The Ambler Gazette 19020717

              vol xx.-no o ambler pa july 17 1002 1.25 a year will have gas to burn plans of the north penn gas pany com holil cbmun < imiliic valuable rn>|1(,r • y in llnckn and montgomery coiiiitlek would locate hunt nt fo representatives of the newly charter ed north penn gas company were in ambler monday evening and assured a gazette representative that the company means to ro abend with their plans aad build a plant to supply the towns of fort washington aniblpr i'enllyn gwynedd friends corner and north wales with gas for fuel and illuminating purposes in addition to this a company in sympathy with and in fact indentical to tfie i'orth penn . ias company has secured valuable fran chisee covering nearly all the towns in bucks county ihe incorporates of the company are henry r swartley km»ry p dav joseph frankinh and john krankish as soon as the desired franchises can be becured a recapitalization of the com pany will be made and an election of permanent officers will be held a survey of this section has been com pleted and mr swartley said monday evening they would be compelled to locate their plant at fort washington that place being the lowest point in al titude of all the towns they desired to reach the ground has been looked over and the survey provides for a line of pipe through fort washington up the pike to ambler thence to penllyn to gwynedd out to friends corner and then up the sumnevtown pike to north wales in which borough they already have secured the needed franchise the right of eminent domain allows the company to lay its mains outside the in corporated boroughs the plans call for a plant of large size where the manufacture of gas can be economically made and from which a sufficient supply may be obtained to guarantee the beet service obtainable the most approved and modern machin ery will be installed to insure the least possible cost in manufacture and to pro duce the very best quality of gab for the purposes desired mr swartley pledges a good product at a reasonable hgnre having made a study of gas manufacture he is pusitive in his claim that the plant will be a paying one even with a moderate price asked for service labor javine and money saving machinery will alnne be installed and with a large central plant and a thickly settled section of country he is most sanguine of the results large mains will be laid in this eee . tion of country with a view of supply ing the gas inqtiantities to every house desiring the connection for fuel a bpecial stove will be sold by the com pany and connection with the main will be made at no expense whatever the only charge being for the stove which will be reasonable and a nominal price for the gas consumed for illuminat ing purposeb the charge will be the same nominal rate and mr swartley claims that after a household has once experienced the convenience of using gas for fuel and light there will be a large demand for the service respecting the outlook for a franchise in ambler mr swartley said the com pany would not antagonize existing light companies but would be pleased to consider a transfer of the plant he further added the gas company means to build and the field in ambjer may be taken in later if the franchise is not obtainable at the present time glenside and around jacob kox 1 us » nt>\v barber dl b 0 i'lull returned home lift iviik from a trip to california william may lias returned homo from n two wicks ptii v at newport r i mrs s m vedcro and the misses vedere arc ppciuiini tin month at nor folk va frank x kcnnin^er lias been elected nesiftant superintendent of the presby terian sunday school mrs inseph miller has returned home from a two-months stay with her parents in the notbi a s bross and family have taken possession of their residence on vvood lyn avenue robert f campbell and harry p.ryan of this plane are at gettysburg with the national guards rev frank btmlick of philadelphia will conduct the services at the baptist mission sunday evening the ushers association of carmel presbyterian church will hold a lawn fete almut july 31 the presbyterian sunday school pic nic was field at willow grove park thursday • misses clara and adele weber are spending a fortnight as the guest of relatives at baltimore the newly elected oflicers of the a o k of m 0.i