The Ambler Gazette 19011226

              v(xl xx-no 2 ambler pa december 2(j 1901 1.25 a year norristown letter weekly review of recent happenings by old friend uncle sum's surplus what to do with it utlllllillll hi1hl llnllllll.vi illltll « ll'uv er'n ufe in xorrlstown passing of n ^ treat man norristown pa dec 23 1901 we hear much of a troublesome sur plus in the treasury at washington amounting now to 40,000,000 for the current fiscal year and it is anticipated that it will reach 100,000,000 by the 1st of july next and by the end of harvest to over 200,000,000 and what shall be done with it why only n week or two ago we were informed from washington that the administration had anticipated the interest due the first of january next on the public debt by paying it now it amounting to nearly $•">, 000,000 if 5,000,000 he the interest what must the principal be a school boy could calculate and ascertain the principal debt if he were given the rate percent which can not be exactly and truly as certained by any system of ratiocination because there are different loans am the rate per cent of interest varies on each but the fact that the government has this enormous debt on the one side and a surplus of revenue on the other renders the solution easy as to low to dispose of the surplus take it and pay off that much debt that is an easy one so long as the money is on hand pome enterprising congressman or cab inet officer or adventurer may soon dis cover a scheme for its disbursement on some new adventure perhaps for the survey of another route from the gulf of mexico to the pacific coast that would about take the forty and the in crease vill soon take wings and fly away the isthmian canal will never be celebrated in song as the raging canal of the schuvlkill was in olden times but it will rather be known as the canal that needs assistance the ca nal to be that meets resistence and ever is to be but never will be built in — our day our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win bv fearing to attempt " our peo ple bliould have taken the tehnantepec survey across the southern line of mex ico and then it would have been an american highway across the territory of a sieter republic adjacent to our own and would have saved travelers and merchants 100 miles on the way to the golden gate fooling down in darieu and ranama after spending millions ex ploring on the upper and shorter route hows lack of wisdom sincerity and nces and to listen to invited sneakers ii in respectful performance of these lutier was pathetic and elicited kindly emotions from his many friends and leigiibnrs for his devotion to the sacred little temple on the perkiomen hills in bis dailv walk he was exemplary simple and gentle in his manner and kindness was an essential element of bin nature he attended to his own horse drove around quietly among the merchants to see if they wanted more hour from cleavers mill sold and col lected for the hoys and went about his business without ostentation obtru sion or offenoe we were all sorry to lose this good citizen but the friends are especially afflicted by his demise for theirs is'a special as well as an irrepar able loss the intellectual decay and mental in capacity of j warren sunflerlaml ll i of collegeville in his old days is a sad and sorrowful realization of how a great man may fade and fall awav from all usefulness while vet in full life he is very aged he was princi pal professor at freeland seminary when i first met him as my preceptor among my colleagues at that time were miiuiv who are now no more but among the survivors are wayne mcvaugh and other lawyers and business men mr sunderutnd afterwards became the found er of the pennsylvania female college at freeland now called collegeville from which he retired after a long and successful career having educated and graduated many women bud he unfor tunately engaged in a private banking business which wrecked his fortune and he is now suffering not only from de mentia but hopeless impecuniosity the court will hear all parties interested on jan i prox as to what shall be done in the wav of appointment of a iruar dian of his person and estate when pjxburgess clamer several yeais ago bought mr runderland's real estate he voluntarily gave him his residence for a home during his life this was a generous act which all of mr suti derland's neighbors appreciate and ap piaud sundcrland was a profound nicaragua is aside from complica tions climate and its latitude the betit of the three from the carribbean sea.but we want a canal from the gulf of mex ico across mexico and directly to the pacific in the proper meiiclian of the united states all other routes inure to the benefit of foreigners more than to us i suppose it will take the au thorities another century to see it but it is true just as the reading railway company sees that its primal projec tors made a great mistake in not locat ing the road ori town instead o iginally through norris f bridgeport that mis take will cost the present company mil lions of dollars to build a biidge which they now project obliquely from their road across tiie schuylkill to the other side of the river so as to tap the old road beyond the barbadoes island let any congressman take the map and he will bee that the