The Conshohocken Recorder, January 21, 1916

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A Repetition of a Tabernacle
Night Was Held Last Night
at the M. E. Church
REV. McKINNEY PREACHED
An audience which filled the Metho-dist
Church to the utmost of its capa-city
was present lust night to hear
the Bvangelistic Party. The Taber-nacle
Choir was present and occupied
the center of the church, while the
Booster Choir occupied the Choir
l-oft.
About quarter to eight the Booster
Choir started to applaud and when
all eyes were turned towards the door
to see what caused the applause, Mad-den
was nen coming down through
the center aisle and he received a
hearty welcome from the large choir
as well as the Booster Choir and the
rest of the congregation. The service
was then put into his charge. The
Billy Sunday Hymn Book was used
and several of the old Tabernac'.s
favorites wire sung. It did not take
Mr. Madden long to get the choir to
sing the way. they used to sing dur-ing
the Tabernacle days. He sang sev-eral
solos.
When Mr. MeKinney arrived an-other
applause arose and instead Of
his coming down through the center
aisle he went across the back of the
church and come down through the
Sunday School Room.
The offering was taken in tin pans,
not nuite as deep as the Tabernacle
pans were, but Mr. Armour said that
if they were filled, he would be sat-isfied.
Rev. T. \V. MeKinney was then in-troduced,
although he needed no in-troduction,
as the speaker of the eve-ning.,
the following is his address in
pan :
"Well Madden I am glad to see you
here to-night, for you know we have
not seen each other since we parted
here in Conshohocken, at the close of
our Tabernacle Campaign, and I am
also glad to see all the rest of you,
several of your faces are very famil-iar.
I will use as my text to-night:
St. John the first Chapter and part
of the forty second verse, "And he
brought him to Jesus. And when
Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art
Simon, the son of Jonj: thou shalt be
called 'I'ephas, which is by interpreta-tion.
A stone" Our text for this eve-ning
began with the history of the
very first of John the Baptist. We
observe that Simon Peter figures
very conspicuously in the first chap-ter
of St. John at the time of John
the Baptist. Jesus was proclaimed
by John the Baptist but on a certain
day when Jesus was heard to say
"The Kingdom of Cod that taketli
away the sins of the world" immed-iately
a certain man who had heard
him say this stopped him, together
with a friend and went with him. And
the Master saw two people turn and
say, "What do you want, where do
you live, where do you dwell, icome
and I will show you" and they went
and he ask them to come in and stay
all night, what a wonderfud night
that must have been in the life of
those people. The. listener say that
it wa-3 a good thing to stay close in
Simon Peter and that it was still a
better thing to stay close in Jesus
Christ, it is a good thing to remem-ber
this in all of our work, for in
such times and in such places we get
visions of the things that we neVer
lind at any other places. Now John
the Baptist didn't understand, I judge
when he said that "the Kingdom of
Cod that taketh away the sins of the
world" that the greatness of his mind
has just saw that some wonderful
thing had happened and It was so that
they were anxious to enjoy and to
observe what had been said and done.
When some people talk about religion
they assume a kind of 16th century
way, I never could understand that
particular tone, a pious tone of pious
Quality.
There are three things which I want
to talk about: First, "The Finding:
Second, "The Saying;" and Third,
"The Bringing."
A certain g< ntleman lived in a cer-tain
community and he went up to the
pastor of the particular church or
which he was a regular communicant
and naked him if he was a good
Christln, well now that was a very
peculiar thing to ask a pastor but it
set the pastor to thinking and he fin-ally
decided that ho did not know
Whi ther or not he was a good Christ-ian.
So when he went home he de-cided
to go to prayer and he did, well
he praved and he prayed and then
such an inspiration as he had, he did
not hesitate a minute about his; re-ligion
then, for he knew he had it. A
couple or days after he was walking
down the street when he met the man
who had asked him Hie question *B
to his religion, he rushed up to him
and said, well I know now that 1HM«
religion and thanks be to Cod that it
was you that set me to thinking
and it was that which led me to find
him. , ,
In a church in Frankford where I
spent seven beautiful years I had one
member who was a member of tne
"Select Council" and he could preach
politics far better than he could re-ligion,
and one day I said to him,
"How is it you never do anything to
try and bring sinners to Jesus Christ"
well he said. "To t< II you the truth,
1 can t talk about religion." You can
readily see that although some people
are polished speakers and ones who
would not make a grammatical error
when conversing in some things, they
find difficulty In speaking ot religion,
well iet me tell you if you have re-ligion
you will be able to talk about
it, for I remember before I was con-verted
I alwayb said 1 should never
say anything about it as 1 had seen
and heard done at religious meetings,
well when I was converted, the vn\
next night I thought 1 would make
a very brilliant speech and i found
the only thing I could say was "Pray
for Me."
