Ambler Gazette

              The Ambl
VOL.   XX1V.-NO.   II.
AMBLER.   PA.,*W3l_|h
Gazette.
1906.
*1.25 A TEAK
SUPERVISORS
ORGANIZE.
New Townsbip Road Law Now in
Operation.
Districts Surronnding. Ainbler Settle UntFu
lo Work Voder Favorable Auspice**.—Pre-
limioary Work Speedily AoeompHgiieil—
R-gular Meeting*.
All townships of the' seoond class
within the state of Pennsylvania are
affected in their government by the
law passed by the state legislature of
1905 and approved by Governor Penny-
packer on April 12,1900, providing for
tbe election, and specifying the duties
and powers, of road supervisors, three
of whom in each township of the second class were elected at the February
eleotion. The law also specifies these
officials shall meet and organize ou
the first Monday in March. Following is a record of these meetings held
in the townships surrounding Ambler:
The Upper Dublin road supervisors
met at Jarrettown on Monday and
organized. 'Hie members are: Daniel Campbell, three years; Louis H.
Leaf, two years; Oharles Paxson, one
year. The organisation is: President,
Mr. Paxson ; secretary, Mr. Leaf {treasurer, Emanuel Dewee, whose salary
was made $100 per year; solicitor, Jos-
peh T. Foulke; road master, Emanuel
Dewees and Wm. M; Taylor. The tax
rate was fixed at four mills, an increase of one-half a mill. It was decided to meet regularlv at Jarrettown
on the first Monday of eaoh month.
The road supervisors of Lower Gwynedd township—E. B. Smith, three
years; O. E. Ingersoll, two years, aud
Oharles Livezey, one year, —will meet
this Wednesday to organize for the
year.
The new board of road supervisors
of Whitpain township met on Monday. After a short session, the members adjourned to meet on Tuesday
morning, at whioh time they eleoted
the following officers: President, John
G. Thompson; secretary, George Hoo-
er; treasurer, J. Irvin Yost. A tax of
four mills was levied for the coming
year.
The newly eleoted supervisors of
Horsham township—Harry Worth,
three years; Solomon Hagerty, two
years, and William M. Dager, one
year—met at Hallowell's hotel on
Monday and organized, electing Wil.
fliam M. Dager as chairmin and Harry Worth secretary.
The supervisors then appointed Edward Twining - treasurer, Joseph
Gouak, road master of the upper distriot and Harrison Green, of the lower disrtiot. The supervisors will hold
tbe next meeting at Halloweil hotel
on Monday evening, April 2.
Cheltenham township board   organised with  George   D. Widener president, and  Henry   K. Walt.   Wvuoote,
vice president. The other members are
Oharles H. Wanner, Ashbourne; John
8. Miller, Edge   Hill,   and   Lawrence
__empsevliOheltettliam.  John Sadding-
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in Bleb *
DAMAGES WON
BY K. & M. CO.
CARE OF
IMPLEMENTS.
, H.> Enwara'
73. Clayton,
other tow!
LinBOlf
tax collector.
The first board of township commissioners of Abington met on Monday afternoon ana organised' with
Olement B. Newbold, as president,
and Oharles Kruger, of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit oompany, as vice
president. The other members of tbe
board are William Johnston,. Percy O.
Madeira and Julius I. Naohod. Harry
Ainbler, of Abington, was appointed
solicitor, and will also serve as secretary to the board temporaraly. The
township treasurer is B.Frank Boutcher, and the tax collector is Edwin Stapler The board will meet on the third
Thursday of each month in Abington.
Notice.
To the people of Ambler borongh
and vioinity: I desire to announce
that I have opened an office in tbe
new Knigbt building, room No. 4,
where I will keep offioe hours from' 7
to U p. m. Aa I still retain my position with the Keasbey and Mattison
oompany, this will occupy my time
from 7. a. m. nntil 5.30 p. at., bnt
after tha latter hoar I will be pleased
to give prompt attention to any and
all business with whioh I may be entrusted, either at my office or outside.
