The Conshohocken Recorder, March 10, 1911

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PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
1672 CONSHOHOCKEN, PA., FRIDAY MARCH 10 15)11.
HECTOR ST. RESIDENTS
WANT STREET PAVED
COUNCIL WAS PETITIONED TO
HURRY ALONG THE IMPROVE-MENT
OF HECTOR STREET.—
COMMITTEE TO ADVERTISE
KOR BIDS TO SfcLL AT 4', PER
CENT. MERCHANTS WANT LI-CENSE
FEE RAISED. OTHER
BUSINESS.
Owners of property along Hector
tree) petitioned Council, al the reg-ular
meeting on Wednesdaj night,
to have the street paved and per-manently
Improved, as provided bj
the loan ordinance. The petition re-citer
thai the afreet should be Im-proved
an it is the second most Im-portant
thoroughfare In the town
and is to-day in very bad condition.
The signers state that they have re-
. peatedly asked relief from the bad
street conditions, but Council has re-peutedly
promised that the work
would be done as soon at) Hinds are
available. They now desire that
Council will take definite action that
the street may be improved before
summer. On motion of Mr. Wood-land,
seconded by Mr. Noblitt, the
petition was received and the street
committee be authorized to adver-tise
for bids for paving the street.
Mr. Williams objected that the ad-vertising
should not be done until
the bonds are tjMd. A motion was
carried unanimously that the street
committee have all the details, as to
grade lines, etc. prepared so that
the work may be started as soon af-ter
the sale of bonds as possible.
Mr. McPhilomy, of the market
committee presented a petition sign-ed
by a number of merchants re-questing
that the license fee for
hucksters ami peddlers be increased
to $10 per year and that no more
than two men be allowed to sell from
one wagon under the one license.
The petition was referred to the
market committee.
A letter was read from the Inter-national
Automobile Association ask-ing
what advantages the town has
to offer for the location of a factory
for the manufacture of automobile
tire and many other accessories.
The letter was referred to a special
committee to confer with the Com-pany.
A yearly license had been issued
to M. Knouf, lessor of the Gem
theatre, for the sum of $">0. Mr.
Knouf has sold his) lease to a Mr.
McBlide and the latter had request-ed
the burgess to transfer the 11-
•UH lo him. As the license is
marked "not transferable" the Bur-gess
asked Council to decide the
question. The Solicitor stated that
as the borough had made the law it
is optional with the borough wheth-er
the limnsc is transferable or not.
Mr. Bate made a motion that the
borough refund the amount for the
unexpired term of the license and
issue a new one for a year to the
new lessor. This motion carried.
Mrs. Donihue, of Spring Mill ave-
«ue, who claimed she fell while
walking on Third avenue, near Pop-lar
street, several months ago and
injured her leg made a claim against
the borough several days after the
accident. The Solicitor investigat-ed
the case as did also several coun-i
ihneii and It was decided that a
settlement should be made.
On motion of Mr. Slingluff, the
Solicitor was instructed to settle
With Mrs. Donohue for $50 and se-cure
a release from all damages
against the borough.
The Solicitor re|K>rted that the re-funding
of all monies due property
owners for the paving of Kayette
street had been made except that
<lue the Estate of Elizabeth Mo-
N'amee. amounting to about $42.
Council instructed the Solicitor to i
make settlement with the heirs of
the estate upon the presentation of
l>roper proofs.
The Ways and Means Committee
were instructed to advertise for bids
for the sale of the remaining $75,-
000 of the authorized loan. The
Committee will advertise for the
«ale of $75,000 of 4>4 per cent, bonds.
Henry .1. liarrold and Andrew Mc-
Feeters were elected special watch-men
to serve without compensation
from the borough. These men are
employed by property owners as
private watchmen.
Reports
The Burgess reported 9 arrests
during the past month and the col-lection
of $10.50 in fines, licenses
PRESIDENT THOMAS
APPOINTS COMMITTEES
THERE ARE MANY CHANGES
MADE IN THE PERSONNEL OF
THE COUNCIL COMMITTEES BY
REASON OF THE ORGANIZATION
SPECIAL COMMITTEES HAVE
BEEN APPOINTED FOR SPECIAL
WORK TO FACILIATE THE IM-PROVEMENT
WORK.
