Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-07
S7EELTON COUNCIL
IN BUSY SESSION
Raise Patrolmen's Pay, Renew
Lighting Contract, and Discuss
Motor Fire Apparatus

Renew contract with Harrisburg
Light and Power Company for street
lighsing for one year.
Raise pay of borough patrOlmen.
Authorize sale of two fire horses.
Instruct town property committee
to prepare estimate of cost of re-
placing all present fire apparatus
with mOtOr-driven apparatus.
Take first step in development of
the Luther II. Kel<er park tract.
Appoint Frank Wynn to succeed
Harry Fisher as patrOlman.
Retain William Callaghan as con-
suItinS engineer In charge of the
bOrOugh's Improvement plans.
Hold garbage contract under adj
yisement another month.
Decide to pave COnestOga instead
of TrewicE street.
Reject bid for remodeling Baldwin
Hose house.
With Councilman Stees in the chair,
In the absence of President J. V. w.
Eeynders, Borough Council last even
Ing held B bus busy usess session; c. s Davis
from the Municipal League, We're given
the privilege of the floor Chairman
Davis requested Council to allow the
Municipal League to cooperate with
them in the development of comprc-
hensive park system for the borough.
IF you can't give the people parks,
was the keynote of Professor Davis re-
marks. He outlined how, with the ex-
penditure of small sum of money,
beautiful drives and shady paths could
be laid out In the kelker plot and
about the borough reservoir E. c..
Williams, rising young engineer, fol-
lowed Professor Davis remarks by Of
fering to draw plans and lay out drives
through the park If he would be fur
nished the necessary lines and grades
The question of park development was
referred to the finance and town prop
Discuss Motor Apparatus
:, Councilman Capella started a lengthy
discussion about providing motor ap-
apparatus in the borough. He said he
favored the issuing bonds for a sum
sufficient to replace the present appa-
ratus all at one time; The town prop
pare an estimate as to the cost of re-
placing the present apparatus.
Inc hnance committee reported that
the cost of the standard system of
street lighting was prohibitlve for the
borough at this time, and the contract
with the Harrisburg Light and Power
company was then renewed for another
year. The highway committee was in
structed to remove two street lights
south of Trewick street, in the West
side, and place them at Conestoga and
BBaiiey and somewhere in South street
councilman zimmerman suggested that
Gonestoga street be paved instead of
lrewlck. on account of the mill extern
sion of the Pennsylvania Steel Com
thorizing this action at the next meet
ing OF Council Chairman Henderson,
OF the highway committee, reported
that William Callaghan had been retain-
ed to succeed G. I. Kline, resigned, as
consulting engineer to the highway de-
partment His appointment was con
firmed.
Raise PatrOlmens Pay
On motion of Councilman Nelly the
pay or the borough patrolmen was rails
ed to eighteen cents an hour for all ex-
ira time. +; A. Hartman. local man,
tract at $4,000. Only one bid was re- re.
f4dye feiyed cdn for remodeling the Baldwin
bid $3.50. His bid was refused.
After reading an opinion from Bor-
ough solicitor Wickersham to the effect
that the borough could require the Har-
r,soprg prn ar railways Company to bear
snow from streets occupied by its
tracks, the ordinance committee was in
structed to prepare an ordinances for
INTRODUCTION at the next meeting. IT is
planneo 10 compel the railways COM
moval