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Vol. IV
SEWICKLEY,  PA., SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1907
No. 44
Witt Not Advance
Railroad Fares.
The Penn'a Co. Has Not Even
Discussed the  Question
of Putting Suburban
Rates on a Two
Cent Basis.
In view of the widespread statement and belief that the Pennsylvania Lines West will attempt to
raise fares to Sewickley to two
cents a mile, a prominent resident
of this place has furnished the
Herald with a coyy of a letter
bearing on the subject, which he
received from an official of the
Pennsylvania company.
We are also advised that the law
makes the minimum fare five cents
instead of ten, therefore the fares
between stations two miles or less
apart will be really reduced instead
of increased.
The gentleman further states
that in view of the agitation on the
part of some for trolley lines through
Sewickley, it is also well to remember that the introduction of
trolley lines at other points along
•the Fort Wayne road—the'oldOuter
Depot, Woods Run, Jacks Run,
Verner, Bellevue, West Bellevue,
etc.—has resulted in decreased
service, for the very simple reason
that where a railroad company, has
all the traffic in a certain place it is
justified in maintaining good facilities and giving low rates; but where
only a portion of Osuoh traffic is
g.'yen to it, it is not justified in
maintaining the same facilities warranted by the entire business.
We give below the communication from the railroad company:
PENNNSYLVANIA LINES WEST OF PITTSBURGH,
GENERAL OFFICE, UNION STATION.
Pittsburgh, Pa., June 25, 1907.
"Dear Sir;-v-
Referring to your inquiry yesterday of
our First Vice-President, Mr. Joseph
Wood, as to the reports recently published
in the Pittsburg newspapers that the
suburban rates were to be put on a two-
cent basis on the Pennsylvania Lines
West of Pittsburgh on September 1st
next, I am authorized by Mr. Wood to
say to you that no such notice of advance
in commutation or suburban rates has
been given by any officer of these Lines
andfurther that the question of advancing
these rates has .not even been under
discussion by the Executive Officers,
Yours very truly,
(Signed) Edw. B. Taylor,
Third Vice-President.
War Time Post Office.
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About the smallest building on
Beaver street, in this borough, is
that shown in the above illustration. It is labeled 528. It is not
quite that old. It and its neighbor
were born some fifty years ago, and
the matter of interest is the fact
that the smallest of the pair of
frames was Sewickley's post office
during the awful four years of the
Givil War. The structures have
long been the property of the John
Reibert estate, and will be preserved. In fact, the front door of. the
old post office now does duty on
the building which houses Miss
Reibert's flourishing colony of
chickens. In this olden time .Baldwin Gray was. post master, and the
mails were few and far between.
Between Shields and Sewickley D.
L. S, Neely made daily trips. He
was a lively boy then. Of course
there were no carriers. Everyone
was his own carrier, and P. M.
Gray handed out the mail to the
people packed in the wee room.
One day in 1861, a tall, lanky fellow, who still lives, was waiting for
the distribution. He was 18, an
only son, and his parents would'nt
let him enlist, as he desired. But
he did go out in 1862,-inthe militia
and helped bury the dead on the
awful battlefield of Antietam. His
mail that day included a big yellow
envelope, addressed to himself.
On opening-it there fluttered out a
large white feather—the emblem of
cowardice. There was a loud
laugh at his expenses and he will
never forget this episode in the old
post office. Sewickiey's new post
office will be a fine one but will
never hold the memories which
cling to the old building, To it
came the papers with the lists of
killed and wounded and missing of
those fearful battles of long ago,
when messages which brought sor
row and heartaches were delivered
from this small building. When
many eyes were wet with tears as
they passed through the door to
their lonely homes. •
THE NEW BRIDGE.
At 10 o'clock on Friday morning a
meeting was held in room 409, Federal
Building, Pittsburg, of government and
river interests men, relative to the new
bridge to be built across the Ohio at
Sewickley. Lieutenant Colonel Russell, of Cincinnati, presided, and a
number of pilots were present, besides
several property holders of Sewickley.
Captain Tilley represented the Coal
Exchange. The getting of further data
as to locality,, grading, etc., occasioned
some discussion. Last October the
bridge site was fixed, and since then, it
is claimed the pier location on this side,
was moved 110 feet down the river.
The meeting adjourned to convene at
1.30 on the site of the proposed bridge-
at Sewickley.
There seems to have been some misunderstanding between the river interests and the promoters of the bridge as;
to where the piers were to be located..
The promoters intentions were to have
them placed where desired by the river
interests. The meeting to-day resulted
in the moving of the piers fifty feet
nearer the Sewickley side. This in no
way affects the work or anything heretofore accomplished; in fact removes
an unexpected and only obstacle in the
way and brings the project complete in
all legal details up to the War Department, and in that connection
the leading member of the Board of
Engineers incidentally remarked this
bridge affair was easy and they could
prepare their report to the War Department this afternoon. Leaving the
impression on the hearers it would be
favorable.
There will be nothing left to be done
but the effort to influence the County
Commissioners to appropriate the money and get to work.
Last Call.
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If you have not sent your contribution to the Fourth of July fund
yet, do it now. This will be a grand
free entertainment for everybody.
Remit to Mr. W. E. Patton, treasurer.
Picnic.
The Juniors of the Young Men's Christian Association will hold a picnic at
"Turkeyfoo." Wednesday* July 3, The
wagons will leave the Association at 9
o'clock and each fellow is expected to
take his own lunch. Those going should
be at the building at 8,30 o'clock, so
that we can start on time.
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