Sewickley Herald

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Vol. Ill
SEWIGKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1906
No. 36
All the members of Council,.with the
burgess, solicitor - and • engineer were
present at the regular .meeting on
Tuesday evening of this week, and considerable business was.transacted.
After the minutes of the previous
meeting were disposed of, the first
question for discussion was the all important one—the. garbage furnace. Mr.
Frank Semple, Mr. John Marron and
others from Edgeworth and that part
of Sewickley in which it was proposed
to erect the furnace, presented a petition, in the form of a remonstrance, in
which they declared that litigations
would begin at once should the furnace
be built in their neighborhood. However, after seme discussion, an ordinance was passed two readings by
Council, providing for condemnation
_ proceedings against property along the
river front at ihe foot of Academy
avenue, where they intend erecting the
garbage furnace at the earliest possible
date. The committee which has been
investigating sites and furnaces was
continued and commended for its
persistent and thorough work.
The contract with the Western Pennsylvania Patrol, Fire and Dispatch Company, for policing our borough, was
cancelled, with a ten days' notice. The
Police Committee is arranging for a
new force to be entirely under the borough control.
Mr. Myers) representing the C. D. &
P. Telegraph Company, submitted an
ordinance for the placing underground
of all their wires in the borough. The
ordinance was not acted upon but a
committee from Council will confer
with the company and attempt a settlement whereby all the companies wires
in the borough will be buried. A petition was read from the Women's Club
on the same matter, and was received
and filed.
The millage for 1906 was raised from
6& mills to 8 mills, and is accounted for
as follows: General tax, 5.012 mills;
special levy for bond issue, 1.488 mills;
and special levy for garbage furnace,
1.5 mills. The total tax for the coming
year then with the school tax of 6 mills
will be 14 mills. A comparsion with
other boroughs proves favorable even
with the raise, as Emsworth pays 18
mills, Braddock 16, Homestead 19;
Crafton 13* Wilkinsburg 15^, Tarentum
26, Oakdale, 19, etc.
A petition to macadamize Linden
avenue  was received and filed,   The
Jacob Boobyer, Jr., died at his heme, on Frederick avenue, on last Sunday
morning. He was born in Wilkshire, England, in 1820, coming to Pittsburg in
1830. He married Anna R. Chamberlain, of Brownsville, in 1844, and they
moved to Sewickley in 1863, having lived here ever since. Mr. Boobyer conducted^ •.tailoring business on Liberty avenue, Pittsburg, for many years. He
was a member of the Baptist church for 66 years. Was one of the charter
members of the First Baptist church, of this place, of which he was an active
member for more than a quarter of a century, but at the time of his death was
a member of the Sandusky Street Baptist church, of Allegheny. Rev. A. J.
Bonsall, his pastor, conducted the funeral services. He served for several
years as president of the Sewickley Water Works Commission. He helped to
organize and was secretary of the Sewickley Cemetery Board, and was for several years secretary and treasurer of the Sewickley Illuminating Gas Company.
Mr. Boobyer is survived by his widow and four children: R. B. Boobyer, Mrs..'
J. A. Cooper and Mrs. Anna Cooper, of this place, and Mrs. John Thomas, of
Pittsburg, also nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. The pallbearers
were his grandsons, with ths exception of one, Walter S. Cooper, who was absent from his home; his place was filled by Mr. John Willis, of Allegheny.
Property Committee was instructed to
reinsure the fire fixtures and the Printing Committee were told to have printed the Annual Reports prepared by the
Borough and Water Commission.
Mr. Ritchey submitted his list of un-
collectable taxes for 1905 and was exonerated from the amount of the same.
The Board of Health employees will
be paid every two weeks instead of
monthly as has.been the custom. Current bills were ordered paid and Council adjourned.
Every Person Worked.
Last Saturday was a profitable day
for Ambridge. Almost every person
turned themselves into white wings for
the day and cleaned up their premises.
Many began several days before, raking
up the rubbage around their own houses
and then devoted Saturday to the vacant lots and commons. As a result
Ambridge is a different looking place.
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Sewickley    Valley   Business
Men's   Association  Will
Visit   One   of    the
Popular   Picnic
Grounds.
COMMITTEES    GETTING    BUSY.
After the usual routine work of the
Sewickley Valley Busmen Men's Association, which met Tuesday evening and
was presided over by President George
H. Hegner, the question to reconsider
action taken at a previous meeting, concerning the annual outing of the Association was taken up and it was
finally decided to visit one of the popular picnic resorts in this section of the
State, where the day can be spent in
the woods and the members and their
families and the public in general can
have a relaxation from care and plenty
of enjoyment.
The committee on grounds will report
all the details at the next meeting. A
band to furnish music, plenty of' refreshments and other inducements will
be offered to all who wish to avail
themselves of this opportunity to enjoy
the day in outdoor sports.
The date will be August 1st, as announced, if it is possible to get the
grounds for that date. Full particulars, however, will be announced later.
The Association has, as a rule, good
attendance at its meetings and the
members are taking an interest in the
questions. Several reports from committees show that some good is being
accomplished and the Association will
affiliate itself with a State association
recently formed at a meeting of the
"Homeless 26," held in Harrisburg,
and through it it is hoped to accomplish
some State legislation which will correct certain abuses now existing in our
borough which are unfair to all the tax
payers.
The next meeting will be held on
the evening of May 15, at 8 o'clock.
Gun Club Shoot.
The Sewickley Valley Gun Club will
hold its regular shoot to-day at 2 p. m.
The first event for the 1906 DuPont
Cup, will be shot at twenty targets,
sliding handicap. There will also be a
team race between teams Nos. 1 and 2.
If you want to be a cup winner come
up to-day. Cup on display in Miller's
window.
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