Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-06
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People who met Archibald Johns
ton, the first mayor of the new city
of Greater Bethlehem, on the occa-
sion of his visit here yesterday were
impressed with the enthusiasm VIZ
which he has undertaken his direc-
ton OF municipal affairs in the city
where he was reared and where -
won his fame in industrial Alfalfa
| Most folks about here know "Archs'
Johnston as the away-up execuu -
or Bethlehem Steel and he is fguS~
wherever steel men meet. The stoef
of his rise is an inspiration to young
! Pennsylvanians and it seems that thu
people of the Bethlehems were lucky
in getting Arch" as everyone calls
| him there, to run their city in the
period of transition to a big town
| from two small ones, q time when
awkward situations are likely to
arise and when a man with the force
Of Johnston is needed. Just as an
illustration of the way he does things
it may be stated that Bethlehem is
revising its layout of streets, just as
Pittsburgh had to do after 1t con-
solidated with Allegheny, and some
feelings have had to be ironed out
and the will of the city impressed
in the matter of highways on the
surrounding districts which will ulti-
Harrisburg is up against the same
problem. So are other cities. In
Bethlehem they have 1t down in
black and white and when they
found the State of Pennsylvania was
apt to interfere to a certain extent
the new mayor just took train for
Harrisburg and asked the Highway
Department to change things. Mr..
Johnston found George H. Biles, the
deputy in charge of work over in
that section, right there and in a
short time an agreement was made
whereby the State will help along
Bethlehem's plans. There are some
other communities which come
charging here like a wild bull or
drop around hat in hand when they
want the State to do something. The
Johnston method seems to produce
results.
Eli N. Hershey the new president
of the Harrisburg Rotary Club, is
possibly the only living Harrisburger
who ever visited Iceland. Mr.. Her
shSS was in his younger years a great
traveller. /. During a summer spent
in England, where he combined busi-
ness with sightseeing, he thought he
would vary his experiences by a trip
to Iceland. He represented Under
wood & Underwood and other con-
Germs of the kind and took with him
) a vast number of scenic photographs
, calculated to attract the eye of the
prosperous but provincial Icelander
and with a large number of stere-
scopes set out for the North. He
found the country anything but the
: frigid land the name might imply
} and the people prosperous and cour-
, teous He is rich in "reminiscences
of this remarkable journey, as he is
1t. II - h., &zw.
track throughout Central Europe.
Mr.. Hershey like many another sue
/, cessful man, started work as school
teacher. He was born in Lancaster
t county and got his early business
= training there as well. dealing in but
ter and like products during his
boyhood. The whole family is iden-
4 titled with the milk, ice cream and
r creamery business. Two years ago,
e when the typhoid fever epidemic in
S this city almost wrecked the ice
= cream business, Mr.. Hershey was not
content with bringing his factory up
to the standards required by the new
l enactments of City Council, but re-
= built entirely in concrete and steel
what is now pronounced one of the
: most complete and sanitary ioa
r cream and creamery establishments
in the whole State. Mr.. Hershey was
made vice-president of the Rotary
Club when Vice-President George f.
I Lumb was elevated to the presidency
=. after the removal or Andrew z.
' Buchanan, division passenger agent,
f to Baltimore, and was unanimously
elected president at the close of the
fiscal year.
}. Speaking of Andrew E. Buchanan
S naturally calls to mind Norris S.
Longaker, his successor in this city.
Mr. Buchanan was a good citizen in
e the best sense of the word, taking
: part in all public movements and be-
4 ing instrumental in obtaining metro
;, politan stop-off privileges in Harris
= burg for through passengers. But
4 Mr.. Longaker, who lives in the house
on North Third street formerly oc-
cupied by Mr.. Buchanan, has made
a host of friends and an excellent
reputation for himself during the
comparatively brief period of his
s residence here. He has done effect
Q i've work in all of the Liberty Bond,
Red Cross, Y. NJ. c. A. and other
war campaigns staged since his COM
{ ing to the city and is an enthusiastic
member of the Rotary Club; so much
so indeed that he has been entrusted
this year with the chairmanship of
S the entertainment committee of that
busy organization. To complete this
brief who 'S-WhO' biography, MT.
Longaker drives a Chandler car and
loves to go fishing-whether he
catches 'em or not.
AS the grading of the new highway
which is to cross Capitol Park extern
sion goes along people are COM
mencing to get an idea of the height
at which the park will be graded.
Most folks have an idea that the
park will be on the same level as at
present, forgetting that Fourth street
was cut down and that the old
Eighth ward was on a much lower
line than even Third street. The fact
is that when the park is graded 1t
will be on a level with the present
park with a slope toward the rail-
roads and Walnut and North streets
will go into the park to meet the
approach to the new State street
bridge on a gently rising grade. The
same will be true of the new street,
while Fourth street will be filled in.
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