Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09
MEMORIAL FOR
CITY VETERANS
IS ENDORSED
Businessmen View With Fa-
vor Proposal to Honor
Soldiers
GENERAL ENDORSEMENT
Utilitarian Form of Project
Pleases Many in Har-
risburg
GENERAL ENDORSEMENT

Sentiment in favon of the plans
for the soldiers and sailors memor-
ial, recently announced by the Har-
risburg Chamber of Commerce, is
growing daily, as Harrisburgers con-
tinue to give their consideration to
| the project. 1t is evident that COM
ments expressed by prominent cit
| izens this morning, that the feasa-
| bility of the Chambers PROPOSE
! ton, and the permanent way in
which it will give expression to the
city's interest in it's service men, has
met with widespread approval.
The memorial is to be flag shaft
| to be set in great granite base
at Thirteenth and State streets.
| The utilitarian as well as orna-
mental value of the project, and its
perfect assimilation to the Capitol
| Park and Memorial Bridge plans OF
| the State, afford much satisfaction
/ to those whose interest in the veter-
ans of the great war actuates them
in their desire to erect fitting mem
| orial as tribute from the commun-
| ity to the veterans.
To Name Committees
| The committees which will carry
| the project to completion, Will be
| appointed from among the ranks Qt
! the welfare organizations and other
| interests whose activities are devoted
] to the civic welfare. These COM
mittees will be appointed as soon as
| the cessation of the summer Naca-
! ton season warrants the beginning
of work upon the naturalization OF
| the memorial project, 1t was an
nounced at the Chamber offices.
That the memorial plans meet
with the whole-hearted support ol
Mayor Daniel l.. Keister was shown
by his comment this morning. Tht
Mayor and City Council already have
given the project their approval II
a resolution. Following is the
Mayors statement of to-day:
II am very well pleased with thu
entire project, and know of NOTHING
else that could be more suitable.
am especially pleased with the plar
to make the city's memorial fit il
so well with the elaborate Capito
Park and memorial bridge plans o
the State"
| IOtaI1an EnuOFScHlchG
Gus Nj. Steinmetz, president o.
the Rotary Club, of Harrisburg, wa:
enthusiastic in his comments on th'
plans, and has this to say of them
members of the Harrisburg Ro
tary Club so far as l have talked
with them, have expressed them
selves as heartily in accord with thu
Harrisburg Memorial plan as out
lined by the Chamber of Commerce
committee The fact that it is t
ne part of the great State develop
ment here, connected in Il way witt
the States magnificent Memoria
Bridge, is a big point in its favor
Beside, it will show to the peopl
of Pennsylvania as whole that tn
city appreciates what the Common
wealth is doing and is willing t.
! do its part. The Chamber is righ
in deciding that the memorial b.
erected by popular subscription
Every man, woman and child in tn
city ought to have some part in II
The Rotary Club, l am sure, will
do whatever it can to advance tn
project"
: Needed Tribute
Local citizens who took prominen
parts in war campaigns, have als'
given the project their approval
Said Andrew S. Patterson, preSlden
of the Union Trust Company, wht
was chairman of the Liberty Loal
com mittees of Harrisburg durini
the five campaigns, this morning.
THE memorial will be perman
ent tribute to the youths of Har
risburg, who gave up their time ant
freedom to fight for Democracy. |
, is fitting that the memorial shoulC
take the most attractive form i'm
aginable, and ! think the Cham
ber's project will constitute one o
the most attractive features in thu
city,"
AL X. Thomas, vice-president o
the Kiwanis Club, and cashier o
the East End Bank, gave his ap
proval in short statement, yer!
much to the point.
Its a mighty good thing" h
said, in answer to query"
Francis j. Hall, vice-president anC
general manager of the Central IroI
and Steel Company, also has givel
much consideration to the project
II like the form of the memoria
very much," he said, 'it surely is al
improvement over the plan of put
ting up an old tablet some place
I particularly like its assimilation il
the general Capitol Park plans"
Others who have given the sub
ject of the memorial their atten
ton, likewise united in their ap