Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-14
Mayor Proposes Memorial
For Boys Who Saw Service
[Continued From First Page.l
sufficient to convey the thanks of an
appreciative community"
,he Recommendation

community"
The Recommendations
recommendations, suggestions an
,ther important points in the repol
follow:
Placing of tablets In county
and city Office building in honor
of men who were in service.
City's financial condition is ex-
ceIlent, with net borrowing ca
pacity of $2,760,0S3.
Police make every effort to
suppress disorderly houses and
gambling.
Important duty of Council to
go OH with public improvement
work.
Need of clerk for bureau of
weights and measures.
Valuation of realty still not
completely accurate, nor high
enough in some instances.
Highway Department to play
big part In Capitol Park develop
ment program.
Need for rebuilding of pump
ing station and additional rcser-
voir facilities apparent.
City sho~ld have expert water
department superintendent un-
der Commissioner of Public
safety.
Better housing and hospital
for contagious diseases urgent
needs forcibly shown by recent
smallpox and influenza epidcm-
les.
Third class cities should be
empowered to own and operate
ash collection equipment.
City parks and Fairgrounds
kept In excellent condition.
Street and park lighting salts
factory.
Donate statuary should be
placed soon.
Assistant fire chief and inspec-
tor needed to visit cellars, back
yards and inspect defective
chimneys.
Fire company may be needed
for Fourteenth ward as nearest
one Is mile away
Better traffic and parking
rules necessary.
Footwalk should be CON-
Structed in Market Square.
Bathing facilities should be
provided by Council.
Housing survey by police and
health bureaus is urged.
City and county Office build
ing plans should be carried out
as soon as possible.
Council should select place
and have public comfort station
erected.
Good Financial Shape
In speaking of the city's eXcellen
nancial condition the mayor give
atistics showing that the borrow
ng capacity is $4,340,000; the ne
ebt $1,5S0,067; and the borrowin
margin $2,769,933, from which wi
oon be deducted 100000 for tn
lew bridge loan.
OF the improvement loan of 100
or s1,090,000, a balance of $509,60
5 unpaid; 1906 loan, $252,000 Q
100000 unpaid; 1910 loan, $4S4
90 of $641, 900 unpaid; 1913 loar
$4,000 to be paid March 1 on $500,
90 issue. The city's debt at the be
inning of the improvements in 100
vas $892,300 and since then loan
otalling $2,491,000 have been ISSUED
'ut the total debt has been reduce
nd is now only SS43,600 higher tina
n 1902 and the city stands first /
ank for improvements in compari
on with other municipalities of tn
anne size.
Unfair Comparisons
Mayor Keister in this part of tn
eport said it is not fair to compar
he cost of government in Harrisbur
With it's many improvements to othe
tiles where the cost is less but tn
ituation is entirely different. II
nentions that much of the cost o
government is caused b
expenses made necessary by reaso
f improvements carried out throug
pans. This expense is justified" tn
mayor continues. but it should b
that each new item o
activity necessarily in
reases the cost of government"
He expressed the hope that wit
he end of the war and removal. o
the city will go on wit
hese new activities and maintai
Is present high standard.
Praise For Police
That every effort has been mad
o give the city good police admin
stration is the statement the eXecu
i've made in beginning his review O
he police bureau. Then in discuss
ng the present conditions in Harris