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the ambl ambler pa vol xix.-no 48 ijjazette beil 7 1901 1.25 a year 4kpicy time in council mr knight removed as chairman of tbe highway committee itfgnlnr meeting of ambler riornugli conn oil proven kxcltlng — trollev franohlne desired — dr rnfe protest regarding cnrblns n<1 paving on bntler a vinne the regular november netting of ambler borough council was held last monday evening and was one of the breeziest held in recent years presi dent kramer called the members to gether at 8 o'clock and all were present nt roll eail the minutes of oct 7 were rend and approved mr knight of the highway commit tee reported that in conformity with instructions from council arrangements had been made with mr 8 a faust as to the damages sustained by grading butler avenue along his property mr faust a^rreep to macadamize hosemont avenue 1 50 feet lone by 23 feet wide and to release the borough from nil damages in consideration of s0o in two installments of 400 each payable at the november and december meetings and the committee recommended tbe action the chairman further reported having spread on the streets all the cinders thai could be secured and hoped to continue when more can be obtained he read n request from the board of health urg ing the cleaning of the sewer at rose valley creek under main street mr davis of the li^ht committee reported the bid from the ambler com pany in connection therewith mr acu'ff presented a resolution authorizing the committee to enter into such a con tract it was thought best however to bring it up under new business mr a cuff of tbo law and order com mittee reported the order oftthetowii good one robbery during the month mr knight of the fire committee re ported the steamer tested and found in good condition no suction hobe as yet and the tire alarm still out of repair the hose will be purchased this week and regarding the fire alarm mr rtich is to consult with mr rose and meet with a representative of the committee mr knight read a communication from the fire company requesting council to participate in the firemen's parade on thanksgiving day mr craft of the borough improve ment committee mentioned the new trolley project the treasurer's report was then read showing a balance on hand of 3078.49 mr kiamer of the special railroad committee reported that the matter had been referred to the solicitor but that the latter was unable to furnish the ordinance until certain surveys of the street are made as the curve in maple street makes it necessary to define the direction of the extension mr aoufif prommed a nsaoiuiiou au thorizing tbe chairman of the electric light committee to enter into a live year contract with the ambler kleetric light heat and motor company at 8 cents per kilowat hour passed unanimously dr a h rufe addressed council relative o the laying of curb and pav ing on butler avenue and asked if the ordinance is to be carried out he said he had done a lot of grading and filling in front of his property and did not in tend to be the only one to curb and pave but if lie were assured by council that the provisions of the ordinance were carrted out by council at the ex piration of the 60 days allowed the property owners to do the work he would porceed at once mr acuff in this connection said he thought the in tention of the highway committee is to allow the work to remain till spring when a much better job could be made of it mr knight chairman of the highway committee said the instruc tions from council at last meeting were that the work is to be done by council orthwith dr rufe also brought up the condj tion of the macadam in front of his property which ho said for 20 feet was laid with nothing but soft sandstone and of which he protested to the trolley company he asked if such work meets with1 the approval of the highway com mittee he was assured that the work is subject to the committee's approval and it will be inspected when the road is completed a resolution of the whitemarsh and upper dublin street railway company was introduced into council granting the privilege to lay tracks on maple street to thompson's mill road to north spring garden street across bulter ave nue and down spring garden street to bannockburn avenue to the borough limits it was read,and mr craft mov ed and mr rose seconded that it be re ferred s a special committee on roll cull the vote stood ayes craft rose kramer nays davis acufl1 knight mr acuff asked that the repreqenta ives of the company who were pres ent be given an opportunity to make explanation mr rurcell said that the charter of the whitemarsh and upper dublin street . ltailway company was obtained in order | to operate the ambler and jenkintown company within the borough as tlio charter of tho latter covered streets al ready laid with trolley tracks the in tention of the promoters is good and they mean to build the road if the fran qbue passes and he urged that oouneil take up the resolution and act upon it | mr acun asked if the company lmh h municipal franchise in any borough r ownship right of way in any township passed through or lias there been an effort to obtain won mr puroell uid tho road as yet had not as they had lc nired to begin with the ambler fran chise and after bbourlng that would