Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-18

Mayor; Lieutenant A. w. Vana.
man, of the air service, representing
Lieut.. Col. Kirkland, of the Middle.
town plant, who was prevented from
being present by illness; e. ]. Stack.
pole, speaking of the advantages tC
the city; E. S. Herman, chairman oi
the City Planning Commission. who
said the city simply must at once
go about getting the necessary field
Postmaster Frank c. Sites, who said
the postal service is only waiting on
landing place here to make Bar-
risburg an aerial Post Office stop
and G. M. Steinmetz, president OF
the club and a member of the
| the Mayors committee.
The resolutions presented by Col
Kemper, were unanimously adopted
on motion of Postmaster Sites, Sec
onded by E. B. Black. They are as
follows:
The Resolutions
Whereas, The United States Air
Service has offered to place Harris
burg on the first transcontinental air
traffic route. to be established imme-
diately; and,
Whereas, The Air Service asks
only in return that Harrisburg pro-
vide a field where the machines may
land; and,
Whereas, the purchase or lease of
such field is or prime Importance
to Harrisburg, comparing with the
location here of the first railroad sta
tion in the early days of steam trav-
ell and with all the possibilities of
development that the Air service
holds and,
Whereas, The Rotary Club of Har-
risburg. In luncheon assembled rec
ognizing the necessity of prompt ac-
tion, hereby
Resolves, That 1t commends Mayor
Keister and the City Councilmen for
their promptness in taking steps to
look into the subject of esta blishi1g
such a field as is required; and be 1t
further
Resolved, That this oryanizat tion
places itself on record as heartily ap-
proving the purchase or lease of an
aviation field for the purposes men
toned, and urges City Council to take
such steps as may be needed to pro-
cure the necessary municipal land
ing place, with the suggestion that II
necessary the funds therefore be pro-
vided by loan to be placed before
the voters at the November elections;
and be it further
Resolved, That copies of these res
olutions be forwarded the Mayor and
members of City Council. with the
earnest recommendation that steps
be Immediately taken to carry them
into effect"
Col Kcmper Speaks
Col. Kempers discussed the subject
at length. He said that the Gov
ernment's offer already has at
tracted the attention of Middletown
people. He added that this city
must act quickly in order to pro-
cure the station, which in years to
come will be as important as the
Pennsylvania Railroad has turned
out to be in the way of commercial
and industrial advantage to the city.
He spoke of the great development
of the air service and said that even
greater things are just around the
corner. Harrisburg simply can't
afford to miss this chance" he said,
land the Rotary Club will do 81 big
thing for the city if it gives its in
fluence to the prompt lease or pur-
chase of ground for the purpose.
Pointing out the means of over
coming any legal difficulty he read
a report from Washington on the
method by which Fort Wayne has
just added an aviation field to it's
municipal attractions. The city
there has purchased field and
turned it over to the park system
with the understanding that planes
be permitted to land there. Harris
burg might do likewise, he suggest
ed.
The Aviator's Viewpoint
Lieutenant Vanaman took up the
subject from the aviator's viewpoint
celebrating the remarks of Colonel
Kemper who pointed out that two
accidents to flyers already had hap
pened near here because we have
no field and that one of the gov
ernment pathfinding machines is
mired near Paxtang, another is at
Middletown and two more at Leba-