Sewickley Herald

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Pear no man, and do justice to all men."
Vol. II
SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1905
No.   34
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Proceedings.
Bond Issue Ordinance Passes Third
Reading—Election June 12.
TO PROVIDE GARBAGE FURNACE.
The- regular meeting of Gonucil
should have been held Tuesday
evening but was adjourned until
Wednesday evening of this week,
at which time every member was
in his seat and Burgess Koch,
Glerk B. S. McFarland and Messrs.
Josep A. Knox, the retiring clerk,
and David H. Campbell the retiring
engineer were, also present.
The usual routine of business
was disposed of, after which Mr.
Ghristman, who is interested in the
opening of Ghestnut street, asked
for some information onthat subject
stating that the insurance company had revoked the policy on the
building on his property. He was
asked to wait until the arrival of
the solicitor. Later an ordinance
authorizing the opening of Ghestnut street passed first and second
reading. The other ordinance
passed some time ago merely established the width of the street.
A petition asking for additional
light in the neighborhood of Walnut
anc Bank streets was referred to
the light committee with power to
act, •
An ordinance providing for the
macadamizing of Maple lane from
Ghestnut to Pine streets passed
finally. The borough solicitor and
engineer will confer with, the property owners on this street concerning certain lines to be established.
There was* some talk over the
irregularity in- the pitch of certain
sidewalks and the ordinance committee was instructed to draught
an ordinance calling for a pitch of
one-fourth inch to the foot for all
granolithic sidewalks.
MR. JOSHUA S. PEERS—"Forty-Niner."
The above photograph was taken'some years ago, but still portrays
to a marked degree a correct deliniation of our friend who is penning us
weekly letters from his vast store of reminiscence, which we publish
under the caption of "From the Diary of a Forty-Niner," the second
installment pf which appears in this issae. Mr. Peers is making another
trip to Galifornia, but under vastly different conditions from the one he
is telling us about.    He is at present with his sons in Topeka, Kans.
The Division street extravaganza
was again on for a full dress rehearsal and was thoroughly gone
over. There was a communication
received from .the Young Men's
Ghristian Association asking for relief, and a completion of this work.
The councilmen all seemed fair on
this question and are desirous of
having the work completed at an
early date and a committee was
appointed to confer with Mr. Boggs
and other property owners on the
street, concerning some of the
essential details of cost before they
proceed. It is expected that the
matter will be adjusted amicably in
the very near future.
The street committee was au-
tohrized to make some needed
improvements on Blackburn avenue.
The bond issue ordinances were
the important ones of the evening,
and they were passed on third and
final reading. They call for an
issue of $90,000 to be used for
two purposes, $40,000 to liquidate
a like amount now maturing and
$50,000 for the erection of a borough building. These bonds are to
be disposed of at a lower rate of
interest than the borough is now
paying. The election will be held
on Monday, June 12, from 7 a. rh.
to 7 p. m., at the regular polling
places. This leaves the bond is
sue in the hands of the people,'as
no further action can be taken by
Gouncil until the people vote on
the proposition.
. Mr, John Walker, of the Board
of Health, was present and suggested that the amount be raised
to $100,000, the additional sum to
be used in erecting a garbage
furnace. It was explained that
this would not be necessary, as the
(Continued on page 12.)
FROM THE DIARY
OF A "F
' Topeka, Kan., May 1, 1905.
Editor Weekly Herald-
In compliance w'th my promise
to tell you more of our little band
and our .troubles I will proceed
On "April 29, 1849, having completed all our arrangements for an
early start, we drove out of Gollins-
ville, 111., twelve miles east of St.
Louis, Mo., escorted by many of
the citizens, calculating to ship our
entire outfit by boat up the Missouri
river to Gouncil Bluffs. It was
quite a task to get our sixteen oxen
on board' the steamboat, and we
had to unload our wagons and take
the wheels off to get all' on board
and properly stored away.   . "•   : '
Nothing unusual, occurred, until
we arrived at, Weston., opposite
Fort Leavenworth, when we were
informed by the captain"that' we
must land there, as he could not go
to Gouncil,Bluffs. He returned
the proper proportion of our expenses, and, ina drifting rain, we
were put on shore. At this point
Mr. Hall was taken ill and could
not help us,1 and -with the aid
of an umbrella we protected >our
sick .companion .from the rain as
best we could. We had a hard-
time with the loading up and with
the oxen. However, we soon had
the job completed and drove two
miles out from Weston in an abandoned field and camped,. pitching
our tent and turning our oxen out
to graze. .
Mr. Hall grew rapidly worse, and
our Dr. Richardson diagnosed- his
case as cholera, Everything was
done for him that was possible
under the circumstances, but of no
avail. The nearby farmers were
very kind and rendered us many
favors, but Mr. Hall died about a
week after. Being an Odd Fellow,
I went to Weston and enlisted the
Order's sympathy and help, which
was cheerfully given us.   It was
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