Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-05
Park Entrance Nearly Finished

advanced as 1t VIII he the formal way
to the new Reservoir Park entrance at
I iTwenty-f1rst and Market streets.
Park Entrance Nearly Finished
Despite the cold weather's Interrupt
tions the contractors have the con-
struction of the new entrance and
highway leading up through the park
more than three-quarters finished.
/ Official notice TO the Central Con-
struction and Supply Company to go
ahead with its program of street paw
| ing for this year will likely not be sent
! for week or so, according to Mr..
Lynch to-day. The company, he said,
has already been notified informally
and the officials have ordered mate
| rials and are prepared to set curb
! Whether or not actual paving work
! can be started before early or middle
! April is questionable and. according to
! Mr. Lynch, is dependent entirely
upon the weather conditions. These
last few days, he said, were admirable
for an early start and if the type OF
! weather continues, an early start will
be matter of course. Work last year
was begun early in April
Walters Bondsman Notified
To- day Commissioner w. II. Lynch
/ through City Solicitor ID. S. ,Seitz, for
mally notified the Title Guaranty and
Surety Company, Scranton, bondsman
! for Alderman Charles p. Walter. street
repair contractor that the ten-day
time limit within which to begin the
seasons repair work in the streets
I had expired and that thus far the al
/ derman has failed to obey the order
| of the commissioner of streets and
public improvements to get busy.
! Unless as Commissioner Lynch has
/ pointed out for the last several weeks.
the repair contractor shows some evil
dence of his intention to start, the
1 bonding company will be asked either
! to make good or to reimburse the city
should the municipality decide to do
the work, under penalty of forfeiting
It's surety. The bond is for $4,000.
Believes Contractor VIII Come
Around"
! Commissioner Lynch said to-day
that he had had an hours conference
. with Mr.. Walter in City Engineer
! Cowden's office and that while the
contractor would, not say when he
, would go to work, the commissioner
. declared he believed the alderman
really meant to complete the job be-
| lore asking the city to release him.
! The alderman and the street COM
+, missioner have been more or less at
loggerheads on the question of Wal
ters liability under the terms of the
! ,OitletCl lOI lne last several weeks,
/ Walter contends that while his five
year contract with the city expires
| April l, his work for the fiscal wear
ending January l has been completed
and that the S3,750 still due him IS
; only the pay for the final quarter OF
! the year. Any additional work that
he does now he contends will be extra
and should he included in 1915 pay
ment. The commissioner. however.
says that the work should be com
pleted by April l and that before the
contractor is released he must turn
over the streets completely repaired
and in good condition. If the alder
man doesn't comply with his orders.
| Commissioner Lynch says he thinks
the city can withhold the $3.50
Said "AIdy" Was "Weepy''
"What else can I do?" asked Mr..
| Lynch this morning. "If my under
standing Of the terms of the citys con-
tract is wrong then 1 guess Wen have
to pay for 1t. If Alderman Walter is
wrong, then he'll have to repair the
streets properly before he's released.
My purpose in notifying him to get
ready ten days ago was to serve this
inotice in plenty of time before the
contract expired.
To-day the alderman seemed very
weepy and / believe he'll come around
all right and go to work within the
next few days"