Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-27
FINISH SLOPING
WALK AT MUENCH
Continued From First Pagc.I


tanned from this operation, the longest
OF its kind along the water front. The
cost HIS been so reasonable, park de-
partment officials said to-day, that at
least one more - probably the ramp
at PETER street - can be treated in
tho same way.
In the construction of the walk and
the rip-rapping of the slope at the
foot of Muench street an unfortunate
error was made in the grade, the
whole stone structure projecting con-
siderably beyond the line of the slope.
Too much material was used in the
filling and instead of a stone or con-
crete gutter five feet wide at the bot
tom of the slope. as in the plan ap-
proved by the State Water Supply
Commission, the rip-rapping starts
flush with the granolithic walk, pro-
ducing a hump on the slope. This
may have to be corrected.
More Park Funds in Sight
/ Similar treatment would be possible
for all of the walks if enough money
were available. In councilmanic circles
| ii was said to-day that an effort to
obtain sufficient funds for the purpose
may be made at the next session of
Council by appropriating the balance
of some $2,100 from the sum pro-
vided for the city audit, for the park
]
ments. If this money can thus be
switched. ample funds will be avail
a BILE for completing the slope walks,
which are much needed.
Hundreds of tons of earth have been
dumped along the river bank between
| Reilly and Harris streets at the points
which were more seriously washed
cut by the recent high water. The
! line of park is being speedily re-
established.
In the Soldiers Honor
Park walks are being refined and
edged and the grass is being trimmed
throughout the River Front, the work
! being pushed as rapidly as possible
in order that the city's recreation
stretches may have on their nattiest
clothes for the formal opening of the
park season on Tuesday - Memorial
/ Day. The park corps is busy on the
/ upper stretches now and as soon as
/ the job is finished to Boas street the
gangs will be brought southwark
where the slopes and terraces from
Market street southwark requires at
tention.
/ To-day the boating season was
with Charles Beaver in charge. From
now on boats can be readily had on
Saturdays and Sundays and as the de-
mand increases the livery service will
! be extended to weekdays
In wildwood Park
The Wildwood road from the Maclay
street entrance to the dam is in splen-
did condition and the curving bluff
road north of the creek has been
scraped and rolled.
Within the next ten days, weather
and whims of the laborer permitting
the newly reconstructed parkway road
from Derry street to Reservoir Park
will be ready for use. The final link
between the Park and the roadway is
now being connected. Bridges on the
Dull and the Prospect hill tracts are
nearing completion.
Mother Nature Helping
Old Ma Nature is doing her share
incidentally in helping the parks tc
don Spring clothes. On the slopes OF
the great gully beyond the first turr
OF the Wildwood Lake Road, some
500 or a thousand snow white spires
plants are all a-bloom. On the island
the flowers are blossoming and the
peony beds, despite the tardiness o.
the season, are getting ready to con,
tribute their share of Harrisburg
fragrant memorial to it's soldier dead
next Tuesday.
Thousands of great red. white anC
pink peonies as usual, will he culle6
from the city beds and carried to the
post rooms of the Grand Army for the
decoration of the soldiers graves.