President of council, Dr. J. Qulncy
Thomaa has announced the appoint-ment
of the following committees of
Town Council to serve until the first
.Monday in December when Council
will again organize.
BTRBBT COMMITTEE
William EL Toner.
Kilmund K. Williams
Mayall May
POLIOS KIRK Al- WATER
Richard II. Bate, Br.
Mayall May.
.Miles Si em pie
WAYS AM) MEANS
Richard H. Bate
Harry T. Woodland
Frank Marks
FINANCE
John V. Slingluff
Frank Marks
John \. Harrold
BUILDINGS
Mayall May
John A. Harrold
M. J. Harvey
RAILROADS
Harry T. Woodland
M. J. Harvey
John U. Slingluff
APPROPRIATIONS
Richard II. Bate. Sr.
Prank Marks
Kllwood Noblett
TREES AND PAVEMENTS
M. J. Harvey
John l.aeey
Frank Marks
MARKETS
Kiunk MoPhllomy
Kllwood Noblett
J. A. Crossmore
The first named on each committee
is the chairman of the committee.
The following special committees
have been appointed to look after the
special work that will arise during the
progress of the street improvements
and the object of these committees
is to faciliate the work of improve-ments.
The Committees are:
SPECIAL STREET COMMITTEE
Edmund K. Williams
Miles Stemple
Harry T. Woodland
ON GRADE OF STREETS
William E. Toner
Edmund K. Williams
John U. Slingluff
TO NOTIFY GAS & WATER COS
John A. liarrold
Richard II. Bate, Sr. ?
Miles Stemple
INDUSTRIAL
Edmund K. Williams
Harry T. Woodland
Mayall May
The Committee to notify Gas and
Water Companies is to see that the
Companies have proper notice to re-lay
their set vice piiies and make re-pairs
known to be needed in street
which are to be permanently paved
before the work of paving is begun.
In an interview with President Tho-mas
this morning, by a Recorder re-presentative,
he stated that he had
given much thought to his committees
and made his selection of the person-nel
without regard to politics or fac-tion.
He said that he had the opportun-ity
of observing the work of the var-ious
councllmen by reason of having
had the experience of two years as
presiding officer and in his selection
of the committees he has been guid-ed
solely with the object of getting the
best work done for the whole public
Interest. The Committees clearly
show that politics have not entered in
to their choice and a good year's har-monious
and Intelligent work Is ex-pected
of Council.
No Meeting
As the funeral of former burgess
Edmund B. Nuss Is to be held tomor-row
afternoon ami a number of mem-bers
of Council desire to attend It.
the meeting of Council scheduled for
to-morrow afternoon, has been post-poned
to a date to be set later, when
notice will be given each member of
Council.
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EDMUND B
(This picture was take
EDMUND B. NUSS SR.
DIES SUDDENLY
THE FORMER BURGESS DIED AS
HE WAS TALKING TO A FRIEND.
HAD NO WARNING OF DEATH-WAS
BORN IN WHITEMARSH IN
1827 AND SAW THE FIRST TRAIN
OF CARS OPERATED ON THE
NORRISTOWN RAILROAD PASS
THROUGH HERE.
All branches of bicycle repairing
done at Helloes, Hector street.
(Continued on Eighth Page) , Look around town; then see Kindre-
Kormer Burgess Kdmund B. Nuss,
Sr., died suddenly shortly after two
o'clock on Wednesday afternoon at
the home of Frederick Ketchum, at
Eighth avenue near Hallowell street.
Mr. Nuss who was a mill wright of
great reputation, has been in demand
about town who knew of his ability.
On Wednesday, shortly after noon, he
went to the home of Mr. Ket< 'hum
to sharpen a saw. he had just com-pleted
the job and Mr. Ketchum, was
asking him about doing another job,
when he noticed Mr. Nuss tottering
and before he could catch him, he fell
to the floor dead. A physician was
summoned who pronounced the man
dead, saying that death had been in-stantaneous.
