Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-24
THIRD CLASS CITIES
CONVENTION TOPIC
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Park kitchens, when the cooking class
of the Park Department prepare and
serve a luncheon to the city officials
Miss Jessie Dowdell, the instructor
will be in charge.
Harrisburg's delegation, including
Mayor John X. Royal, Commission
ers w. l.. Gorgas, II. f. Bowman. w
II. Lynch and NJ. Harvey Taylor, City
Engineer Nj. B. Cowden and Assistant
City Clerk Ross X. Seaman and Dr.
j. NJ. j. Raunick, City Health Of
1cer. City Solicitor ID. S. Seitz, who
was scheduled to deliver an informal
address on some subject pertaining to
the operation of the third class city
commission form of government as
applied to Harrisburg, will probably
not go to Meadville. City Clerk
Charles A. Miller will likely not ac-
company the delegation either.
The Convention Program
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock the
convention officially opens, although
the first hour will he given over to
registration and reception of dele
gates. At IL the convention will be
called to order and the usual invoCa-
tion, roll call of delegates, reports of
committees, etc, and officers will be
read. The address of welcome will be
delivered by Mayor John Il. Reynolds,
! of MeadVille, and Mayor John V. Ko-
The afternoon session will include
the following papers, which will be
generally discussed: Defects in the
Initiative and Referendum Provisions
of the Clark Act" City Solicitor
James A. Gardner, New Castle; Six
Government" A. NJ. Fuller president
Allied Civic Bodies, Meadvine;
Would Cities Be Benefited by Pay
ment of Taxes Earlier in the Year,"
Mayor D. w. Nevin, Easton. At 4
o'clock, at the close of the afternoon
session, the visitors will he taken on
an inspection trip to the water works.
At o'clock there will be an even
ing session, when Professor Ford II.
McGregor, University of Wisconsin,
will deliver an illustrated lecture on
Garbage Collection and Disposal"
The Meadville Chamber of Com
merce will be host for a big reception
and smoker to the third class city
delegates at o'clock and this will
conclude the first days program.
Wednesdays Discussion
Wednesdays program will include
the following: Morning, Honest
Weights and Measures" Mayor Spen-
Ger NJ. Degolier, Bradford; The Clark
Theory in Theory and Practice" City
Solicitor Frank p. Cummings, Will
liamsDort; Municipal Distribution
and Supply of Milk" Mayor Samuel
n. Carson, jamestown, n. Y.
Afternoon-"Comm in Con-
nection With the Present Form of
Government" City Solicitor f. +.
Schoonmaker, Bradford: Methods of
Making Assessments in Cities" City
Solicitor Thomas c. Hare, Altoona; at
4 o'clock there will be a trolley ride
to Exposition Park, Conneaut Lake,
with a steamer ride to Iroquois Club
and dinner at the club at p. m.
Thursday morning ats o'clock there
will be an open forum when problems
pertaining to the five different
branches of commission government
will be discussed by Superintendent
of Finance and Accounts Cassius L.
Baker, Erie, and Park Commissioner
Robert ]. Wheeler, Allentown, open
ing the talk. Mayor Reynolds, of
Meadville, will open the discussion on
sewerage disposal plants in cities of
the third class and Clifton Rodgers
Woodruff, secretary of the National
Municipal League, will discuss "The
City Manager Plan and Expert City
Management"
At o'clock City Solicitor Gardner,
chairman of the law committee, will
report upon any resolutions or sug-
gestions relative to legislation after
which the meeting place for next year
will be fixed and officers for the en-
suing year will be elected.