The Conshohocken Recorder, August 18, 1911

              ffilje €onsl)ol)ocKcn ftecorfcer.
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
4417 THE COXSHOIKKKEN ItECOKDKll 1 1UDAY AUGUST is. I<>I1 81 PER YEAR
CONTRACTS SETTLED
FOR FAYETTE STREET
MICHAEL DALY AGREES TO USE
CURB OF FIVE INCH FACE AND
IS AWARDED THE CONTRACT
FOR THE CURBING.—HARRY
MOORES GIVEN THE WORK FOR
GUTTERS.—EXECUTIVE SESSION
ON TELEPHONE CASE.
At an adjourned meeting of Council
on Tuesday evening all the contrails
for the Improving of Fayette street
were definitely settled and the bor-ough
has secured a slight decrease in
the price for laying the gutters. The
Kutter contract had been awarJed to
the Ambler-Davis Company, who have
the contract for the paving of the
street with Bermudez asphalt, at a
price of $17". per square yard with the
provision, agreed to by the company,
that if Harry Moores. who is to lay
the brick pavement for the trolley
company, would meet or slightly bet-ter
their price. Mr. Moores then bid
$1.74 !>-10 per square yard and was
awarded the contract, with the I rovis-lon
that the borough IB to receive the
old brick and stone removed from the
gutters but must haul it away, The
materials that the borough does not
«lesire are to be the property of the
contractor All the block cross ogs
on Fayette itreel will be 'aken up and
relaid on other »tn
President Thomas stated thai there
is a good cement curb and gutter from
Ninth to Twelfth avenue and as this
section of the itreel is flat and there
is not much drainage of water, the
present guttera are entirely adequate
and the engineer has planned to save
these curbs and guttera and thai nOT
curbs and gutters are to be laid at
places directed by the engineer.
The contract for curbing which was
awarded to Michael Daly at the regu-lar
meeting ol Council was brought
up for diacusslon. Mr. Daly bid for
tin furnishing and setting of stone
curb 4x24 Inches, Council believed
that a curb ot 5 inch face will make
a better looking job and Mr. Daly of-fered
to furnish >urb 5x20 Incl
the price of bis original bid. Mr. Daly
agreed with Council that the Wide*
faced stone will make a better looking
job and the depth of 20 Inch) - a
sufficient. I'pon motion of Mr. Ilar-the
a idi r Cm ed curb was accept-ed.
The matter ol having the Barber
Asphalt Companj give a bond Indem-nifying
the borough agalnsl any loss
or dan.a... i auserd by im
patents covering the laying ol
phalt bound macadam roadway was
brought and the Solicitor was Instruc-ted
to hav< the Barber Companj give
ti. Pen ugh an Indemnity bond of
for one year
Toi i r asked that th
mittee he Inatrui tad 1
alley along the propertj a Moo-.
■
In repa r. Th< grading of
Into the allej and onto Mr. Hooney'a
property, To d< I e work will • ost
»iut little and the Committal R
,.:. tl uctiont
Mr. Toner also stated that Samuel
\. aplained againi
stone wall erected by the bl
along his propert] on S< ven
.,.. i Mi I mi . k< d Coun tl to
the pr ipertj Ci »n< II d
a meeting n tit*- near tul in I
this property.
li was 11 thai while the a rk
on W. Elm i In i ress
itole half a atom froi
thi bon if The 8tr< et l
a as ad • .-■ to h. ep a Bharp li
for Fayette tl reel crosi - a tei
they are ti ken up.
Telephone Controversy.
The matter ol thl Bl II Tel
any in asking permission to
change the route of their pole line
.. , Mm avenue to Dim
street was again brought up. Presi-dent
Thomas stated that the first ap-plication
for permission to plant poles
on Spring Mill avenue waa made on
b 8th and waa retain d to the
Police Fire and Water Committee
which Committal reported to Council
on April 12th recommending that the
application be granted. Mr. Harrohl
interrupted and moved that Council
go nto executive session. The motion
carried and the session was held
Session lasted about an hour and the
question was thoroughly thrashed out
and resulted in Council deciding to
meet the officials of the Telephone
Company to bring the controversy to
i close. On Tuesday morning a pole
(Continued on I^ast Page).