With an experience of over 00 years,
devoted exclusively to the practice of
medioine fund surgery, in Miohigan
towns, I have for the last lfi years
made a speoial study to diseases of tbe
kidneys,the treatment of whioh I will
now give special attention. Residenoe,
Trinity place. Telephone connections.
A. B. CONKLIN, M. D.
Sinlntnount.
Harry Painter, of Philadelphia,
spent Snnday with bis family here.
His little son Freddy is still confined
to his bed, there apparently being no
improvement whatever.
An unclaimed letter remains in the
postoffioe for William Siffrim.
Hiss Sadie Gibbons is confined to
her room with the mumps.
F. E. Bond and wife, of Philadelphia, spent Sundav with Mrs. Warren
ngersoll and family.
James Rogers removed to Philadelphia on  Thursday.
Miss Alice Ott, of Philadelphia,
spent Sunday with Harry Painter and
ianiily. f
Thomas Riohie and a party of
friends of Philadelphia, were visiting
here on Sunday.
Rev. A. O. Bohenk, of North Wales,
preaohed a very interesting sermon on
Sunday afternoon ia the Odd Fellows'
hall.
George Reiger, of Philadelphia,
spent a couple of days at hia oonntry
home, Willow Oreek.
William Shive, a former resident
here, ia lying ill with typhoid fever
at bis home at Oak Lane.
Ambler Company the Victor Over the Subject
Johns-Manville Company.
Der.i-mn, From W.liirh No Appeal Can Bo
Matte, Han tied llnivii Monday Id Now Tork j
_■«.trooping Triumph   for OwDor* of IV1***_-
,.   .'i#—i.l IVttellfs.
D"spatches were received Tuesday
advising the Keasbey and Mattison
company, of Ambier, that it had won
a rliirti legal triumph in the face that
itsLsuit for infringement and an accounting in substantial damages
against the H. W. Johns-Manville
company for its intentional trespass
upon the legally vested rights of the
Amhler corporation, had been decided
in an opinion handed down Monday
bv ihe United States circuit court for
the eastern district ot New York in
I favor of the Keasbey and Mattison
coni,|.tauy. No appeal can be taken iu
tiiis case, and the Keasbey and Mattison company will now proceed to
collect a large amount of money from
the" New York corporation and its
associates.
The winning of this suit finally
ends? the five years' litigation on the
magnesia patents, the owners of the
patents, the Keasbey and Mattison
company, having triumphed iu the
prosecution in every oase in whioh it
lias instituted proceedings. The winning of the last two suits will add
materially to the amount of damages
which will be collected lrom tbe defendant companies and which, it is
anticipated, will run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Tbe suit for conspiracy, still pending against the owners of the magnesia factory at Plymouth Meeting with
damages claimed of upwrrds of
$600,000, and will hot be adjudicated
before some time neat winter, when
a large amount of additional damages
is anticipated by the Keasbey and
Mattison oompany.
Considered   by
Farmers' Club.
Horsham
Centre Sunnre,
The'supper, given by the ladies of
St. John's Lutheran church Tuesday
evening of last week, was a grand
success. The proceeds amounted to
nearly $100.
At Aaron Phillips' public sale, condnoted by Agent Katz, goods sold
high.
E. M, George Dewberry, of Elkton,
Md., who lately purohased a property
of George Bernhard, took possession
on Monday.
Dr. and Mrs. S. O. Seiple, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Irwin Yost attended the 39th
wedtling anniversary of Judge and
Mrs. H. C. Hoover on Sunday.
There were 02 persons to partake of
tbe dinner, whieh was an elaborate
affair.
Mr. and Mrs. George Righter, of
Philadelphia, spent Snnday with the)
former's parent, Mr.   and   Mrs.   Johu
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SoSSfnY _sr«r* *jo*HB   Taylor^
Philadelphia on Thursday.