glenside castle no 201 were installed last friday evening miss ella hicks of abington was the guest of the misses godfrey east avenue edge hill last friday evening charles little of the united states marine corps ie spending a two week's leave of absence with his parents on harrison avenue the monthly meeting of the glenside fire company was heltfin the basement of the methodiet church last monday evening harry e paisley and family of philadelphia are spendng some time with 1 benton hoover and family mt carmel avenue s b wismer of the united states marine guard has left leauge island navy yard for china where he will be stationed for about three years the saw waw tribe of red men of glenside will hold a lawn fete at glen side on saturday evening aug 10 a colored quartet will furnish vocal and instrumental music during the evening broad axe hanjnel burk has repainted his gaso line engine and is ready for the fall threshing mr and mrs richards of pittsburg have been spending the week with john 8 schiieber miss marie 0'donnell of blue bell visited missamey on saturday evening jake cornell has a fine grass crop which deserves special mention rev a j miller of whitemarsh paid pastoral calls here lat-t week the broad axe shops turned out a de livery wagon for george p mark the centie square baker mr john glending of roxborongh has been visiting in ilii vicinity horace hellings is working for his grandfather david knipe at fort washington miss laura hand uas secured a posi tion with the ambler chemical works in a former issue we noted that harry mccormick was the youngest pupil to graduate from the ambler borough school we were misinformed as thomas faust is the youngest supervisor nice is opening the gutters on the side of the ambler road laura hellings is studying music un der mien clara e martin of this place miss ella augustine of locust street ambler visited her isieter mrs wil liam chew on thursday charles stout of ambler spent fri day with his brother henry stout of this place dr nicholee the great temperance advocate will hold an open air meeting next saturday evening at blue bell rhniims martin is oil the tick list be ing treated in a nearby hospital mitw kate baker of norristown is spending home time in our village charles finher,*of tioga is visiting here hellings killed 53 beev«e la-t week daniel sunde of hoyt is working tnis week for j watsou craft at the h.<i liium tract below the village mr and mrs alfred buornly and mr joneph stroud of chester mrs (!. vv groves of ambler spent sunday with m emanuul weitis lansdale miss susie mininger ( pronounced minne-hinger the victim of the rail road accident here on july 8 was burieil on saturday at the plains mennonite graveyard in hatfield a mile northwest of lansdale she was the eldest daugh ter of john and kate mininger a mi estimable young lady 20 years of age and had been working in pool's shirt factory for several years past in view of the danger of main street railroad crossing council has appointed committee of three composed of a k place f d hill and levi m landes to see if something cannot be done about it they are to ask the railroac authorities not onlv for safety gates bnt also for either an overhead bridge or tunnel the gates they will get but as to any bridge or tunnel it ie very doubt ful the latter would be the ideal plan to solve the ditliculty but it would cobt some money the lanedale-xorristown trolley line was no exception to the universal rule they are never finished and in opera tion at the time promised at first it w86 to be done by june 1 then by july 1 sure next it was to be july 15 cer tain now the date is set at aug 10 pending which time we may wait with hope if not certainty the roof love the power house at west point came ant was actually put on last week john grater presented a bill for $ 10 damages to the borough council at its last meeting on account of a broken arm he fell last winter on the icv pavements he has been refused pay ment on the plea that the borough is not liable as the streets on that morn ing were slippery all over town he is an old resident here daniel sellers who died at chalfon on july 7 at the age of 55 was the son of daniel sellers sr of that place who died there a few years ago at the age o 87 the deceased was the grandson ol philip sellers who