Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27
WILL INTRODUCE
BRIDGE MEASURE
NEXT TUESDAY
Hill Citizens Want Walnut
Street Viaduct Matter Laid
Before Service Body
Up TO COMMISSIONERS
Bowman Will Offer Ordinance; !;
To Consider Placing of
New Fountain

Preparation of plans and speciflca-
tions for the new 100000 bridge
across the Pennsy tracks at Walnut
street for the purpose of receiving bids
for construction, will be authorized in
an ordinance to be introduced. 1t is
understood, in City Council on Tues
day.
While city councilmen didn't care
to discuss the question to-day pending
tie offering of the legislation, 1t was
said in municipal circles that the pur-
pose in offering the measure At this
time was to get something definite TO
supmiL to the Public Service Commls-
sion.
That the question of erecting a
bridge will have to be submitted to
that State body before the city can
proceed with the work, is generally
conceded inasmuch as the proposed
structure would cross the right of way
of the railroad company.
Urge Introduction of Measure
a committee of Allison Hill citizens
headed by A. c. Mckee called upon
city Commissioner w. II. Lynch, sup
erintendent of streets and public i'm
provements to-day to urge the intro
duction of the ordinance.
City Commissioner Harry F. Bow
man. who offered the loan ordinance
by request of Hin residents several
months ago, will probably put in the
bridge measure. This will authorize
Commissioner Lynch To have plans and
specifications prepared. The advertising
FOR bids will tollow.W Whether the board
of public works viii be asked by Mr..
lynch to take charge of the Viaduct
Is not definitely settled though 1t is
believed that if the viaduct is erected,
A&Ir Lynch will handle the job with
r'de city engineer.
Placing of New Fountain
Mr.. Bowman will introduce in
Council his resolution providing for
the taking over of the fountain The
Dance of Eternal Spring" presented
by NJ. 5. Hershey to Harrisburg, and
directing the placing of the fountain
under the jurisdiction of the water
department. If this is adopted Mr..
Bowman will also suggest the place for
the fountain. Petitions that have been
in circulation in some of the Hill sec
tioRs ask that the fountain be placed
"a the intersection of Whitehall, Twen-
ty-first and Market streets, just inside
the line of the Reservoir park formal
entrance. President Judge Kunkel il
is said would like to see the fountain
along the river front somewhere in
the vicinity of State street.
Donate Coming Next Week
Sculptor Donate himself is expected
here early next week and Mayor John
X. Royal thinks that the artist should
have say in the choice of a location
The slopes of Oak Knob, Reservoir
however, appears to meet with the
more general approval.
While the proposed jitney ordinance
may be offered Tuesday, the commits.
sioners generally said to-day that il
would not be passed hurriedly but
that due time for hearing of the jit-
ney drivers and owners would be al.
lowed. The jitney men organized last
evening to refute the ads of the Har-
risbuTg Railways company and to ash
hearing of council on the subject.
The Jitney Regulations
Harrisburg is losing money by the
operation of the jitney," said Com.
missioner Bowman to-day, and it i.
only just and proper that the munich.
paltty should adopt regulations which
will provide a license fee of a suffi.
oient size TO prevent this; also to pro.
vide regulations for safeguarding tn,
public and SO on. This | am certainly
in favor OF and l believe the other
commissioners think the same. How.
ever | am opposed to adopting sucf
regulations as would put the jitney,
entirely out OF busienss. 1 dom
think this would be fair"
Council will likely take up the com,
pletion of the assessment, too, al
though the commissioners will sit fol
this purpose after the Council meet
ing. Commissioners declined to esti
mate what the probable increase ovel
said he believed that from two tC
said he believed that form two Il
two and a half millions might be pos
sible.