The bringing of sinners to Jesus
Christ is sometimes a very difficult
task for some people, when my
brother graduated from the College
where he studied the ministry, he at-tended
a service at my church, and
after the service he said I will never
conduct a revival in the manner in
which you do. and I will never sing
1 can. I will and I do believe, for I
cannot believe in that method of
preaching. Shortly alter that time,
he called me to come and assist him
in a meeting he was conducting and
1 went. Of course, he did not con-duct
iiis meeting as I admire, he seem
ed to have that air about it as if it
was some funeral or something, every-thing
so quiet, when the meeting was
almost to a close I asked if there was
anyone there who thought they should
be a 'Christian, one young man in
the rear of the church raised his hand
and 1 said to my brother, "Bo you
know that young man," why yes he
is one of the town's best young men,
well I said go down and pray with
him, he said lie couldn't, I said go,
and he went- He went down and
talked to the young man and I said
to the congregation to sing "I can,
I will and I do Believe" and my broth-er
started to sing and he did sing,
and be brought that young man down
the' aisle of the church and knelt at
the alter with him and helped him to
find Christ.
Well now I wish to thank you for
your kind attention this evening and
if there are any here who are not
Christiana and think, and know, that
they should be won't you please come
forward and to his appeal one young
woman came forward. He then ask-ed
all the persons who bad become
Christians through the Tabernacle
Meetings to come forward and give
him iheir hand and there were about
two hundred* or two hundred and fifty
persons responded.
After Mr. MeKinney was through
talking and the benediction hfld !>• en
pronounced by the Rev. l>r. J. Whar-ton
Bradley, Mr.. Madden detained the
Choir and had a song service for
about half an hour.
The following is the program for
the balance of the week:
Minister's Night.
Tuesday evening's service was de-voted
to the former pastors of the
church. The only ones present were.
Rev. Eli Plckersgill, of Girardville,
Pa., Rev. J. P. Miller, of Spring City
and Rev. J. Wharton Bradley of this
borough, all of whom are over 70
years of age. Rev. W. I. Reed, of
l-ong Branch, N. J., was unable to be
attend owing to having to attend the
New Jersey Conference which began
its sessions this wreekj However, Mr.
Reed sent a helpful message to his
former congregation.
The ministers present delivered ad-dn
sses In which they told of the
events of their pastorates and ti was
during the pastorate of Mr. Pickers-gill
that the first move was made to-wards
a new church and the ground
for the building was purchased.
A feature of the service was the
singing of "I Love to Tell the Story,"
by the three ministers.
Wednesday's Service.
One of the most enjoyable, services
of the week was that of Wednesday
evening. It was a Membership and
Roll Call service and was enjoyed by
a large congregation. The service
was opened with singing by the con-gregation.
A great many of the old-er
members of the congregation were
present and took part in the service.
The opening prayer was led by J.
A. Croat-more, the oldest male mem-ber
of the congregation. It was stat-ed
by error in this paper on Tuesday
that Mr. Orossmore became affiliated
with the church in 187*. He lias been
a member of the congregation since
I869 Th-e oldest female member is Mrs.
Henry Shade and she took part in the
service by leading the responsive
reading.
The roll call was very interesting.
The Trustees called the roll from
the membership lists and each one
present responded to their name by
reciting a, verse of scripture. Many
of the older folks, who were unable,
to be present, sent a verse of scrip-ture
to be read in answer to their
names.
The music was by the choir and
Mrs Thomas Murray sang a contralto
solo and Messrs Walter Crossmore
and William Smallwood sang a duet.
To-night.
Musical and Literary Entertain-ment
by the members of the Church
and Sunday School.
Saturday Night.