DEATH CLAIMS TWO
WELL KNOWN PERSONS
MICHAEL HENDRIN A WELL-KNOWN
RESIDENT DIED ON
WEDNESDAY. — MISS MAZIE
QUINN SUCCUMBS TO A LINGER
ING ILLNESS AT HER HOME IN
NORRiSTOWN.—BOTH FUNER-ALS
TO-MORROW.
.Michael, husband of the late Kl-la
tiendrin, died at the home of his
son-in-law, Joseph Dempsey, Hector
street, above Cherry street, on Wed-nesday.
The cause el death being gen
eral debility. Mr. Hendrin was a well
known citizen and for many years
was employed at the BchUylkill iron
Works of the Alan Wood Iron and
Steel Compay. lie is survived by two
daughter*, Mrs. Jenjamln Davis and
Mrs Joseph Dempsey of this borough
and a son. George, of Norristown. The
funeral will be held from the resi-dence
of his son-in-law, Joseph Demi>-
sey, to-morrow morning, at 8 o'clock.
High mas-., of requiem will be cele-brated
in St. Matthew's church at u
o'clock and the interment will he made
Matthews' new i emeterj.
• * *
MISS MAZIE QUINN DEAD
Former Resident of Here Dies at Nor-ristown.
.Miss Mazle, daughter of Catharine
and the lat< Christopher Quinn, died
at her mother's residence, 748 Haws
avenue, Norristown, after a lingering
illness. M4ss Quinn was born In the
Quinn homestead at North l.ane ami
the Conshohocken pike, Plymouth
township Miss Quinn removed to
Norristown, With her mother ami sis-ters
several years ago and was era-piiived
as forelady in the cigar far
tory of (iresh & Sons. She was |>o-sessed
of a pleasing disposition and
won many friends. About two years
ago she became ill ami her phys
ttdt [sed hi r to go ti) Texas where the
climate would be more congenial ami
beneficial to h r hut ih< refused and
ly her h«Mltla declined Over-a.
year ago she was compelled to give
up her position owing to her health
ami her Illness becam< more serious
until death relieved her sufferings
..- survived by her mother and
broth,'is, William II. ami Frank W.
of Philadelphia ami listers: A
ol John i. Flnney, of Phlladel-
Bllla and Hose who live with
their mother.
The funeral will be held ti.-morn «
morning from her mol I dence
7 IS Haws avenue, '• in - vn
High mass ol r. qulem will be
ated it Bl Patrii I 'i church at
'.' SO o'clock and the a at will
be made at 81 Matthew's cemetery.
COUNCIuMEN MEET
BELL OFFICIALS
A Meeting on the Telephone Pole
Question was Held Yesterday.
Bui. Itor Anderson and
Councilman Bate, Han-old and Toner
wanl to Philadelphia yesterda) and
held a i 01 ill Of the
inpany over the
erection of thi i irougfa 'he
-ii on Elm s-.;
The bin out;b Officials wire in eon-
. n ilh Mr. Moore, tin attorni J
fi .- • om in]: Mr Knowal, chiel
mi M r. Miti hell. Thi whole
• i ntrot i raj a ai gon< over In detail
Dinted out
permission for a route on spring
Mill avenue had been ask. d
granted when mp.iny cami
bai k to council and ask.-,! that | er
b* Liven for the use of Kim
•. wimh Council refused
The confer in harmonious
ad • b< i lompany stated that they
. semi engineers here i.> go over
the various routes ami see if one sat-to
botb sides could not be
secured.
Representatives of thi Company
aii in town to-day going over the situ
a-tion and it is expected that at tin-next
meetini i luncll the company
will submit a proposition that will he
acceptable
JAMES HUSTON
CALLED BY DEATH
J. BRESSEN
LADIES' AND GENTS'
TAILORING
• West Elm Street
Conshobocken, Pa
HE WAS A MEMBER OF ONE OF
THE OLDEST AMERICAN FAMI-LIES
IN THIS SECTION AND
GRANDSON OF A CONTINEN-TAL
SOLDIER.—MADE HIS
HOME AT PLYMOUTH MEET-ING
FOR MANY YEARS. WAS
87 YEARS OLD.
James Huston, son or a Revolution-
BTJ patriot) died at his home at Ply-mouth
Moating, on Tuesday, of a com-plication
of diseases due to advanced
age.