k mi and fully complete tbo lino after vaiiuus inotion.s and withdrew a is the matter was infer red to the eouun cil as a committee of the whole to l taken up when it miiih ita nlaaiure mr kramer asked mr knight aifto ilie progress of the repair work on ten nis avenue and thought stone should be used in rilling the bolea he stuttid be had been leptatedly censured by ret lents regarding the progress of the work and said the chair feels the responsibil ity for the work of its committees he had consulted with the chairman of the highway committee and was informed he bail not the time just then to pro ceed mr kramer further said that if the chninnan of the highway committee has not the time for the work of the conunitto his resignation would be con sidered mr knight said tbnt his resignation as chairman could be considered and that he would present the same in writ ing which could be acted upon he therefore withdrew his verbal resigna tion mr knight was therefore re moved as chairman by president kramer and mr craft appointed in hi stead dr rufe stated his protest to the manner of cleaning out the gutters on forest avenue which had been pjowed and allowed to remain for week in an unfinished condition mr knight presented bills of william k burl for his work on maple street amounting to i>4ti..h7 which was grant ed bills to the amount of 91389.64 were odered paid mr craft stated he bad been visited by william ji hart relative to the fill on butler avenue along the property of mrs hart he paid the latter desired to know what the borough intended doing to retain the earth placed therein and thought she was entitled to damages mr acoff sam the fill is necessary to complete the macadamizing and the borough may be liable for damages but urged that she curb and pave in order to hold the im provement already made he said the highway committee had treated with other property owners who were damag ed and this might be a case to be taken tin later dr rnfe thought that if the borough intends paying damages there would be other owners to make applica tion broad axe daniel freas intends giving up farm ing in the spring william swainuott and sons visited in rox borough last week messrs stout and lester w jones visited grant stackhouso at bryn mawr last sunday c e hailman of ore-land visited old friends here on monday miss emma a plant is agiin living in our midst sidney b horn who has been enjoy ing his vacation vith his mother here has resumed bis position with the union traction company the broad axe gun club was out friday for cotton tails and a large num ber were slain c s baker jr was taken severely ill on thursday c stout is erecting a new fence around the brownholtz property mrs pfromm and daughter visited here last thursday frank mcvaueh's team ran off thurs day opposite mr mccool's residence throwing him rut and damaging his produce miss alma b'.uton has been visiting at doe run c^itster coi'utv j " j«phrf*>t!fcrsr-v>«s ivnuineu m's position with c c bi.tfle mrs e p wood of avondale is spening some time at jesse brinton's mr daniel sands haying finished his contract of splitting rails for j watson craft has engaged with david knipe of fort washington in a like capacity james henry horn jr will attend the annual meeting of the philadelphia local council brotherhood of st an drew in the chucrh of the saviour philadelphia on saturday nov 3 mr morris stout spent sunday with his parents here messrs james mooney and fisher lightkep of roxborough visited wil liam swaincott on sunday the whitpain school board lias de cided that all pupils shall lie vaccinated to take effect at once hance fitzgerald of philadelphia vis ited his parents on sunday w i s at blue ball the whitpain literary society held their regular meeting saturday evening at the home of miss clara w shook blue bell meeting was called to order by president george davis minutes and roll call read by secretary misa emily moiris the following was the pro gram singing music charles pepre fontaine referred question on shakes peare's tomb james henry horn jr ; music miss clara shook comic reading john martin jr ; debate resolved that marriage is a failure " affirmative j h horn jr misses clara martin clara w shook ; negative misa emily morris messrs raymond rile george s davis after much discussion the judges messrs j w merrill albert shook and porf deprefontaine decided in the affirmative duet prof depre fontaine and miss shook the society then closed to meet satur day nov 16 at the residenco of prof deprefontaine blue bell when the de bate resolved that the pleasures of hope are greater than imagination will be argued itlmi hell albert reynolds has moved into mre caroline miller's tenant liaise c o nathan and family have remov ed to the city mr john ross will move to mount vernon street l'hiladelphia mr charles shoemaker of philadel phia spout a few days with friends a party of inas(|ueraders spent hal lowe'en with mr and mrs walter de prefontaine the old boy wan let loose on thursday night a number of our young folks attend ed a very succeaaful masquerade at the homo of f.ugeno duvis,penllyn on fri day evening mr and mm moore attended u party at king-of prussia on thursday even ing preaching ut union m e chucrth on sunday afternoon vli.pl lili-n alih-rt'l'vni aii'l family viuiteil relatives ut i ill on sunday t p gouardaud wifo ipent sumluy ut their nous ctoorg k consul ut l)<>li:>nt<m hucka county bnndttud wmi gus*l8 uf riiiludulpliiu up on time retldeuta of oui vilhun h'iii sun utlluiimu ii jblu - county democratic montgomery turns on the republi can machine rppuhllrnn timlliy renponnlble lor defeat — jtiilke solly may ho i ¦.!.