Sewickley Herald

              MAY  28    1904
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Vol. I.
SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1904.
No. 37
RED-HOT ISSUE.
The Street Gar Ordinance Gausing
Considerable Ill-Feeling.
BATTLE   ROYAL   IS
The street car franchise has now
reached an acute stage. The feeling on both sides is running strong,'
and strenuous efforts are being
made to line up the people for or
against the ordinance pending in
council. Several petitions pro and
con have been* circulated, and
strong claims are being made by
the opposing factions. Along with
this,"a good deal of bitter feeling is
being stirred up. It is expected
that a large delegation of our
citizens will be present at the next
meeting of council to state their
side of the case.
In an effort to learn the way in
which the matter is looked upon by
some of our citizens, we came upon
some widely divergent views, The
discovery was also made that some
of our people are resting in the
comforting delusion that council
cannot pass the'ordinance unless a
majority of the property-holders on
a given street grant permission.
In fact, when one of our merchants
was informed that council had
power to pass the ordinance in
spite of the wishes of the people, he
recklessly offered to bet $1,000
that council did not possess such a
prerogative. As he needed the
money more than we did, the offer
was declined; but he finally acknowledged that our view of the
case, was worth considering. If
any more of our people are indulging in these day-dreams they may
receive a rude awakening.
The principal reasons given by
those who favor the street cars are :
That a trolley line would be a con
venience in traveling between the towns along
the valley; would be an
advantage to contractors and working men ;
would develop the unimproved portions of territory in the valley, and
place the means of transportation at the doors of
many who are not within
easy access to the railroad; and that it would
especially tend to develop. Sewickley and
place her in the line of
progress with the other
towns around Pittsburg.
The opponents of the
measure declare that Sewickley does not need
a street car service, having good railway transportation facilities; that     :	
the streets, especially Beaver, are
too narrow and too much taken
up with other vehicles to permit its use by a street car line,
further endangering the lives
of children and causing continual
annoyance to merchants.; that it
would be the means of bringing in
many rough characters, as has been
the case in some other suburban
towns around here; and that it
would depreciate the property valuations in the town. Some minor
considerations are also involved in
the controversy, but these are the
main ones.sofar as we have learned.
Upon one point all who were
interviewed were of one mind, and
that was that the borough should
receive full value for the valuable
grant. One and all, they were
strenuously opposed to giving aw%
the property of the people for a
mess of pottage. As one gefttle-
man facetiously remarked, "This is
Sewickley, not Pittsburg."
If the people of Sewickley desire
to protect their interests let them
attend the meeting of council and
present the matter to their accredited representatives in such a way
that their protests will be heeded.
Memorial Day Programme,
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT.
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The Twenty-third annual'MemorialDay exercises will be held in Sewickley
on Monday, May 30th, and Mr. J. M. Montgomery, of Post 88, will be the Commander of the Day and Mr. Sydney A. Bruff, Adjutant General.
The following organizations will   participate:
General Alexander Hays Post 3, G, A. R., Pittsburg, Charles W. Wood, Commander; A. Filson Dalzell. Adjutant.
Abe Patterson Post 88, G. A. R., Allegheny, Alfred Bryan, Commander; David
Nicols, Adjutant. '
Soldiers of the late Spanish war—Battery B. Penna. Vol. Art.; Fourteenth
Regiment Penna. Vol. Inf.; Twenty-fourth Reg. U. *S, Inf. W. C. Nevin, Commander;  Wm. Woods, Adjutant.
Nevin Camp S. of V., No. 33.   George H. Wilson, Captain.
Davis Star Gamp S. of V.
Washington Infantry (Escort to Post 3), Pittsburg, W, R. Geilfuss, Captain.
PROGRAMME AT SOLDIERS' MONUMENT.
"It is altogether fitting and proper that we do this" * * * That from these
honored dead, we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the
last measure of devotion."
1. Dirge .   .   . , 18th Regiment Band
2. Singing—"The Lord's My Shepherd,"   ......   Post No. 3, G. A. R. Choir
 IVrs. J. Sharpe McDonald
 Mrs. John A. Roe
 Mr. R.'J., Cunningham
 Mr. W. C. Nevin
3. Reading of Orders  S. A. Bruff, Adjutant General
4. Reading of President Lincoln's Address at Gettysburg,	
 ; Comrade Daniel Ashworth, Post 3
5. Address  J. M. Montgomery, Commander of the Day
6. Prayer  Comrade Rev. N. H. Holmes, D. D., Post 3
7. Formal Placing of Flowers	
1. Violets—Comrade Samuel H. Charlton, Post 3.
2. "Daisies—Comrade John A. Fairman, Post 88,
3. Geraniums—Comrade James E. Porter, Post 3.
4. White Flowers—Gomrade W. H. Graham, Post 88.
8. Singing—''Falling Into Line," ,.,...... Post 3 Choir
(Continued on Page 12.)
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Reading of Orders  .