Mr. Huston enjoyed good health un-til
two years ago when he suffered an
apoplectic stroke and since then his
health has not been robust and some
time ago his health began failing rap-idly
and he was compelled to take to
his bed During his Illness he was a
cheerful and hopeful patient and his
considerations were for his friends
and relatives. He died as he filial liv-ed,
peacefully.
James Huston was the son of Alcw-ander
ami Sara Fisher Huston ami
was bom al Chestnut Hill. AugUSt 1,
1824, in the Huston Homestead wtiere
Ins father ami grandfather were born.
Mi Huston was a member of one
ol the oldest American families, his
grandfather ami great grandfather
w,'\i' Colonists and took an actlvi
tereal In the welfare ol the Colonies.
Mr. Huston obtained his earlj
cation in the private schools at Chest-nut
Hiii and after finishing his edu-cation
he .imaged in the business of
mining iron on near Chestnut Hill
and also engaged in farming ut Hick-ory
town, Plymouth township, lie
was successful in his business van-tures
an I when the furnaces m this
section ceased business ami tin ore
began to come in from the (iueat Lake
and Newfoundland, he gave up iron
..:. business and gave his whole at-tention
to farming
He married Miss Anna Peters, who
died sex eral years ago.
He is survived by a son, James of
Ueimersville. I'aw ami daughters. F.ii-labetb
who lived with her lather and
Sara, wife ol G ge^ Livingstone Bay-ard,
Chaplain in me t oited States
Navy, stationed ai Washington, D. c.
and Alexandi r ol Chestnut Hill
- -■, - || Hartford, Connecticut,
ami Mr.- Am« ids Stiles of this bor-ough
Mr. Hustons grandfather John Hus-ton,
was born at Chestnut Hill ii. 1754
anil W81 educated a-- a surveyor. He
A.is [or a number ol years, d
surveyor for the county ot Philadel-phia
ami tin compass*v Inch he used
made bj the great patriot B
m II Ii,;: I OhOUBe This i mill as.- is
now in the poBession ol bis grand-daughtei
Mrs Amanda Stiles, ol this
borough, ami is in as good condition
to-day a.- the daj It was made. The
corapas1 is largi ■ ry heat j ' i
mount) d m a in iii j brass i as< The
degree, minute ami second lines and
■ i , • - a ]•• as legil ll
mail.'; Another relii ot i ",■
. 11 Best loi ol the .Mrs -
is, and which has n.eu m the Huston
tarn Ij tor a cent ury and a hall
bbn silk umbrella Thi
rule la I ry bias.-, a..- is I be hall-
• nb- an oi -lout iron ami
Ik i> held to thi m bj oi oami n-ial
nor) tips While ih, -iiu i< wear-ing
in man', plai SS, thl tl XI ire i.- so
fine that I :,.is not i rai k< u or split.
The Huston fanrllj has helped to
maki \nii rican history ami John Hu-ston,
grandfather* of the deci
fought in tie Revolutionary war. For
a time he was Commissar] Officer ami
i - al Cm- Battle oi' Qermantown,
when the Continentals fell Into retreat
hard pressed by the Hritlsh Mr Hus-ton
s'umir refuge in his barn and was
carefully concealed under the hay by
hi.- wiie Shortly after he had b ddi n
a detachment ol British troops came
ii -. n ii the premises an I began prod
ding ; with theli bayoni I
trj ami find concealed Continentals.
