Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-26
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Harrisburg is-getting to be m
and more looked to by the til
class cities of the State for the m
ner In which 1t handles the proble
arising under the acts of Assem-
governing such Municipalities"
one or a group of men from seve
cities OF Pennsylvania here for
meeting at the State Capitol yes
day. 1t was so under the old
TEN, the act of 1889, when Har
burg almost alone of the third C
cities made splendid material pr
rcGs and operated it's city governm
with smoothness and good result
recall the fight your representati
mace against the Clark bill for
commission form of government
how we advocated It as the g1
thing needed for Pennsylvania cit
Now some of us wish it had ne
been enacted and you are go
ahead swimmingly under it. How
you manage to adapt yourselves
we'll to the laws? Perhaps it is
cause you have the lawmaking
mosphere. In any event Harrisb
has been conspicuously successful
operating under the systems proI
ed and has made notable impro
mentS without a tax rate that ca
be called excessive"
The complimentary remarks of
visitor were echoed by another
added that he was watching v
great interest the way the mayor
problem worked out here. He
called the fact that Harrisburg
nad more mayors under the new
than any city of the third class
that 1t was one of the few to
a mayor at primary. The de;
OF the two mayors furnished
problems and now with a neck-a
neck contest staged for the
honor and a prominent man
pointed as mayor ad interim he +
the rest of the state was watc1
to see what its capital was cd
to do.
Mayor Bowman has been a stu(
of city affairs ever since he
school and he is an ardent belle
in the future of Harrisburg.
intense interest in public imprd
ments led to his appointment to
Board of Public Works when Da
e. Tracy retired. Mr.. Tracy
chairman OF the board at the I
and Mr.. Bowman succeeded to
office, although never formally el
ed. Mr.. Bowman continued on
board until it went out of existd
with the Inauguration of the C
mission form of government in I
risburg. He had charge of the fin
ing up of the great public imprd
ment work which started some
teen years ago and was reSponS
for many economies in the pu
service and saved thousands of
lars in purchase of supplies and
ting of contracts by his close appl
ton to the business of the Office
his skill in business.
Mr. Bowman is a great believe
the old adagc that "all work and
play makes Jack Il dull boy" an
| is his ambition to see the river b]
at this point made a great recrea
place for all the people of the
1t was this interest in the deVe
ment of the river here that indu
him to accept the office OF adm
| OF the Greater Harrisburg Navy
organization that has for its oh
| the building of municipal boathoI
the establishment of city
| beaches and the erection of
houses. When the war is ended
things return to normal again,
miral Bowman and his navy will
heard from in no uncertain teri
A. l.. Tilden, of Erie, former / /
uty Secretary of the Commonwea
who called at the Capitol dep
AyI NJ
chat with Frederic A. Godcha
who is now deputy secretary. 1t
MIR. Tilden's first visit to Harrist
since the close of the Pattison
ministration in 1895 and when
left here the old brick Capitol
in use and the small buildings
either side housed the internal an
and courts. He commented upon
great changes which had taken p
here in the last twenty-five "
and the way Harrisburg had
somed from an ordinary city to
reaIizinr the beauty of it's loca
and its great natural advantages
interesting feature about the Wis
that Mr.. Tilden's predecessor
General Charles Nj. Clement,
was here a few days ago.
The police department yestel +
caused the arrest of man bla
for considerable trouble becs
"Pat" Hylan was on the job. T
was a controversy over whethe
certain man had been "swip
automobile tires, and while 1t
going on Hylan informed the c
that the man had eight tires on
machine. When an investigation
made 1t was discovered that the
had one tire inside of another.
parently his game was to steal 81
ones and then steal a larger one
put over it. He is now behind
bars.
AS n matter of fact automd
thieves are getting to a point w
the Harrisburg police departn
must take more cognizance of tn
insurance companies which dea
insurance for cars have been qu
Investigating some things w
have been going on about this
and vicinity lately and prosecut
for the sake of examples are liH
incidentally, the police departr
NAV have to speed up bit in
following up of complaints.
Senator Henry Washers. of Y
was at the State Highway Dep
ment yesterday on business at
Capitol. The Senator declared
+he county of York was producin
As.Ht H..