Sewickley Herald

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Herald
The Sewickley Valley's Home-New» Weekly
VOL. 52 NO, 52
SEWICKLEY', PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1955
Price Ten Cents
Borough To Install Parking Fine Boxes
Former Sewihi Grid Star To Play For Terps In Orange Bowl
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Sewickley firemen were summoned to the home of Jesse H. Baker, Centennial Avenue and Cochran Street, at 8:46 p. m. on Thursday, Decem-' ber 22nd. The truck left the building at 8:50 p. m. and returned at 9:10 p. m. The chimney fire caused no damage.
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A1 Wharton, Sewickley’s contribution to the University of Maryland’s Orange Bowl-bound football team, is listed as one of the probable starters in the annual New Year’s day classic. The Terps were rated second in the International News Service final pool, and third in the Associated Press and United Press final polls. The Oklahoma Sooners were voted the National Champs for ’55. This game is rated by many as the No. 1 game of the day and most certainly Wharton’s appearance in the Maryland lineup has added much local interest. Both teams are undefeated.
Wharton, age 20, 6 ft. 1 in., 215 pounds, was an outstanding star on the Sewickley eleven during his high school days, he was named on the Ohio Valley Conference team twice. A Junior at Maryland he is one of the top tackles for the Terps, was in and out of the first line the early part of the season but after injury recovery, came back and played outstanding ball. He is one of the hardest workers on the team, does magnificent offensive and defensive work, has good speed and uses it well on downfield blocking. He is a pre-dental student.
We know we’re speaking for all the sports fans of the Valley when we say, BEST WISHES TO YOU, AL, IN THE ORANGE BOWL NEW YEAR’S DAY.
Wayne Shaffer’s car, parked in front of 548 Hill Street, while Mr. Shaffer was visiting his father, Charles Shaffer, 607 Hill Street, caught fire from leaking gasoline at 4:40 p. m. on Friday, December 23. Josiah Winters, 548 Hill Street, called the fire department. The blaze was burning rapidly when firemen arrived, but a squirt of Du-Gas the firemen carry for car fires, extinguished the blaze quickly. Damage was confined to the wiring of the car.
Smoking Starter Causes Fire Alarm
William Randel of Knapp’s Drug Store, 437 Beaver Street, called the Sewickley Fire Department at 11:45 a. m. -on Sunday, December 25th, when the starter on the car used by the store for deliveries, started to smoke. The trouble was about over when the firemen arrived and the damage was confined to the starter.
What's Doin'
The Woman’s Auxiliary of the Sewickley Valley Hospital are planning now for their spring rummage sale. Please save useable, clean articles.
Sewickley Anti Osborne Councils Agree On Terms Of Sewage System Contract
Sewickley Borough To Install Meter Fine Boxes At Principal Comers In About Two Weeks
Sewickley council, at its regular meeting Monday Dec. 19, agreed with Osborne council on the terms of an agreement concerning the sewage treatment riant; apnroved a plan suggested by the Board of Trade to install meter fine boxes at the princinal corners in town to save motorists the trip to the borough building to nay narking fines; decided not to set aside any money in the sinking fund for advance payment of the parking authority bonds; authorized purchase of a strip of boulevard frontage just west of Ferry Sheet; authorized the contract to be signed for the purchase of a new street sweener; re-anpointed several members to borough boards; heard Virgil Hovis promise to follow the advise of his attorney in complying with the borough ordinances; received notice of a suit over a fall on the sidewalk; appointed Borough Manager Raymond Howe as consultant engineer to the Water Commission and authorized the officers to sign a contract with Morris-Knowles for plans and specifications for the. sewage disposal system.
The agreement with Osborne' ance. The contract defines the oper-borough on the sewage treatment ating charges as not including the plant provides that Sewickley will depreciation of the plant nor the cost build its own plant and Osborne will I of any additions or replacements, build its own collecting sewer and The plant will be owned solely by pumping station. At Boundary Street, Sewickley Borough. The cost to Qs-the Osborne sewer will be connected borne was estimated to be about the with the Sewickley sewer, which doesn’t have to be made any bigger to take care of the'Osborne sewage.
Osborne will pay a portion of the operating expense of the Sewickley plant, determined by the water consumption of Osbome residents as compared with the, Sewickley water consumption. The Sewickley Water Commission will collect the sewage charges for Osbome Borough as well as Sewickley, based on the water consumption of each residence or business. The contract will last the life of the bonds issued by Osbome.
A committee of Sewickley council will operate the plant with an Osbome representative meeting with them. Records will be kept, subject to Osborne’s audit. Osbome agrees to set the sewage charges by ordin-
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same as the cost would have been to join tlie four-borough plant formerly proposed, so Sewickley didn’t want to increase Osborne’s cost beyond that figure. The proposed contract is very fair to Sewickley taxpayers, also, since it will cost no more either connecting sewer nor plant capacity to take care of the Osbome sewage, council was informed by President Atwood. A resolu-ion was passed authorizing council’s officers to sign the contract.
In connection with the plant, the committee recommended and council approved a motion to purchase a strip of land varying in width from 8 feet to 30 feet for $300. occuoy-ing the boulevard frontage from Ferry Street west for some distance along the proposed site of the sewage plant. The contract with Morris-Knowles for the detailed construction plans and specifications was also approved. The cost of the plans was fixed at 3.75% of the cost of the plant with the 2% for supervision held over until actual construction begins. It is anticipated that it will take about six months for the plans and specifications to be completed.
Borough Manager Howe reported that he was writing to the Sanitary Water Board, keeping them advised of progress. The special committee presented the official certification of the approval of the bond issue, showing 1,563 persons voted ‘yes’ and 396 ‘no’ on the question of issuing general obligation bonds to pay for the plant.
At tire request of Solicitor Roy Rose, who is also a member of the Sewickley Water Commission, Borough Manager Raymond Howe was appointed an engineering consultant to the Water Commission. Mr. Howe has had experience with water works and also sewage disposal plants.
The police committee recommended the addition of two meter fine boxes to be placed at Beaver and Broad streets and Broad and Walnut streets. The Board of Trade offered to pay half the cost of the boxes, the special envelope-type tags and the installation, in order to spare parkers the trip to the borough building to pay overtime parking tags. After the boxes are installed, in about two weeks, the overtime parker can piece t quarter in the envelone on the back of the tag, sign it and drop it in the fine boxes. Council approved the idea and authorized tho purchase (GppWjpied op Paa* 9)
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