Mrs. John Kerner and daughter. Miss
Pauline, of Columbia, spent a few
days with tbe former's daughter,
Mrs. William Snyder, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Enos Swartiey, of
Hatfield, with their four-year-old
daughters visited their cousins. Mr.
and Mrs. O. H. Dannehower on Sunday.
John Moore and Mrs. Lizzie Pearson,
of Philadelphia, were entertained on
Sunday by Mrs, Mary and Miss Clara
A. Beok.
Miss Florence Fallon, of Hazleton,
now a student at the Broad Street
Conservatory of music, Philadelphia,
visited Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Baker
from Saturday nntil Monday.
Miss Carolyn Obalk and friend, Dr.
O'Neill, of Philadelphia, were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Baker
on Snnday.
Elwood Hart will have public sale
of household goods and farm utensils
this Thursday, after which Mr. and
Mrs. Hart will make their home with
their son, Israel Hatr, who is proprietor of the Dnffryn Mawr botel.
Jesse Shoemaker has leased his farm
for three years to F. Scbraner, of
Penn Square.
Horace Thomas has rented his farm
to Mr. Davis, of King-of-Prussia.
J. Irvin Yost bas bia blacksmith
shop oompleted. Mr. High bas taken
possession.
John Haag is building tool bouse
and work shop.
O. H. Danehower, on going to the
stable to do the milking on Saturday
morning, found one of his best oows
dead. She bad apparently been in the
best of health the night previous.
William Davis bas been on tbe sick
list dnring the past week. T^&\<'
Mrs Sarah Eisenbrey is convalescent
after several days' illness.
Master Wayen Haag is doing nicely.
His broken arm is healing.
firm Hro.it Woodwork anil Curtain**-Surface to DoBUHistrate to the Club Spraying,
for tho San .lone Soolo— Late ami Karly
seeding.
Notwithstanding the stormy weather, a goodly nnmber of tiie members of
the Horsham Farmers' clnb met at
the home of Wm. J. and Anna M*
Halloweil on''Saturday, March 8. After
the usual sapper some very delightful
mnsic oa the piano was given by Mrs.
Julia Kersting, a niece of Harriet
Atkingon.
P. P. Gheen, the president, called
the meeting of the olub to order. The
following questions were assigned for
tiie next meeting, to be held at the
home of Newton 13. and Elizabeth R.
Wood on April 13:
"How can a farm be successfully
managed without tbe purchase of
manare?" Wm. J. HaUowell. "Is it
well to he contented with your lot'*1"
Harriet W. Atkinson. "What determines whether a orop is upon good
ground, the weatber or the farmer?'"
James Q; At kin-ton. "Would men
work better if they ate more?" Mannie E. Goentner. "Who wrote 'Westward tne Course nf Empire Takes Its
Way' and why is this true?" Isaac
Michener. "On account of the high
price and shortage of timber, wonld
it be advisable to plant trees along
onr line fences that in the future
they may be nsed as posts?" Davis \V.
Sill. Currenht topics, Alfred K Williams and Anna Halloweil Penrose
Newton Wood spoke of the good
appearance of wheat at thi* time, the
prospeot of being able to buy potatoes
for less than one had sold for and the
low price of rye straw. He also suggested, under domestio economy, buy -
ing paint and repainting the handles
of plows and other implements, getting tools ready with whioh to work,]
suggested coal' oil for loosening up
bolts and burrs. P. P. Gheen said thai
strong vinegar is very good tor this]
nse, bnt is hard on the iron. Alfred!
K. Williams recommended cleaning
tools up and putting away in the tall
rubbed with oil and they wonld noj
he apt to rust.
Under ourrent  topics,   P. P. Ghee
mentioned the opening of the Wei den a
home tor crippled ohildren. The reced
•antomobile show was  also   discussed
ins was also   the   free   distribution  ol
janti-toxiu among the poor hy the olfii
jeers ot the board of health.