Mrs. Huston was brave ami did nol
be 1 as sign oi danger her hu»
band was in ami the troops w >nt awaj
ied that 'he i bad bean
thorough Mr Huston after their de-parture
ma le bis way back to the
Arms and i;.i good service until its
i ii si. when he returned to the i •
ful occupation of farming and died,
at the homestead in L82<
The fnm ral of Mr. Huston will be
held from his late home al Plymouth
Meeting al two o'clock to-morrow af-teroon
Services will be held at the
house and the interment will be pri-rate,
POLITICS AND YOUNG REAL ESTATE IB0R0UGH OFFICIALS
POLITICIANS
CANDIDATES ARE NOW OPENING
THEIR CAMPAIGNS AND AFTER
NEXT WEEK SHOULD SEE THE
CAMPIGN IN FULL SWING. WILL
LOCAL CANDIDATES BE NOMIN-ATED
AT THE UNIFORM PRIM-ARES.
The coming campaign for county of-fices
is of more than usual interest to
Conshobocken. .1. Aubrey Anderson
and William Neville, who are candid-ates
for the nomination of District At-torney
and Coroner, respectively on
the Republican ticket and M. F. Moore
for County Commissioner on the
straight Democratic tiecket have made
good headway :n their campaigns and
have secured many promises of sup-port
from voters and workers in many
districts Mr Neville started his tan
vass some time ago asd has been fav-orably
received wherever he went.
M. F. Moore has put out a number
of "feelers' and has received much
encouragement, it looks as if his op-ponents
on the straight Democr
ticket will be the present comm •
Montgomery Chrlstman, of the
POttStOWn district, ami I'r Kane i I
Norristown, who served one term as
ir ami was defeated for am
term and was also defeated for coun
ty commissioner Mr. Christman w D
ning ih' minority place. The m
paper'* have looked upon Mr. Moore's
candldacj with favor believing that
he will make a Strong candidate lor
the Democrats.
* • »
M. F. Moore, of Conshobocken, is a
copiiidate for the Democratic nomina-tion
for County Commissioner. He
is said to be one of the most popular
citi/ens of the iron town.—Montgom-ery
Transcript.
• * •
Daniel I. Magee, of Norristown, has
announced himself as a candidate tor
count) commissioner, subject to Key-stone
and Fusion rules. Mr Magee is
in Ids home town and is widely
known a> an opponent oi "ring" poli-tics.
* * »
The present Republican Commiss-ion!
re, Messrs Krewson ami Si r
are asking for a r< -nomination and as
it has biyn the custom in the past to
give commissioners two nominations
it will take a VeTJ Strong candid,.le
K> defeat them. I.. \ Nagele, an old
party war bone, who lias hosts
friends In the lower end also wan
to be a Republican ai munition for
t ommlssloner and ins fight will be
made In the stronghold ot Mr. Krew
son. Doth men are popular and a
strong fight will be mane but Mr.
jXrewson I d the count) a
and with many friends In everj dis-trict
it looks as if he will go to the
polls with a great adM
• • •
For the Republican nomination for
treasurer. Dr, Kealy and George H.
Anders will he opponents. Mr. An-ders
is the present deput) treasurer
and b] his dose attention to bus
and his courtesy to all patrons ol the
office lias won him many friends who
will be glad to support his candidacy,
Dr. Keel.,, was an aspirant for
nomination tor treasurer when he waa
lefeated by a small margin by the
present incumbent, Mr. Hagginlothaiu
The Doctor is a favorite in the P
klomen valley and will show up
and strong at the polls.
« « •
Charles Bchwarta, of Jenkintown
who lost, the nomination for sheriff to
C. J. Buckley will again make the run
and his many friends in CoshohOCki n
have not forgotten what a good loser
he was at thai time and on every
side the voters are warming up his
candidacy. He has many friends her.'
who voted against him in Ins last
campaign who will be found working
hard for him this year. Over in Jeli-kintown
they are so desirous of having
Mr. Schwartz for sheriff that K. F.
Campbell, the popular Burgess of
Jenkintown, who also has a desire r
a count) office 'hat be has withdrawn
from the race. The Jenkintown Tiim -
Chronicle has the following to say re-garding
the withdrawal:
"We understand that Burgesi I.
Campbell ot Jenkintown. has cm.
el to withdraw fn>m the contest as
a i amlidate for Register of Wills, it
becoming evident thai while
were two Republican candidates in the
field for county offlct from this b r
ough both were working at a disad-
(Continued on Page Two.)