was sheriff of mont gomery county from 1817 to 1820 ant owner of the fort side inn then the blue house in whitemarsh from 180s till his death in 1833 county treasiirei malsberger sat receipt of taxes in lansdale last friday lansdale is represented at gettysburg by j oliver wood a member of com pany l and by mahlon mclntyre ser geant of company g on thursday evening of last week woman and six-year-old boy narrowl escaped being run over in front of th station and 15 minutes later a man a the main street crossing was ia bimila peril the funeral of suans mininger on sat urday forenoon was very largely attend ed both by lansdale people and others not nearly all could get into the church rev almlas o heistand of nea doyleatown preached in english an rev henry godshalk in german about 50 of her factory mates sang hymn in the church shall we met at the river lansdale won the game of baseba over sellersville by a score of 13 to 4 nelson martin will teach the uppe gwynedd westers school for anothe terra this is near zieber's park an lie taught it last season tim chrihiiau endeavor bociety.of boehiu's reformed church blue bell will bold tbu prayer meeting wodiieb day july ti at 7.46 p m dose at 8.45 p in sharp mibh edith uoberts will lead the meeting topic means of growth trolley linen merged that the management of i he variou corporation controlled by the johnuoi syndicate in lower bucks county am around trenton may be coulrolled witli greater ease the several companies wer merged on july 11 the new jersey am pennsylvania traction company pur chasing the newtown ami vardle sheet railway the yardley moriil ville and trenton railway the tren ton l.uwrenceville and princeton rail way tht trenton luwrenceville ant princeton exteubioii and the prluoeta railway annual ieu tho capital stoci of thi purchasing company was increati ud from 11,000,000 to 1^,000 000 whitemarsh polo club recently chartered organization to be active in sports pf-nound i the membership include some of th hour i'1bj<t in mix coimtry orouniu oil m;i •- i 	 ni.ir ctmrrfl komi i the newly organized whitomnrsh alley i olo club has elected ollicers as ollows president alexander van jensselner vice president kdward t totmbury secretary and treasurer.john lawyer wilson jr of 711 cheptnut treet philadelphia ; assistant necretary ind treasurer william kemble lave ock the executors committee consists f mr vanrensselaer mr stotesburv mr wilson mr kemble r n car on thomas b homer craig heber on clay kemble alfred c harrison the grounds are located on the centre f the whitemarp.il valley on haas lane near church road the field is to be he same size hb that at the philadel hia country dun ground was broken uly 8 and it is hoped to have the field in playing condition next year arrangements are being made for a club house and it ie hoped to have one on the grounds before the summer is over a temporary field has been se cured where the members can plav till he new field is in perfect condition [» is the plan and purpose of the white narsh polo club to encourage polo play ing and kindred sports among the gentlemen interested as active members are some of the follow ng j sawver wilson jr charles b homer edwin n benson nellson buckley j h dalles allen.trafford e smith thomas cadwalader richard cadwalader williams cadwalader wil liam kemble charles n welsh wil liam hart harry ii hart richard vaux nonis vaux m strutters burt lewis parsons otto tod mallorv fred eric whittaker wilson potter harry barclay george willing welsh harris cm carroll smith john childe ander son william hayward dravton heat ly c dulles ricbaid e.forrest edward trotter price joseph e weidner francis e bond j hcrace harding r g fell daniel buckley a triple a iiiilvrmary the members and friends of trinity lutheran church look forward to a gala day set aside for sunday july 20 up on this occasion the pnstor rev james l becker will celebrate the 25th an niversary of his ordination the church its 20th anniversary and the sunday school its 15th year of successful service the morning services at 10.30 will he conducted by rev becker assisted by nieghboring clergymen in the after noon at 2.15 sunday school will con vene and at this service interesting ad dresses will be made in regard to the dav school its growth and success ful results the