■   Mannie Goentner had been, interested"
in an article    making woodwork ants
.curtains fire  proof-...The ••formula   is*
one pound of   ammonia   phosphate   in]
jf-ne quart ot water applied to the wood]
work and nsed in laundry nig curtains.]
Wm. J. Halloweil reported that H.J
A. Surface' has accepted the irivica-l
tion to give a demonstration before tha
farmers* club for   the  destru_____L__j___j___|
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h-op
por]
tlitiffy.
IT LOAN?
OF $25,000.
**as'zed   Ambier Council
Down to Business.
i. After Paying Ail Kill*, Hag
u llaiul- N't- w Council Settles
oik lir. Fine Takes Mr. Mar*
May (MUIdna,
iCfrtmgh council met. in reg-
ii'-liist, Monday evening, and
rs. were called- to   order   by
■ all the members being pres*
Mt. Marple.    The   minutes
.vere reatl and approved.
'lean, of the highway   com -
.lortetl   having   discovered a
t water pipe from   the   But-
'Uiuin to a private   subscri-
paireti same.
man of the light committee,
.lean reportetl two lights
Maple street as ordered at
••ting.
t.*. of tint law and order com*
portotl that Borough Officer
ll'ated that bad order and
.kenness appeared to prevail
l<«, but that the police ate
F\\ itch to remedy the evil.
|{* Mt, ni the building permit
nee*'' reportetl having issued
emits—one to the Bell Tele-
t company for an exchange
a. and the other to B. Frank
joyer for a house  on   Mattison
Carton, of the borough improve-
gpromittee, reported the need of
Kittle ourrent  iu  the   Ambler
I.
A communication was read from Dr.
Mattison ashing council's attention to
the growth of grass on the north side
of Lindenwold avenue and also the
condition of the street which is being
washed badly by rains. Mr. Rose
thinks that if tbe street were narrowed
by setting the curbs out abont eight
feet a remedy for this extensive washing conld he found. The matter was
referred to the highway committee.
Mr. Rose, as chairman of the highway committee, requested a list of the
delinquent property owners iu the
matter of laying sidewalks, promising
to have all such attended to. Same
was granted. Mr. Jones suggested
another inlet along the Ridge avenue
side of C-J-. VV. Weiss' property to take
care of the rush of water, whicli is
claimed to flood the sidewalk. .On motion same was passed.
Another communication from Dr.
R, V. Mattison asked for a sidewalk
on Mattison avenne from North street
to Bethlehem pike. Mr. Rose stated
that as tiie street is uuniacadauiized
the borough cannot compel the property owners to lay pavements, but as
chairman of the highway committee,
he volunteered to present the" need to
the property owners to try to secure
the improvement.
Mr.Rose suggested asking the public
for a loan of $126,000 for sireefc improvements, and asked that the highway
committee be instructed to ascertain
the prohat le cost of the needed street
improvements and present same to
council. He moved that the solicitor
be instructed to prepare au ordinance
providing tor a vote on a loan iu that
amount, same to be presented at. the
next meeting.   Passed.
A petition was presented signed by
residents on Lemon, Rosemary and
Orange avenues asking for a  light  on
■
Lemon street and also  one   on Spring
\_T of the fire committee,   re-1 Garden street about 200 feet  south of
the fire apparatus   in good con- j Butler avenue.     Same was referred to
the   light committee  with  power  te
|t se, chairman   of   the   special   act.
______ en the damages claimed by j    A report of the board of health was
read presenting bid of D. F. Marple
for the work of collecting tbe garbage
for tbe price of $219. A suitable bond
accompanied the bid. The board recommended the acceptance of the bid,
whioh was done. The liairman then
reappointed II. V. Everham to the
board of health for a term of five
years.
