Sewickley Herald

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SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1904,
No. 14
E UNION REPUBLICAN TICKET ELECTED
e   Edgeworth   Borough   Election Was   a
Very Interesting One—Representative
Men Will be at the Helm.
If the personnel of the officers for the new Borough of Edgeworth
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criterion, that borough will come to the front with a municipal
srnment that would be hard to improve on. The entire Union Re-
[ican ticket was elected at the election held on Tuesday. It was
le up of representative men of character who have the ability, and
i will exercise it, to give their constituents a good honest govern-
lt and enhance the interests of the community at every point. It
, an interesting election and the following table shows who the first
;ers of the new borough are.
UNION REPUBLICAN. INDEPENDENT.
Vote.
Burgess,
l. Russell 132
COUNGIL.
es A. Houston 133
rge Herz 121
.Lord 138
d McGullough 134
1. Lloyd,  .  . 136
x. Laughlin 137
?. Brooks 132
School Directors.
xles Watts 127
K. Fincke 132
'. Haworth 125
E. Steiren 138
3. Byrnes 135
). Evans 136
Auditors.
I. Wardrop 138
u Graham  137
D. Haworth 140
JUSTIGE OF THE PEACE.
;han Buckley 143
B. Sala 132
Assessor.
arles J. Hatton .* 136
Tax Collector.
J. Nesbit. 128
Constable.
Hartling 138
Judge of Election.
iming Nevin 136
Inspector of Election.
C Anderson 140
Vote.
Burgess.
R.T. M. McCready 69
Council.
David* Shields  62
Ihomas Graff   .' .   ; 60
R. M. Dravo 61
C. L. Saxton 58
P. A. Gibb 55
S. W. Black 62
S. A. Scott 50
School Directors.
Charles Watts 65
C. S. Reno 5(
j. F. Haworth 60
M. Christy 56
D. L. Fulton 59
H. G. Emerick 52
Auditors.
E. M.Gosnell 51
J, Stevenson   51
R. W. Parker 49
Justice of the Peace.
J. B.Milliken 51
G.Seven 48
Assessor.
W.C.Hamilton 59
Tax Collector.
T. P. Bedillion  ..." 65
Constable.
H. Seckeler 55
Judge of Election.
M. N. Luty 53
Inspector of Election.
F. W. McPherson 52
BACKBONE  ROAD"  TANGLE.
In. the proceedings of the bor-
igh council, published in the issue
November 19, mention was made
the difficulty encountered in the
idening of "Backbone Road," the
ime given to the extension of
ivision street. At that meeting
weYal  of   the   property   owners
living in that section appeared before council and stated their views
of the case. Prominent among
them was Mr. R. H, Boggs, who
owns property fronting several
hundred feet along the road.
To give a definite statement of
the case, a short resume of preced
ing events is necessary. Some
months ago an ordinance was presented in council and passed, authorizing the borough engineer to
advertise for bids for the widening,
grading and paving of Division
street from Blackburn avenue to
the borough line. This was done,
the contract was let, and work was
commenced. All went along well
until the line of Mr. Boggs' property, at the turn of the road, was
reached. An obstruction was reached in the shape of a stone wall and
a row of shade trees. The widening of the street would necessitate
the removal of these. The owner
made a strenuous objection, and
work was stopped, pending investigations. A special meeting of
council was called and the parties
interested appeared, and after considerable discussion, an amicable
arrangement was reached. Mr.
Boggs agreed to waive all claims
for damages and pay his share of
the entire improvement if the borough would either build a retaining
wall or place his property in as
good condition as it originally was.
This was agreed to.
Another special meeting of council was called for November 24—
Thanksgiving Day—and the contract for the retaining wall was let
to the 3-C's Go. for a sum approximating $4,600, so we are informed.
And so the matter rests.
As there seems to be some mis t
apprehension among the people in
regard to the status of the case,
and as council has been the target
for a good deal of adverse criticism,
an effort was made by the Herald
to learn the facts in the case.
Some of the members of council
were interviewed, and the following
statement was made :
"When the ordinance for widening Division street to the borough
line was passed it was believed that
the borough line stopped at the
property of Mr. Boggs, and that no
damage to the property would result. The contractor found that the
borough line extended, beyond that
point, and accordingly went ahead
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EE
The Efforts of the Pupils of Our
Public Schools Crowned
With Success.
IT  WAS AN ENJOYABLE EVENING.
The entertainment given Tuesday evening by the pupils of the
Sewickley public schools under the
supervision of Miss Lillian Thurber,
MISS LAURA MATTERER,
Who with her partner, Master John McDonald,
carried off the honors of the evening.
supervisor of music and drawing,
was one of those pleasing affairs
that help to advance the already
high standard of our schools.
Miss Thurber and the faculty
are to be congratulated for the
successful manner in which the
programme was carried out.
The honors of the evening went
to Miss Laura Matterer, and Master John McDonald, who presented
a selection which called forth much
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enthusiasm, and the applause was
well merited by the young people,
The entire cast is deserving of
much praise, as they all did exceptionally fine work, many of them winning encores. Mr. Albert Hutchison's violin selections being freely
co nmented on as was the pianoduet
of - Miss  Anna Kerr and Marga-
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