Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-10
MAYOR AND GORGAS
VOTE AYE AT LAST
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provement work from the first to find
the money.
So at last weeks session of Council
they inspected Mr.. Gorgas' annual re-
port, easily found sufficient balances
to make up the deficit in the River
Wall fund caused by the unexpectedly
large award of the w. H. Opperman
arbitrators and thus financed the
closing of the gap.
Whereupon the Mayor and Mr.. Cor
gas to-day quit fussing and voted
AYE"
OppeTman to Get Check
Council followed the passage of the
Lynch ordinance by adopting a reso-
luton authorizing the payment of the
Opperman award. Mr.. Lynch will
likely give the Oppermans their check
for S22,767.09 tomorrow
The ordinance placing before the
people at the November election the
choice of voting for the floating OF
another 100000 improvement loan to
pay for the construction of a modern
concrete bridge over the Pennsy tracks
from Allison Hill to Walnut street
was passed finally.
Committees consisting of William
A. Mcllhenny, DR.. j. w. Storey, G. w.
Straw, James Auter, Richard Dare
and Edward F. Eisley, waited on
Council for the purpose The COM
mittee was represented by Attorney
Robert Rosenberg who made an elo-
quent appeal for the passage OF, the
measure and supported this with two
big petitions. One contained 1867
names of voters from all over the city;
another bore the signature of 512
women.
Mayor Royal alone declined to vote
on the ordinance. He owns property
which will be directly benefited should
a bridge be constructed there, he said,
and after consulting with City Solicit
tor d. S. Seitz, he said he believed II
best that he should not vote. even
though he was heartily in favor of a
bridge.
That the sinking fund commission
is preparing to float the remainder of
the 100000 of the 1913 100000 loan
was indicated to-day when Mr.. Gorgas
onered resolution providing for the
absorbing of 100000 of the water de-
partment balance in that much of the
remaining loan. The other hundred
thousand will be floated in the near
future, the sinking fund commissioners
having decided this YESTERDAY. An er-
tort Will be made to dispose of the
100000 to banks and Mr.. Gorgas saws
he does not fear that the four per
cent. interest can easily be obtained
CHe year ago Sl4O,OOU , OF this sum was
floated and of this amount S127,575.72
mas been expended as follows:
For sewers. S3S.90O.11; asphalt re-
pair plant, S19,912.56; parks. s52,-
iO2.31; fire apparatus, $11,21O,34;
bridges, S4,770.34.
ordinances passed finally included /:
Constructing storm sewer in Fifth.
from Schuylkill to Mahantongo streets
opening and grading Seventeenth from
Herr to a point 220 feet north of Yer
peke; opening and grading Verbeke,
t1fteenth to Eighteenth; sewer in al
ley, ninety feet north of Mahantongo.
New measures introduced included ::
BY Mr.. Lynch-Opening and grad
ing Fifth street. Reels Lane to Wico-
nlsco; placing Twenty-sixth. Twenty
seventh and Greenwood streets on the
city map.
commissioner Lynch also submit
teo the specifications for the new nav
ing in Bellevue Park and bids for the
Improvement will be opened Friday,
August 20. ~ ;
Prior to the adjournment of Coun-
ell: Mr.. Gorgas stated that the long
delayed warrants for the engineering
stan Of the Board of Public Works
will be o. KID by him so that the
men may get what is coming to them
at last.