An appropriation of   $60 was   voted
jge. avenue residents, reported
gone over the situation and
■o discover that the property
| have sustained any damages.
|Hiag the report of the Sndyer
Mr. Anderson, chairman of
imiftee having the adjustment
ffvge repotted progress, and Solic*
fpulke asked that the matter be
[up under the new counoil.
J treasurer reported a balance of
fsi on hand, aud the following
|were ordered paid: Keasbey and
son oompany, $*..■_ l; Thomas and
; $380.60; D. F. Marple, $1.15;
Dficbon Fire company, $45; 8. A.
■:$u2; J. Watson Craft, $187.7*1;
J Light company,$2*li>.40; "Am*
Jtzette," $3.20; George S. Ex*
hp8.04 ; Joseph T.
iDanehower, $102.
ad*
wnffl] 1 lie* UBzette
Was read by the editress, Mrs. Gbesn.
Wm. J. Halloweil thinks ii tbe
farmer's prospects are to be as bright
in tbe future as in tbe past he must
take up other lines than that of wheat,
potatoes and hay. Oharles S. Paxson
cannot see any reason why tbey may
not be as bright for the future as the
past.
Alfred K. Williams answered his
question as to how the farmer is to
make fewer honrs and receive tha
same profit by saying he oannot see
how to do it unless by rushing, then
be would soon wear himself out.
Oharles S. Paxson had never sowed
any timothy in the spring, as he had
never bad cause to, but if it should
fail bis plan would be to sow the
olover either, but wait antil Augnat
and seed both down. 1 he club generally agreed with him, and the opinion Is tbe only likelihood of failure
for timothy is too late seeding in the
fall. The club then adjourned after
listening to music.
Et&.u. $02 :    Dr. D. W. Shelly, $50;
B__vt*rliaui, $'■."*.
aport was reatl from the board of
showing - itemized   expenses
■pe for tlie year, Oouncil then
lied sine die.
hew   oouncil   then   temporarily
fed hy the election of Mr,Shoe-
no   the   chair,   E. C. Scott was
jrfeniporaiy  secretary,   and   the
(gtjgUoyt.iui.  wc v* ly
■*_s»t'i*fekt.-or
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SecSBH TP^Tfftan-KWjikK'f'TlJIfeT
wa-«v~_~WeiSjjjretary t|]eil   ca*ne,j VQiM
roll and all th'sv members were   found
to be present.    ^BT
The following officers were then
unanimously elected : President, John
L. Shoemaker; clerk, E. C. Scott; solicitor, Joseph T. Foulke; surveyor,
Thomas S. Gillin; treasurer, Samuel
H. Faust; borough officer, James H.
Boileau, and it was deoided .to pay I
the same salaries as the preceding
council. A retaining fee of $25 was I
passed for the attorney.
The- credentials of  Bnrgess   Biddle
were presented, and also  bis  message
to oonnoil,   which   was read  and Tn
wbioh he thanked  the  members  and
others for support and  pledged  himself  to  encourage  improvements   inoluding good streets,   good water and
good lights,  to   secure  which,   if  no
I other way appear, he favors a loan. He
I is not in favor in  a  general   way  of
I borrowing money,   nor of a high  tax
; rate, but urged that plans be speedily
| formulated for  the  repair  of  Forest
the board of health,   anil  counoil
journed till next Monday night.
The Brotherhood  of St. Andrew.
The regular montly meeting, of   the
Brotherhood of St. Andrew was   held
in the club room, at   Whitemarsh, on
Monday evening, with  the   following
Foulke,   $95; members present: Rev. Miller. Messrs,
i •  James   H.   Leslie, Horn, Tessy  and   Comly,   anil
Messrs. Thompson and Lessig of the
junior chapter. Rev. Miller opened
with devotional exercises, and then
the minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved. Secretary
Augustus Lessig proposed the name
of Archibald Holmes for membership,
and he was elected. Rev. Milter appointed James Henry Horn, Jr., a
committee to visit the junior « hapter
at its meeting ou Sunday evening^
|e r|
II
BRIDGE MAY
BE REMOVED.
