Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-30
HILL TO LEARN
WHETHER IT WILL
GET CAR SERVICE
Question of Running Trolleys
Will Be Aired at Memoir
ial Bridge Hearing
NORTH PART affected
Linglestown, Penbook and
State Street Lines Must
Be Changed
NORTH PART affected

Agitation for trolley service for
be brought to a climax on Septem-
Der II at a hearing before the Pub
lie Service Commission on the ap-
plication of the Board Of Public
Grounds and Buildings for a certifi :
cate of public convenience, to en-
able the board to construct the
Memorial Bridge at State street.
The L!nglestown, Penbrook and
State street lines of the Harrisburg
Railways, now crossing the State
street bridge and occupying the en-
tire stretch of State street to be
occupied by the proposed viaduct,
will have to be run to State street,
beyond Thirteenth, by some other
route. 1t is not feasible to operate
them through the Market street sub
way because of already congestcd
conditions.
Would Furnish Outlet
The plan has been advanced by
the company that it be permitted To
run line of tracks down the ap-
proach from Cameron street to
Thirteenth, since this will be con-
structed first. BY this method pro-
vision would be made for cars to
run from Market street out Cam
eron and furnish an outlet for Hill
cars from the Cameron and Herr
street car barns. This proposition
is not considered by engineers to be
feasible during the construction
period. So the Market street SUBJ
way may be the sole outlet.
Ask For Extension
Property owners of the Hill,
north of State street, who now have
no car service recently petitioned
the Public Service Commission to
order the Harrisburg Railways
Company to extend its lines out
Herr street. This would mean the
utilization of the subway at that
street and the running of Hill cars
possibly up Seventh street or down
Reilly or some other cross street
from Fourth to Seventh and thence
through the Herr street subway. If
this spur were built the line would
probably run up Herr to Eighteenth
street and thence to State or across
/ the Hill, which has no crosstown
cars at all, to Derry street.
The commission when it considers
the application for a certificate of
public convenience will go into many
collateral matters. HeSe Will IN
clude the rights of the parties and
corporations affected by the build
ing of the bridge and the proper
tionate share of the costs of the
construction.
The States and the city's share of
the cost are already determined but
the commission is Empowered to fix
the share of the costs that the Penn
Nsylvania and it's allied lines, the
Harrisburg Railways Company and
the wire utilities will pay. All of
these interests have been notified to
attend the hearing.
A new interest was discovered to-
day. The county of Dauphin was
found to have control of Paxton
creek within the city and as the
bridge will cross the creek the
County Commissioners were notified
of the hearing. The county, though,
will not be expected to stand any of
the expenses.
While the new roadway through
Capitol Park extension on a line with
Aberdeen street will eventually be
the main thoroughfare through the
park, the Board of Public Grounds
and Buildings will keep Fourth
street open as long as possible. That
street will be kept open even when
the new Office building is being
erected.