During the morning Mr. Nuss was
about as usual and In conversation
with a number of friends stated that
he was enjoying good health. At
noon, he enjoyed a good dinner and
went to the Ketchum home where he
expired.
Mr Nuss came of old American
siock. He was the sou of Captain
Frederick and Sarah (Slater) Nuss,
and was born near Broad Axe, Dec-ember
8th, 1X27. His paternal grand-father
was a shoemaker and lived
where Lafayette Station is now lo-cated.
His father was born In White-marsh
township in 1790 and learned
the trade of shoemaker with his fa-ther.
Afterwards he became a Car-penter
and wheelwright and erected
many large mills and dwellings. He
was a staunch Republican and a reg-ular
attendant of the Lutheran
Church in which he served as a lead-er
of the choir. He was a member
of the Township Benevolent Associa-tion
at Broad Axe and served in the
Pennsylvania Militia during the war
or 1812. lie also was the captain of
ii military company tor several years.
In 1818 he married Sarah Slater, a
daughter ol John Slater, who owned
n line farm of one hundred and thirty
scree near Broad Axe. Captain Nuss
died at the age Of 84 years. He rear-ed
i tamiiy oi eight children; George
John, Henry, Edmund B.. William.
Samuel, Elizabeth and Ann. William
is the only surviving child. Mrs.
Nuss, mother of deceased, died on
February 7th, 1867.
Edmund B. Nuss, received a good
common school education and as a
boy -worked on a farm. He used to
delight in telling that when he was
a boy, he was working with some men
in a grain field near the Schuylkill
river, near the present site of Con-shohocken,
when they heard the
shrill screeches of a steam whistle,
the men all ran to the new railroad
and saw the first locomotive and
train of cars operated on the German-town
and Norrlstown railroad pass
through this section. The train Was
operated over wooden rails and Hie
coaches resembled stage coaches, the
locomotive wasi a very small and
wonderful machine. In 1846, at the
age of eighteen years, Mr. Nuss came
. NUSS, SR.
n from an old Portrait I
to the village of Conshohocken, to
make his home permanently and to
learn a trade. He engaged as an ap-prentice
boy with William Hallowell.
who was the leading contractor a.id
.builder and who is still living In this
town, and enjoying good health Mr.
Nuss was a born mechanic and rap-idly
mastered the difficulties of the
tiade. lie, several years later, engag
ed in the contracting and building
business and did a large business, al
tin.es. employing as high as eighty
men. He did much work for the AI
an Wood Company and erected the
largest of their older mills. In 1859
he gave up the coutrat-ting business
and entered the employ of the Man
Wood Company as mill wright and lie
I ierved in this capacity until 1900, a
j period of forty-one years, when he
retired. During his service with the
Company he superintended the ere< t-ion
of several mills and built the
foundations and set the heavy mat li-ineiy
ol the mills. In 1803 he re-sponded
to the emergency call for
volunteers by Governor Curtln, to de-fend
the slate against Invaders and
helped to form Co. F. 4:ird regiment,
Pa. Militia This was just after the
battle of Gettysburg had been fought
and he was elected First Lleute mnt
of the Company, of which Charles I I-ricn
was captain and William Dalby
Second Lieutenant. The Company
was composed of Conshohocken men
and while only called for duty with-in
the state, they did picket duty
along the Potomac river and were
muttered out In August 1868 at Har-risburg.
Mr. Nun was the second mastei of
Frit/. Lodge No. 4.-0 F. and A. M, Ol
this botough. He was also a member
of the Odd Fellows, Washlta Tribe of
Red Men, Iron Castle, No. (12 K. (i. U.
and was one of the organizers of the
Washington Fire Company.
He married Tillie I'lrlch on Janu-ary
24th, 1868 and to their union six
children were born: Willard, Milton.
who was chief engineer at the J. Kll-wood
l.ee Company for many year.-.
