Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-16
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tions will be the construction of a
great social center building, a Million
dollar hotel, a new street car line,
two churches, many new residences. a
golf course which will rank with the
best in the country, and miles of new
roads. And all of this construction
Will be in addition to the operations
now underway which include a new
home for the Hershey Press, a new
carbarn, five buildings which will be
used in the chocolate industry, and
buildings and summer gardens on the
acropolis," high point a short dis
tance from Hershey Park and the hill
where the towns reservoirs are To-
Gated.
Mr.. Hershey's plans, it is under
stood, were mapped out by him sew
eral years ago and time is all that is
required to make the chocolate city,
the town its builder wants it to be.
Social Center Building
In the very early Spring work will
be started on the social center build
ing at the corner of Chocolate and
Cocoa avenues. The great new struc-
ture Will have frontage in Chocolate
avenue of $50 feet and will run back
along Cocoa avenue for a distance of
24O feet. The building will be FIVE
SUITES nigh ana Will mouse a tneater,
three cafes, community room, barber
shop, Turkish baths and showers,
swimming pools, bowling alleys, pub
lie library, social room, game room,
moving picture theater, gymnasium,
offices, committee rooms, exhibition
rooms, running track, fencing room,
handball court, musicians gallery and
$50 bedrooms, many of which will
be provided with outdoor sleeping
ttri1I Io
as a hospital. The great structure
will be built around the old Derry
township school, which now occu-
pies a part of the plot. When the
new building is completed the school
house will be torn down and in it's
place beautiful court with fountains
and shrubbery will be built.
When this building is finished, ac-
cording to the present plans, work
will be started on the new million
dollar hotel, which will help make
Hershey a resort much like the sum-
mer resorts in many parts of the
country. Hotels, such as will be built
here, are supported to large extent
by a population which travels from
one summer spot to another. OF
course, there must be something to
interest these tourists and Hershey
is an ideal center of many points of
interest. The majority of such travel
ers take their own cars with them, so
that while here they will be within
short riding distance of the Capitol
at Harrisburg, Lancaster county, the
richest agricultural county in the
United States. the beautiful Cumber-
land Valley, the battlefield at Gettys-
burg and a half dozen cities. In fact
there is enough within easy riding
distance of Hershey to keep any per-
son on the go for more than a week
Then, too, there are dozens of points
of interst here in the town and plans
are now being made for the building
of one of the best golf courses in the
country. It is understood that when
the new hotel and golf course are
completed, Mr.. Hershey will make an
effort to have the international golf
matches played here.
During the coming Spring and sum-
mer, too, four houses will be built
in the eastern section of Hershey and
each will cost from $1,000 to $15,-