tehuantepec runs di rectlv across mexico from the gulf while the nicaragua route ¦ is way down the caribbean sea if the latter should ever be adopted it would not be 10 years before the people would clam or for the former just as they now urge a canal anywhere to avoid sailing clear ground south american north of the nicaragua route is nicaragua san sal vador honduras guatemala and the gulf of mexico before you reach the mouth of the mississippi another holiday is proposed — tbii time it is the birthday of wiliam mc kinley and william h smith is the author of the bill introduced in con gress on the 17th inst j hope conarees will be able to fix the day of mckin ley's birth before they pass the bill as the historians have not been able to do so four different dates have been as signed to that important epoch but as we have no holidays of any account just now why not make each one of the four separate dates a legal holiday to make bine of it in fact for pennsylvania whv not make every day a legal holidav wijh the exception of the few which may be designated as optional days there are not many of them so that on these optional days we can labor or not as we may be inclined or as a majority of the family may decide upon by a vote sunday ia a legal holiday about j in a year of theee then comes jan 1 feb 12 feb 22 may 30 good fri day july 4 labor day two election days christmas and every suturday afternoon thanksgiving day and every ilay that we are ordered upon our knuos for humiliation and prayer school teachers and school children have still more legal holiduys comprising the period of the teachers institute where they are taught to whistle and the christmas season till after new years day legal holidays are like the court house clock which gives us legal time whether • glit r wronir in all the notices of the life and death of john cleaver who died ia tforristowd and wan buried at plymouth meeting lust wednesday not a word is slid of him us a oltlten of norristown in which capacity we know him moil intimately he whs a verv exemplary mill methodic man he was an elder ia the old friends meeting b*re and a trustee of the venerable friends meet ing house in upper providence where i first went ici meeting worship ia no longer a pait of the services but mi cleaver made hi stated visits to tlm old place where so muny anciently assem bled bad tint house opened ami the neighbors met to unuw old i scholar a great speaker writer and an eloquent old fries willow grove christopher diesler and john mckvoy will erect windmills to take the place of hot air engines in pumping water george hobensack moved last week from the webster property on york pike to the harvey walton house at heaton station dv frank watson was confined to the house for several days with illness but is now able to be out and look after his patients p w triebels had a horse die last week this is four he lias lost since july it is said that me8£r8.,,f)aberty will c£x}h barlw-rl nuwfl a&f war * it it nowtenatiteu by albert larneiere the ladies aid society met at the home of mr and mrs harry kolliday on thursday evening dec lk saturday evening a parents meeting was held m willow giove schoolhouse george w quigley in charge david craft carpenter of 8ellersville is now employed by the harry kates company here abram heath the village last week with paralysis in the foot is again able to be about the school had an entertainment on friday previous to closing for the holi days some of the old trees have been clear ed out of ehrenpfort's park mr frank sehiiiipf who was very ill from blood poisoning in1 an abscess under his left arm is now improving he is utider the care of dr peters of doylestown he resides on the larze lere farm near doylestown he was a popular resident of near the grove for a number of years peter m'claren a trolley conductor residing at the grove has been confined to his house with a couple of boils on his neck william e triebels the son of post master p w triebels has been suffw • ing for several days from an abscess on the back of one of his hands the rev w h bisbing has added a large number of volumes of books to his library 	 i'eirce school commencamout the graduates of the 36th class of the peirce school of philadelphia must surely have beeu enthused and encour aged bv the impressive scene which was enacted at the academy of music on friday evening dec 20 every feature of the event was such as to inspire the youthful graduates with the value and importance of a proper application of the educational equipment which the receipt of their diplomas continued the address of colonel henry watter son editor of the louisvjlfe courier journal was replete with btirring words of sound advice and lofty sentiment postmaster-general smith was equally effective in his remarks giving the graduates the most valuable hints on how to mould their future lives the academy of mubic was crowded as it always is on the occasion of the peirce school commencements and the utmost interest was manifested by the vast audience in every detail of the graduat ing exercises ilorguaiu the.new house'of wjlliam satterth waite on the pike below the hotel in a fine one it is built of belgian blocks and the cost will bo about 4000 the structure ia ready for the roof when it is