Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-10
COUNCIL COMMITTEE
ON IMPROVEMENTS
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county. Certainly very much more
can be done by cooperation than by
the individual effort of different bor
oughs and townships. \ year or so
ago there was asitated the question
of a joint high school and manual
training school, to be located, some
where near the river and supported
by a number of lower end school
boards, the children from tn different
districts all being eligible to attend.
The idea was such a good one that the
State Board of Education had repre-
SentatiVeS at some of the meetings
held, but the project languished and
died. l never learned what particular
reason there was why the plan, clearly
an advantageous one, should not have
been consummated, but 1 suspect that
it was largely due to the lack of just
such a Joint committee, or whatever
you might want to call it, as suggested
by the Telegraph. In other words,
had the different communities CO.
operated. the chances are that some-
thing definite might have been accom-
plished, and certainly the communities
will not and can not cooperate unless
through an organized board of re-
spective citizens who have enough
civic pride and interest in their re-
spective communities to give their
services gratis for the benefit of the
whole neighborhood.
"One of the things that the lower
end of the county needs, l think, is a
free bridge across the river Nothing
would direct public opinion in that
direction as ouldw a properly organ
lied board, such as is contemplated,
which would intelligently go about
creating a sentiment for a free bridge.
OF course. some missionary work
would have to be done in Dauphin
county as we'll With both counties
aroused, the chances are that one of
IA Ibid H.
made toll free, greatly to the adVan-
tage of the residents of Dauphin
county as we'll as of Cumberland
county. Take the matter of the per-
manent pavement on Market street
which the borough of Camp Hill is
trying to bring about with the assist
ance of the State The boroughs
bonds for this improvement were au-
thorized last June. The council and
traction company have agreed as to
the proportion to be paid for by the
traction company, application has
been made to the State for aid and,
indeed, petition for State aid on
his street was filed years ago. All
that is necessary to accomplish this
much needed public improvement is
the cooperation of the State. Every
body in the lower end of Cumberland
county is interested in the improve
ment, as the road is the main high
way from Harrisburg west. Such in
terest as people outside of the borough
have is now expressed in grumblings
about the condition of our street,
which the public Is compelled to use
IF there was a committee representing
all or most of the municipalities of the
lower end of the county urging upon
the State the necessity of this i'm
provement, our chances for a perma-
nent improved highway next year will
he good, 1 believe. Certainly such a
committee with an aroused public SEN
timent back of it would have more
weight in a matter of this kind than
the individual efforts of citizens of
the borough, no matter how earnest
and well directed such efforts may be"
DR.. Holmes Favors League
DR.. Roy II. Holmes. an Enola drug
gist and postmaster at that place. has
seen the railroad town grow from a
small settlement to a rather large
sized community and he has watched
the growth with interest. Naturally
he takes a pride in the community and
is willing to assists in the development
of the West Shore in any way possible.
DR.. Holmes is certain that the organ
ization proposed by West Shore citi-
Zens will have a great effect on the
future development of Enola and the
other towns. The Enola postmaster
believes, too, that an association in the
planting of trees in front of every
home in the town and help in the lay
ing out and upkeep of pretty grass
plots and flower beds. thus adding to
the towns beauty. I'VE could beautify
our tawn in many ways" said DR..
Holmes, ''if we would just get busy.
Now, you see. there are many stretches
between the pavements and street line
and between the pavements and the
house line which are absolutely bare.
These could be planted and sown with
grass seed If the people would be en-
couraged, and then. too, maybe some
other persons could be induced to keep
In Enola where pretty grass plots once
existed, but people would run across
them in taking a short cut some place
and as a result the grass was killed.
A norganizatio non the West Shore
would be a good thing and 1 am in
favor of it."
The Rev. A. G.. Wolf, West Fair
view minister, member of the board
OF health and an active member of
the fire company in that town, heartily
endorses the proposed organization.
zone of the things which we need
most here just now is water and l
believe that If there would be civic
association here there would be suf-
ficient force to bring about that i'm
provement Immediately. We have
here a modern fire house and every
thing that is needed at a fire with the
exception of water The fire company
has asked council to have twenty plugs
installed in the town but I do not
know what action will be taken.
Council has been shown that the taxes
may have to be raised slightly If the
plugs are placed but with the install
lation of the plugs fire insurance will
be reduced so that in the end the
water will come without any addi-
tional cost
Our river bank too, is another
thing which could be improved. II
the unoccupied ground on the river
front could be dedicated to the
borough for park purposes believe a
number of changes which would
please the citizens could easily be
made.
Uniform grading of streets could
also be taken up by civil organiza-
tion. We could all work for the good
of the community and I'm sure eX-
cellent results would follow.
The school system in West Fairview,
with proper cooperation, I believe
could be improved upon and if the
people of the borough could get to-
gether and discuss school questions,
along with other subjects I'm sure our
school standard could be raised and
we would have better equipment.
believe a community high school
would be a good thing for West Fair
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