Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27
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One of the things about the city's
mighty successful municipal celebra-
ton which impressed visitors to Har-
risburg and must have been noted by
good many residents was the man.
ner in which the streets were cleared
of the litter of the night "doings."
Even II there were no such things as
confetti, paper ribbons and other ac-
cessories of good time in the streets,
there would still be lot of dirt and
rubbish to gather up after thousands
of people have been merry making in
the restricted area of half a dozen
blocks in the business district. AS a
matter of fact, there was tremendous
lot of confetti used and other forms
OF fun caused some of the pavements
in Market street and other highways
which figured in the evenings jollity,
and in some cases the driveways, to be
covered. Yet, each morning the city
cleaned up and washed its face. The
people in charge of the stores and
ments and the street force came
around bright and early and carted
off the evidences of fun making. The
interesting part about 1t is that the
white wings" were not called upon
to depart from their customary work
1t is so we'll organized that coping
with the reminders of carnival did
not bother it and the streets were
ready for the next days performances
before most of those who were to
participate in them. Harrisburg has
wide reputation for clean streets and
1t certainly lived up to it last week.
Handling a trolley system with a
vaudeville performance and band con-
cert going on along side was some
task, but the Harrisburg Railways
Company officials managed to do it all
right on Saturday night Only one or
two changes were made in the Gus
tomary way of running cars and they
were slight ones. All of the cars were
brought into Market Square or so
close to it that there was nothing TO
complain Of considering the fact that
| thousands of people were gathered in
the rectangle. However, there were
automobiles parked for blocks in
streets that ordinarily are not used for
that purpose because the Square
was too jammed with people for them
to enter.
We'll, don't know any city on my
line of travel, and I get pretty we'll
over the country, that has accom-
plished more in the face of difficulties
)and achieved distinction for public i'm
provements than Harrisburg and 1t
has right to celebrate" said travel
ing man who has been making Har-
risburg on his rounds for years. He
was standing in Market Square watch
] ing the crowd on Saturday night.
When the old Capitol burned a good
many people looked to see the seat of
| government go away from here and
maybe it was the agitation over that
subject that made some of your live
men get busy. You have gone the
State some better in the way of a
setting for the Capitol, but I guess
when the park is extended the Com
monwealth will have done it's part.
But say, why don't you put the same
spirit into a modern hotel?"
| Publication in the Telegraph the
other evening of sketch and view of
the ill-fated boathouse of the Har-
risburg boat club brought back to
mind memories of the days when boat
ing was one of the prime sports along
the river. Most of the city's proni-
nent men were members of the boat
club which for years had it's quarters
in one of the frame buildings that
used to stand Just above the lily pond
at the pumping station and it was
about to move into handsome home
on the island just between the bridges
when the flood of 1889 demolished
the structure. The city has some fine
sites on the island for lighthouses
4 now
Just half of the living ex-mayors of
Harrisburg are candidates for some
thing at the November election in
Harrisburg. Ex-Mayor Meals is run
| ming, or rather was running, for
J mayor again when the people elected
him at the primary. Mayor Royal and
Ex-Mayor f. u. Gross are candidates
| for council. The other eX-mayors,
Samuel w. Fleming, John A. Fritchey
and Vance c. Mccormick are not cam
didates.