Sewickley Herald

              'JUL 23   i904
" Pear no man, and do justice to all men."
Vol. I.
SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, JULY 23,1904.
No. 45
Cutting Affray.
Bad Coon With Large Knife Creates
Some Trouble.
Just to relieve the monotonous
strain of this languid season and to
give the police something to do two
negroes named Dean and Wear engaged in a cutting affray at Emory
and Little streets on Wednesday
evening about 8 o'clock. The affair was a success as far as the
carving" was- concerned, and the
facial appearance of Wear bears
evidence of it.
How the wrangle started no one
seems to know, but Garver Dean
gave the officers considerable
trouble and was only subdued
after a few applications of the mace
had been made. To this some of
our citizens object, but they fail to
take into consideration that a coon
with an alleged bad reputation and
a long knife, is not to be fooled
with, neither is it policy %to take
chances. The officers simply did
their duty. About all the trouble
the police officials have had of late
has been with this element and
there should be stringent measures
brought to bear to suppress it.
Young Wear, who was cut to such
an extent that Dr. McGready had
to sew up the wounds, will be remembered as figuring in several
affairs of a similar nature in the
past few years.
At a hearing held before Squire
Allewelt, Dean was fined $10 and
costs, which was paid, and Wear
was discharged upon the payment
of $5 and costs.
Gharles McKernahan, who was
arrested some time ago by the Sewickley police for purloining a
,pocketbook containing $300 from
Squire Johnson, was sentenced to
the "Huntingdon reformatory.
William Rosey was the defendant
in a disorderly conduct suit before
Squire Allewelt, brought by a man
named Gox. Rosey paid $5 and
costs.
The Henle case, which was postponed from early in the week until
Thursday evening, owing to' the
illness of Squire Johnston, was
called at 7 o'clock. This suit is
creating no little interest as it bears
on the operative power of a hawking ordinance passed several years
ago by our borough council. Mr.
Henle is a Leetsdale butcher and
he was arrested some time ago
under the provisions of this ordinance, and a fine of $25 and costs
was levied. As the case now
stands the fine cannot be collected
unless the authorities bring suit for
the collection as provided in the
ordinance. The original case was
dismissed.
WHISTLING MUST STOP.
SEWICKLEY AND LEETSDALE CITIZENS OBJECT TO NOISE.
Fort Wayne railroad engineers
are said to have been recently
blowing their whistles unnecessarily in Sewickley and Leetsdale.
Sewickley people got up a petition
against the alleged nuisance. The
petition was numerously signed.
Then the Sewickley folks went
down to Leetsdale with the petition.
Wednesday the monster document was presented to the officials
at Union station. Instanter there
went out an order to the effect
that any Fort Wayne engineer
blowing his whistle at Sewickley at
night would be laid off four weeks.
For a like offense at Leetsdale the
penalty is two weeks.
Another Sewickley Train.
Until further notice train No.
209 leaving Pittsburg at 7.30 a.
m., city time, will stop at Sewickley to take on passengers for New
Gastle, Sharon and other points,
and the train will stop on notice to
the conductor or agent. This arrangement provides an early train
for the points named for the residents of the Sewickley valley* who
made a request for the service.
SPECIAL MEETING OF
BOROUGH COUNCIL,
Several Ordinances Passed—Railway Company Critisized.
RUN TO BE CONSIDERABLY IMPROVED.
A special meeting of council was
held at 8 o'clock on Monday evening with President Miller in the
chair. Those present were:
Messrs. Miller, R. R. Brown, Atwell, Straw, Koch, Knox, Baker,
Dougherty and Morningstar.
The minutes of the previous
meeting were read and approved.
The measure which was introduced at the previous meeting relating to the improvement and covering of the run was taken up and
discussed. Messrs. E. B. Taylor,
George H. Anderson, W. Dwight
Bell and James G. Ghaplin were
present and took an active part in
the discussion. The engineer had
prepared a map showing the probable course of the run when
straightened, which „the members
of council proceeded to dissect.
The property owners mentioned
above pictured the condition of the
run and showed the necessity of
doing something to remedy the
difficulty, they stated that they
were willing to pay their share of
the expense.
On motion two ordinances covering the matter were introduced
and passed first and second reading. The first related to the
straightening of the run, and the
second to deepening the run. _
A committee was appointed to
make an investigation of the survey which had been made and report to council at the next meeting.
They were Messrs. Miller, Ghaplin,
Taylor and Anderson.
An ordinance for macadamizing
Frederick avenue passed first and
second readings.
An ordinance which was introduced by Gouncilman Straw, establishing a uniform system of sidewalks on streets fifty feet and over
in width, passed first and second
readings. The walks to be granolithic.
A complaint was made that the
railroad company had not fixed the
grade at River avenue according to
promise made. R. R. Brown
stated that if the company did not
remedy the matter the borough
would have the grade fixed and
charge it up to the company.
The engineer was instructed to
stop work on River avenue.
The proportion of 'the expense
to be divided between the borough,
Leet township and the property
holders for the improvement of
Academy avenue, was discussed,
but as the work has not yet been
approved, nothing'definite has been
done about the expense charges.
The request of D. W. Ghallis &
Sons to have Try street extended
to the upper line of their holdings
was considered. They want the
street paved fifty feet without
curbs and with the gutter in the
middle. Gouncil was willing to
pave the street in the regular way
with curbing, but not in the way the
petitioners request. As the grade
has not been established at that
point, the engineer has been instructed to see to it.