¦« !<¦<! — demo cratic mnjorltlea i:«tini:if l itntween boo nml i'mki ilii vote llcrfnlniiitn owing to 1!»oi being an off year the vote on tuesday except where local is sues were involved was light tho re hiilts are : beth low reform is elected mayor of greater ew york over tammany by 000 majority nash republican is re-elected gov ernor of ohio by 50,000 murphy republican carries new jersey for governor by about 11,000 gregory republican was elected governor of rhode island by a decreased majority iowa is strongly republican by about s7.000 majority virginia is democratic by a good ma jority crane republican candidate for gov ernor of massachusetts is elected gov ernor kentucky is carried by the democrats who elfi i in both the house and senate maryland is won by the democrats who have probably carried the legislar ture insuring tho election of gorman as united states senator pennsylvania is carried by the quay ities who have also won in philadel phia over the union ticket by about 25,000 majority the returns show heavy democratic gains everywhere and a decrease in republican majorities yerkes for judge of the supreme court runs ahead of the democratic vote bu falls short of election the consti tutional amendments are carried in ambler the full vote was not polled in the first ward the independent re publicans generally voted with the democrats although yerkes democrat was favored particularly and carried the wild by 10 majority the republican majority on the other candidates ranged from o to 10 votes the amendments carried by over 20 votes in the second ward the democrats ran their vote up to 94 for both yerkes and tyeon while harris republican iran highest with 179 solly received 170 votes tbe amendments were defeated by about 30 votes ' norristown pa special the un official vote of the county elects the whole democratic ticket with the pos sible exception of tyson for judge of the orphans court with majorities ranging from 500 to 1200 larzelere for pheriff and malsh>'i'ger for county treasurer are surely elected with sub stantial majorities judge solly's uia i forty te-#$w<*tfa<k stflbvbut h f hii ri h hi springi'ikij wkst state treasurer harris 31 ; corny jr 91 judge of the supreme court potter 33 ; yerkes h9 judge of the orphans1 court solly 5 ; tyson 85 district attorney hendricks 35 ; slough ii sheriff haidetnan 35 ; lanelere 102 county treasurer caine 35 ; mais ,, r loo director1 of the poor thom '". 3 yrs 35 ; mcdowell 1 yr 35 ; oram 3 yrs 100 ; renninger r yr 99 coroner ashton 35 ; kane 102 sur veyor ritchie 35 ; kinzie 99 upper dublin east state treasurer harris 59 ; cotbyjr 61 judge of the supreme court potter 59 ; yerkes 60 judge of the orphans court solly 64 ; tyson 57 district attorney hendricks 61 ; slough 60 sheriff haldeman 58 ; larzelere 62 county treasurer caine 61 ; malsberger 60 iiirector of the poor thomson 3 yrs 62 ; mcdowell 1 yr 62 ; oram 3 yrr.,59 renninger 1 yr s8.coroner,.\sli ton 62 ; kane 57 surveyor ritchie 62 ; kinzie 60 plymouth east • state treasurer harris 61 ; corayjr 92 judge of supreme court potter 57 ; yerkes 96 judge of the orphans'court solly 69 ; tyson 00 district attorney hendricks 73 ; slough 86 sheriff halck-man 69 ; larzelere 89 county treasurer caine 71 ; malsberger 89 director of the i'oor thomson 3 yrs 99 mcdowell 1 yr 73 oram 3 yrs fyj ; llenninger 1 yr 78 coroner ashton f 8 ; kane 8r surveyor ritchie 72 kinzie 86 cheltenham state treasurer frank g harris r 7fi klisha a coray jr d r)7 judge of supreme court william v potter r 71 harman yorkes d <>:>; judge of orphans court william f solly r «», neville d.tyson i 60 district attorney abraham h.heritfricks r.,85 epliriam f slough d 54 sheriff lsiah r haldeman r , 80 john lar zelere i 55 county treasurer ed ward j caine it 80 george n mals perger d 53 director of the poor fames k thomson r 3 yrs 87 thomas j oram d 3 yrs 51 john h mcdowell r 1 yr 86 henry h renninger d 1 yr 50 coroner charles b ashton r 87 james j kane i 52 surveyor ritchie r 88 ; kinzie fc,61 whitemarsh east state treasurer harrib.r 68 coray d 83 judge of supreme court potter r 61 yerkes d 84 judge of or phans'court solly r 02 tyson i 77 district attorney hendricks r b5 slough d 74 sheriff haldeman r 63 larzelere d 70 blake1 p 1 county treasurer caine r , 05 mals bergt-r d 74 mckinlay p 1 di rector of the poor thomson r ii vrs 5 mm d 3 vrs.,74 raniho p 8 rs 1 mcdowell r 1 yr , 66 ken ing r d 1 yr 73 l.ai.-haw p 1 r . . corqm-r ashton r oti kane bciafconrit may chantro this ambi.kk i'lkt wakd state treasurer harris r 73 coray d 67 judge of the supreme court potter r 66 yerkes d 1 1 76 judge of the orphans court solly r 77 tyson d 66 district attorney hendricks r 80 slough d 64 sheriff haldeman r 76 lar/elere d 68 county treasurer caine r 78 malsberger d 64 director of the poor thomson r 3 yrs 79 mcdowell r 1 yr 80 oram d 3 yrs 63 renninger d r yr 61 coroner ashton r 81 kane d 61 surveyor ritchie r 80 kinzie d .'