William, a jeweler, these sons are
deceased. The surviving children
being Edmund B; Jr., a letter carrier
at the local post office; George In in.
employed at the J. Ellwood Lee ( "in
pan]: and Laura, wife of wn lam
Stemple, or this borough. Be
his children) deceased is survived by
a brother William, who resides here
and is in feeble health. He was
born, December 19th, 1889.
Mr. Nuss had always been an active
Republican and In 18(6 served a por-tion
of the term of John F. Allen as
borough clerk. He was elected twice
to the office of burgess, in 1888 and
In 1908. He was of a uuiet, but soci-able
disposition and made many
friends. He was remarkably active
for otic of his years and had the ap-pearance
of a man twenty-five years
his Junior. Since his retirement he
has made his home with his daughter
and later with his son George In in,
at Hector and Poplar streets.
The funeral will be held from his
son's residence, Hector and Poplar
streets, to-morrow afternoon at one
o'clock. The interment will be at
Norrls City cemetery. Body may lie
viewed this evening after eight o'-
clock.
Fine Milk Veal—Kindregan's
FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT
To The Recorder:—
We have in our two Boroughs, in-eluding
the t'ouuaiightown section,
four well-equipped I?) Ore co an
lea
These respective companies as a
rule are composed of substantial
citizens, who have proven on num-erous
occasions, the) can and have
suffered hardship and risk of person-al
injury In the discharge of their
duties at local conflagrations.
Mj question murk within paren-thesis
In the urst paragraph of this
article is not a reflection, but merely
a friendly Interrogation.
While for volunteer fire companies
and for outfits and equipment to
uunpresa and confine a Are area on
the surface—seem to be in the flrsi
But are they fully-equipped
in the most essential points—in util-ities
for the saving of life and limbs
In a factory or dwelling lire.
Two very essential things in the
matter of saving life and limbs in a
lite where human life is at stake Is
the extension ladder and the. "leap
lug stretchers.'' The latter can be
home-made with a few yards of
strong canvass and two curtain poles
for the ends for the purpose of hand-holds
and this Simple device has a
gland record tor its simplicity and
etl«. tiveness where a Jump from an
upper story is the las! and only hope
of a human being In a burning
structure.
It is to be Imped lhal we may nev-er
have use for the extension ladder
or canvass or net stretch, but there
is no telling when we may need
them; metropolitan Bremen would
commit a breach of rule If a run to
a fire was made without these two
simple articles that would be on a
par with running to a lire without
their hose.
FIRE.
ORGAN HECITAL
The sixth organ recital of (he pies
i i.l series will be played in Calvary
C'lircll this Sunday Evening alter
These Lenten recitals will consist
principally of selections from the
various aratories.
Two Choruses from BpOhr'S Cal-vary
will be heard this Sunday ev-ening.
King of Israel All Hail
O Thou Eternal God
Spohr's "Calvary"
l.arghcito. in B flat Merkel
AndantiiK. in U Batiste
Umbrellas covered and repaired at
Kehoes, Hector street, opio. school.
B. OF A. TO ATTEND
DIVINE SERVICES
On Sunday evening next in the
Fiee Baptist church. West Consho-hoeken.
the pastor Rev. W. II. Gap
man ,w 111 preach a special sermon to
a number of Circles of the Order of
Brotherhood of America. Rev. Mr.
German Will base his discourse on the
text: ■•True Brotherhood". The
choil Of 'be church Will also render
special music at this service. It Is
expected that delegations from the
following circles will be in attend-ance:
Norrls Circle No. 111. Norris-town;
True Brotherhood Circle No.
81, Norrlstown; Kenderton circle, of
Cold Poinl; and Montgomery Circle,
of Conshohocken.
851 PEB YEAB
TO PREACH FAREWELL
SERMON SUNDAY
REV. j. T. GRAY WILL PREACH
HIS LAST SERMON, ON SUNDAY
AS PASTOR OF THE METHODIST
CONGREGATION.—HE HAS DONE
A GREAT WORK HERE AND HIS
GOING IS GREATLY REGRET-TED.
