Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-28
THINK CITY SHOULD
GET DOCKACE FEES
[Continued From First Pagel

for 1914; others We're suggested by
other members from time to time dur
! ing the general discussion of many
problems of Importance. to the city.
| Following the presentation of his
report Mr.. Mcfarland opened a rapid
! fire discussion of the proposed city
/ FORESTER ordinance now pending in
| City Council. While he rather COM
mended the proposed selection of
! forester ordinance now pending in
! he within the Jurisdiction of shade
/ tree commission. as provided by law.
| City Commissioner NJ. Harvey Taylor.
/ superintendent of parks and public
property, came in for great deal of
| pointed quizzing on the part of the
league secretary as to the practical
working out of the shade tree law via
a forester only. Incidentally Mr. Nc
| Farland quoted scores of cities where
! in this idea is working out satisfactor-
| lily and successfully. j. V. w. Reyn-
/ ders, Vice-president of the PennsylVa-
MIA Steel Company and president of
Steelton's council, said that at first he
was opposed to the shade tree commits
sion, but since Steelton adopted it, he
highly favors and advocates the idea
Mr. Umberger Asks Questions
Benjamin f. Umberger. secretary
of the City Planning Commission, took
much the same stand as Mr.. McTar-
futing the contention that the law was
bound to prove unpopular because
property holders would not wish to be
assessed for the planting of trees when
the question of equal division of shade
might be raised, Mr.. Umberger point
ed out that a similar objection had
| been suggested when the assessm ent
answer to the paving problem was be-
ing threshed out in Harrisburg Mr.,
| CmberSer pointedly asked, also, if
Harrisburg. was getting all it should
from its City Planning Commission.
OF particular interest to all Harris
! burg citizens, in addition to the shade
tree law, was the wharf problem along
the river wall. Mr.. Mcfarland urged
the adoption of some plan for the
elimination of the present opening un-
der the Market street bridge for the
wharf. President Vance c. McCor-
mick asked whether or not the CITY
could not impose and collect license
fee or dockage for the Paxton street
wharf.
City COuncilmen Attend
City Council had been invited in a
! body to attend the session and all the
members, with the exception of Com
missioner w. l.. Gorgas were on hand
| These included Mayor John X. Royal
and Commissioners w. II. Lynch, M
Harvey Taylor and Harry +. Bowman.
| IuS ItlebTdpn III particular and
newspapers in general came in for
some kindly pats of appreciation for
the determined stand on the question
/ of clearing the poles and wires from
the city streets.
Following the general discussion
and the adoption of the secretary's re-
port, officers for the ensuing year
were elected, all the former incum-
bents being unanimously returned to
their respective positions, as follows:
President, Vance G. Mccormick;
lvice-presidents, Henderson Gilbert
and E. u. Wallower; secretary. i
Horace Mcfarland, and treasurer, ].
Austin Brandt.
Decries Tree Cutting
Mr.. McFarland's report was illus
trated with lantern slides proving his
contentious and bringing out the
truths of his arguments. One picture
showed conclusively, as Mr. McFar-
land put it, that the workman VINO
cut off the young trees along the River
Front when building the wall used his
AK better than his brain"
Mr.. Mcfarland bitterly decried the
cutting of these trees and said IL is q
burning shame that the contractors
were so allowed to mutilate the park
age.
The question of wharfage fees was
discussed at some length and the
league secretary pointed out that other
cities charge private business concerns
wharfage fees and declared he knows
of no good reason why Harrisburg
should not receive some of the bene-
fits accruing from the coal and sand
wharves along the River Front park
| way
He said that the wharf at Market
street is absolutely unnecessary and
urged its removal as soon as possible.
Five Cents TO Wildwood
| Speaking of the parks. Mr.. McFar-
land pointed out what remarkable i'm
lprovements have been made under tire
lexpert advice of w. ii. Manning. park