Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15
ORGANIZATION OF
WEST SHORE BODY
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which will lead to the calling of gen.
eral meeting and the formation of a
West Shore organization. The other
members of the committee, G.. l.. Nay
lor and John G. Orr are enthusiastic
over the possibilities of the proposed
organization and with such men as a
nucleus 1t is expected that very little
time will be lost in making the propo-
sition reality. The likelihood is that
the Camp Hill committee will meet
and then invite number of citizens
or the West Shore to meet with them
at another time and at that session
map out program for a big public
and organization meeting.
Benefit of Organization
since the agitation for improve
ments on the West Shore has started
hundreds of men have discussed the
benefits which could be derived if all
of the communities were organized.
They have talked of the opening of
new roads, sewage and drainage sys-
TENS, new bridges and dozens of other
things and all of them agree that with
cooperation all of these improvements
will come with future years.
In talking over the proposition j. ].
Baughman, New Cumberland manu-
tacturer, and man who has engaged
IN number of building operations,
said he believed the move was a good
one and hoped that an organization
would result. Mr.. Baughman discussed
the need of better streets in New Cum
Derland and also spoke of the need of
sewers. He declared that if the people
of the borough would join together
and study the benefits which would re-
suit with these improvements it would
not be long until they would be accom-
plished. Mr.. Baughman is much in
tereSted in the laying out of parks, too,
said
neat, attractive tract of park land
could be developed just at the edge of
the town. He referred to Leib park,
which for number of years has been
used by the public. He explained that
this tract could be improved with very
little expense and that it would make
an ideal spot for recreation in the sum-
mer. Mr.. Baughman also favored
Warren II. Manning's scheme for the
development of the shores of the yell
low Breeches creek. Mr.. Manning pro-
poses a road alongside the creek. Mr..
Baughman, going into detail on the
grading, said that fills and cuts would
have to be made. but that he believed
that the owners OF property along the
creek would willingly cooperate in
the movement for q parkway drive
The New Cumberland manufacturer is
an ardent advocate of improvement
and will do all that he can to helm
John S. Musser. a resident of Wash
ington Heights, and president of the
Dauphin Electrical Supplies Company,
is a booster of the proposed improve
ment league on the West Shore and in
an interview he pointed out many
things which such an organization
could help to accomplish. Mr.. Musser
faVors community high school for
the 'cross-river territory and be be-
lieVes that such a school could be
established at q cost which would not
exceed the present cost of separate
high schools in the various towns. Mr..
Musser suggested that students be
taken from Shiremanstown. Camp Hill,
New Cumberland, Lemoyne, Washing
ton Heights, Wormleysburg West Fair
view. Enola and the territory between
the towns. THE school, he says.
SHOULD be centrally located at some
point about Fort Washington or
Wormleysburg, where children in all
the towns could have easy access. The
Valley Railways Company carries stu
dents for u cents and this cost would
likely have to be borne by the school
boards in the towns where the chill
dren live. There are so many advan-
tages to be found in the community
high school that I feel sure that at
some time soon plans will be made for
the establishment of one in this Vicin-
ity The present standard of the West
Shore high schools, If they united,
would be considerably raised and the
hundreds of school children on the
Cumberland side of the river would
receive the benefits.
There's another thing which l be-
lieve organization can bring about and
that is the improvement of roads.
Now on Washington Heights almost
all of the roads are on private prop
erty. They were opened by land own
ers for the benefit of the public, but
were never taken over by the township
or county. They are in very bad con-
dition at present, and unless we who
live on Washington Heights repair the
roads ourselves they will continue to
be in bad condition. If we could get
together on the road question believe