The Church Helpers will serve a
supper from 0 until !l for which a
silver offering will be taken. The
choir will render an entertainment
in the Sunday school room, while the
supper is being served in the Dining
Room. A programme was to have
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President Williams Announced
His Appointments This
Morning
PAST SERVICE WON PLACES
President Edmund K. Williams, this
morning, announced his committee ap-pointments
tor Town Council. In
making the announcement, Mr. Wil-liams
stated thai the appointments
are made under the condition thai the
committee members will faithfull) at-tend
to their duties ami no shirking
will be permitted under penalty of n -
moval. %
The committees are as follows:
WAYS A MEANS.
Richard ii. Bate, chairman
\\ iiiiam c. Garrett
William Kane
STREETS,
i taoar Frees, chalt man
KM wired I). Jones
Miles Stemple
FINANCE.
William e'. Garrett, chairman
Richard II. Bate
Leonard Smith
POLICE, FIRE A WATER
Richard H. Bate, chairman
William Kane
Stanley Carter
RAILROADS.
Harry O. Campbell, chairman
George Qiles
M. .i. O'Brien
APPRi IPRIATH >NS.
William Kane, chairman
8 anley Carter
Leonard smith
TREES .v- PAVEMENTS
Mill a Stemple, chairman
* 11 ot '... (lile:
M. .1. O'Brien
lit [LIVINGS.
John Hamilton, chairman
i tarry < >. Camptx n
ISIlwood i >. Jones
MARKETS.
John Hamilton, chairman
Frank L. Kelly
John J. Crimean
C().\ 1)1'ITS.
Richard II. Hate, chairman
William c. Oarretl
William Kane
i ISI nr 11. Frees
II ,i. O'Brien
George Giles
Ellwood I >. .loins
Miles Stemple ■
LIBRARY TRCSTEBS.
Richard II. Bats
Leonard smith
President Williams
Mr. Williams in naming his com-mittees
said that he had given the
matter of appointments much consid-eration
before coming to definite con-clusions,
and in placing the hold
members, their work of the previous
two years was considered. He also
said, that during the next two years,
if the interests of the tax payers are
to he best served, every Councilman
will lie required to do his full duty.
He asks that the committees hold
regular meetings and that full de-tailed
reports of all matter ooming in-to
the committees be made to Town
Council that every memher of the
body will have full knowledge of all
borough business.
in speaking on committee work,
President Williams said thai he de-sired
every Councilman to make him-self
familiar with the duties of each
committee and that In future every
member of committees will he required
to do his share of the work or be sub-ject
to removal.
Mr. Williams was elected President
of Town Council at the organisation,
January 3, for a term of two years.
He served as President for the past
two years and has served as a Coun-cilman
continuously since 1 «»0G. In
speaking of his experience, he said.
in naming- commit lees personal feel-ings
have always dominated the ap-pointments
and the interests of the
taxpayers have suffered. In making
his appointments, he said, in- has ser-iously
considered the matter and has
i ricd to choose men for the various
places according to their experience
and the time they can give to their
duties. He said he hoped the mem-bers
would be satistied with their
places and would work in harmony
that a good administration muy be
bad and many needed Improvements
made.
It will be seen that Mr Bate and
Mr. Garrett retain their old places in
Charge of the finances. Mr. Bate for
years has been on the Ways & Means
Committee and placed there for his
thorough knewledge of the finances.
I It is the duty of this committee to
| prepare for Councils a schedule of
all revenues before the appropriations
can be made and look after the collec-tion
of taxes and other revenues.
Mr. Garrett was again placed at
the head of the Finance Committee for
his efficient work in the past two
years. He came into Council as a
new member two years ago, without
any previous experience, and soon be-came
familiar with the work and has
been a very etlich nt Councilman.
The Street and the Trees and Pave-ments
Committees are of the greatest
importance and the work of these com-mittees
is always evident to every
resident and visitor. During the past
two years the Street Committee was
severely handicapped by the lack of
However, the committee liv-ed
within its appropriations and re-turned
a balance. Mr. Noblitl relli-ed
tromtCouncils and in naming Mr.
ireas as his successor the borough
is givi n the services of a practical
and successful business man. .Mr.