anniversary service in the evening will undoubtedly prove the most interesting at this service rev d h reiter of quakertown will be the principal speaker and other clergy men will he called upon to make ad dresses the choir of the church is re hearsing for this occasion aim special mu6ic will be furnished rev james l becker was born in penn townehip berks county on june 1 18 am recieved his preparatory training in palatinate college myers town from 1868 to 1871 during which time he also taught public school in june 1874 he graduated from the muhlenberg college after three years study he graduated from the lutheran theological seminary philadelphia in 1877 and in may of the same year was oidained to the ministry in the luther an church bv the ministerium of penn sylvania his first charge was in sel lersville pastor of the parish consis ting of three congregations and later he came to the church of which he is now pastor when first assigned to the local place of worship rev becker was atsisted by rev g d foust who later accept ed a charge in north wales rev fous died several years ago during his loni and successful service here rev becke has placed the church in a flourishing condition increased ilb flock material ly and endeared hijnself to the congre gation 	 gwvneild church of messiah sunday 6choo will picnic at willow grove this wed neadiy mr..l e widner spent part of the past week in easton clifford beroliard spent several day during the pabt week in atlantic city n p rile while returning home late on monday night discovered the freigh house at the station on fire aftei working an hour with the assistance of a train crew they succeeded in putting it out the building was slightly dam aged an automobile party ran down from bethle hem one day last week ami staid over night a william penn inn the following day they took a in through tins section the party was thoinus weiss and wife misses ebther and fran ire weiss aud walter lovatt and thomas weiss the following party from beechwood inn wai nut one day last week frank johns k e white misses jeuks soley and crawford mr aud mm murmur mrs lynch e l fuller and ii b cut man another party from the urn was up tues day cveuiug john eclfert ami joliu mecutcheou of i'd i u ¦ 1,1 1'lii i were here over bunday mrs hulllngswurui of i'htwtimt hill has mov ed out to the old nuthan powell place mr mariuer of jeokintowu well known here died buddeuly on tuesday a night of kmr aud auxiety mftyllu mttiuberger wtio spent the winter ai hotel wyudham ambler and david huud.ol north wult'm had u experience on trie 4th which they will not soou forget they left cape may at an early hour iu the morning to spend the day fishing uml when far out at tea were i'uukhl iu a terrible cleitriu and lulu atoriu near uolly iii-iit-h they picked up ilx nei«oun win were struggling from irowuiug the inu&t u their umt wan bluwu away and tbey re mained on tiie water a'l uiglit with the sodgof swarms of momiiuitoeb as their lullaby at cape may the rumor wai spread that they had beeu drowned thi fortunately wan not true fur at 9 o'i lock ttuiiday morning they returned to cape muj it was a tern lile experience for them mid tii exposure aud hardships of that night will be ing um trolley victory company gets favorable decision at fort side inn mllmmiilmhon or work along the i-lns north wall's i!i|<i<e crowded cmi toi kiltie rediifluiii of ituiirmiil fnr to i.nimilhle-schedule lightning work the xorristown court monday morn tig handed down a decree respecting lie temporary injunction held bv be ennsylvania railroad company and he philadelphia ft lettish valley trac ion company by which it is stated that unless exceptions be filed in the allot ed time the injunction would be dis olved and tho bill would be dismissed at the costs of the plaintiff thih will allow the pennsylvania company 20 lays in which to appeal which it is mderctoort they have already taken ad iitltlll'l of . over two months ago the pennsyl vania railroad company asked for a ill in equity to restrain the traction company from laying its tracks on the rikippack turnpike near fort side inn n whitemarsli township the railroad racks run across a bridge which spans he turnpike at this point and they sought to restrain the trolley company rom passing beneath the bridge clami ng that they were