. 62 \ mlll.kk ni:<:o.vi ward state treasurer harris r 179 coray d 86 j0dge of the supreme court potter r 171 yerkes d 94 judge of the orphans court solly r 176 tyson d 94 district attorney hendricks r 172 slough d 80 sheriff haldeman r 173 larzelere d 91 county treasurer caiue r 170 malsberger d so director of the poor thomson r 3 yrs 169 mcdowell r 1 yr 168 oram d 3 yrs 79 renninger d i yr 78 coroner ashton r 169 kane d 79 surveyor ritchie r 17 kinzie d 76 north wales btateltreasurtr hards r.,118 ; coray jr i 146 judge of thu supreme court potttr r no yerkes d 153 judge of the orphans court solly r 130 ; tysou d 143 district attorney hen dricks r 134 ; slough i 141 suerilt haldeman r 122 ; larzelere d 153 county treasurer caine r 130 ; mals berger d 141 director of the poor thomson it 3 yrs 132 ; mcdowell r 1 yr 129 oruin i 3 yrs 144 i keniiitiger d 1 yr 144 coroner athlon r 130 ; kane d 144 survey or ritchie ii in ; kiiuie d 143 [»., 4 ply m outh wk3t state treasurer harris 94 ; corayjr 64 judge of the supreme court potter 9 7 yerkes 62 judge of the orphans court solly ior ; tyson 63 district attorney hendricks 98 ; slough 65 sheriff haldeman 95 ; larzelere 67 county treasurer caine 1 1 1 ; malsber ger 59 director of the poor thomson 3 yrs 103 ; mcdowell 1 yr.,100 ; oram 3 yrs 63 ; renninger 1 yr.,63 coroner ashton 97 ; i£ane 67 surveyor ritchie 98 ; kenzie 66 , . l.mihilulm may hare new industry there has been a great deal of talk the-past month of a probable new pipe foundry for lanhdafe the interested paities are capitalists from philadel phia and lancaster with whom j win neld white of lansdale has been cor responding and negotiating for the new industry all that the projectors ask i.s that the people of that town build them a two story building which would cost about 3000 and tnev will equip the same with machinery etc which they now have ready the machinery alone would cost more than the above amount and the com pany will issue bonds and pay 5 per cent on all money subscribed towards tile erection of the building and give as security the machinery they will place in the plant plans have been drawn and the foundry which would be 70 by 150 feet with a'niachiiie shop 30 by 70 feet at tached and to be built of stono or brick would as has been stated cost about 3000 it now remains to be seen whether or not the nionied citizens of the town will take an activo part in se curing the location of the industry there in a recent letter received by mr white the promoter stated that they were anxious to locate at once and that no delay should be made on tho part of the people for the industry would bo a great boon to tho town and would em ploy between one and two hundred hands the chief reason for locating in laiixdalo is because the shipping facil ities to the philadelphia and new york markets are so good the site for tho foundry has not been decided upon but if the necessity amount can bo secured it will probably be built on chestnut street uear 1v1111 the iiravel l'iku jury before tbo jury appointed to oondenu the ivrkiomen turnpike butter known aw the giavt-l pike adjourned last weak it was decided to have iwo more meet ings one on wednesday nov l3 to hear the remainder of the testimony and one on wednesday nov 27 to hear the argument of counsel the turnpike which the petitioners want free is i-i^ht miles in length and extends from colleguvillo to green lute the receipts of the company are about km a year to care coastlpatlon ur«»r pake cascurets candy i'lithurlio luoortfia '• c c 0 i'm to cure urut'tjlsu ir'uuj muucy trolley prospect splendid field open to the ambler and jenkintown company '"• • -- in hecurlng rnlffmtnn — ui1i tnp ir>hll towns nml penetrate thickly s 1 1 . - 1 dlsl 1 ii it connecting f.lnk to i.lnen already krecteri " we have practically a free ri«ht of way for the ambler and jenkintown trolley company from fort washington to jenkintown with tbe exception of five or six property holders was the information conveyed early this week to h gazette representative l>y an ambler nmn who hnh been actively as sociated with the promoters of the com pany in the work of securing releases and clearing up rights of way the re leases are now a matter of record and are on file in norristown tbe route from fox chase to norristown was sur veyed late in the summer immediately after tbe charter was granted but just when the tracks will be laid and what the final route will he over the whole distance is dependant on several condi tions one of the most important of which will be the success of securing tbe releases that the road was conceived and chartered with a view of building and operating is an assured fact for i very considerable amount of expense lias been incurred already in addition to the work required merely to hold the line under the charter rights of way have been actively canvassed and property holders interviewed a few releases have been secured between ambler and norris town nltboiigh the greater part of the work of canvassing has been done be tween fox chase and ambler the original idea of the promoters was to mn from fox chase to ambler a dis tance of about 11 miles by way of uoekledge borough jenkintown thence up to glenside to fitzwatertown dresh ertown mid larrettown and thence