■lones is a new member and will get.
good experience. Mr. .-{temple is an
experien . d 'Councilman and was
named on ilu committee as he lives
i ■ It reft" and can and Is willing to give
much of his time to looking after
street work.
in the Trees and Pavements Com-mittee,
which Mr. Stemple heads, Mr.
Williams selected men who believe
it their duty to carry out. the provi-sions
of the ordinances and the in-structlons
of Councils. While Mr.
Giles is a new member, he has a re-putation
as a hard and dependable
worker. 01 Mr. O'Brien's reputation
lit is a believer in enforcing the laws
and [saving the instructions of Town
CouncM carried out.
The Conduit i coinmillep, which has
little work, is made up of the mem-bers
of the Street, Ways and means
and Tne; and Pavements committees
and consists of a majority of Coun-cils.
i resident Williams stated that he
hope/' the appointments would be
satisfactory to the members and to
the citizens and that the committees
would work in harmony with each
other.
Mr. Williams was asked for his
opinion of the naming of an addition-al
committee to be called the Trade
and Industry committee or some such
title to act as a sort of a Board of
Trade, as suggested by the Recorder.
lie said he was heartily in favor of
the idea and believed such a com-mittee
could render valuable service
in aiding in securing new industries
here.,and bettering tpresest industrial
and trade conditions. He said he
would bring the matter before Town
Council for action.
Water Company More Prosperous
earnings of the American Pipe
and Construction Company, the own-ers
of the onshohockeH Water Com-pany,
which have been on the down
grade for several years, failed to
show any improvement for 1916. Net
profits available for dividends were
only $1.11,101, compared with $:!.'. l.'.ui;
in the previous year. 1864,499 in 1918
and $I.'I:C!H in 1912. Last year's earn-ings
were only equal to 3 per cent, on
the $.1,000,000 of capital stock. No
dividend was paid hut year, but in
I'M I a total of "• pet" cent wus paid.
In 1918 5 per cent, was distributed
and for several jears previous to that
the annual payments were at the rate
of 8 per cent. While the earnings
last year did not show up as well as
expected, the company ended the year
in Improved financial position, ac-cording
to Joseph Keen Jr., president
Bale or the Wlldwood Water Comp-anv's
plant to the city of Wildwood
was made for $.100,000, which netted
par for the bonds, floating deb|s and
notes. 'I he profits from this sale will
appear In the 1916 report. Mr. Keen
adds that the credit ot the company
was maintained and, while the pass-ing
of the dividend was disappointing
to stockholders, the stock In his opi-nion,
Is intrinsically worth more and
the company is In a much more sat-isfactory
condition. According to Mr.
Keen: "Much time has been taken
up looking into the feasibility of tak-ing
some war contracts that have
been brought to our attention and,
while some of them were very attrac-tive
in the beginning, none has so
far materialised. We are now taking
up a proposition that seems to be in
better shape than those previously
offered."
A Pleasant Birthday Surprise
The home of Mr .and Mrs, Horace
Tagert of 329 Bast Tenth avenue was
the seen., of a pretty affair on Tues-day
evening when their daughter Miss
Sara, was tendered a birthday sur-prise.
When the guests departed for their
tess was completely overtaken but af-ter
regaining her composure she prov-ed
herself a most entertaining ho*
(lames and music furnished the eve-ning's
entertainment. At a late hour
refreshments were served.
.Miss Tagert. who is an nccomplishe-1
musician rendered several piano se-lections.
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T. Alfred i-ozard. of Wlasahlckon,
recited several .selection.! to the ut-most
satisfaction of his listeners.
Guests wire present from Norris-town.
Plymouth Meeting, and vicinity.
Conshohocken and vicinity.
Whs nthe guests departed for their
respective homes they assured their
hostess they had spent a most enjoy-able
.veiling and wished her many
more such pleasant birthdays.
Miss Tagert was the recipient of
many beautiful and useful gifts.
Wedded in Norristown
The wedding of Miss Irma Huston,
or 518 Cherry street, Norrstown and
John Joseph Dresln, of this borough
took place yesterday afternoon in St.
Patrick's church, Norristown at 3.30
The couple were attended by Miss
Theresa Huston, as bridesmaid and
Vincent Huston as best man. Fol-lowing
the wedding ceremony the
couple left for Washingt on, D. C. on
a honeymoon trip. On their return
they will reside in Hormonville.
