Sewickley Herald

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SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1903,
No. 8.
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OUR FIRE
DEPARTMENT
A Plain, Unvarnished Statement
of Present Conditions—Need
of Better Facilities—The
Fire Department Badly   Handicapped,
}     GIVE THE FIREMEN A LIFT.
According to our promise* made last
week, we give a picture of the Sewickley. borough fire engine house,
We give it just as it standsj. The
building has been standing for a good
many years, and is somewhat the
M worse for wear.    It is the home of
the Cochran Hose Company and shelters all  the  apparatus  belonging to
;'-vj        the company.
| I Their apparatus consists of two old
[' j chemical engines, which have been
1 | used very, little for several years, and
l ' which would be of little account if
'< j they were used. They are of no use
>•--; at all in cold weather, for the simple
. reason that the chemicals will freeze
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5       when the engines are exposed to the
■weather. The same :s true, in a degree, of the Babcocks in the hose
company's headquarters. There are
also a ladder and truck and two hose
reels. The best part of the apparatus
is the hose, of which there are seventeen hundred feet of 3-inch size in
good condition.
The most pressing need just now is
a new hose wagon and a good place
in which to keep it. Also the means
of conveying it quickly to fires. It is
claimed that a good double team hose
wagon can be purchased fior a sum
approximating seven hundred dollars.
The borough owns four horses, and
two of them might be kept in readiness to respond to calls; or if this
is not feasible, arrangements might
be made with the proprietor of a livery to bold'a. team in readiness at all
times to draw the hose .wagon. The
wagon might alsjo be kept in the same
place, and thus always be in good
condition and ready for use whenever
required.
The advantage of having the apparatus taken quickly to the fire is so apparent that it requires but little argument to be convincing. When the
firemen pull ,the hose wagon a mile
or two they are not in very good condition for battling with the flames;
besides, the time consumed in going
gives the fire oftentimes a headway
which renders it uncontrollable. If
the wagon mentioned were provided
1 six men could ride in it and be ready
\ immediately to proceed with the work
I of subduing the flames. As it is, after
\a long run, they are fatigued and can-
inot do efficient work.
Another very important reason
fWhy a better -apparatus should be secured is that calls are occasionally
sent in from Sewickley Heights, Edge-
worth and other points near here, and
the hauling of the hose wagon and
ladder truck is no trifle. And the
time" lost in doing so is sometimes sufficient tp render the assistance of no
avail. A few weeks ago the hose
company was called upon to go to
Edgeworth to put out a fire, and they
arrived after the damage had been
done.
We are informed that council time
and again has promised the fire company a good place in the new borough. building, but they, have become
wearied with these Kathleen Mavour-
neen promises; they have taken the
matter in their own hands and have
decided to appeal to the public spirit
and generosity of our people to aid
them in securing these much-needed
facilities.
We have stated the facts in the
case as we see them, in the .hope of
arousing an interest in this matter,
and we put the question squarely before the people of Sewickley and vicinity: Is the protection from fire
adequate when the interests at stake
are considered?
The members of the Cochran Hose
Company are:
S. Y. McFarland, Chief.
J. W. Downing.
W. D. Shearer.
Geo. McFarland. ■
Geo. Muegge. ■   \ !    ;   •
Frank Neely. ' .'
Wm.' McCormick. " .
Leo Egler. '• | ' ' •! ':':{
R. B. Jackson. "■'<',
John Dolan. < '    ;
John Hoffman.      *       ''.''"  '
Sam McPherson. -.''}'    ".
A. T. McMaster. '''•'",
K. L. McPherson. ' '   ■ i
S. Krepley. ']'  ;' _
F, Hutchison.
A. J. Hegner, '
Geo. .tiegner. '  '
THE STATE
ELECTIONS
Results  Have Little Bearing on
National Issues—A Surprise in the Gounty.
THE VOTE IN SEWICKLEY.
A Former SewicKleyan Honored.
Dr. James W. Dickson, the successful candidate for sheriff, was born in
Sewickley, and is 52 years old. For
the past 38 years he has been a resident of Aaegheny City, living in the
Fifth ward, He is, a graduate of the
Jefferson luedical College and has
been practising his profe&sion for the
past 28 yep"s.
The general elections held on last Tuesday throughout the country have but
little significance bearing on the result
of the Presidential election next year.
State issues in nearly all the States
were pre-eminent in deciding the contests for state officers. However, the
results in Ohio have given use to a considerable amount of newspaper gossip
bearing on the candidacy.of Mr. Hamia
for the Presidency. But it seems to us
that the people of Ohio at the election
last Tuesday were not concerning themselves so much in the ambition of any
man for the office of president, but rather
their efforts were directed solely to
eliminating Tom Johnson as a political
factor, now or hereafter in the State.
How well they did this, an approximate
majority of 125,000 for Herrick, the
Republican nominee, will show. In the
other states where the Republicans control, there was not much change, except
in some instances, a reduced Republican
majority is evident.
In our own State the usual Republican
majority prevailed, and, as a surprise to
many, the county of Allegheny, where
abnormal political conditions have prevailed for two years, gave a Republican
majority of over 2,000 for the full Republican ticket. This vote is significant
as it shows a waning interest in the
present methods of the Citizens party in
the  administration of  municipal-affairs.
We give below^the vote of the various
candidates in the borough of Sewickley :
FIRST WARD
State Treasurer—Mathues, R., 159:
Hill, D., 31.
Sheriff—Dickson, R., 211 ; 'Brown, C.
D., 76.
District Attorney—Stewart, R., 198:
Goehring, C. D„ 98.
Prothonotary — Hamilton, R., 199 ;
Bleichner, G. D., 93.
Director of the Poor—Redman, R., 196;
Turner, C. D„ 98.
SECOND WARD
State Treasurer—Mathues, R., 190;
Hill, D„ 9.
Sheriff—Dickson, R., 143 ; Brown, C.
D., 61,    •
District Attorney—Stewart, R„ 126 ;
Goehring, C. D., 95.
Prothonotary — Hamilton, R.. 134 ;
Bluchiner, C. D„ 66.
Director of the Poor—Redman, R., 13£;
Turner, D., 68.
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