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UAN J 6 1904 Kemfk " Pear no man, and do justice to all men."" Vol. I. SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1904. No. 18 That Blueprint Safe. Caustic Comment on Action of Council—The Defense Made by a Member. TWO RATHER NOVEL PROPOSITIONS. At the last meeting of Council a resolution /was paissed, authorizing the Borough Engineer to purchase a safe, at a cost of $465, in which to keep Ms records and other valuable papers. Since that time, considerable unfavorable criticism has been expressed regarding that action. The most pointea and severe was from one of our leading business men, who expressed himself in this way: "Why don't the Herald rip Council up for doing a thing like that? Tney have gotten along, for years without a safe, and what is the pressing necessity just now? W|e have safety vaults in our banks that could be gotten for a nominal sum. that would do just as well. Why don't wie protest to Council about it? Well, what, is the use? A year or so ago a petition was signed by nearly all of our business men anu presented to Council, and they paid no attention to it. The trouble is that there has never been any one to take a firm stand for the people, and Council has done about as it pleased. I hope the Herald will take this matter up thoroughly. It's a waste of the people's money to buy a safe when our property is left unprotected as it is. Our fire department is a disgrace to the town. When we elected Mr.- from our ward we thought he would be of some account but he seems to be led around by the rest. The best thing Council can do is to buy a safe large enough to lock themselves up in." In order to give both sides of the Question a fair hearing, a call was made upoii a member of Council, who made a lengthy statement regarding the matter. We have not space to print all of it, but will give the salient points of his argument. He said: "I am in favor of buying a safe in W'hxh to keep the Borough records. These records are worth from ten to fifteen thousand dollars*. They are the result of years of work and many of them, if destroyed),, could never be replaced. We should have had a place in which to keep them many years ago. If they should be destroyed, there would be the biggest howl in Sewickley you ever heard. "In regard to the fire department, that has nothing to do wiith this mat- j ter. If the people of Sewickley want a fire engine with a paid department i they can have it provided! they are j will.'ng to pay for it. It would re-; quire about twenty or twenty-five thou-1 sand dollars to get a first class one, j a.nd we would not wast' any otheir j kind. I have not heard any one asking for a fire department." The gentleman -was informed that j we know of no pressing demand for a paid fire department, but that there | was a very pressing one for some im-1 prove'ment in the present service, es-1 pecially in getting a new hose wagon, with a team to haul it and a better place in which to keep them. After admitting he did not know where the fire apparatus wns kept, lie resumed: "I have not heard of any request for anything .like that. The firemen may have been talking to some of the Coun- j cilmen, but there has been no petition presented to Council. If they want any.thing, why don't they come to us instead of going to the newsipapers? Who is it that is doing all this kicking? You'll find, if you inquire, that it is the riffraff and corner loafers of the town, who don't own a cent's worth of property. You don't find the property owners asking for it." After expati sting a littl fimher \ lni g this line of thought, the speaker came to the meat of his. argument,, and played his trump cards, with the fbl- \ lowing result: It was the richest thing which we.have heard for a long time it shows to what extremes men will go when they are cornered in an argument. He stated two propositions which are unique. The first was in this way: "What right' have the people who have no property to demand more fire protection? They pay no taxes, except a mere nominal sum? They have no right to increase the indebtedness of the Borough." To this the writer replied that the non-property holding citizens had the same rights and were entitled to the same privileges and benefits as those who owned property. And furthermore, that it was. an, acknowledged fact that the man who rents, property pays the tax on. the same in his rent, and is entitled to the same police and fire protection and other advantages as the land owner. To which the gentleman assented in part. The second proposition was a masterpiece. It was to this effect: "There is no need of more fire pro- tertion. We have protection now. The property in Sewickley is all insured. If your house burns you get the insurance, so what is the use of talking about a paid fire department." Well, this was a solar plexus, and no mistake. We could not find words suitable i.or framing an answer; in fact, we have riot quite "come to" yet. We had been imagining all the while that the fire department service was a protection to both the home and the insurance companies; and now to have this belief so rudely shattered was too much, and so we gave up on this point. We have since been wondering how some father and mother would view it,, if, on some winter night