The Penn Club's Twenty-Sixth
Annual Banquet Celebrat-ed
Last Night
PATRIOTIC SPEECHES
The 86th annual banquet of the
Penn Club was held last night in the
rooms of the Club on Fayette street.
It was attended by 90 of the members
and invited guests and was one of the
most enjoyable of the many famous
banquets of the Club.
Under the direction of Caterer IJcnz
the diners sat down to the table at
nine o'clock and did fill justice to the
following menu:
Grapefruit
Celery Olives
Mock Turtle Soup
Oyster Patties
Roast Turkey and Filling
Cranberry Sauce
("reamed Potatoes French Peas
Ice '('ream Fancy Cakes
llalequins Coffee
Cigars.
At the conclusion of the dinner ,J.
Davis Jones, the President of the Club
acting as toastmaster, introduced Dis-trict
Attorney J. Aubrey Anderson to
respond to the toast, "Our Club."
Mr. Anderson having made a hurried
trip from a coroner's inquest case at
Souderton to attend the dinner spoke
of the contrast between tne gruesome
business at Souderton and the jollity
and friendliness of the Club dinner.
He believed that clean, pure fun such
as is offered by the Penn Club is of
great benefit to the world, which has
so much of horror and misery that
cannot be eliminated and that such
institutions should be encouraged.
Captain Albert A. King of the United
States Army, now in charge of the
recruiting olilce in Philadelphia spoke
of his experiences in the Philippines,
from which lie has recently returned.
He told a number of amusing ane-dotes
of soldier life.
The orator of the evening was I'rof.
John Dennis Mahoney, principal of
the West Philadelphia High School.
Prof. Mahoney's theme was "Citizen-ship."
He spoke of the need of mak-ing
citizens promptly of those who
come to our country from across the
water.
ii,- believed that the Immigrants
who come here want to become citi-zens
and should be helped and as-sisted
by every means in our power
to do so.
He told of an Irish girl who wrote
to her brother in Ireland to come
immediately to New York as a posi-tion
on the police force was waiting
for him, and ho should hurry up,
or some foreigner would gel the job.
Prof Mahoney said that that Irish
girls was a true citizen and the fact
that she classed her brother as a na-tive,
against a "foreigner" showed
that she had determined that her
brother was already a citizen, and it
Could be easily believed that both
would be patriotic ones.
He believed in compulsory military
training, saying that It is easly un-derstood
that if the country had no ar-my,
no police, or controlling authority,
that one determined man. having no
scruples, conid easily get Into the
White House and rule the country.
Mr. Harry Nichols, of PottStOWn,
sang several solos, which Were much
appreciated by the diners.
Following tho dinner there was
singing, speeches, the telling of Jokes,
and a general good time in the club
moms.
LOOK UP YOUR BANK ACCOUNT
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Special Needlework Guild Meeting
In response to a call from the na-tional
office of the Needlework Guild
of America, a meeting of all the Di-rectors
of the Conshohocken Branch
will be held at the home of the Presi-dent,
Mrs. Charles Lukens, on Wed-nesday
morning at 10 o'clock. The
object of the meeting is to make
plans for war relief work.
Black Shoes Again in Favor
Advertise in "The Recorder"
Frugal persons will wear black
shoes this year instead of indulg-ing
in the riot of tan, bronze, cream*,
midnight blue, fawn grey and green
footwear which has found such fav-or
in feminine eyea recently. Of
course, if you can afford to pay the
price, well and good—y_ou will prob-ably
wear any color boots you pre-fer.
But the man with the slender
purse will no doubt hug the ordi-nary
black shoe to his bosom and he
glad that he can afford to buy shoes
at all. The war Is playing havoc
with the shoe business by curtailing
the importation of dyes. And with-out
dyes the new color footwear can-not
be made. Prices of this sort of
shoes it is said, will continue to soar
until Americans learn how to make
cheap dyes or until the war ends and
permits the importation of German
dyes.
DR. A. J. DOUGHERTY,
Dentist.
JACOBSON lil'ir.niNG,
69 Fayette Street.
Advertise in "The Recorder"
All Bank Balances Unchanged for 14 ^
Years Will Be Taken Over by the
State.
