Sewickley Herald

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" Pear no man, and do justice to all men."
Vol. Ill
SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1905
No. 9
Political
Vagaries.
A  Complicated  Ticket Was
Responsible for the Queer
Results of Tuesday's
Election.
Allegheny county will not share
in the honors of putting "down and
out" the state ring, but the people
who favor honest government can
rejoice with the state at large at
-'.':': the complete manner in which the
,   "gang" was routed.
The returns show a majority of
25,000 for Plummer in Allegheny
county, which is attributed in the
main   to  the fact   that Plummer
headed the Gitizens' ticket and that
the straight votes cast by the Gitizens caused the above result.    A
result like this is unexplainable in
the face of the Enterprise bank affair and other rotten methods  of
the state ring which were recently
exposed.    It does not mean how-
- ever that the voters of Allegheny
'county indorse  the Penrose-Dur-
' ham machine, no honest man could
do that.
. Another of the vagaries noted is
the defeat of our neighbor, R. J.
Cunningham,    for   re-election   as
controller.     Mr.   Gunningham led
the list on the fusion ticket and
would in all probability have been
fee-elected but for the complicated
■ ticket.,     Sewickley and the boroughs of the valley gave Mr. Gun-
'hingham   a  fine   indorsement,  to
which he is justly entitled as he is
. a man of sterling honest and an exponent of good government which
his past record will show.
>■'■   The vote in the borough follows;
SEWIGKLEY.
* • First  Sec.
Wd.   Wd.   Tfcl.
^For State Treasurer—
JM&ee Plummer .  .  .  .   188    136   324
William H. Berry .  .  .   205    117   325
For Judge of Sumpreme Gourt—
John Stewart .....   379 248
Edward Kuppinger .  .        1 ,  .
For Judge of Superior Gourt—
Charles E. Rice .  .  .  .   296 194
James A. Beaver  .  .  .   286 185
George B. Orlady .  .  .   254 178
John B. Head      74 45
Homer L. Gastle   ...     60 37
Fred L. Swartz ....        1
Cornelius F. Foley   .   .        2 .   .
A. A. Grant ,      1 .  .
For Court of Common Pleas—
James S. Young .   .   .   .   266 245
William Adams ....        3 .  .
For Prothonotary—
William B. Kirker .  .  .   242 144
C. G.Mentel 124 98
George E. Briggs ...     13 8
For Register of Wills—
Robert E.Stone ....   236 115
Henry Meyer 130 116
Fred G. Brittain   ...      12 11
For Recorder of Deeds-
John A. Fairman   .   .   .   224 137
J. Denny O'Neil ....    145 103
George S. Davis    .   .'   .      12 8
For Clerk of Courts-
William Dodds   ....   217 125
■Francis X. Barr    ...    145 111
George Robinson   ...     14 9
W.J. Ritchey        1 1
For Treasurer—
George Z. HosaGk .   .   .   231 133
Reid Kennedy   ....   141 101
James Carson   ....      10 10
For County Commissioners—
Charles B. Price  .   .   .   258 161
Irvin K. Campbell   .   .   210 116
James A. Clark ....   121 75
Alexander Dempster   .125 96
Thomas P. Hersberger .      17 11
Edward H. Pangburn .       7 6
For Controller—
Franklin P. Booth    .   .   145 51
R.J.Cunningham    .   .   243 200
James A. Calhoun    .  .       6 5
For Director of Poor—
William H.Guy .  ...   231 140
Henry Serena   ....   122 90
Frank Hayden ....     14 11
John Butterbach  ...        . 1
For Soldiers Memorial Hall—
No   35 23
Yes 242 163
627
1
490
471
432
119
97
1
2
1
511
3
386
222
21
Proceedings.
351
246
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461
248
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342
256
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364
242
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419
326
196
221
28
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196
443
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271
212
25
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58
405
Movement on Foot to Have
Grade Crossings
Abolished.
PETITION OF PROMINENT
CITIZENS PRESENTED.
Regular Meeting.
The regular meeting of the Sewickley Valley Business Men's
Association will be held on Tuesday evening at eight o'clock in the
American Mechanic's hall, Beaver
and Broad streets. Business of
importance will be transacted.
Sewickley Borough Gouncil convened in the Gouncil chamber on
Tuesday evening of this week.
Those present were Messrs. Frank
Straw, Thomas Woods, W. E. Patton, Frank G. Paulson and Solicitor
Stoner.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved and the
following business transacted:
A'committee of interested citizens addressed Gouncil, asking that
the first steps be taken toward an
agreement with the Pennsylvania
Railroad Gompany for a change of
conditions between the tracks and
the Ghestnut street crossing, where
so many accidents occur. A conference will be held between the
railroad authorities and Gouncil to
discuss the advisability of lowering
the tracks, putting in a street
subway or some other improvement
which would diminish the present
dangers.
A report of the finance committee
showed that for the first eight
months of this year, the borough
had expended for its maintenance
approximately $25,000. The solicitor had investigated all old debts
which are due the borough and
passed his decision as to their
value, all uncollectable back debts
then being ordered cancelled from
the borough's books, since to carry
them longer would be useless.
The borough engineer and clerk
were instructed to revise the inventory list of the borough property, so
that a correct estimate could be
had as to the street, fire and engineering departments and other
equipment owned by the borough.
The street committee's report
showed Division street to .be practically completed, and Thorn street
not to be completed until spring,
when a little more work will be
necessary on it.
Instructions were given for the
placing of seven new fire plugs,
and warning the water company to
be a little more careful in their
work of draining the pipes.
The sewer basin at the corner of
Beaver and Boundary streets, will
be rebuilt, to correct a sanitary defect which now exists there. Two
ordinances passed final readings.
An ordinance providing a grade for
Davis lane, between Nevin avenue
and Gochran street, and an ordinance changing the name of Davis
lane, between Nevin avenue and
Gochran street, to Hill street, to
conform to the remainder of the
street which is already known as
Hill street.
After paying the bills and giving
the sidewalk committee instructions
regarding some improvements they
intend making, Gouncil adjourned.
Sold His Property
Geo. H. Foulks, ex-chief of police, of Leetsdale, has sold his
property on the Beaver road to
Miss Mary H. Gray. The consideration is said to have been $12,-
000. This is a desirable property
as it is a- large building and contains three living apartments and
three store rooms. Mr. Foulks is
connected with the detective
agency of the B. & O. system.
Held for Court
T. E. Hines, who was recently
arrested on the charge of larceny
by bailee, preferred by some of the
officers of the A. M. E. Zion church,
and who was accused of appropriating for his own use $23.SO,
Which was alleged to have been
given him with which to pay taxes
on certain property belonging to
the above congregation, was held
in the sum of $500, for a court
trial. The hearing took place before Squire Johnston.