Sewickley Herald

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" Pear no man; and do justice to all men."
Vol. II
SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1905
No. SO
LILY MEETING
OF
The Resignation of Mr. M. B. Brown
and the Appointment of James
C. Chaplin Causes Comment.
THE  OTHER  OFFICERS ELECTED.
On Tuesday evening the regular
monthly meeting of the borough
council was held with Messrs.
Frank Straw, R. R. Brown, Thomas
Woods, Frank Paulson and Walter
Patton present. The meeting was
in progress until nearly midnight—
and the amount of discussion on
the various subjects evidenced the
fact that the councilmanic body
will, during the coming year, have
a thorough knowledge of affairs before any subject is passed on. The
election of borough officers held
over from the previous meeting
and the filling of a vacancy in council, caused by the..resignation of a
member, were occasions for lengthy
and very pointed arguments. The
minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved. The following  business  was   transacted:
Mr. Wahs made inquiry regarding the work of paving part of
Division street, expressing a de-
s're for an early completion—so
that he can make desired improvements on his own place—which are
held back on account of the street
improvemet. The contractors doing the work will be hurried as much
as possible.
A representative of the G. D. &
P. Telegraph Go. asked council for
a reduction in the assessment for
poles belonging to the company in
the borough. At present they are
assessed $1 per pole, which amount
the company claims is excessive,
owing to a decision recently handed
down by the supreme court touching on this question and ask for a
fifty-cent per pole rate. The solicitor was given power to Come to
terms with the company privately.
The company also asked permission
to place a number of new poles in
the borough, which matter was
turned over to the streetcommittee.
A number of petitions were presented to council and were received
and filed. Among them were the
following: A petition from the
property owners concerned and
presented by Mr. George H. Anderson, for the widening and improving
of lower Grant street, between
Linden avenue and Ferry street.
Three petitions from the property owners along Davis lane, between Nevin avenue and Gochran
street; first, for the establishment
of a grade on the street; second,
for the grading of the street, and,
third, to reduce the width of the
street from 40 to 30 feet.
Another petition was for the
grading and macadamizing of Maple
lane, between Ghestnut street and
Pine street, a width of SO feet being desired by the property owners.
Later an ordinance passed two
readings providing for the grading
and macadamizing of this street as
petitioned.
The solicitor informed council
that the residents of Peebles street
who are being sued by the borough
for their share of street improvements of several years' standing,
have offered to compromise, and he
asked for instructions. Gouncil
offered a compromise of two-thirds
of the amount of the debt with six
per cent, interest to date, which, by
the way, is practically what is being
sued for. The solicitor will confer
with the residents.
Dr. L. D, Jennings asked to have
the street committee investigate
the property on the corner of Grove
street and Gentennial avenue, belonging to the Jennings heirs. The
house, when erected, owing to a
wrong survey, was built three feet
over the property line on Gentennial avenue, thus hindering any
sidewalk improvements, etc, A
compromise will be made whereby
the matter may be straightened out.
A request was presented for the
improvement of Blackburn avenue
betw'een the end of the pavement
and the borough line. The street
committee will act on the matter.
The engineer reported favorably regarding the settlement for work
done on Academy avenue four years
ago. The property owners, who
were slow in the matter, are showing favorable signs of settlement.
The election of officers was then
taken up and the following persons
will serve for one year:
Mr. Joseph A. Knox, after nine
years' service as Borough Glerk,
tendered his resignation, which
was received with much regret, and
Mr. B. Scott McFarland was elected
as his successor.
There were two applicants for
the position of borough engineer,
Mr. David H. Gampbell, who held
the office for several terms, and
Mr. F. T. Martin, of Avalon. The
latter was elected.
Philip Doughty was re-elected
street commissioner and the election of a solicitor was held over for
another month.
The resignation of Gouncilman
Ma B. Brown, of the Second ward,
was read and accepted. Gouncil
then proceeded to fill the vacancy.
Mr. George E. Tener's name was
presented by Mr. Frank G. Paulson,
and Mr. R. R. Brown nominated
Mr. James G. Ghaplin, who was,
after some controversy, elected by
a vote of 5 to 2, Messrs. Brown,
Woods and Straw casting their
ballots for him. Gouncil then adjourned.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
The following committees have
been appointed by President Straw:
Finance—Woods, Straw and
Ghaplin.
Street—Brown,    Paulson    and
Straw.
Ordinance—Paulson, Patton and
Straw.
Sidewalk—-Patton,   Woods   and
Brown.
,Fir.e—Patton, Woods and Ghaplin.
Police—.Straw,Ghaplin and Paulson,
Printing—Ghaplin, Paulson and
Patton.
Property—Brown*   Woods   and
Straw.
Light—Woods,    Faulson    and
Brown.
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OBITUARIES.
THE LATE JOHN B. JONES.
John Bright Jones, a retired
banker of .Pittsburg, died early
Monday morning at his home in
Quaker Valley. He was born in
Pittsburg, August 15, 1819, his
parents being among the early
settles of Pennsylvania. His grandfather, Samuel Jones, was the first
recorder of Allegheny county and
held a corresponding position under
King George III before the Revolution. His father, William Jones,
died at an early age and Mr. Jones
engaged in the hardware business
for several years, afterward moving
to Albany, Ind.
He returned to Pittsburg several
years later and engaged in the
banking business with his brother,
Judge Samuel Jones, and later
became a partner in the firm of
Sibbet & Jones, which was subsequently the firm of S. Jones & Go,
In 1855 he withdrew from the firm
and in 1858 formed the private
banking house of Semple & Jones,
being associated with the late John
B. Semple, and later with his son,
Frank Semple. In 1884 Mr. Jones
withdrew from active participation
in affairs of the banking house and
sold   his interests   to William R.
(Continued on page 8.)