Have you ■ bank balance? Don't
answer I iulck. Think and thlni:
hard and try to recall if you ever de-posited
any money in bank fourt< I n
yeari ago or longer and never bre.v
your entire balance. Look up your
old bank book for there may be tin
price of a good dinner or a theatre
party remaining to your credit in the
bank you used In the days of your
prosperity.
if there Is a balance to your ac-count
and von do not increase or
withdraw it. the Slate will take it.
Under a law passed by the last
legislature all bank balances remain-ing
unohange for the past fourteen
years will escheat to the state. The
local banks have many such ball I I
and are notifying the owners in I VI ry
instance where the address may be
obtained. . « f »_ g ■ f-%
These balances oicur by persons
starting, a on d< ac • >unt and inning
to withdraw their account when they
decide to change banks, stop can-in ;
an account or by removing from the
•. ninniiii'iy..
Many have forgotten there are a few
dollars to their credit lyinf I i■■ |
In bank and only awaiting a signature
to release them. In one of the banks
there is a balance of several of dollars
to the credit of n man who has exper-ience
much adversity. .Many a time
this man ha- not had the price of
a dinner and has begged it on UiU
Streets With knowing when he ceased
patronising the bank a few dollars
remained to his credit He will get
his money as be will be notified be-fore
the state can get hold of it.
Entertained.
Mrs. Horace C. Jones gave a recep-tion
at her home, Fayette street, yes-terday
afternoon in honor of her
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Silencer I..
.lones. The guests were received by
Mrs Horace C. Jones, Mrs. Spencer L.
Jones and the hitter's mother. Mrs.
Abram T. Enstwick, of Norristown.
The house was beautifully deeorat) d,
Yellow and white was the color
scheme being carried out with daf-fodils,
pussy-willow and mignonette.
An orchestra was placed off the
drawing room and concealed behind a
huge bank of ferns.
Augustine and Baptist, of Philadel-phia",
were the caterers.
In the evening, Mr. and Mrs. Horace
C. Jones entertained at dinner.
Will Start New Mill.
A new mill will be placed in opera-tion
at the plant of .1. Wood \- tiros.
Company, on Monday. The mill is a
5C inch, two high sheet mill and will
roll wide sheets of iron and steel.
The mill will give employment to for-ty
additional men and will be operat-ed
day and night.
This mill has been out of service for
the past four years, the work being
taken from it and placed on the three
high mills. The company is very busy
Oi orders for sheet iron and steel and
the old mill has been refuted and will
be placed in operation to relieve the
tlirei -high mills and to fill the orders
for which there is tin immediate de-mand.
Work Begun on Glass Plant
Work is now under way for the
erection of the new glass plant for the
Ruth Glass Company, of this borough.
at its new local ion Bleat Hector
street. Workmen are now employed
building foundations and nexti week
the work of building the cupola win
be Started. The contract for the erec-tion
of the buildings will also be
awarded next week.
The construction work is under the
charge of Robert Ramsey, formerly of
Vineland, N. J., and an expert in the
manufacture of glass tubing. M:-.
Ramsey will bo superintendent of the
plant.
A Linen Shower
Mrs. Charles Canfield, formerly
Miss Evelyn Gilbert, of BOG Harry
street wus tendered a Linen Shower
and Farewell Party at her home on
Tue.'day evening.
Mrs. Canfield is widely known
among the younger set of the borough
(James music and dancing furnish-ed
the evening entertainment.
At a late hour refreshments were
served.
Guests were present from Norris-town,
Philadelphia, Conshohocken and
vicinity.
Mrs. Canfield will leave for Detroit,
Michigan at the early part of next
month, where she will poin her hus-band
and make her future home.
Mrs. Canfield was the recipient of
many beautiful and costly pieces of
linen.
Contributions to Nurse Fund
The committee in charge of the Vis-iting
Nurse work acknowledge re-ceiving
the following contributions to
the nurse fund: C. E. Society of the
Presbyterian church, $3.oo: Ladles'
Aid Society of tho Presbyterian
church, $2.00 (second contribution);
IJusy Workers of St. Mark's Luther-an
church, $5.00.
All contributions may be sent to
Mrs. Charles Ileber Clark, 123 East
fifth avenue.
The committee is in need of money
for equipment and supplies.
