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Fear no man, and do justice to all men/'
Vol. I,
SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1904.
No. 22
Council Proceedings.
Triennial   Assessment—Resolution   Passed
by   Board of   Health—Several   Items
of   Business  Are   Transacted.
A   HALF   MILLION   DOLLAR   INCREASE.
The regular meeting of the borough council, adjourned from last
week, was held on Tuesday evening. The session convened at 7A5
o'clock, with President Chaplin in
the chair. The .members present
were: Chaplin, Atwell, Miller,
R. R. Brown, Woods, M. B. Brown,
Burgess, Koch and Glerk Knox.
The minutes of the three previous
meetings were read and approved.
A communication was read from
Miss Evelyn • Muller complaining
that the boys had been destroying
the sidewalks around her property
on the upper part of Broad street
and otherwise annoying her. The
Chief ofxPolice was directed to look
into the matter.
Mr. G. C Stucke presented the
report of the commission appointed
by council some time ago to equalize the triennial assessment; the
report is herewith appended :
Sewickley, Pa., Jan. 14,1904.
Hon. Jas. C Ghaplin, President of
Board of Gouncils, Sewickley
Borough, Sewickley; Pa.,
Dear Sir:
In accordance with your letter of
Nov. 12, the committee appointed
to confer with and assist the assessors of the First and Second Wards
of Sewickley borough in making the
triennial assessment for fixing the
valuation of the borough, respectfully submit the result of their
labors, which shows the taxable
valuation placed upon each piece of
land and buildings thereon.
We have endeavored to the best
of our ability to equalize the valu
ation, and hope that on inspection
our work will be proven satisfactory.
We have gone* over the matter
with both assessors, and the duplicates to the county commissioners
should correspond with the valuations to be found in the enclosed
book. Yours truly,
G. G. Stucke,
Wallis J. Tener,
Dan S. Fraser,
Robt. McFarland.
• Gommittee.
Mr. Stucke statadthat but few
appeals had .been made to. the
assessment. The valuation three
years' ago was $4,040,000; the
present bne is $4,529,000, making
an increase—according to the report of the committee—of about
half a million dollars.   '
The members of the committee
spent twenty-six evenings in doing
this work and presented a bill for
their services of $200, with $10
additional for clerk hire. Gouncil
ordered the report received and the
bill "paid. A vote of thanks was
tendered them for their work.
In regard to the assessment, it
was the opinion of council that the
millage could be reduced slightly,
probably to the extent of one mill.
At this point President Chaplin
rose to a question of privilege. He
said: "There are rumors that a
systematic house-to-house canvass
is being made in the First ward for
the purpose of influencing voters
against Mr. R. R. Brown in his
campaign for re-election. He is
blamed with being the cause of the
increase in valuations. Some people
in that ward have been very active
in objecting to the assessment. I
wish to say right here that Mr.
Brown is no more to blame than
any other member of council, as
they are unanimous in the opinion
that the valuation has been too low.
I make this statement in simple
justice to Mr: Brown, and. trust the
newspaper representatives present
will make a note of it."
Mr. Frank McGleery again presented his complaint about the
condition of Academy avenue near
the Quaker Valley station. Council
discussed it in all its phases'and
held it over for further consideration."
The Chadwick avenue difficulty
was again threshed, over, and it was
also held over for adjustment.
The fence on the Porter property was taken up (figuratively
speaking) and commented on. The
borough solicitor stated that there
was no ordinance establishing the
width of Beaver street. It was the
opinion of some that such an ordinance should be passed.
Estimates for building a bridge
across the run on Centennial avenue between Try street and Blackburn avenue were presented by the
Borough Engineer. A bid of $903.-
81 was given by Shearer Bros., of
this place, and they, being the lowest bidders, were awarded.the contract, The bridge is to be of stone
with top of railroad iron and brick.
The vacancy on the Board of
Health; caused by the resignation
of Edward A. Woods, was filled by
the appointment of John M. Tate,
of the Second ward.
The bill against the White estate
for the Borough Engineer's work
in laying out* and grading the White
plan of lots, was taken up, and the
Borough Solicitor was directed to
proceed to collect the same,
Mr. Woods presented ths question df a proper compensation for
the firemen.   After some discussion
(Continued on page 12.)
HENRY W, OLIVER
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On Monday morning last, at two
o'clock, there passed from earth
the spirit of Henry William Oliver,
one of the leading iron manufacturers and financeers of Pittsburg.
He had been in poor health for
some time, and his death was due
to a complication of diseases. All
that science and skill could do were
put forth in his behalf, but without
avail.
Mr. Oliver was born in Donag-
more, Gounty Tyrone, Ireland, February 25, 1840. His parents came
to Pittsburg in 1842 and made that
city their home. Henry's first position was that of messenger boy in
the office of the National Telegraph
company in Pittsburg. From that
he gradually rose, by dint of energy
and foresight, to be head of the
Oliver Iron and Steel Go., one of
the largest individual manufacturing concerns of bar iron and iron t
specialties in the United States.
He was also instrumental in the
formation of the Oliver Iron Ore
Go., controlling the larger part of
the- lake ore-carrying trade. He
was also largely interested In railroad securities and real estate,
having made some heavy purchases
in down-town properties in Pittsburg recently,
Mr. Oliver took an active part in
politics, holding many positions of
honor in the party to which he be-
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