Proposed Change  to Western Entrance of Ambler.
County CuhimisNlotiers anil Knsltieer Ot
Ambler Mid Norristown Trolle.v 'Join -
paify $tl{*__eiit Improvements—illr.Zanoand
Dr. Matttson Helpline With tiie Project.
The Anibler anil Norristowu Trnlley
company is willing to bear a pottion
of the expense to the connty nf rebuilding the old stone bridge over
the Wissahickon creek on the Ply-
mouffh and tipper Dublin turnpike,
just west of the Amhler borough line.
This fact was brought out last Friday
afternoon, wheu the engineer of tho
company, H. C William's, met tho
Montgomery county commissioners,
Daniel S. Anders, John S. Slielinir©
and Ben.] imin F. Penrose, and went
over the ground. The commissioners";
were ahccmpainetl bv their attorney,
J. P. Bale Jenkins, Esq. •
The gentlemen were also attended
hy Mr. \nthouy M. Zane, owner of.
the former Bergner property, who is
disposed to grant the trolley company
the right*of way over the turnpike
past his land. Mr. Zane's property ex-
tends right up to the Wissahickon
bridge, and as it is contemplated to
make tt change of the location of the
bridge itself and also of the grade of
the tnrnpike between the bridge and
the Morris road,he is directly interested in the plans and purposes of the
trolley company in its passage by his-
property.
The present plan of the'trolley company is to straighten the turnpike
near the bridge to conform to the direction of fhe pike from the railroad
to Maple street. About Ohestnut street
the turnpike bears to the southwest
and then turning to the northwest
passes over the creek by a very narrow
stone bridge at right angles with the
coarse of the creek. The survey carries the road to the northward of its
present course passing close to the I
old stone houses owned by Dr. R. Y.
Mattison, who has expressed himself
favorable to the proposed cliaiage,
being willing to dedicate the gronnd
in exchange for what is now utilized
as the highway.
The proposed bridge of reinforced)
concrete will be thrown over the
creek, the pier on the eastern side*
being fully 50 feet up stream from the
old bridge. The road from curb to
enrb at Chestnut street is 84 feet three
inches wide, and the plans call for a
proposed 95-foot highway with a
bridge of equal width. To the west*
ward of the creek a long wing wall'
and approaches will lead up to and
protect the structure, and at a point
280 feet from the pier on the easterly •
side of the creek the proposed highway will converge into the present
road by an angle. It is estimated tha
bridge and approaches will cost $11,-
000, ami in addition to th" structure
the road along tlie Detwiler meadow
mav he raised from 18-inches tn   three
rev, nt Ii i __.-11 wat|r
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~«~"fi~iC~Fi~~all the members* listened With
great attention. At 9.30 Rev. Miller
closed the meeting with prayer and
adjourned to meet Monday evening,
April.2 at 8 o'clock,in tbe club house.
Hog Tombstone to Go.
Criminal oonrt met Monday morning with Judges Swartz and Weand
on the bench. Judge Swartz handed
down an opinion in the equity case
suit of St. Peter's Lutheran churoh,
of North Wales, vs. Charles E. Bean.
This Is the celebrated dbg rase. The
oourt orders that the defendant,
Oharles E. Bean remove or cause to
be removed from the cemetery of the
plaintiff the stone or marker erected
as a memorial to the ilefendant's dog,
being the stone described in tbe bill
and evidence and upon wbioh the
words "Our Pet" are inscribed, within :"io days from r-he entry of a
final decree in this case, tbe costs
to  be   paid   by  the defendant.   The
pin flood-
Jk.%.
Plymonth Young Friends.
The next meeting of the Plymouth
Friends' association will be held in
the Plymouth Meeting house on Third
month llth at 3 o'olook. The meeting
will be opened by Elizabeth O. Jones,
who will read a portion of the Bible.