by the susquehanna street road and lin den wold avenue to ambler in the meantime however and since the work of sol icitinft releases has been under way there have been several ohanges one of these was made necessary by tbe magnificent outlook for traflic afforded by tlie hoopeston iron works so that the original plan of the routi was then changed to include a line to iloopos'on and np through fort washington by this change the plan of running through jarrettown was abandoned but it was desired to run a closely as possible to take advantage of the local truffle the line through fort washington and lloopeston by private property thence out to dresner-town is now an accepted route below fitsswatert^wn it has not been definitely decided pon vhetber to ri n throug'i the thic 1 sii wel don district or st ike t lie rai jad and k d f b e a?nt«5 mrw fw e;.t anteed glene'de by ream 0 the real estate movement < f widen mid klkins throughout the whole pian of the road the two original ideas are never lost sight of penetrating the small towns isolated from railroad facilities and then tapping the railroad points at intervals such as jenkintown fort washington and ambler that the line promises well from a financial standpoint is practically assured for in addition to the natural local traflic in all the small towns and boroughs there will be a means furnished for the residents of a new territory to reach willow grove it is expected that the philadelphia it lehigh valley company will bring vast numbers of people from above ambler down to that point and with the ambler and jenkintown line and the union traction company at jenkintown this passenger traffic will bo afforded a means of reaching that great park cheap lv and conveniently in addition if the line can he extended as originally planned to norristown it penetrates a territory and finds terminal facilities in a county seat where the ordinary pa tronage to the grove already is heavy witli the facilities of the trolley it in expected that this tralllc will expand into a heavy patronage thus this branch of road with the philadelphia & lehigh valley company cairying people all the way from allentown by its con templated express service by its own system penetrating the small towns west of willow grove and between that point and all the way to nonistown will afford an important and valuable con necting line with the union traction company and yet be under no expense of maintaining nor operating tho park which will be the cause of its enormous patronage additional to that enjoyed by tapping the small towns and railroad centres and affording a direct route to the county seat from many sections which by reason of absence of railroad facilities are actually shut off en tirely from the surronaiug districts and towns said the same bpeaker above referred to in addition to the many advanta ges promised the 10ml as a passenger car rier tho time is not far distant when the trolleys will be given valuable rights by legislation the immense amount of capital now being inverted in these en terprises will very shortly compel and the various representatives from the country districts will assist in securing more favorable legislation than is now enjoyed by these companies they may be given the privilege of carrying freight and express and thua prove ¦ nio.^t valuable outlet to tbe buck country people in this section of tho east where tho country districts an rapidly becoming suburban propwty and where tho net work of steam railroads is so icuhit that oapltal heititatea in providing further mileage the trolley road is the only solution of the gnat pioblwn 0 fllrnlshlllb for everv village and small town the faoiutiea dimnanded and qooh sary for the oonveniedoa of the people lust what form this relief legislation will assume or how entensive it will be in its application is difficult to say yet tbo tension caused by its great need and tbo vaitnesa of theenmof money invested in tlujo trolley enterprises will in a measure dominate tin relief which will ho afforded ouch ventures when the time wbirb in rapidly approaching really arrive " glenside and around tinge h11i mini lip , ill 11 cnnteinpli>lr<l — fnnthnllern meet defeat social hup prnllikf illii-i'lliiimiin note cmiiiii il winthrop smith's fitnbles on wnverly rond are being renovated edward a saylor ban had a trfephosm placed his meat and provision store a signal bell has been placed al tho rnilrohd crossing on the willow grove pike many gunners were out last friday but comparatively few rabbits were shot austin vnnlsilliard an electrician of philadelphia has started in bfliibtm here mrs thomas kedin^ton is making some alterations to her property on ridge avenuo rev frank burdctok of philadelphia pondflcted the services at the llftptiet mission sunday evening the revival meetings at tbe qltniide methodist episcopal church were dis coiitinued last friday evening mr george d lloist of edge hill is having i cottage erected on waverly rond john h godfrey is doing the work dr belber and family have rented their county place,on roslyn terrace and have goneto philadelphia for the win ter mr and mrs william johnson of friinkl in ville were the guests of mr and mrw e l rodenbangh last sun day the saturday night eurhre club met at the home of mr william