completed the sattorth waken will occupy it and rent their old house beit satterthuaito has charge of the building mish elizabeth meitaigee has taken a position as nurse with n wealthy j'hila aelphla family ilie holiness at uallowell pontouico is slowly increasing the people in the neighborhood iiud it a great conven ience there will bu a christmas entertain ment given bv il sunday school hat urday evening dec 28 everyone s h eleome wiulicld 1'audul has hail repairs made to the emiiiiv unil i'"nf of his limise by george msaj.le one end of ha dwel ling was traction co sustained cases against the p & l v traction company dismissed connlne opinion hnnderi down l>y judge h k wenml placing costa on tin plain tlffa points in the opinion the ambler i'liuit house last thursday morning judge h k weand of the montgomery county court handed down a decision dismiss ing the injunction suits of the manor real estate company the north penn railroad company and letitia k kent against the philadelphia & lehigh val ley traction company the cases weie argued before judges swartz and weand by lawyers larze lere wright and acuff for the trolley company on oct 24 and the kent case came up on oct 28 since which time the judges have been considering the points involved in tho kent case which involved the tight of way past a property at friends corner the court merely refus es the preliminary injunction referring to the fact that the traction company has the consent of the property owners on the opposite side of the pike and the court refeis in its opinion to the case of the north penn railroad com pany which is given below for its rea son in the ease in the opinion relative to the manor real estate company owning the former wentz property opposite fort side inn and the former comly property in whiteniurali township the court holds that from the rinding of fact ' we con clude as a matter of law that the de tendants are lawfully engaged in the construction of tbe road that plaintiffs have no standing to object as no part of their property is taken or encroached upon that their ownership of the fee extends to the middle of the turnpike and defendants have the consent of the owners of land on the opposite xide^of the road and also of the township au thorities of the turnpike company which gives them the rights claimed;1 that plaintiff's bills be dismissed with costs ' ' the north penn railroad company sought to restrain the trolley company from building their street passenger railway in front of plaintiff's land which abuts the turnpike road and from crossing the highway bridge at fort washington where plaintiffs rail road intersects said highway the opinion is from the above finding of facts we conclude ac a matter of law tiial ylaiutiiis iia\t on standing taob juct it nu paiv of their i pvfrpsrry is taken 01 encroached upon their owner ship of the fee extends only to the mid dle of the turnpike road and defendants have the consent of the owners of the land on the opposite side and also or the township authorities and of the turnpike company which gives them the rights claimed " in the opinion tbe court also holds that the bridge crossing the railway at fort washington is a part of the turn pike and can be used by the defendant company subject to their making it a safe passageway in rendering the opinion judge weand gives legal sanction to common sense and common usage as follows electric passenger railways in the country have become a public necessity they have increased the value of pro perty built up villages and towns afforded conveniences otherwise not ob tainable and are a benefit especially o those whose means do not admit of other methods of travel the law should therefore be liberally construed in their favor without infringing upon the rights of others where captions technical and other objections are made for reasons not based upon equit able or strictly legal principles a court should not restrain what appears to bu a great public improvement what injury can be done to plaintiff's pro perty which is owned for railroad pur poses it is difficult to see but these are matters to be decided hereafter ' ' the precedents cited in the opinions are judge yerkes decision in the new town and bristol case and the supreme court decision in 4he lukens valley case whether an appeal to the supreme court will be made by the manor real estate company and the north penn railroad company is not known but they have 20 days frpm the rendering of the opinion in which to avail them selves of this privilege it is probable however that the case relative to the fort washington bridge crossing will be carried no further and in fact there is a well defined rumor at present that the trolley company and the railroad have already taken steps to compromise on the bridge question it is said the railroad desires the abutments of the bridge changed that in case of the laying of a four-track line they will ho sufficient to accommodate them this would involve considerable expense to the trolley company necessitating a span of about go feet and the construc tion of heavy abutment walls the bridge at present was built and is maintained l>y tho railroad ami it is likely that if an agreement relative to the batne is effected it will be along these lines on thursday