Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-12
STeelTOneS
WILL ELIMINATE
/ CANAL NUISANCE
Borough to Benefit by Big
Drainage Project to Be Built
at Joint Expense

After nearly a years negotiations
between borough council and the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company the
ordinance granting the railroad the
right to establish three grade crossings
IN building a five-track freight spur
along the old Pennsylvania canal was
passed finally last evening.
IL was not, however, the measure
which was showed through council on
Two readings and which gave the. rail-
road all 1t wanted for few promises.
The measure passed last evening
gives the borough comprehensive
system of storm sewers to drain the
upper end and West Side of the bor-
ough; 1t provides for elimination of
the old canal nuisance against which
there has been years Of protest, and it
provides proper safeguards for the
grade crossings.
Bent Aids Council
That the big project will give the
borough such much-needed improve
ments in return for the rights granted,
men in municipal circles declare, is
Bent, general manager of the Beth
lehem Steel Companys local plant.
Under the terms Of the ordinance
passed the railroad company will fill
the canal at it's own expense, care for
all drainage north of Franklin street,
give the borough tapping rights to the
sewer, permits its passage over COM
pany ground, protect it's crossings and
bear one-third of the cost of building
the sewer: the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany will pay another third of the
cost OF sewers and the borough will
pay the remaining third.
When Mr.. Bent came to Steelton the
project was in just such a shape that
men In close touch with municipal
affairs felt that the borough was go
ing to be forced to pay expenses of
drains and not obtain elimination of
the canal nuisance and that unpro-
tected grade crossings would be es-
tablished.
Mr.. Bent, men in municipal circles
say, was instrumental in having the
Bethlehem management make it's lib
eral offer to pay third of the eX-
penses and 1t is pretty generally under
stood that he played big part in OBJ
tanning the present offer from the rail-
road company.
Bids for the sewers will be asked
shortly and special meeting of coun-
Gil will be held September 25 to award
q contract. 1t is probable that the
project will be complete before Spring.
Wants Money for Fairgrounds
Recommendation that council in
clude an appropriation for parks and
Fairgrounds work in it's annual budget
the Steelton parks and Fairgrounds
commission. Mr.. Davis was present to
read his report on the work for the
present summer. He told council of
the auspicious opening of the recrea-
tion centers and related how interest
and attendance had steadily INCREASED
until at the end OF the season a sue
cessful romper day was held. So
much interest has been aroused in
Fairgrounds work that council will
likely make a good-sized appropriation
in the budget every year.
TO Issue $4,000 Bonds
The ordinance issuing $4,000 worth
of bonds. for street paving and the
purchase of fire apparatus was passed
finally The bonds will be sold at an
early date and 1t is likely that council
will Immediately proceed to buy the
required fire apparatus. No paving
will be done until Spring.
Redemption of water bonds to the
amount of $1,000 was authorized by
council. The bonds are of the 1901
issue and will be redeemed January /.
Appointment of Bent Schrauder,
Charles Boughter and Daniel Seasholtz
as substitute drivers for the West Side
Hose Company was approved.
Chairman McEntee, of the police
committee. told council that the bor-
oush police had requested another
boost in salary. The petition will be
acted upon by the police and finance
committees.
Council Wins Paving Dispute
E. c. Henderson, chairman of the
highway committee, reported that the
United States Wood Preserving Com
payn, the concern which paved Front
street, has agreed to follow the recon-
mendations of Nelson P. Lewis the
engineer retained to handle the Front
street paving dispute. This means that
the company will repair the street in
a satisfactory manner and that coun-
Gil has won a signal victory. For more
than year the paving company has
refused to do this work.
Standard Street Lights
The first step toward lighting Front
and Second streets by means of lamps
placed on standards was taken when
the matter was brought before council
by T. T. McEntee. The Fourth ward
member suggested that an ordinance
be drawn and submitted providing that
all overhead wires in Front and Sec
ond streets be placed under ground.
A number of councilmen have already
intimated that they favor such a plan
and it is likely that such measure
will be introduced in the near future.
Another request for extension of
sanitary sewers in Pine street was re-
ceived and referred to committee. An
extension of 500 feet in Pine and an
other extension in Sixth street were
received.
To Hold Meeting. Mrs. William
Bannan's class of the First Methodist
Sunday School will meet at the home
of Mrs. A. w. Marks, South Fourth
street, Thursday evening.
To Hold Carnival. - The Sewing
Circle. Parsonage Aid Society and WILL
ing Workers of the Monumental A.
M. E. Church will hold a joint carnival
at Second and Adams streets Septem-
Der 26.
Going to Pittsburgh.--Mrs. A. E.
Fetterhoff, Fourth and Pine streets,
will remove to East Liberty, Pitts
burgh, in the near future.
ALCOHOLISM KILLS WOMAN
Found unconscious in the upper end
of the West Side early Sunday morn
ing, Lottie Weaver, a character, died
at a houSe in Myers street vesterdov