Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15
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plished. Having on my trip passed
through Wilkes-Barre, Scranton and
Binghamton and seeing the fine hotels
In those cities am really sad to think
that we should lack In one essential
and be so superior IN others. Let us
that will be avoided by the traveller. A
fine hotel with the Capitol building,
parks and good streets, and all our
other improvements will make Harris
burg what it should be-the State CEN
ter from which to radiate and a good
ton of $4,000 must be increased to
make this undertaking a success, I
will certainly strain a point to accom-
plish results"
Mr.. Tracy concluded with the sin
cere wish that upon his return to Har-
risburg he might learn that the new
hotel was assured. He even suggested
as a campaign slogan, this:
'Hotel,-hotel.-hote
I yell!-I yell!-I yell!
Harrisburg! - Harrisburg! - Harris
burg!'
Another gratifying message came
from the head Of Dives, Pomeroy &
Stewart at Reading in this telegram:
Put US down for new hotel for
$4,000 and we wish you big success. 3"
Splendid Thanks for your hearty
response and cooperation"
An Interesting Symposium
During the after-dinner speech
making there were congratulations for
everybody who had made possible the
throughout the talks was vein of
optimism indicating still greater
things to come. Mr.. wallower told
how as the canvass proceeded he was
more and more encouraged to set the
goal to be reached still higher and
higher and he had not been disap-
pointed. He said there was nothing
too good for Harrisburg and dwelt
upon the possibilities of developing G
the automobile traffic through this
section.
President Bowman said that he had
never dreamed that he would have
the honor of acting as president Of
the Chamber of Commerce in the year
when the hotel would at last be an
accomplished fact.
Mr.. Gilbert spoke Of his own con-
slant and keen interest in the hotel
movement and related some incidents
OF former crusades. He said his
pleasure in the success Of the move
ment was too great TO be expressed in
words.
Mr.. Hildrup related how he and
his associates in the big company with
"AASH AS 10 1QSlIl!!SO were INSPIRED Dy
the great need TO go in so heavily as
subscribers. He declared that he and
his associates wanted the city of Har-
risburg to enjoy part of the prosperity
which had come to their own COM
pany.
Mr.. Herman, president of the Plan
nlng Commission, predicted that the
Comm monwealth would do the right
thing in conforming the streets about
the Capitol grounds and thus give the
MOTEL a, fine setting. He deprecated
the way in which many thrifty" Har-
risourgers invested in blue sky in
VestmentS out OF town instead of
helping along the needed Harrisburg
undertakings.
Exx-Senator Fox told of his ex-
perience while a member OF the
Legislature where there was a ten
dency shown to avoid Harrisburg on
account of the hotel situation. While
MI Fox was speaking the heavy cleo
tric storm doused the lights, but the
enthusiasm couldn't be dampened and
the congratulatory stream poured on.
Mr.: Stackpole thought 1t was an
occasion for jubilation; that Harris
burg had again manifested its public
spirit and that the city would always
come to the front when the right ap-
peal was made. He suggested that the
businessmen OF Harrisburg had done
the most admirable thing that had
peen achieved during recent years.
Congressman krei6er commended
the personnel OF the board of direc-
tors just announced and expressed the
utmost confidence in their ability to
successfully plan and operate a hotel.
He aroused much enthusiasm by pre-
dieting that there were enough patrons
OF hotel now passing Harrisburg
by to fill the proposed new hotel ana
without taking a patron from the ex-
listing hostelrtes. He thought the
building OF new hotel would in
spire the owners Of the others to i'm
prove them and thus all would partici-
pate in the increased hotel business.
He mentioned several specific in
stances OF cities smaller than Harris