the ownerb of the and in fee simple and that they had not given permission to the traction company during the electric storm early tueb day afternoon lightning struck the cur rent wire of the trolley company above springnouse and rurning to the power loube burned out one of the armatuies n the dynamo tying up the system from north wales to fort side inn the upper car coming south was stopped bout the toll houee above springhouse it was carrying several passengers bound for philadelphia the north-bound cars wab stopped at rose valley and had on seven passengerb for south hatfield several did not have monev enough to go by traid so they returned to phila delphia the repair work to the dyna mo was commenced at once and it is expected he armature will be repaired shortly cars on the lower end are run ning up to fort side inn vith power from the wheel pump plant the cars etill continue to carry loads of passengers and on sundays and holi days the crush ie enormous from 100 to 170 prssenpere being crowded into each car from about the middle of the forenoon up to after 10 o'clock many people after waiting for a car prefer to remain at home rather than attempt to withstand the crush in a crowded car on bunday the following schedule of the trolley has been issued by the company cut it out slick it on cardboard and carry it with you south-bound trolley i fl | i v bo dl i c •» uiu ¦ £ — t i i ii 1 i li % am asiia ma 5 40 5 45 5 66 l 0 40 c 45 <! 65 1 7 7 40 7 45 1 $¦>• 8 8 40 8 45 8 66 j m 9 40 9 45 9 10 15 am c 20 7 20 8 20 !) 20 am 0 io 7 30 9 ho a ml i 6 85 i 7 35 8 35 £ si " 4 b 10 40 10 4.1 10 66 11 11 40!ll 45 11 55 p p m p m p m 12 12 40,12 45 12 65 1 1 40 1 45 1 56 2 2 40 2 4,r 2 66 8 8 40l 8 4fi 4 40 4 48 5 40 5 4,r r 601 0 c 40 fl 16 i 66 7 7 40 7 45 7 66 s 8 w 8 4b x 55 0 9 jo u 45 i 66 10 10 40:10 4 10 55 11 11 4011 45 11 r,.">12 12 40 12 45 12 55 1 15 10 20 10 wio 35 ; 18 11 l'011 10 11 :»! ' m p m,p m p ml ! 1;v12 2012.w12 35 , 15 1 20 1 30 1 i 15 2 20 2 30 2 85 : 20 ii 30 s 35 4 20 4 30 5 20 t 30 li 20 c 30 4 35 e 3ft fi 86 7 35 8 35 lft 7 20i 7 so 16 8 20 8 30 is d 20 9 o 9 88 15llo 20,10 so 10 s.r 1511 20:11 8011 w 1512 20il2 8012 86 15 1 20l 1 hoi 1 35 north-bound trolley amam am am am am a m l 6 8016 85 6 46 b 35 s 45 9 45 10 15,10 2510 i0 10 35,10 45 10 85 11 if 11 2511 30 11 wll 4511 55 pmf mv mp 61 8 65 i 66 11 if 11 2511 30 11 wll 4511 55 pmpmf mv m'p mpm vi 15 12 •£< 12 80 12 86 12 45 12 55 1 tt 1 26 1 b0 1 86 1 45 1 r 2 b 2 25 2 80 9 86 2 45 2 55 hi 10 ¦ u 1o ! p m 12 10 1 1 10l 2 10 j 15 _ 4 16 4 k 5 w 6 21 28 8 80 8 b6 1 b0 1 88 6 36 5 5 so 6 36 f it 6 96 8 80 g 35 7 151 7 26 ' 80 i ¦¦¦> 8 151*8 25 8 30 8 36 | 26 » m9 » a 15 3 ms 4 45 4 55 5 45j 6 45 7 45 8 45 0 65 7 7 65 8 „ 8 561 9 10 0 jo o jn o ov ° °" ° w 9 15 9 25 1 » 80 9 s 9 46 10 1510 25!l0u0 10 3510 45|4u , , ,, 11 16 11 25 11 o 11 3511 tin 55 12 10 12 15112 25,12 io 12 35j12 46 hi 5q 1 10 after numerous delayfi work on the building of the steel bridge over the tracks of the reading railroad at nortl walee for the l'lnladelphia & lelii^l valley traction line iwis been com menddi and the excavations for the concrete piers are now being made by the allentown i'avinj company the bridge is 110 feet eij<bt inches in len^tl bv do feet wije with a height of 24 four-teuth feet above the railroad tracke it will accommodate one trolley track with sidewalks on either side thereof tho cost of the work will be about 10 000 the piers will be 50 feet long 11 feet hi^'li and 15 feet thick from ivmisylvaiiiu avenue on which thie bridge is being erected the trolley trac will turn out wtihhinaton utreet to the siiiihh'vtuwii l"kt tliurcby connectiiil three lines above and below north wales the work which will require hiiiiim time is bi'i"k rushed forward as rapidly as possible owing to the great increase of phila delphia travel to chestnut hill park the i'lium traction company which fl supplying power for the new lino up ati far us the trout mi cut-on bridge has found that the keuvy doable track carti of ilir lehigh valley line require uioru i'uwtir than can be snared by the power duiihi at w iml pump aud ian week he philadelphl«ft(k leblgb vbiicv trno ion lifie took off the hi'iwy can whirli were rudoing between wheel i'ump nnil loiirtown and flouftowf and white marsh nd eqbitltoted the