MAN WINS A BRIDE
CORNELIUS DESIMONE OF THE
FIRM OF CAMPBELL AND DESI-MONE
WAS MARRIED AT WIL-MINGTON,
DEL., ON MARCH 21ST
—WEDDING TO HAVE OCCURR-ED
IN THE FALL IS HURRIED
ALONG.
Corn I ■ us Deslmone, a member of
the well known real estate firm of
Campbell and Desimone. of this bor-ough
was quietly married to .V. iss F.va
M (iarner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Uarner, of Trooper, at Wil-mington.
Del., on March 21st by the
Rev. Wolfe.
The announcement of the marriage
comes as a great surprise to the
many friends of the couple as it was
not expected that the couple would be
married until the early fail but to the
young people I his seemed a long waj
off and while taking a trip down tin
Delawan r Ver on a spring like March
da) and arriving at Delaware's Gret-na
Qreeu, they concluded that to be mar-rled
would fill their "cup of happiness
and tiny secured a license ami had
the ceremony pel formed. ,
Earl) lust spring the engagement
01 the couple was announced and their
many friends anticipated the joy of
, popular wadding
Within a few week* anothei ci
mon) will be performed owing to the
lit religious beliefs oi the cou-ple.
Mr. Desimone is one of the town's
rising young business men being en-d
in thl real estati business here
and his linn Is developing the line sei
lion of 'In town known as COOShO
hocken Heights Mr. Deslmone is al-so
studying law. He has always been
ii'ii industrious and has won Hie re-spect
and confidence of the business
com III i: i
The newly married couple will make
their home in this borough.
TEST FIRE APPARATUS
500 FEET OF HOSE OF EACH FIRE
COMPANY WAS TESTED UNDER
220 POUNDS WATER PRESSURE
AND WITHSTOOD THE TEST-PLUG
PRESSURE AT ELEVENTH
AVENUE WILL CARE FOR SMALL
FIRES.
NEW SCHOOL
Thi DJ w school established In Plj
in null ic wnshlp, in ibe building of th i
Plymouth Firs Company, is
equipped with, the modern school
equipment ami when it is opened tor
the tan term, ii w II be the best equip
pad school In the township. Miss Lin-dim.
m will in- in charge oi the school,
i will open la- tb i1 in on
Monday, August 28th
Steve Murphy, who has conducted
a cigar sun In thi building has mDV
ed bis ston N Elm si
GOLDEN EAGLES' FIELD DAY
ri i annual reunion and field day
of the Knights and Ladies of the Qol
den Eagle ol Philadelphia and adjoin-ing
I « hll h Will be lii hi al
i Hill park to-morrow
promise ot being oni
thte iai-i st mat I ..
held. The women are taking a spec-ial
Interest It the affair, md the re-ports
from the out-of-towi castles In-dicate
that a lame number will be
I ! 111.
An i label at. program ha.- been
i thai bai
• •. ami it reports thai a
BUI MI!.-; ortS will he lul I I
•lie fact Unit SOUll ll
athleti s . i .■■ entered them
among these will be a 100-yard dash;
a 220-yard dash am: a one mil.- run
Tb> re will also be a number ol ■
I', r ii.i a., mbera ol the order only,
tlie women being remembered as well
as I la' I .
A drvss parade ami review, with
ah the ch -I offii si ■- il tin- brai
in Mm . will In- one of the P a" n
the aflen.OOn. Addresses wil I be
made by I'ast Grand Chief John w.
Ford, Orad chbd' H. w. Bchwart •.
Grand High 1'riest, Rev. Charli i Be t-sholes,
Past Grand Chief Harve] I.
I.nt/ ,.:.il i < \ : . i Charles N. Williams
ST. MATTHEW'S PICNIC RETURNS
M ;v- \ n Murphy hSI I!.' high Bt
turned in which Is 1540 Mi-
Govetn is a close si con,I with |5!