ball on bickley avenue glensitle last saturday evening haney white & company proprietors of the new coal and lumber yard will build a large building including a town hall next spring services of tbe lutheran mission were held at xhadv nook farm the residence of william m wolff.smiday afternoon about 20 were in attendance messrs 1 w paxson <& company of philadelphia have leased another quarry at tyson from w t b roberts a new platform for loading stone at their quar ries is being built miss kdyth miller of west philadel phia returned home sunday after hnv mg parsed a fortnight at the dome of mr harrison hinkle and family on west carmel avenue mrs mary glynn of edge hill is having plans drawn for a new house to be erected on thfl site of the old build ing on north edge hill which was des troyed by fire about 8ix weeks ago mr and mrs william mc-leod of richmond va have announced the engagement of their daughter miss virginia mcleod to mr thomas r f.lcock '• . son of ex-judge elcook oft tis'lents of weldon living in th r i«cn on tbe proposed new trolley road yuxve lieeu riotfi i?«3 .'•¦ uts ork kill begin on the new toad at once and will probably bo completed by next june the christian endeavor society of carmel presbyterian cliurch will hold evangelistic services at the church on the evenings of the 13th 14th and 15th of this month visiting clergy men will officiate at these gerfuses j mr and mrs william b margemni and family have closed theii country place here and moved to their city home 1511 north thirteenth street philadelphia where they will reside during the winter master charles margerum who broke his forearm and also fractured his elbow a few weeks aeo while playing ut school is rapidly recovering his arm is al most healed but his elbow will have to be rebroken,as it is again dislocated and cannot be set until bis forearm is en tirely well miss kthel prince gave an old-fash ioned pop corn party at her homo on willow cirove pike weldon wednes day evening the quests were the mis9es mills misses kdyth llausen anna b margerum messrs carroll brooke george j renninger jr george wesley alan fry and (). clifford rittenhouse 50 new house each differing in style of architecture will bp erected by wil liam t b roberts 41 will be erected on glenside highlands and nine on roslyn terrace more than 150 plans have been submitted by various archi tects and cellars for many of the houses will be dug within a fortnight the houses will be erected on alt carmel and roberts avenue anil on the ger mnntown and willow grove pike and will range in price from l'soo to 12 000 the regular monthly meeting of tlie ushers association of carmel presby terian church will be ln-m friday even ing at the church john koutche rob i-rt kennedy and several others will bt received as full pledged members of the iggieiatiob and several young men will if priipited for mnmhnrnhlp an enter tainment will be given under tbe aus ici-s of the association friday even ing nov 22 at thu cliurch a seii»-s of lectures will be given at intervale dating tlie coming winter the i'.sheiv association is the must progressive i ganization connected with tho church after having won live conseoutivb games our football aggregation was li reated saturday by an eleven known us ivmisvlvuinii railroad young men's christian association second by a score of i to o although our boys wore do feated it was no fault of theirs and thesoora would have lu'i'ii 0 to 0 aftei four minutes of play the strangets nia>l«l the touchdown fry of glenside was anyin the ball and hail gained sever il.ynidh when the railroader's riuht guards snatched the ball from him an i ran unmolested up the field fora touch down nalmally a dispute arose but 11 i'ouh tbe referee claimed be had not ssen the play the visitors won the game in a manner they afterward ac knowledged was unfair the game sat urday will un.louhte.lly be a hard inc our opponents will be jenklntowa on their grounds coutluued ou r.iuo 1 l ^
Object Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19011107 |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 48 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 11/07/1901 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
Type | text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
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Language | English |
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Month | 11 |
Day | 07 |
Year | 1901 |
Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19011107 |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 48 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 11/07/1901 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
Type | text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
Rights | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Wissahickon Valley Public Library at abutton@wvpl.org or phone: 215-643-1320. |
Contributing Institution | Wissahickon Valley Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