Helen O. Livesey will give a selected
reading. A repoit of the onrrent
events in tbe society tor the winter
will be given by William W. Ambler,
followed by a recitation by Sarah
Haines, A reading will then be given
by Donald Oranor. The topic for discussion, "Is the Friendly Idea of a
Guarded Education Being Faithfully
Maintained in Our Higher Institutions
of Learning?" will be opened by
Prof. Benjamin Smith and Alvin
Haines, after whioh tbe question will
be discussed by members. Interested
Friends and others are cordially invited to attend. mmmi   **_____
Penliyn.
Mrs. Henry Edward Drayton, whose
health has been rather poor recently,
has left for Hot Springs, Va.. .to be
gone nntil April 1. Shortly after ber
return she will open her summer
home at Penliyn, and early in May
will give her annual fete for the members of the chorus class.
Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Ingersoll were
visiting their oonntry home, "Forest
bill," on Snnday.
William Vincent, farmer for a nnmber of years for Oharles E. Ingersoll,
will move to the Fleok property, on
Bethlehem pike, vacated by Finley
Kitzelman.
H. Tenor Langstroth spent Snnday
last in Atlantio City.
Joseph Oavanangh lost a horse last
week from oolic.
L. Y. Davis has a large stock of
coal. 	
Gwynedd.
Horace Jenkins has been on the siok
list.
Mrs. Snedeker, formerly of tbis
plaoe,and died in Doylestown on Sunday at the home of her son, Nelson
Snedeker. She leaves three sons: Nelson and Abram, of Doylestown ; Lewis, of Gwyendd; also Sam an tha, of
North Wales. The remains will be
buried in the cemetery here.
Clyde, son of Conrad Walton, is recovering from his recent injuries.
The. carpenters expeot to complete
John Brown's new house this week.
A party of 15 from the Blasius piano
house, Pniladelpbia,. came up Snnday.
to the inn.
Mrs. A. G. Yothers is spending a
week at Strondsburg, White Haven
and Easton.
Morris Borsch has moved from
West Point to tha property of J.. H.
Oummings.
and Tennis,   Butler and Lindenwold prothonotary will  enter a deoree nisi
avenues at onoe. as aforeasaid and if no  exceptions are
I He urged the granting of franchises fi,ed »" provided by the equity rules he
tb corporations whioh   would   benefit i "•
ihe town provided the borough secures
ill possible advantages.
Counoil then adjonmad for the chair
o appoint bis oommittees.
On re-convening  the  following ap-1
jnintnients were announced after  the I
J airman had thanked  council for tha
nor of his eleotion:
(Highway—Rose, MoOlean, Rex.
Finance—Fine, Jones, Rose.
Light—Rex, Anderson, Jones.
Law and order—Anderson, MoOlean,
arton.
Building permit—Jones,   Anderson,
eed.
iFire—McClean, Fine, Rex.
(Borough improvement—Reed, Fine,
lihrton.
Borough property and supply—Har*
t'lp, Reed, Rose.
bashing's Manual and the former
riles of order and honrs of meeting
awe adopted.
pn motion tbe former oommittee on
tlije Snyder damages was continued.
, (The highway  oommittee   was  in-
s'fuoted to  advertise for bids for the
vtprk of street commissioner.
{Messrs. Jones, MoOlean and Rose
were appointed'on a oommittee to take
np witb tha solicitor the proposed Bell
telephone ordinance together and make
report to council at tbe next meeting.
H. O.Williams, of tl.e Ambler Traction oompany, presented a proposed
ordinance, stating that his company
deklras to construct a trolley from
Ambler to Norristown using Butler
avenue within the borougb, and lias
already secured a large number of the
rights of way. The ordinance was
reat aud was then referred to a speoial
committee of Messrs. Rose, Anderson
and Dr. Fine for consideration with
instructions to report at the adjourned
meeting of council on Monday next.