\'r Daly third, with. 160.00; Katie
Nouns fourth with 1440.00 and Mary
McGettlgan fifth with 1200.00. The
favors ' a Mrs. McGi ven were
awarded to Mr. Edward Leightham,
AIlss Marie Nevins and Mr. T. Quinn.
Stops earache In two minutes; tooth
ache or pain of a burn or scald in Civ
minutes. Hoarseness in one hour,
muscleache two hours; sore throat
twelve hours.—Dr. Thomas' Electric
Oil mca£rch over pain.
Tne annual test of the steam fire
engine of I he Washington Hose and
Steam Fire engine Company and the
hose of this company and that of No.
2 Company was held last evening, at
Eleventh avenue an.l Fayette street
under the direction of Richard II. Bate
Sr., chairman of the Police, Fire and
Water Committee. A large crowd
was attracted to the scene and waa
pleased with the result of the tests.
Christopher Montgomery, local sup-erintendent,
of the Water Company
was notified that the tests were to be
held and was on hand to witness them
and take tin plug pressure as at the
test last year, there was great sur-ii
11.1 lack of pressure at this
plug. The plug pressure last night
was .1 pounds and ihrew a stream ot
water through 150 feat of hose suffi-cii
i to cue for any small fire that
mlghl occur In the hill district until
tie steamer could be gotten into ser-i
.1 •
The hose ami engine tests began
shortl) after.six o'clock. The engine
was connected with the fire plug at
Eleventh avenue and Fayette street
and was in (barge of chief engineer.
J em •■ Btemple assisted by his father
Miles Stemple, as fireman. The fire
was lighted under the boiled at H.26
and al il.Ua there was steamm. At n.li-the
steam gaugi registered 20 pounds
ami at 6 ;i 1-2 a good stream of water
pouring from the hose nozzle of
a 500 foot line of hose.
The first line of hose tested was
that of the No. -' Company and with a
three-quarter mob nozzle it stood the
strain of 220 pounds water pressure
without the sign of a leak. This hose
Is coupled with clamp couplings and
a thorough im. nowed not the
sign of a leak, under pressure.
The line ol the Washington Compan)
is coupled with screw couplings an i
usina ,in imh DOZZli . the hose and
i-oui lings wi re dry as punk not show-a)
leakagii undi r the pressure or
when the pressure was taken off
-ti a:i i r worked line and main-tain,
ti I an equal pressure of 100 pounds
with thi two lines of hose In service,
each line I" in- 500 feet long. For
mlnuti s und r i 0 pounds iteam
pressure a water pressure of1 220
pounds wi - n i tied al the engine.
The test showed that the minor
ei ulpment for quli k hose cot
In as good i on lltlon as
| lairman Bat
This •t.iim ction is to si
from tb from Its '
outlets into om- line of hose Thi
of the No. - i'i e I lompan]
used and after trying for somi time
to make thi connection, it had ti b
riven up as tin n dui era fitted Jnto the
mimed so that It
could nol be readily loosi ned. ii is
likely the
mead thai all hose fittings be lopt m
r i ondit Ion and madi read)
service.
The steamer worked fine and main
Ing ri i i le al the test mi de on
• Bth of last yi ar. Last year a
stream of water was had through 800
; hose In exactly 7 minute.-, a bile
olght it took exactl) 8tt mis
to gel a
loot line
The comparal rds are:
1910 I.it tire at -'.i>7Vi—Steam, 85
lb, 2.12ft. Water through 800 feat of
hose at 2.14%.
1911—Lit fire at 6.26, first steam at
6.29; 20 Ib, al 6.38 Water through 500
feel ol nose al C.34H.
The engine test proved verj
I'm tory to ew r\ one bin engineer Jes-se
Stemple, who desired to beat his
record "f last year. The engine has
not been in actlvi aerlVCfl for some
lime and on Tue.-day evening he gave
i; a short tryoui at the engine house
in o, thai the valves and
. ari r< In good condition. Tin
without M Dewing
i t in- pa< king or overhauling
ci airmail Bate will make a reiwrt
of the teBts to Council at the next
liar meeting.
If you have an item of news social,
personal, or otherwUe, send It to the
Recorder.