Claimed House Was Damaged
by Excavation Left Open by
Contractor Laverty
WALK SLID INTO CELLAR
Judge Miller, in a decree handed
down yesterday deciding the equity
action Of .lanes .1. McCahe, of this
borough, against his neighbor John
Mooney, owner, and Solomon p. Lav-erty,
contractor, also of this borough,
the COStS are placed on Laverty and
McCahe la awarded 1532.98 damages.
M.i'abe is the owner of a house on
Third avenue. Mooney secured l.av-erty
tO build a house on an adjoining
lot. in the course oi the excavation
for the cellar the earth fell away from
the IfcCabe lot and his walls were
undermined so thai they settled and
his walls cracked Hence the ai i
for an injunction and assessment "f
damag
At the hearing a number of contrac-tors
testified SS to the amount that
would be required to be expended to
restore the IfcCabe property to Its or-iginal
condition. Prank R. lb
of Norristown, was the lowest, $6
which the court acci pta as thi figure
Of award. The easy Cotapi usability
of the plaintiff's Injury renders it mi-ecessary
to consider the granting
of a mandatory injunction, declared
Judge .Miller.
The d< cree of the Court was:
McCabe and Mooney own adjoins
ing lots on Weel Third avenue, Con-shohocken.
McCabe's property is a
Hue,, story dwelling house built
within three feet Of the line dividing
his premises from Moonev's. .Mooney
contracted with Laverty to build a
house upon this lot to be comp
not later than Christmas of last year.
This new house was to be built Hush
With the dividing line.
Laverty started his excavating for
the cellar on May 25, 1916, and com-pleted
that work on June so, when
commencement of construction was
postponed until the correct location
of the property line, which was in
dispute, could be established by a
survey. In excavating, Lav.rty was
compelled ro remove not only earth
bin considerable rock.
As a result of the excavation, the
cement walk and side yard of Mo-cahe's
bouse slid Into the new cellar
on July 20. The sliding was irregu-lar
in character and at one place ex-tended
within 12 Inches of the foun-dation
wall of McCain's bouse. Tho
wea her was very rainy between
June 80 and July 20, and I .:■ v art f
ild not put In any shoring or take
any other precautions to Bupport Mc-
Cabe's property until after the slido
occurred.
As the result of the slide, McCabc's
house cracked In many places and
the gable bulged out about two inches,
.'i.e. he did nothing to protect his
own property, but tiled his bill in equi-ty
on July 25.
The court finds that McCabe's house
was damaged to the extent of $582.96.
lie also finds that due and proper caro
was exercised by Laverty In excavat-ing
the cellar, and that he was not
guilty of negligence in connection
therewith. Mr. Laverty was negli-gent,
however, the Court finds, In View
of the depth Of the excavation, its
proximity to the building of McCabe,
the character of the earth formation,
and especially In the rainy season.
In permitting the excavation to lie
open and exposed to the elements
without putting In shoring or taking
other steps to protect McCabc's prcm-il
I I,
The Court finds that Mc'Vibe is
not entitled to the Injunction pn
for. but that Mooney and Laverty
shall pay $17.SL> to cover the value
01 the cement blocks which were
owned by McCahe and which slid in-to
the cellar, and Were used by Lav-erty;
that Laverty shall pay to Mc-
Cahe the damages assessed, $5;
to compensate McCabe for the injury
done to his dwelling by reason of the
negligence of l.avi rty, and that, as
st ited before, Lav.-rty shall pay the
• et | .ii ihe proceeding.
Auto Collides With Tree.
The large Chandler touring car
owne,| by K j. Wentling, of the Con-shohocken
pike, was badly damaged
by colliding with a tree along the
sidewalk tit Third avenue and Fa-yette
street, in front of the new St.
Matthew's church building, yesterday
morning
The car was driven by Mr. Went-ling
and when at Third avenue, he
veered the car to one side to avoid
striking a dog. The car skidded on the
icy pavement and ran into a tree;
along the curb. A front and rear
wheel and running board were strip-ped
front the side of the car and tha
fender badly bent. The dog was in-jured
but managed to get away by
the time a policeman arrived, who
had been summoned to put the dog
out of its misery.
Mr. Wentling had the car towed to
his garage for repairs.
Have your Teeth examined free of
charge.—DR. MEYERS, Dentist, 75
Fayette St. x