they, with their dear ones, were suddenly thrust out into the cold and compelled to watch their home burn to the ground for want of the facilities necessary to ptifc the fire out. Would thev consider the insurance to be adequate compensation for their financial loss and an- coyance. We will pass the proposition, up to the insurance companies. After some desultory talk the gentleman said, in conclusion, that if the firemen needed some improvement in their equipment, and if the people favored the expenditure, he stood ready to accede to their wishes, We (Continued on page 12.) OBITUARY. •"' Mrs. Eliza Jane Cunningham. On Tuesday evening, January 12, at 7:20 o'clock, there passed from earth one of Sewickley's most prominent, useful and beloved women, Mrs. Eliza Jane Cunningham. She was a woman of the noblest type of Christian motherhood, and her friends, as well as her children, bear for her the deepest reverence and respect. Mrs. Cunningham was distinctly a mother, a loyal, faithful "house" mother, whose chief interest laid in her children's welfare and comfort and whose chief joy was their companionship. Truly, a mother will be missed in that happy family circle of eight sons and daughters and a life that is a lesson in its fidelity to the principles that make for the stability of the nation in the foundation of the home, wall sorely be missed, yet its' influence ever felt and "she being dead yet speaketh" in the homes established by her children. Mrs. Cunningham was of Scotch Irish descent, being the daughter of Mrs. Mary Mcintosh, who left her home in the north of Ireland, and settled in Birmingham on the South Side before Carson street was put through. At this home Mrs. Cunningham was born and lived there until the time of her marriage. She joined the Methodist church at 13 years of age, being a member her whole life long. She was taken into the church by the Rev. Jeremiah Knox, who also officiated at her marriage later on. The late Captain William Cunningham, who died 26 years ago, was> one of the pioneer men on the river. He was connected with the S. Roberts coal company, and was widely known, After the marriage they moved to Elizabeth, later on to Pittsburg and finally to Sewickley, where the famiy has been settled for 32 years. Mrs. Cunningham was 78 years of age and until about two years ago had never had a serious illness, but since then her health has been steadily failing and the end came Tuesday even- in, when she succumbed to failure of the heart. . She is survived by ejght' sons and daughters: Captain George O. Robert J., controller of Allegheny coun- (Continued on page 12,) 1 , Hi \
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Full Text | UAN J 6 1904 Kemfk " Pear no man, and do justice to all men."" Vol. I. SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1904. No. 18 That Blueprint Safe. Caustic Comment on Action of Council—The Defense Made by a Member. TWO RATHER NOVEL PROPOSITIONS. At the last meeting of Council a resolution /was paissed, authorizing the Borough Engineer to purchase a safe, at a cost of $465, in which to keep Ms records and other valuable papers. Since that time, considerable unfavorable criticism has been expressed regarding that action. The most pointea and severe was from one of our leading business men, who expressed himself in this way: "Why don't the Herald rip Council up for doing a thing like that? Tney have gotten along, for years without a safe, and what is the pressing necessity just now? W|e have safety vaults in our banks that could be gotten for a nominal sum. that would do just as well. Why don't wie protest to Council about it? Well, what, is the use? A year or so ago a petition was signed by nearly all of our business men anu presented to Council, and they paid no attention to it. The trouble is that there has never been any one to take a firm stand for the people, and Council has done about as it pleased. I hope the Herald will take this matter up thoroughly. It's a waste of the people's money to buy a safe when our property is left unprotected as it is. Our fire department is a disgrace to the town. When we elected Mr.- from our ward we thought he would be of some account but he seems to be led around by the rest. The best thing Council can do is to buy a safe large enough to lock themselves up in." In order to give both sides of the Question a fair hearing, a call was made upoii a member of Council, who made a lengthy statement regarding the matter. We have not space to print all of it, but will give the salient points of his argument. He said: "I am in favor of buying a safe in W'hxh to keep the Borough records. These records are worth from ten to fifteen thousand dollars*. They are the result of years of work and many of them, if destroyed),, could never be replaced. We should have had a place in which to keep them many years ago. If they should be destroyed, there would be the biggest howl in Sewickley you ever heard. "In regard to the fire department, that has nothing to do wiith this mat- j ter. If the people of Sewickley want a fire engine with a paid department i they can have it provided! they are j will.'ng to pay for it. It would re-; quire about twenty or twenty-five thou-1 sand dollars to get a first class one, j a.nd we would not wast' any otheir j kind. I have not heard