the engineers for c h kd wards & company of allnntown contractors for the temporary power house lo be locati'd on tho heck old will property along uuthlehoui pike mar ambler were at work running lines and driving stakes several of tho tine old trees were cut down and removed the cost of the operation including the frame structure brick foundation and concrete beds for the engines and boil ers will lie about 1(5000 the dimen sions are 110x40 feet ami the roof will be supported by " steel trusses the wiie selected is on the real of tho build ings now on ihu piopeity at some little distance from the pike whether the front part of tin1 property in intended for tho winiaiifiu power bouse ox r the eieiuon of a rax tiaru is not known the site is about midway between ivheel pump and north wales and al nomt in tbe centre of this last section of he road to be completed from allen own to the philadelphia line the ordinance granting the company he franchise in ambler frotn rose vat ey and down south main street ex pires on jan 1 it having been renewed it the july meeting of ambler council or six months as the ordinance readh the road shall be completed and be in full operation it will be necessary to iass another ordinance at the january neeting to prtserve to the traction com pany the rights originally granted them it is very probable an extension of time will he allowed without any frictions and it is also very probable that the company will have its cars running and hie line will be in full operation before it expires lanmlule frank ilines and romanus killman lansdare youths who have been soldiers in the philippines are expected here the present week to spend some time with their parents the abram cox stove company has been incorporated with a capital of 150,000 titus reed who has been a harbor here for several years is said to be about tn start the business iii ambler christian uuntsberger of franconia has recovered from an attack of small pox he is a brother-in-law of aaron nyc.e of lansdale a small laughter of the latter has been staying at hunts bergerrb house charles king who was so seriously injured at north wales by a trolley car has been living here for manv years ami his son has a barbershop at spring house at this writing his recovery is uncertain a family of eight children abandon ed by their father george hoffman mere taken to norristown on thursday lust their ages rangn from two to 14 homes will be found for them previous to their going the lansdale ladies sewing guild looked after their wants this week is full of sunday school entertainments the methodist was on the 24th the reformed and lutheran qn the 22d tbe episcopal and kvange lital on the 20th and the baptist will he next week on the lilat i the wedding of edward w hoff of i'ottstown and miss myrtle saxe of lansdale took place on tuesday even ing of the present week there will be a week of revival meet ings in the methodist church after new years patrick riley has been transferred by the reading railway as section boss from hatboro to lansdale the lansdale papers were primed this week on tuesday instead of wed w iiiree jtrnhxlaie hib ' from the they are and edith haldeman peirce school philadelphia cora keller emma barndt jarrettotrn a man by the name of hall who has with a family been living during the past few months in part of the kneezel farm house near dreshertown was kill ed by a passing train on the cut off railroad at barnet's siding dresher sta tion it is not known just how the ac cident occurred but early wednesday morning of last week the body was found frozen stiff lying at the foot of the embankment where it had been thrown by a train he leaves a wife and three little children in destitute circumstances tbe christmas services tendered by the sunday school on sunday evening was well attended by the friends of the school the committee in charge had an interesting program prepared and the children did their part in a credit able manner books were presented to the scholars for attendance and lessons recited several teachers received pres ents from the scholars in their classes while the organist and superintendent were also remembered in a simlar way by members of the school and by friends who are interested in the work of the school mr w k groff and family are spending the christmas holidays with relatives near pottstown jacob titlow with his wife and child ren were christmas visitors at the home of mrs titlow's mother mrs k k unruh of this place misses carrie and may cash visited in the city during a part of this week mr m.'j dillon sent five loads of hay straw and potatoes to the city last week dreshertown had a wedding last week miss enola dewees only daughter of mr and mrs eruanuel dewees being married to mr robert campman of three tuns our octogenarian abram p morgan after clearing the leaves that had fallen on the lawn was not baffled when a large apple tree two and a half feet in liameter at its base was blown down by a recent storm and set to work to clear the debris away by the work of swinging the axe and the labor of saw ing and loading the logs at the hume ime the rising generation would do well to take example maple ulen frank staekhouso and wife of davis qrove visited at t p conurd's on sunday joseph hot ten had a horse