Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-07
GREAT YEAR FOR CITY

| GREAT YEAH FUN I'll
-HE overwhelming majorities
which emphasized the interest
- of the people of Harrisburg In
the several Improvement loans sub
mitted to the voters on TUESDAY give
imnuIse to the general spirit OF
progress which now animates lhe
city. All the present COMMISSION
ers having been re-electeu' Ihes
have a special commission from INC
neonle to undertake the improve
ments which are authorized IN these
loans and there can be no oouo'
whatever that they will at once pro-
vide the necessary plans 10 give
force and effect to the mandate OF
the people. T.,
For instance, in the matter OF
bathing beaches and bath houses
| Commissioner Gross has alreaas
been in consultation with Warren
H. Manning, who made a study OF
the problem a few weeks ago, ana
it ought to be easily possible to have
every last detail quickly approved
in order that even this fall steps
may be taken to provide for the
river bathing next season. IL woulo
be unfortunate to wait FOR the ap-
proach of the summer OF lSZV 10
begin the work. There is certainly
much that can be done at once ana
the emphatic approval of the people
will doubtless encourage the De-
partment of Parks, which VIII nave
direct supervision of the bathing Ia
cilities, to get into action without
delay.
AS to the paving and the expan-
sion of the sewer system, Commis-
sioner Lynch is in hearty accord
with the plan and was responsible
for the submission of the items COW
ering this work. The new paving
contemplated will do much to bring
about a rapid development of home
building and industry in the Allison
Hill district north of Herr street. 1t
is doubtful whether much outdoor
work can be started during the pres
ent year, but the Department of
Public Works will lose no time in
awarding contracts and getting
things in shape for the 1920 pro-
gram.
AS it looks now, next year is going
to be one that will go down into his
tory as a red letter year in the
further progress of Harrisburg.
With the construction of the great
memorial viaduct at State street, the
landscaping of the Capitol Park
zone, the paving of large areas of
streets in the hitherto unimproved
sections, the starting of the univer-
sity high school, the improvement
of the Italian Park district, the gen.
eral extension of the sewer facilities
and the creation of long desired
bathing places in the Susquehanna
basin, not to mention the probable
elimination of the Hardscrabble sec
ton, constitute a program of prog
ress and development which is most
impressive and reassuring from the
standpoint of public employment for
labor.
1t is also entirely probable that
the building movement next year
will be largely accelerated by some
definite housing program under the
direction of the Chamber of Com
merce. Harrisburg is not going to
take the dust of any other city, and,
is providing dwellings for the people,
but hundreds of houses in addition
are needed.
The election returns of Tuesday,
reading between the lines of masses
of figures, justify the suggestion that
the people are through with theories
of government contrary to the we'll
settled policies of the United States,
and are going to demonstrate in
their local activities as we'll as in
their State and national programs
| their desire for sanity and common
sense in the treatment of the big
problems which have been constant
ly before the public during the Will
J son regime.