Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-01

most carefully into the advantages
offered by these requirements of
land by the city and the School
| Board and recommends that City
Council and the School Board give
the matter early and careful con-
sideration, as the advantageous
! terms which the Commission has
been able to procure may not be
continued indefinitely by the owners.
The Italian Park site, lying as it
| does now i'll the way of street eX-
tension and building development,
| because of its swampy condition, can
| be transformed at no very great
cost into an attractive link of the
city's parkway system, and at the
same time opportunity would be
made for the extension of Green
street 120 feet wide through this
area by way of Riverside and the
| old Heister farm, now known as
| Estherton, through to Rockville,
| thus offering another through out
| let for rapidly developing traffic in
| this section. The Estherton owners
, fare 100 feet wide through their
| holdings and the only cost to the
| city for adding this fine residence
| street to the municipal highway
! system would be for the rem modeling
or removal of one or two houses IN
| the Riverside district, an expense
very moderate, indeed, considering
| the advantages to accrue therefrom.
| The Commission engineer already
has plans made for the develop.
| ment of the Italian Park district
| the erection. of an ornamental
! bridge, retaining walls and the nec7
esSary road work and grading. This
need not be done at once, but can
| be worked out over period of time
| that will not seriously embarrass
| the city.
The realignment of sixth street,
| Green street and other highways
that will find their way upon the
! city map as building developments
progress will add greatly to the con-
venience of those usein the city high
ways and will add additional facili-
| ties to through traffic.
The requirement of the Italian
| Park area together with the pro-
! posed purchase of the S5 acres ad-
| joining for high school development
would, as the years go by, give Har-
risburg another open air breathing
| spot of no mean proportion, especial
ly when it is considered that these
| tracts adjoin the large holdings of
| the Harrisburg Academy, which
never will be fully occupied by build
| ings.
High School Plot
THE City Planning Commission
| has given the matter of high school
| location very serious study and It be-
| lieves that no better, and certainly
no cheaper site could be acquired
than the 35 acres comprising the
| Italian Park and Hoffman's Woods
| plots. It may be argued that the
district does not at this time need
| 35 acres of land for high school pur
poses, but the site proposed is so
advantageously situated and offers
| such splendid opportunities for de-
velopment as the needs of the city
grow that it would seem advisable
to take over all the land at the
figures quoted should prove at
the figures quoted should prove at
tractive, and when it is considered
that all of this tract may be pur-
chased for the price of a few lots
in the heart of the city sufficient
only for a high school development
for present needs. and that the
Mckee Graham land offers oppor-
tunities for enlargement for the
next fifty years or more, the
wisdom of taking over the en-
tire acreage is at once evidenced.
The commission believes that the