Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-19
CLEARING Of CITY
RIVER FRONT URGED


CONTINUED From First Pagel
and proposed location of the new for
NAL entrance to Reservoir Park at
Twenty-first and Market streets. Mr..
Manning to-day spent some time along
the river front, considered much data
relative to the acquiring of the prop
erty east of the city needed to COM
plete the parkway chain and that nee
essary link in the southern end of the
city from Iron alley to the present ter
minus of the parkway at Cameron
and Cedar streets.
Park Expert Manning dwelt at some
length on the river front conditions
and incidentally cited a little COM
parison that has real possibilities in
ii for Harrisburgs proposed river car
nival celebrations in 1915.
No one can question for a mo-
ment the necessity of clearing away
the debris outside the river wall, for
unless this is done, the whole effect
of what should be one of the most
notable water fronts ip the world, will
unquestionably be spoiled.
Why Not Harrisburg?
The contractor appears to be re-
moving some of this at any rate, and
this should be continued. Not only
must the silt accumulationS be re-
moved but the more serious obstruc-
tions-the large rocks and tree trunks
and stumps should also be taken away
for 1t must be remembered that these
will offer a very serious menace to
the navigation and safety of the hun
dreds of canoes and motorboats that
will fill the river in the not very dis
tant future.
THE completion of the wall and
the river dam will undoubtedly in
crease the number of water craft.
Why on the South river, Boston, where
a basin similar to that which Harris
burg is providing by the construction
of the DAM" continued Mr.. Manning.
there were six thousand water craft
of various kinds on Columbus Day.
And I'll venture to say that before the
basin was established there were not
six hundred such craft in all that
stretch.
The Purpose of the Wall
by all means the accumulations of
silt and other debris outside the river
wall should he removed if the whole
purpose and effect of Harrisburg S
river front wall is to be established
and maintained"
Park Expert Manning also discus
sed the Importance of creating park
or playground areas wherever possible
and practicable along the depressed
portion of the river front. Treatment
of the slopes by planting shrubbery,
etc, should be carried out he said,
according to the original plans.
The architectural engineer will de-
vote much of the time to the problem
of providing the connecting link be-
tween the end of the present parkway
at Iron alley and the Cameron park
way terminus.
Solving the Track Crossing Problem
The plan as suggested by Mr.. Man
ming is to acquire at least 1876 feet of
right of way down through the cinder
embankment along the river to the
banks of the Paxton creek improve
ment. The necessary cut and "fU"
along the stretch is to be made in such
a way as to insure ample driving
room. At the lower end of the stretch
the roadway can be turned under the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad tracks via the
splendid arched culvert which has
been erected there by the railroad to
span the creek. From that point the
roadway can be brought up on a ris-
ing grade just north of the old blast
furnaces to Cameron street and thence
parallel with Cameron street to the
intersection of Cedar. From that
point to the Cameron parkway en-
trance is but a few feet.
The Importance of n Solution
"One can readily see how important
is this link in the pakway chain"