condemned hnd killed on monday mis jeorge styles of conshohocken visited charles s mann's on saturday albert conard of glenside is spend ing some time ui his granfatuer s t "'. conard mrs isaac farley and ebihlieu are pending some time at her father's ebodee kngle of ogonu hoys take warning two young ladies wo all kuow went skating with it young man one evening recently the evenings performance began by his landing in iho water wo hardly ihink they pushed him in but it might lie best to be on guard mies gertrude hiadaomh is home from west chester btuto normal school r tliejchristinas holidays successful " industry peltit ornamental iron and fence co earns 6 per cent an a miller imlnntry that hub met with marked hhcceim — move to increase ie noun of directors amount of hnslness done during the year the annual meeting of the pettit or namental iron and fence company of ambler was called to order by the president mr frank pettit at the ollice of their attorneys 1001 chestnut street philadelphia last thursday and the report of the treasurer mr a e keinper was heard 102,000 worth of bu.srnesb was done last year an increase of about 8000 over the year previous it was decided to pay the usual i per cent dividend on the capita stock und also on the new issue paid in previous to july 1 1001 the board then after other business adjourned to meet on jan 1 the present hoard of directors com prises frank pettit president ; david tt it vice president a e keinper secretary and treasurer frank ridley and john s buchanan there is a proposition being favorably received to increase the membership to seven by the election of two well known ambler business men as about one half the capital stock is held in ambler and as the plant of the company is located here thin plan will probably be favor ably acted upon at the meeting on jan 16 * the plant was moved from philadel phia to ambler four years ago and a works erected on south main street and the railrpad and since that time it has been running regularly and earning a 0 per cent annual dividend on its caiptal stock which to start with was less than 25,000 last year having about 10,000 in preferred stock in the treas ury of the company it was decided to dispose of this in order to muke some changes at the works one of which was the installation of a foundry after this action was decided upon the change in the steel market brought about by the organization of the steel trust operated to render the move lees advan tageoos to the fettit company than be fore and while there was a spirited de mand for the new issue of stock the original plans have not as yet been carried out it is probable however that at an early date the foundry will be added as originally intended it r ill a - mrs charlus fitzg raid been in i^yl liunlth f - mik finndtiy ; orhng " t ¦• el funeral ha been pet fir this at 10 a no from he jnte resident interment b ing in the family boebm's reformed church blue ti died • tii i-sdnv hen t a i bell mrs fitzgerald leaves a husband and several children she was a good christian and bore her sufferings brave ly the tollgate was removed from the turnpike to g w hellings property last week by benton s russell of ambler mrs glending of roxborongh called on friends here last week mrs joshua mccool who has been quite ill is improving tbe new herd of cows for spotswood farms has arrived at new york and after remaining there in quarantine will be at the farms april 15 these cows are an excellent selection having on several prizes george swaincott is spending the holi days with his parents here shady grove school was closed on christir.as day mr clarence streeper joined the w l s at blue bell last saturday even ing mr hiram mocool has had the bar room of the inn handsomely renovated bj a bne dress of new paper james henry horn jr has taken the agency for the ladies home jour nal for this vicinity,:ind is alreay meet ing with success w l s the christmas meeting of tne whit pain litorarv society was held saturday evening at the residence of miss alice deprefontaine blue bell it was called to order at 8 o'clock by the president george s davis the secretary being absent miss marie hoover was made secretary pro tern under new business several new names were proposed and elected members of the society the following program was then rendered singing w l s reading norman zimmerman selection c deprefon taine jr ; inusic.miss clara w shook vocal duet c hebter preston marie hoover vocal solo pro w deprefon taine leading f clifford bernhards it being election night the following officers were duly elected : president 0 deprefontaine jr ; vice president j w merrill ; corresponding secretary marie hoover recording secretary clara w shook tho joint meeting with the washing ton squaro literary was discussed by the members mr 0 deprefontnine sj kindly offered tho use of his horse for tho occasion hut as none of the com mittee was present no action could be taken so it whh laid over foi another meeting a largo number f visitors were present and expressed themselves well pleased with the program rendered the executive oommittee arranged the program for tbe nest meeting to bo held saturday evening jan !, and the meeting closed with an excellent piano solo reiiduieil by misses alice dupre fontaine and clara