Sewickley Herald

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" Pear no man, and do justice to all men."
Vol. I.
SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1904.
No. 34
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Several  Ordinances   Passed   and
Laid Over—Railroad Company Griticised.
RAILWAY FRANCHISE ASKED FOR.
Gouncil met on Tuesday night in
regular session with President Miller in the chair, the following members being present: Miller, Woods,
R. R. Brown. Atwell, M; B. Brown,
Straw, Burgess Koch, Engineer D.
H. Gampbell, Clerk J. A. Knox and
Treasurer S. G. Ritchey.
The minutes of the last regular
and special meetings were read and
approved.
The first item of -business taken
up was the Ghadwick avenue ordinance, which came up for final
passage. Several protests were
made against its passage, the
most convincing of which was that
of Mr. Householder, who claimed
that the proposed grade would make
a cut of six feet in front of his place,
allowing the water to back in upon
his property. After considerable
discussion the ordinance was laid
over for further consideration.
The ordinance changing the grade
of River avenue was next taken up.
Several property owners appeared
and protested against the change,
some of them claiming that the
grade had been changed twice to
suit the railroad. In this connection complaint was made that the
railroad had been interfering with
the drainage of a portion of Bank
street by piling up cinders along the
side of the street. The ordinance
was held over and the street committee was directed to consult with
the railroad authorities and see if a
satisfactory arrangement cannot be
arrived at. v
Several residentsof Grove avenue
complained of the condition of that
HERBERT S. WEED,
Former Secretary of the Sewickley Young Men's Ghristian Association.
Mr. Weed was to have addressed the men's meeting in the Baptist
church to-morrow afternoon, but owing to sickness in his family he was
compelled to cancel the engagement here, and so informed Mr. W. K.
Brown on Thursday evening by telegraph.
Mr. Weed is now located at Stamford, Gonn., and was quite popular while he was secretary of the local association, and made many
friends during his stay here. It is quite a disappointment to his friends
who expected to have the pleasure of meeting him again. It is hoped
that he may yet be able to come in time for the dedication of the new
Y/M. G. A. building.
street and requestsd that some repairs be made as soon as possible.
Gouncil promised to give attention
to the matter.
An ordinance to lay a sewer on
Chadwick avenue from White street
to the Ferry street sewer passed
first and second readings.
R. R. Brown made a request that
he be authorized to purchase two
stop watches for the use of the
chief of police and street commissioner in timing the speed of automobiles and other vehicles, Some
of the members were of the opinion
that radical action would be required to stop these violations of
the law.   The request was granted.
Mr. McFadden complained that
he had been assessed more than his
share of the cost of the sewer on
Washington street, and asked to
be exonerated for the difference,
The matter was referred to the solicitor.
Mr. John G. Slack, representing
the Sewickley Borough Street Railway Gompany, presented an ordinance asking the right of way along
Beaver street the entire length of
the borough.
It is the intention of the incorporators to connect with the Pittsburg Railways Gompany's line at
Ben Avon and with the Beaver
Valley Traction line at Baden,
which would give through street
car service from Pittsburg to Beaver. The length of the connecting link will be about twelve
miles. The organizers of the company are James G. Chaplin, W. D.
George, Daniel Wallace and F. G.
Ghubb, of Sewickley.
The company offers a bond of
$5,000 to commence the construction of the road within six months
and to have it completed within two
years. They offer to pay an annual tax of $1.00 per pole and $10
per car, and to keep in repair the
street over which the line passes.
On motion the ordinance was filed.
"The Downfall of Man."
There are not many of our citizens who have not, at some time or
other, made the acquaintance of an
orange or banana peel which had
been slumbering on the sidewalk
waiting to be tramped upon by the
unsuspecting pedestrian who usually goes through a gymnastic exercise and alights with a thud on the
pavement. There are certain sensations that accompany these performances, but we have no language at our command to adequately
describe them.
We have a word of warning, however, for the person or persons who
indulge in the pernicious habit of
depositing fruit skins on the sidewalks. There are receptacles at
various places along our streets,
placed there by the civic committee
for such refuse, and the accumulations are removed by the street department, and all waste paper, etc.,
should be placed therein.
A well-known gentleman of this
place narrowly averted a serious
accident the other day from the
cause above referred to, and we believe there is a law to prohibit this
nuisance, and those in authority
should give the matter prompt attention,
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