment as far as the
steps would be completed.
Mayor Royaf said that he thought
the curb in Front street from Maclay
to Division should be supported, as 1t
was falling down in some places.
/ Commissioner Taylor said he, too,
agreed that it was important to pro-
| test the curb. The State Water Sup
ply Commission, however had eX-
pressed its willingness to permit the
fill as far as the steps extended, Mr..
Taylor staid. Furthermore, the Park
Department wished to complete the
treatment of the embankment, and
THAT the amount of fill that was avail
able now is probably the only chance
1t will have to take advantage OF
this opportunity.
Now call a spade a spade" went
on Mr.. Taylor. IF you are going to
use the park fund to support the street
curb-that ought to be said. And
then that park that lies below Maclay
will be ragged and unfinished and in
completed and remain so for years
and years, perhaps"
Will Not Require Much Money
! Mr.. Taylor said 1t would not require
Ivery much money for the filling in OF
the River Front where necessary
above Maclay street; a few thousands
!he thought, would suffice. 1t required
only $4,000 to provide $500 yards
that had been dumped above Maclay
tstreet and that that much more would
livery likely solve the present problem
] "If you hadn't that much fill there
lyou wouldn't have any of your curb
there now" finished the Park Super
lintendent.
| An ordinance to construct a sewer
lin Maclay street from Cameron street
to Paxton creek and providing $500
! for the purpose was offered by Mr.
Lynch.
Civic Club Letter Filed
The Civic Club sent Council a COM
imunication protesting against the lay
ling of water pipe in the River Park.
Coupcil filed the letter and will no.
tify the club that action in the mat
ter had been taken before the re-
ceipt of the communication. Follow
ing is the letter:
ITO the President and Members of
| the City Council.
! Gentlemen: Inasmuch as the Har-
risburg Civic Club has always stood
for the betterment and beauty of Har-
risburg, and inasmuch as we believe
that the protection of our city trees is
one of the most important factors in
the beauty and comfort of the city,
we therefore here voice our emphatic
protest against the laying of the water
main in the River Park, for such ac-
! ton will undeniably bring about the
destruction of many of our most val
liable trees.
| MARY JENNINGS,
Corresponding Secretary.
by order of the President and
Board of Directors of the Harrisburg
Civic Club"