On si„ day next Rev. J. T. Gray wm
;| Hve years pastorate of the
"•thodisi Church here, unich baa
' ' ■ Bl«n*l *i,c, ess. Under his
faithful guidance and by persevering
«ork and personal sacrifices he has
done much not only for the cause of
Methodistism but for the benefit of
'his community
m five yean Rev. Mr. Gray baa
'"" ' tor his congregation that which
USUall, tales many years to accom-plish.
Rev. Mr. Gray was appointed min-teter
ot the local M. E. Church in,
March 1906 and immediately entered
enthusiastically with his congrega-tion
to fulfill their desire for a new
'l'"" >' building. For* seven weeks
be preached strong sermons of love
and encouragement in the old church
fuddling at Fayette and Elm streets,
and ror twenty months he held his
congregation together and had large
attendances at the services held in
the P. O. S. of A. Hall, while the
handsome, new edifice was being
1 """'I lulling the erection of the
Church, Mr. Cray and his family liv-ed
uncomplainingly and under many
OifllCUltles In the parsonage near the
building, and their spirit of self sacri-fice
and enthusiasm was taken up by
the oongregatton and on January 19,
1908 one of the handsomest church
buildings in this county was dedicat-ed
by the Methodist congregation to
the worship of God. .
The Methodists now own property
valued al $66000. The church build-in-
COSl approxximately $47200 and
the balance or the estate in coni|iose«l
of the ground and parsonage. A great
deal of the principal has been paid
off and easy arrangements have been
made for the gradual wiping out of
the whole debt.
Mr. Gray has not confined his ef-forts
alone to his church. He has
taken time to assist in every move-ment
for the public good and not on-ly
by words of advice and encourage-ment
has he aided in the work for
good, but he has been active In work.
Both he and his family have entered
into the social life of the town and
have endeared themselves to many
who Sincerely regret their leaving
here. Both Mr. Gray and his family
have greatly enjoyed their life In
Conshohocken and regreat that cir-cumstances
necessitate their leaving
here.
POSA CLUB POOL TOURNAMENT
A very interesting pool tournament
between the members of the Pool
Club, was begun last evening in the
Posa Cluli room 2nd. avenue and fay-ette
street.
The first of the series, between
Percy Wright and Wesley Ray was
played last eveninli.
Wright played In excellent form
and completely outclassed Ray. The
score being 100 to 36.
The next of the series will be play-ed
on Monday evening when the keen
rivalry existing between DeJton
Johnson and Reynold Thwalle will be
decided.
All members are invited to attend
anil any wishing to enter the contest
may do so by applying to Dal ton
Johnson.
Quality talkt—Kindregan's
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MRS. THOMAS HOLLIDAY
Rosetta V. Holllday. wife of Thom-as
Holllday, died at her residence.
No. 1002 E. Elm street, on Wednes-day
about eleven o'clock. Aged >is
years.
Deceased has been ailing for some
time, but was not considered serious
until the past week when she suffer-ed
a Btroke of paralysis.
She has been a resident of the
borough for the pas! twenty years,
and was befoie her marriage Koset-ta
Vainer, of Pittsburg. Pa.
She was of a quiet and retiring dis-position,
seldom leaving her home,
and was a devoted wile and mothei
and a member ol the Presbyterian
Church
She is survived by her husband
and the following children; Mrs,
Frederick Wood, Joseph V. Holllday,
Rose, Henrietta ami George, all resi-dents
of the borough. Mrs. William
Shaw and Mrs. Herman Pifer, of
Philadelphia, .Mrs. Octave Desau, of
Yardley. Mrs. Edward Van Zant, of
Neshaniltiy Kails. I.evi. of New Mex-ico
and William Holllday. of Phila-delphia.
Relative* mnd friends a/re
invited to attend Funeral on Monday
ulternoon at 2 O'clock from her late
residence 1002 B. Kim street. Inter-ment
private at Gunlf cemetery.
ANNOUNCEMENT
If all who were recipient of tickets
by mail for the Musicale in the Meth-odist
Church, March 2nd. will kindly
make settlement at ealy date, it will
be greatly appreciated, as I expect to
be out of town during the latter part
of March and part of April on busi-ness
and would like this matter ad-justed
before I leave.
O. H. WILLARD
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