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the ambl ambler pa vol xix.-no 48 ijjazette beil 7 1901 1.25 a year 4kpicy time in council mr knight removed as chairman of tbe highway committee itfgnlnr meeting of ambler riornugli conn oil proven kxcltlng — trollev franohlne desired — dr rnfe protest regarding cnrblns n<1 paving on bntler a vinne the regular november netting of ambler borough council was held last monday evening and was one of the breeziest held in recent years presi dent kramer called the members to gether at 8 o'clock and all were present nt roll eail the minutes of oct 7 were rend and approved mr knight of the highway commit tee reported that in conformity with instructions from council arrangements had been made with mr 8 a faust as to the damages sustained by grading butler avenue along his property mr faust a^rreep to macadamize hosemont avenue 1 50 feet lone by 23 feet wide and to release the borough from nil damages in consideration of s0o in two installments of 400 each payable at the november and december meetings and the committee recommended tbe action the chairman further reported having spread on the streets all the cinders thai could be secured and hoped to continue when more can be obtained he read n request from the board of health urg ing the cleaning of the sewer at rose valley creek under main street mr davis of the li^ht committee reported the bid from the ambler com pany in connection therewith mr acu'ff presented a resolution authorizing the committee to enter into such a con tract it was thought best however to bring it up under new business mr a cuff of tbo law and order com mittee reported the order oftthetowii good one robbery during the month mr knight of the fire committee re ported the steamer tested and found in good condition no suction hobe as yet and the tire alarm still out of repair the hose will be purchased this week and regarding the fire alarm mr rtich is to consult with mr rose and meet with a representative of the committee mr knight read a communication from the fire company requesting council to participate in the firemen's parade on thanksgiving day mr craft of the borough improve ment committee mentioned the new trolley project the treasurer's report was then read showing a balance on hand of 3078.49 mr kiamer of the special railroad committee reported that the matter had been referred to the solicitor but that the latter was unable to furnish the ordinance until certain surveys of the street are made as the curve in maple street makes it necessary to define the direction of the extension mr aoufif prommed a nsaoiuiiou au thorizing tbe chairman of the electric light committee to enter into a live year contract with the ambler kleetric light heat and motor company at 8 cents per kilowat hour passed unanimously dr a h rufe addressed council relative o the laying of curb and pav ing on butler avenue and asked if the ordinance is to be carried out he said he had done a lot of grading and filling in front of his property and did not in tend to be the only one to curb and pave but if lie were assured by council that the provisions of the ordinance were carrted out by council at the ex piration of the 60 days allowed the property owners to do the work he would porceed at once mr acuff in this connection said he thought the in tention of the highway committee is to allow the work to remain till spring when a much better job could be made of it mr knight chairman of the highway committee said the instruc tions from council at last meeting were that the work is to be done by council orthwith dr rufe also brought up the condj tion of the macadam in front of his property which ho said for 20 feet was laid with nothing but soft sandstone and of which he protested to the trolley company he asked if such work meets with1 the approval of the highway com mittee he was assured that the work is subject to the committee's approval and it will be inspected when the road is completed a resolution of the whitemarsh and upper dublin street railway company was introduced into council granting the privilege to lay tracks on maple street to thompson's mill road to north spring garden street across bulter ave nue and down spring garden street to bannockburn avenue to the borough limits it was read,and mr craft mov ed and mr rose seconded that it be re ferred s a special committee on roll cull the vote stood ayes craft rose kramer nays davis acufl1 knight mr acuff asked that the repreqenta ives of the company who were pres ent be given an opportunity to make explanation mr rurcell said that the charter of the whitemarsh and upper dublin street . ltailway company was obtained in order | to operate the ambler and jenkintown company within the borough as tlio charter of tho latter covered streets al ready laid with trolley tracks the in tention of the promoters is good and they mean to build the road if the fran qbue passes and he urged that oouneil take up the resolution and act upon it | mr acun asked if the company lmh h municipal franchise in any borough r ownship right of way in any township passed through or lias there been an effort to obtain won mr puroell uid tho road as yet had not as they had lc nired to begin with the ambler fran chise and after bbourlng that would k mi and fully complete tbo lino after vaiiuus inotion.s and withdrew a is the matter was infer red to the eouun cil as a committee of the whole to l taken up when it miiih ita nlaaiure mr kramer asked mr knight aifto ilie progress of the repair work on ten nis avenue and thought stone should be used in