lighter and mailer 0|m rnr9 used on the line above during saturday nnn of thele flrs whh put out of service and whs run in thl line and the inrjje car took its place until tiipeday when it was re and placed nimin on enrnmi sion just as poon as pof-sible the enr ent for the lower end of the line will e taken from the ambler power house ami the hgrty carp will be reinptated just now the lansdale end of the trol ey line appears phnrt of current tho lill ontpidc of the borongh reipiirink ill the power to convey passengers into own there is a rnrnor prevalent here that lie heading company in order to meet rollev competition will noon put down roun'f trip fares from lansdale to the city to the figure of 10 cents mste'd of the present rate of flit rent another rmikir is that tne trolley company will soon reduce the fares from lansdale to ambler for five cents and of course 10 cents to chestnut hill this wonlj be putting lansdale and north wales on the paine level notwithstanding the tifference in distance the rate from north wales to ches'.imt hill is 10 cents the distance is about 12 miles one icay now ride from north wales to sixty-third street west philadelphia for 18 cents or to the extreme southern point of the neck for 16 cents the new switch at whitemareh was entirely completed on monday but it is unlikely it will be put into regular use until the rirs can be run under the dut-ort railroad cars are run opposite fort side inn on the ambler end in stead of the whitemarsh postoffice as formerly 	 jarreitown meehan brothers have finished the alterations to their office building at dr<shertown the in terior of the building has been remodeled and fitted with modern office fixtures the firm which heretofore has had its office in german town will now make this their headquarters carriages lor the conveyance of customers will at regular hours meet the trolley at fort washing ton trees and shrubbery are shipjied to all parts of the united states the amount of freight shipped by the firm to dresher station will com pel the railroad company to place an agent at this point in the near juture m.j dillon housed the last of his hay on fri day mr dillon had two fields of very good tim otliv the balance was quite up to the average for this season a seven-months-old child of john memullen.s died recently after short illness the funeral was held cm wednesday last miss isa stevens isspending a kw weeks with mrs anna shoemaker the rpper dublin school board will meet in special session next monday evening bids for stationery and other school supplies for the en suing term will be received aud the contract awarded at n recent meeting of the board the rational system of primary renders was adopted morton's geographies will replace butler's and milne's algebras will replace brooks kriink potts has re-roofed his hay house win ('. lower is building a rear porch ami summer kitchen to his residence here miss annie niewig was a visitor this week nt the home of rev e w stillman sma wife of philadelphia mr and mrs harry fellows and mr arnold aiman and family of wyndmoor visited friends here on sunday good sized congregations were present morning and even:ne at the methodist church on sundflv last mrs ellingeworth saiik a sulo next sun day evening hev dr mcdowell pesiding elder of this district will preach blue bell the semi-annual meeting of the whitpain alumni was i held en thursday july 10 and the following omcers were elected : president w deprefontaine vice president john r miller recording secretary susie michael correspond ing secretary clara baker treasurer clifford bernhard it was decided to hold the picnic at sanatoga park sometime in the near future mrs a e fretz is visiting with her parents mr and mrs t j rile mrs abratn nash spent sunday with her par ents mr and mrs f c hoover walter cunanl visited his parents on sunday miss clara shook visited friends in belfry last week mrs herkheimer who has been on the sick list ia very much improved miss elsie hoover and mr clifford bernhard are cdjoying the cool waves and salt air a atlantic city mrs j h bayne is visiting with mr arid mrs d w kelly mrs h e drayton has returned from a week visit to narragansett the christain eudeavor connected with boehm's church will hold it weekly prayer meet ings on wednesdav evening at 7.4 p m