Wyndmoor.
Abraham Unrub and family have
moved to Bine Bell, where Mr. Unruh
reoently purchased a house.
Lenten servioes are being held in
Graoe Lutheran ohnrch every Wednesday evening at 8 o'olock. These servioes will continue until Easter.
About $350 was realised at the fair
held on Washington's birthday at
Wyndmoor grammar sohool for the
benefit of the piano fund. This amount
includes proceeds from sale of tiokets
and oash collected by tbe pupils.
An All-Day Koad Mooting*.
A all-day jury meeting was held at
tba rooms of the Wyncote Improvement and Protective association on
Wednesday of last week. The object
was to oonsider the advisability of
laying out of two proposed roads
within the boundary of the village of
Wyncote, as asked for by certain
residents of tbat township. The first
petition asked for the lay out of Kent
avenue to commence at Helion avenne
and extend to Mather avenne; the second petition asked for the extension
of Mather avenne, beginning at Maple
avenue and ending at Accomac road.
The last-named petition waa opposed
by both tbe Cheltenham township
commissioners and the oounty commissioners and by tbe abutting property owners. The jury was composed
of the following: Malcolm Patterson,
ex-englneer of the borongh of Norristown ; H. Benton Leedom and J. Howard Dannehower, of Bethayres. The
jury decided to open Kent avenue, bnt
not to open Mather avenne, because
to open that avenne wonld mean the
destruction of valuable water works
owned by Horace Lippincott.
Jsoir'BiJTv""?^""^
.ifso w nay*for ■raisin*?-*' rh'e ■ grade-of
the highway from the westerly 'approach to the bridge through the low-
portion of the highway. Iu order to
prevent high water from tearing away,
this raised grade tbe oounty commitf-
soners suggest a county bridge, archer large culvert across the pike at a
point near the Morris road.
The present stone bridge across the
Wissahickon oreek in its narrowest
part is just 13 feet 11 inohes wide.
This, of course, is too narrow to accommodate both the trolley and the
traveling pnblio. The trolley company,
in the proposed changes, offers to
contribute a sum equal to the amount;
required under tbe present* conditions*
to build a separate trolley bridge over
the creek to the southwest of the present stone bridge over tbe creek, probably about $-500.
After the grouno had been gone
over thoroughly, the gentlemen adjourned to the office of Dr. Mattison, where the whole plan was informally discussed. The commissioners, of
course, were not in a position, to state
just what they will do, bnt they expressed themselves as favoring the
ereotion of a modern bridge of sufficient width to acommodate the traveling public.
Dr. Mattison stated he favors the
proposed change of the direction of
the highway, bnt thinks the trolley
company shonld bear half the expense
of the proposed new bridge.abntments
and approaches.
■ Mr, Williams said he had no author- ,
|ity to state just what his company
mav agree to do, but he was pleased
wit'ii the outlook for tbe proposed
cliituges. He said the releases for the
trnlley line from Centre Square to the
Ambler iine are practically all seenred
with the exception of Mrs, Detwil er,.
who up to the present has deolined to
grant the right of way. At the junction of t'-io Morris road and the turnpike Mrs. Detwiler owns land on either
side, and her refusal to sign a release
effectually blocks passage over the
tnrnpikb- at' present, although Mr,
Williams and Mr. Zane were in conference on the premsies of the latter
last Friday with a view of the company's securing a right of way through
the former Bergner property around
the southern side of the property of
Mrs. Detwiler. Should Mr.Zane grant
this right, wbioh on Friday he was
rather disinclined to do, the company
would then have a practically uninterrupted right of way to the borough
line of Ambler. It is the purpose of
the company, should Ambler counoil
grant a franchise, to run over Butler'
avenue from the western border only
so far as the tracks of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad company.
—At tbe local institute held at Centra Point the Skippack grammar school
won the first two prizes in fhe spt 11-
ing contest*. ,__. <■
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