Sewickley Herald

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Pear no man, and do justice to all men."
Vol. I.
SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1904.
No. 17
Council Proceedings.
Chadwick Avenue Ordinance is Held Over.
Water Commissioners Elected—New
Safe Purchased—Several CorrH
munications Received.
BLUE   PRINTS   VS.   FIRE   APPARATUS.
Council met on. Tuesday evening
with President Chaplin, in tlie chair.
Those present were: President
Chaplin, R. R. Brown, Miller, Woods,
M. B. Birown and J. A. Knox, clerk.
Absent, Koch and Atwell.
Minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
The matter regarding the grading
of Academy avenue was laid over.
Dr. White protested' vigorously
against the payment of a hill for
$270,27 presented by Borough Engineer Campbell for laying out and grading Mr: "White's, plan of lots. The
matter was laid over for adjudication.
Tbe ordinance changing the grade
of Chadwick avenue came up for final
passage. Objections to the proposed
grade were made by • Mr. ■ Lipp and
Florenlfle Miller, who contended that
the grade on Chadwick avenue was
right, but that River avenue was
one foot too high and should be lowered to suit Chadwick avenue grade.
It seems there is no datum to verify
either contention, and the ordinance
failed to pass. Council decided to investigate the matter more thoroughly
k  before taking further action.
The Borough Engineer was instructed to advertise for bids for a bridge
on Centennial- avenue, nea,r Try
street. The bridge is to have a stone
culvert and be built of railroad iron
and brick.
The Borough Engineer presented
asrti mates for a fire proof safe for the
sale keeping of his blue prints andl
other valuable papers. He said the
measure was> fathered by Councilman
Atwell. The safe favored by the
members was or.e built by ther Art
Metallic Construction Co., of James-
town, N. Y., the price being $465.
Councilman R. R. Brown, of the First
ward, made a vigorous protest against
spending so much money for this purpose. He called the, attention of the
other members to the falct that they
had gotten along for years without
a safe, and that there was no pressing
demand for it juist uow. He-reminded them that the borough hose house
is a disgrace to the town, and that
it would,be better to take this money
and add a thousand1 dollars, more f.nd
put up a building in which to put the
fire apparatuisi until the borough build-,
ing was erected. This building could
also be used as a meeting place for
Gouncil, and save the rent of the
building now used. He furthermore
said that tfte property of the people
was cf more value than a few blue
prints, and that proper fire protection should have the preference over
a safe. The resit of the members
thought differently, and the question
was decided aftlrimatively with but
one dissenting vote—that of Mr. R.
R. Brown.
Several communications were read.
One from MVs Eva Muller, complaining that the boys had been burning
her sidewalks and committing other
depredations* on her property, and
asking for police protection. The
clerk was instructed to forward a reply to Misisi Muller and the police were
directed to look into .the matter,
Frank Semple, Jr., asked an exoneration for the grading and sewering
on the property at the corner of EUk-
abeilh and Grimes streets, claiming
that pairt of it did not benefit his
property.    The request was., refused.
The clerk read a communication
from President Chaplin to Council re
lating to several questions, pertaining
to the Board of Health, and stating
the relation Council held to the
Board.
The election of a water commissioner from the First ward was the
next order of business, and on motion
Robert McFarland was elected to the
position.,
Chief of Police W. H. Hart presented his report tor the month. It was
received and- ordered filed.
The Borough Engineer stated that
the building at Chestnut street and.
the railroad beting erected by Charles
F. Becker encroached! on the street
line about one foot. He was directed
to give notice to the owner.
A number of bills were received
and  ordered paid.
Council adjourned at 9:45.
Police News.
Mr. Julius Twyman, of Division street,
was arrested on December 22 by Officer
Epward Glaspill for being drunk and
disorderly, and was fined by 'Squire
Johnston $5 and costs.
On January 2, John Gain, of Bank
street, was arrested by Chief of Police
W. H. Hart, on" information made by
William Stanley, an agent of a Humane
Society, for cruelty to his children. He
was found guilty and fined $15 and costs,
and in default was committed to the
Allegheny county jail by 'Squire Johnston.
Nipped in the Bud.
Two fire alarms were sounded on
Tuesday. The first one, shortly before
12 o'clock noon, was at the residence of
Mr. Edward Gilmore on Thorn street,
near Grant. Wben the firemen arrived
no fire was discernible, and after a
thorough search they found that the
smoke from the chimney reaching the
frosty air caused a vapor to arise that
had the appearance of the roof being on
fire.   Fortunately  no   harm   was   done.
The second alarm was sounded shortly
after 10 o'clock p. m. This time the fire
was at the home or Mr. J. W, Parry, on
Thorn street, near Walnut. The damage
was slight.
THE REVIVAL SERVICES
Large Attendances at the; Meetings—No Abatement in
the Interest.      '
Elected Secretary.
Dr. Grant Taylor, of this place, was
elected secretary of the Western Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Association
at the annual meeting held in Pittsburg
on January 6th. .
Read THE HERALD.
NUMBERS  BEING  GATHERED   IN.
The revival meetings have continued throughout the week with unabated interest. Large audiences have
been present at both afternoon and
evening services, and this in •• spite
of the exceedingly icold weather.;
The notable event of the week was
the meeting for mien on- Sabbath afternoon at 3 o'clock. The; auditorium
and , Sabbath school room were both
well filled, and the gathering was a
cosmopolitan one. A song service
preceded the siermon, the theme of
which was "A Twentieth Century
Sodom." Mr. Rees draw a picture of
present clay conditions and pointed
out the le|ssions in much a way that
will never be forgotten by many of
those who heard it. At the close . a
large number responded to the invitation given.
The plan of separate meetings for
men and women is said to be an
original one for towns of less than
ten thousand population, and the plan
was successfully carried out here.
The after meetings were very interesting. Testimony for Christ was
a leading feature of them. Many wlio
had never before uttered a word of
testimony arose and told what was in
their hearts. An encouraging sign
was. the number of young boys who
have been brought into the kingdom.
Much can be said for the zeal and
faithfulness of tjhe workers. They
labored early and late in bringing
their brothers to the meetings. But
above and beyond all the spirit of
God was working mightily in the
hearts of both saved and unsaved.
His presence and power were mani-
j I'estly felt in all the services.
A meeting for men only will be
held on Sabbath afternoon at three
o'clock. The subject will be "Reasons I Have Found in Sewickley Why
Men Are Not Christians." Onion
meetings will be held on Sabbath,
Monday and Tuesday evenings at 7:45
o'clock, to which all are invited, The
one on Tuesday evening will otose the
series.   .
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