during the mouths of july and august emmeit d nichols esq will give an open ai discussion of the liquor traffic at this place on saturday evening july iu at k mrs middleton of korrlhtuwu will sing all are welcome mr wood of norristowu spent last sundaj with walter deprefontaine miss laura shugard is spending sometime with her sister mrs casper slinglult the sunday school picnic of boehm's churel will go to chestnut hill on aug 11 raymond myers is visiting with mr and mrs r g.kile services will be held in union m z church on sunday at •" p m the whitpaiu literary society will meet at the home of mies alice deprefontaine on saturday evening election of officers will be held mrs aim vonderan of norrlstown.ih spending some time with her daughter mrs amos walton dr john 1 mclean aud daughter sidney oi philadelphia visited at amos walton's qu sun day other visitors same day were mr and mi d b sinoyer of norrlstown aud mr and mrs warren brooke and daughter of cold foint prohpectville miss annie cornell of broad axe visited miss einmu h gordon on sunday jacob smith and brother edward of norris towu spent sunday with mr and mrs joseph iouak win danehower and family were the guestb of m and mrs thomas anderson on sunday jones acutl and sinter anna attended the fun eral of their brother william acuff of philadel phia tuesday miss lulu rile who has been staying several week with miss emma iordou returned to her home lit blue bell on sunday mrs bella worth of philadelphia is spending several weeks with imr sister mrs 8ilas knight of this place miss florence summers miss jennie tomlin sou miss hattie hunter of 1'hilailelphiu rev i u wolff of blue bell and mr and mrs ross oberholstr and daughter ida of norristowu were visitors at cherry dale the bomb of mr and mrs aarou cjordon last week samuel welkel amos fly and mi-s irene oor douureon the sick lint mrs a liuklfi and daughter addie visited in new jersey on sunday mr und mrs joseph walton uud son williuui visited mrs walton's mother mrs a j ruther ford of davis lirove recently the fourth ui sycamore l>.il farm mits'bertiia shutt enwrtuiued quite a number ol her friends from philadelphia the greater part oflantueek ut fieri lionif the sycamore dale i''u!iii in horsliaui on the evening of the 4th there was a beautiful duu'luy of fireworks which was bfvu at tt distance tturing the evening the imtliinul hyinus weru sung flllluk the couutry around witb melody at were tin hearts of the winners wltti patriotism it is hoiied uiehe spleu ilid singers will boon return again awl visit ttie neighborhood tlione who were present number misses l.i/./ie llutt loudcum vogt laura jie minnie tioiip l.iua bmeltucoiio louisa amm voi-geliu aniiii doreuenian di.ru glenside to city line wm t b roberts writes concerning this trolley line contract mmte with union trail um t'nm jiany to bnllil nml operate tlin houll — m«'h«r wmrii.t iiml i iliiiw knflroly onl of llennliln i u n.i kauelere julia flwld meiwn charlie martin p tram charltw llutt hurry truui adolph vii>ki'lin louu hi yer jtiw.ii ungvi come mi welcome that when it is kuowu demons will go uciirer to hear ihem lthas been wbls|iered ttiut luileu number uf them me members 1mm tlu liuir ol tin heruiun kelorunil church si mil uud luurd av«uu editor ambler qamttel in your last week's edition respoctinix the trolley line from newtown to ifat boro and also the glenside-willow grove you state that i represent the widener-klkinn syndicate allow me to state to yon that i represent no syn dicate whatever mesfirs vvidener an 1 elkins have nothing whatever to do with this matter mr chester e al bright and myself purchased absolutely the ri^ht of way for a trolley line from the city line to willow grove and lave made a contract since our purchase with the union traction company for this road and these gentlemen since tlieir purchase from us have agreed to build and operate this road the same is er pected to be started very shortly nnd will be ready for operation on or be fore the first of june next also in reference to glenside farms this is also called the syndicate or el kins and vvidener property allow me to inform you that these two gentlemen liave no interest whatever in glenside 1 have personally purchased their inter est and am now the owner of this entire tract ariyjother rights of