rilling the bolea he stuttid be had been leptatedly censured by ret lents regarding the progress of the work and said the chair feels the responsibil ity for the work of its committees he had consulted with the chairman of the highway committee and was informed he bail not the time just then to pro ceed mr kramer further said that if the chninnan of the highway committee has not the time for the work of the conunitto his resignation would be con sidered mr knight said tbnt his resignation as chairman could be considered and that he would present the same in writ ing which could be acted upon he therefore withdrew his verbal resigna tion mr knight was therefore re moved as chairman by president kramer and mr craft appointed in hi stead dr rufe stated his protest to the manner of cleaning out the gutters on forest avenue which had been pjowed and allowed to remain for week in an unfinished condition mr knight presented bills of william k burl for his work on maple street amounting to i>4ti..h7 which was grant ed bills to the amount of 91389.64 were odered paid mr craft stated he bad been visited by william ji hart relative to the fill on butler avenue along the property of mrs hart he paid the latter desired to know what the borough intended doing to retain the earth placed therein and thought she was entitled to damages mr acoff sam the fill is necessary to complete the macadamizing and the borough may be liable for damages but urged that she curb and pave in order to hold the im provement already made he said the highway committee had treated with other property owners who were damag ed and this might be a case to be taken tin later dr rnfe thought that if the borough intends paying damages there would be other owners to make applica tion broad axe daniel freas intends giving up farm ing in the spring william swainuott and sons visited in rox borough last week messrs stout and lester w jones visited grant stackhouso at bryn mawr last sunday c e hailman of ore-land visited old friends here on monday miss emma a plant is agiin living in our midst sidney b horn who has been enjoy ing his vacation vith his mother here has resumed bis position with the union traction company the broad axe gun club was out friday for cotton tails and a large num ber were slain c s baker jr was taken severely ill on thursday c stout is erecting a new fence around the brownholtz property mrs pfromm and daughter visited here last thursday frank mcvaueh's team ran off thurs day opposite mr mccool's residence throwing him rut and damaging his produce miss alma b'.uton has been visiting at doe run c^itster coi'utv j " j«phrf*>t!fcrsr-v>«s ivnuineu m's position with c c bi.tfle mrs e p wood of avondale is spening some time at jesse brinton's mr daniel sands haying finished his contract of splitting rails for j watson craft has engaged with david knipe of fort washington in a like capacity james henry horn jr will attend the annual meeting of the philadelphia local council brotherhood of st an drew in the chucrh of the saviour philadelphia on saturday nov 3 mr morris stout spent sunday with his parents here messrs james mooney and fisher lightkep of roxborough visited wil liam swaincott on sunday the whitpain school board lias de cided that all pupils shall lie vaccinated to take effect at once hance fitzgerald of philadelphia vis ited his parents on sunday w i s at blue ball the whitpain literary society held their regular meeting saturday evening at the home of miss clara w shook blue bell meeting was called to order by president george davis minutes and roll call read by secretary misa emily moiris the following was the pro gram singing music charles pepre fontaine referred question on shakes peare's tomb james henry horn jr ; music miss clara shook comic reading john martin jr ; debate resolved that marriage is a failure " affirmative j h horn jr misses clara martin clara w shook ; negative misa emily morris messrs raymond rile george s davis after much discussion the judges messrs j w merrill albert shook and porf deprefontaine decided in the affirmative duet prof depre fontaine and miss shook the society then closed to meet satur day nov 16 at the residenco of prof deprefontaine blue bell when the de bate resolved that the pleasures of hope are greater than imagination will be argued itlmi hell albert reynolds has moved into mre caroline miller's tenant liaise c o nathan and family have remov ed to the city mr john ross will move to mount vernon street l'hiladelphia mr charles shoemaker of philadel phia spout a few days with friends a party of inas(|ueraders spent hal lowe'en with mr and mrs walter de prefontaine the old boy wan let loose on thursday night a number of our young folks attend ed a very succeaaful masquerade at the homo of f.ugeno duvis,penllyn on fri day evening mr and mm moore attended u party at king-of prussia on thursday even ing preaching ut union m e chucrth on sunday afternoon vli.pl lili-n alih-rt'l'vni aii'l family viuiteil relatives ut i ill on sunday t p gouardaud wifo ipent sumluy ut their nous ctoorg k consul ut l)<>li:>nt |
Month | 11 |
Day | 07 |
Year | 1901 |
Page | 1 |
Sequence | 1 |
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FileSizeK | 29004 |
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