w shook of blue hell koul ll.i.iin truiinfei'n buildings and lot of land containing i acre lo qwynedd township franotsts 1'iil of upper iwyneild township to wesley p pike of chester f>000 messuage and lot of land containing 141 acres und 57 perches in mori land township hwao warner of horeha'i township to john w wlnpr nd towns'vp glenside and around i>i mih ri ofotvi i ilm hill school - rmt iiwiiv li«.v is ko turned christina music — miscellaneous items mr john schliimne has moved into his new residence on uickley avenue mififl mamie k loole is spending the christinas holiday with frienos in new york mr and mrs winters and family of gleoaide avenue entertained a number of friends sunday dr r li cooper of ogohtis health officer of cheltenham was a visitor in the village tact friday mr and mrs james holland of philadelphia were tbe guests of miss edith s hanson sunday mrs george w scott of new street will give a masquerade party for mr george w bergey on new yeara eve mr and mrs robert kennedy of north edge hill aro the proud parents of a baby girl she waa born sunday mr william stephens of lenox mass formerly of weldon has returned home from a fortnight's visiting in the vicinity the presbyterian sunday school will render their entertainment this even ing thursday and the baptist mission on new years night rev frank burdick of philadel phia who conducted the services at the liaptist mission last sunday evening will also have charge next sunday mr frank nachod is spending the christmas holiday with his parents mr and mrs julius n'achod he pas sed tbe last two years in new mexico miss edith miller of west philadel phia returned home last friday from a short stay with mr and mrs harrison hinkle and family of mt carmel avenue fred ii luff registry assessor nt weldon has completed his work for the spring election the list of voters and school children shows thai the dis trict is rapidly increasing the following have been appointed members of the presbyterian church ushers association visiting committee mr russell gilbert mr george j ren ninger and mr harry e rodenhangh the chorus of both the methodist and presbyterian churches rendered their christmas rnusio last sunday the sun day school entertainment of the metho dist sunday school was held wednesday evening two of louis schlimme's children are stricken with diphtheria and as a result the kdge hill school which the children attended was closed friday and will ¦!¦ i reopen until thursday jan 2 in lie meantime the building will be thoroughly defined ano.furnigateil pluladelpbii will be married ka-wr ¦ \ * rh day at 3 o'cock at the rmw.lb.net . of mr and mrs george donahue on glenside avenue miss maigie a seiple of centre square will be brides maid a special olticer located george jaska son of herman jaska of north edge hill last saturday in camden and im mediately returned him to his patents jaska disapppcared from home on » thursday dec 12 his excuse wa that he wanted to see jersey he had secured a position in an ollice in cam den and objected to being taken bacl home * north wales greens greens everywhere about the stores hotels and shops more so than ever before all the stores are report ing a heavy business our town has had a busy season the past summer and fall laborers and mechanics are able to enjoy now a merry christmas all around elaborate preparations are being made to decorate st peter's lutheran church for this tuesday evening's festival of the sabbath school eletncian elmer e buck will illuminate the same with electricity the baptist and reformed churches will not hold their holiday festivals until new years special christmas services were held in all our churches on sunday morning and evening last including the church of messiah episcopal below town joe kribel and frank llendricks dis posed of a large number of fine kpir and cedar christmas trees s c kriebel received last week « large live wild turkey gobler which he has since displayed in an improvised cage in his show windows it attracted quite a crowd of the curious many nev er having seen a wild turkey the hoover family will this year hold their annual family reunion at the residence of samuel flwover no 120 west walnut street on new years day a interesting time is expected dur ing the day a family dinner will lie partaken off chinley king who was injured in the i ullision with the trolley a week ago mi main street is on a fair way to recover wilson fridav resigned as elurk at the main street hotel misses grace and abbie shearer daughters of our townsman a k shearer are home from lutherville sem inary md on a holiday visit to their parents we noticed a number of ambler and eloopetton people iii town on business saturday evening the sportn on the ball grounds on christmas day oonaisted of ii pig ehase ami wheeling matches for t*rkey prizes an liumeuau lv,u jamas w atkinson of llpper dublin who has a large farm in that township has about li aeies of it as u pear or chard which has been a big feature in liin farm uianagenu'iil and has for sev eial years tuls laasorj his orop of peais was immflnse the koitl'eis a popular lato variety lie lias in cold sujrayu in philadelphia he has here • i away loflo bushels he has aslo s00 biibhelh of apples all euler his orage custn him eight cents a bd .. <¦ ¦ .