way that i maybe interested in the purchase of or asssisl ing towards having the same procured i would like to say as i have done above that i am acting entirely alone and if after securing sucb rights of way i find it of interest to mate any connection either with the union trac tion company or any other road for its connection with this city that wilj be an after consideration but at the present time it is entirely independent of any organization whatever hoping the above explanation is satisfactory i remain very truly yours william t b roberts country club organized about 10 citizens of lansdale and north wales met at lansdale on wed nesday evening and effected an oieani zation to be known as the intc-r-town county club a r place esq was elected president arthur r drake cretary and william d heebner treasurer a charter will be applied for ahout m0 persons have signified their intentions of joining it is pro posed to lease or purchase a tract of ground somewhere between lansdale and north wales on which will be erected necessary buildings club house etc 	 new publishing company the lower merlon publishing com panv has bten organized with a capital of 12 000 and a charter will v applied for in a few davs among the stock holders are algeion b roberts at torney a band idee for state senator parker s williams randell wiliams and j j ziegler prominent in repub lican politics in lower merkm and miss ciertude lubv a former partner in the publication of the ardmore chron icle who has been made manager on aug 1 the company will begin the pub lication of a weekly newspaper the lower merion news mumhk there is still considerable wheat ancf hav to take in joseph kruse has left narcissa hav ing served his contract as farmer for tht misses rinehart henrv baker of plymouth while working for w h coreon ran the prong of the pitch fork through his hand causing a painful wound c michle formerly of this place ia moving his household goods to bridge ton x 1 and will work in the chan dalier works at that place wire thieves got in their nork on friday morning when considerable feed wire wae stolen between barren hill and the ccnvent the north star school hickorytovn has been given to a mjbs kratz of nor ristown j\iiss i5aker has resigned the eight square whool and accepted one in nor ristown eight square is without a teacher at present isaac sheppard and john shaw visit ed the perkiomen on monday mr sheppard s catch consisted of six bass one lags catfish and one large eel tho bass ran from eight ot 14 inches plymouth valley creamery paid out l'sg0.12 for milk furnished during june 	 nhlroiv i -., n>,t wh»l might have been a fatal aceideuton the philadelphia a keadiui railway tracks at lans dulc thurtdav ev«nlog was averted l.y the tinie y warning of yanlmaster harry graham tho south-bound 7.15 train was about to leave in fact it had already started when a woman with a boy the latter aged about six years ran from he waiting room uf the static ii to board the raiu it was too late however for the train md already started the womaa was placed in t tryinu predicament as the south-bound trail vas pulling out another train north-bound was approaching standing between the two tracks with one train in motion and another rapidly aroroachlntr she seemed half ciazed and umk fded what course to pursue in tho wnv ol eseatie riie train was headed off ty harry lifahani and brought to a standstill bv the engineer before it vafluponlier many people who were standing on the station platform turned away their face lorritied at he dangerous position about 15 minutes later another escape was nad by a btrauger in crowing the track a relght train imrtbeen shifting its cars and „£> iiudimk at tlie m»i street crossing as he tarted to cross the tracks the train began to move he made u jump for the othe hide ami scaik'd by u hair's breadth in n hiii ii l ill ¦ dektruyed the stone barn on j lowbei welsh's me*lowljiik>k furm in vliitemanli towu hlp near c'litstnut hill ark early kriduy morn ug cremating nine valuable horse st cailen jit jersey cow ana 70 chicken ind destroyed 00 uins oi hay a bushels of gnii'i a vuluubh ncubatur and beverul wmkoiib narrimfhi aud scb if lmruehh tiiv iobk is t'kilmuted tit upwurus ol lmi,(.io0 tke mopurty wi insured fur 6.ri,00«.i tin origiu of tfiu lire is t urndcn .