any one asking for a fire department." The gentleman -was informed that j we know of no pressing demand for a paid fire department, but that there | was a very pressing one for some im-1 prove'ment in the present service, es-1 pecially in getting a new hose wagon, with a team to haul it and a better place in which to keep them. After admitting he did not know where the fire apparatus wns kept, lie resumed: "I have not heard of any request for anything .like that. The firemen may have been talking to some of the Coun- j cilmen, but there has been no petition presented to Council. If they want any.thing, why don't they come to us instead of going to the newsipapers? Who is it that is doing all this kicking? You'll find, if you inquire, that it is the riffraff and corner loafers of the town, who don't own a cent's worth of property. You don't find the property owners asking for it." After expati sting a littl fimher \ lni g this line of thought, the speaker came to the meat of his. argument,, and played his trump cards, with the fbl- \ lowing result: It was the richest thing which we.have heard for a long time it shows to what extremes men will go when they are cornered in an argument. He stated two propositions which are unique. The first was in this way: "What right' have the people who have no property to demand more fire protection? They pay no taxes, except a mere nominal sum? They have no right to increase the indebtedness of the Borough." To this the writer replied that the non-property holding citizens had the same rights and were entitled to the same privileges and benefits as those who owned property. And furthermore, that it was. an, acknowledged fact that the man who rents, property pays the tax on. the same in his rent, and is entitled to the same police and fire protection and other advantages as the land owner. To which the gentleman assented in part. The second proposition was a masterpiece. It was to this effect: "There is no need of more fire pro- tertion. We have protection now. The property in Sewickley is all insured. If your house burns you get the insurance, so what is the use of talking about a paid fire department." Well, this was a solar plexus, and no mistake. We could not find words suitable i.or framing an answer; in fact, we have riot quite "come to" yet. We had been imagining all the while that the fire department service was a protection to both the home and the insurance companies; and now to have this belief so rudely shattered was too much, and so we gave up on this point. We have since been wondering how some father and mother would view it,, if, on some winter night they, with their dear ones, were suddenly thrust out into the cold and compelled to watch their home burn to the ground for want of the facilities necessary to ptifc the fire out. Would thev consider the insurance to be adequate compensation for their financial loss and an- coyance. We will pass the proposition, up to the insurance companies. After some desultory talk the gentleman said, in conclusion, that if the firemen needed some improvement in their equipment, and if the people favored the expenditure, he stood ready to accede to their wishes, We (Continued on page 12.) OBITUARY. •"' Mrs. Eliza Jane Cunningham. On Tuesday evening, January 12, at 7:20 o'clock, there passed from earth one of Sewickley's most prominent, useful and beloved women, Mrs. Eliza Jane Cunningham. She was a woman of the noblest type of Christian motherhood, and her friends, as well as her children, bear for her the deepest reverence and respect. Mrs. Cunningham was distinctly a mother, a loyal, faithful "house" mother, whose chief interest laid in her children's welfare and comfort and whose chief joy was their companionship. Truly, a mother will be missed in that happy family circle of eight sons and daughters and a life that is a lesson in its fidelity to the principles that make for the stability of the nation in the foundation of the home, wall sorely be missed, yet its' influence ever felt and "she being dead yet speaketh" in the homes established by her children. Mrs. Cunningham was of Scotch Irish descent, being the daughter of Mrs. Mary Mcintosh, who left her home in the north of Ireland, and settled in Birmingham on the South Side before Carson street was put through. At this home Mrs. Cunningham was born and lived there until the time of her marriage. She joined the Methodist church at 13 years of age, being a member her whole life long. She was taken into the church by the Rev. Jeremiah Knox, who also officiated at her marriage later on. The late Captain William Cunningham, who died 26 years ago, was> one of the pioneer men on the river. He was connected with the S. Roberts coal company, and was widely known, After the marriage they moved to Elizabeth, later on to Pittsburg and finally to Sewickley, where the famiy has been settled for 32 years. Mrs. Cunningham was 78 years of age and until about two years ago had never had a serious illness, but since then her health has been steadily failing and the end came Tuesday even- in, when she succumbed to failure of the heart. . She is survived by ejght' sons and daughters: Captain George O. Robert J., controller of Allegheny coun- (Continued on page 12,) 1 , Hi \ |
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