Sewickley Herald

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Vol. IV
SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1906
No. 9
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NO MEETING YET.
Rivermen   Too   Busy   Shipping
Coal to Attend to County
Bridge Matters.
A meeting was to have been held
this week, in Pittsburg, for the furtherance   of   matters    connected
with the bridge to be built across
the Ohio at this place. But a rise
in the river has kept the rivermen
so engrossed in shipping coal that
the meeting is deferred and will
probably' take place next week.
The chief matter under consideration is fixing the height of the
channel span. To have this at 90
feet above low water mark, as the
coal interests insist, implies decided difficulties in making the approach from Ghadwick street possible for vehicles. It is held that
Gongress would concede a reduction to 85 feet. This was done in
the case of the Gonnecting railway
bridge near Woods Run. At this
height, at a 25 foot stage of water,
the bridge would have a clearing
stage as great as that of the bridge
at Wheeling, un ideal structure for
the passage of coal tows.
The new bridge may be built according to the cantilever system.
This means that no "false work"
will be needed during the building.
That is, no temporary arch of timber to sustain the channel span.
The latter will be sustained in midair, in fragments, while under way,
and from the piers, by means of
the cantilever plan. So that there
will be no obstruction to navigation whatever, while the great,
massive structure is being put together,
"That bridge will be a top-sheaf
for this Valley," said a prominent
man in the building of the bridge,
last evening. "It will connect a
magnificent country with this side
the river, and work will begin as
soon as we get things settled with
the rivermen."
Has Diphtheria.
Master Willie Wright, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Gharles Wright, of Edge-
worth, is stricken with diptheria
and the home is quarantined.
Hours for Closing.
The druggists of this place have
established a uniform hour for
closing their places of business, and
on and after Monday, October
29th, the drug stores will close
promptly at 9 p. m.
Preparing for Reception.
At a committee meeting of the
Sewickley Valley Business Men's
Association, held this week about
nineteen members responded and
arrangements were made for a reception that the Association will
hold on the evening of November
20. The ladies will be invited to
this affair and from present indications it will be a pleasant affair.
Invitations will shortly be* issued.
Broke Her Arm.
Little Miss Ruth VonHofen,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. VonHofen, of Beaver street, met with
a misfortune ±S$b Tuesday evening,
while playing witl\ children on Beaver street, which .resulted in a
broken arm. She\s reported as
doing as well as coulct be expected,
DEATH OF AN
ESTIMABLE LADY.
Mrs. Carrie Nagel Wife Of
Burgess Nagel, Leetsdale,
Succumbs To Cancer.   '
Mrs. Garrie A. Nagel, wife of
Burgess R. A. Nagel, of Broadway,
Leetsdale, died at her home yesterday "morning at 8.30 o'clock. Mrs.
Nagel had been in feeble health
since last April, being a sufferer
from cancer, yet her demise was
unlooked for and casts a gloom, not
only over the household, but the
entire community in which she was
so well known and liked. The deceased leaves two little children,
Ghester Scott and Olive Anna, and
the husband to mourn her departure. Mrs. Nagel will be laid to
rest in the Beaver cemetery. The
funeral will probably take place on
Monday.
No Word As Yet.
The Washington officials who
were expected in the Valley to
inspect the postoffice sites at the
time they were in Pittsburg, and
who changed their plans and left
for New York, have not as yet
been heard from. Postmaster W.
W. Scott, who was in the city and
visited the Duquesne Glub, where
the officials were stopping, gives
out the statement that he will be
advised by telegram when the officials will make their next trip
west, and that he will immediately
make.it known. The business men
have made all arrangements for
receiving the gentlemen and in all
probability members of council and
our burgess will participate in the
reception. Mr. Reason Walker is
chairman of the business men's
committee and he has all arrangements completed.
Out Again.
Miss Frances Sharpe, who has
been confined to her home for
some time, is able to be, out again.
Tbe Fusion
Mass Meeting.
The Fusion Mass Meeting on Thursday evening, at Gray's hall was marked
by able and eloquent addresses which
embodied wholesome aversion to boss-
ism, and loyalty to state and nation
above party lines or politics. The attendance filled the hall and the Citizens
band furnished excellent music.
Mr. T. M. Morton, Esq., of this place,
presided and his opening speech set
forth the duty of Fusionists and independent voters. On the latter are the
responsibilities of a new order of things.
Mr. Morton introduced W. H. S.
Thomson, candidate for District Attorney. That gentleman in his talk
referred to his pleasure in meeting
neighbors, to • the power of the independent vote and the means of using
that power; to the encouraging feature of party ties becoming lower, and
the spirit of freedom in politics, the
evils of bossism, the dynasty of Cameron and Quay. Such times were past,
added the speaker and voters own
themselves, and the hope of the country lies in the independent voter. The
title "Lincoln Party" is a splendid
name, for Abraham Lincoln was the
high priest of freedom. If elected, I
shall devote my highest efforts to the
duties of my office. The duty of the
District Attorney is to protect the innocent, not to convict or give leniency.
I am here tonight unpledged to any.
party," concluded Mr. Thomson amid
applause.
Stephen Porter gave a brief address.
He declared "that Thomson was up
against the P. R. E., the B. & 0. railroad and the U. S. Steel Corporation,
and he would, if elected, fix things."
The speaker roasted the P. R. R. "as
a thief, Boies Penrose as a big loafer,
and the Standard Oil Company as a
hyena."
Dr. W. D. O'Brien, candidate for
sheriff, spoke next, and was intently
listened to.
Mr. Hermann L. Hegner, Esq., made
a speech that was well received. He
declared among other things that "political powers had not fused for power,
but for state, for which we are all
proud." The sin of fixing juries was
set forth. He said "it was the duty of
voters to defeat the Allegheny county
machine, to put the people in power,
and to vote on" election day for Thomson who can and Will clean out the
District Attorney's office.".
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