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Danville Montour American (Newspaper) - October 13, 1904, Danville, PennsylvaniaHod paper a for hie Home i lie circulation of this paper is increasing rapidly. It will you of advertise in the american. Subscription $1 per year do Sikying ii Anninos 1 a 7 a y. Office hours 9 a. M. To 12 1/ 104 my nf., / / m. To u.1/ Danville a p Shle it i. 425 mi1.1. St., a in a. Tit eases of flu som Uli spec i to Ltd a this country will no Var big entirely free until it supplies All of its own demands with its own established in 1855 vol. To a no 41. Danille. A. Thursday october in. Idol was rot Jet. Ii. In. . Dentist of Rick is m11 i struck. Act ii Kalra owl without i frown Ami Itri Ilg work n specially. Kit App a Wito i in Lutsi and Shiomi improved mid prepare i to execute the most difficult work. Or c. H. Reynolds a dentists 2k8 Mill St., Danville a. Dentistry in nil its branches a Hartes moderate Aud All work guaranteed. Established 1892. Bloomsbury fair week. Hunting season opens saturday. Tiie i wives Are covering the ground plentifully now. Early risers cat their breakfasts by Caudle Light now. Chicken thieves Are at work on East Mahoning Street. One set of boilers at the water works is Irving repainted. Take notice that the Indian summer s putting on its red and yellow paint. Take the trolley to Bloo Insburg fair. You will enjoy the ride. It these Are the melancholy Days let Joy to unconfined. The weather Man promises something Good for the immediate future. Klin interfered with All work of lie new Bridge piers yesterday. Peaches Are becoming smaller and will soon disappear. Making cider and boiling Apple butter is quite a business at present. The Martin grocery Lias a Fine new delivery Wagon on the streets. Hallow even parties Are being arranged. Hold weather is coming til inc in it it meant business. Rut Don t forget that with Tho coming of the Coal Man the ice Wau goes Pennsylvania is one of the most pro sign hiotas states in the Union As set Forth at the session of the Pennsylvania rankers association. It is reported that the Pomona Grange will sue West Chester As a polluter of streams from which Taim Erst cows must drink. Harry e. Johns Lias accepted a Posi tin with the Danville and blooms Burg trolley company As Engineer at the Power House at Grovania. Wanted. A special representative in this county and adjoining territories to represent and advertise an old established business House of solid financial standing. Salary $21 weekly with expenses advanced each monday by Check direct from Headquarters. Horse and buggy furnished when Neces Ary position permanent. Address blew Bros. So co., dept. A., Mon on bldg., Chicago 111. Sex president Grover Cleveland is now an Anthracite Coal magnate. He is one of the principal stockholders of the Buffalo Coal company which recently bought the Natalie Colliery near it. Carmel. Active Salesman one who Speaks English and Pensyl Varia German. State age Reft fences whether married or single and lowest salary. Address a a a morning news office. Tails is the season of the year when Squirrel and other Wise animals prepare for the cold months to come. As Many prognostications an based on tie habitat of the denizens of the forests predictions covering the kind of weather for the coming Winter will noon be on tap. Charles m. Lesher of Point township Northumberland county is not Only a successful All around Farmer hut to is noted a a an Apple producer. The yield from his Apple Orchard this year is 40 h Burdiel. A matter of health powder absolutely pure has to substitute the ordinance providing for the unde. In to crossing at the Philadelphia so kid my tracks at a Street was Pim de on three readings Ami finally at the regular meeting of Council Friday an i much other business of interest was transacted during a lengthy session. In the absence of president Davis or. Vastino was made president pro Tern. The following members answered Roll Call. Messes. Vastire. Reif Snyder Boyer Fenstermac Lier Swank Goeser Dietrich d. Gibson Lloyd and j. Gibson. Trio minutes of the last regular Aud two special meetings were approved As read by clerk Patton. Borough eur Giuder George f. Keefer gave an estimate of the Cost of work done to Date by contractor d. J. Rogers As f 14,2 14, with a balance of $f�,292 due or. Rogers. A petition of the Philadelphia amp Reading Railroad company signed by division Turk Aud praying the privilege of closing a part of crows fit rect Ami provision for the a Street undergrad crossing the Railroad to waive All claims that might otherwise arise was accepted and placed of tile. Treasurer Harry Ellenbogen reported a balance of hand of $11,998.84. A Resolution was passed authorizing the Burgess to enter into an agreement with the Railroad Aud trolley people in the a Street crossing matter relieving the Borough from All damage. Or. Reifsnyder reported that he expects the new Bonds to arrive in a few Days. He secured the permission of Council to fill in at the canal on ferry Street having completed work on Church Street. A motion of or. Goeser to have All pavements on Mill Street put at the proper Grade As quickly As possible was passed. Or. Fenstermacher reported Progress of the Wall at the water works. Or. Swank reported for the ordinance committee and the ordinance granting the closing of a pair of Cross Street and the Exten Ieon of a Street under the Philadelphia amp Reading tracks the Danville Aud Bloomsburg Street railway company to Bear All expenses of the ext Cuison and to damages to fall on the Borough was read. The ordinance parsed on first Reading also on second and third readings after the rules were suspended and was passed finally of motion of or. Boyer seconded by or. Fen Terma Ehor t1�o agreement of the Burgess and the trolley people was read before the ordinance was passed. It was decided to change the cellar Entrance to the Schram plumbing shop in the City Hall building from Mill Street to the South Side of Trio building. Near the canal. The following Bills were approved for payment. Water department. Regular employees .$137.00 cleaning boilers. 57.78 labor on retaining Wall. 28.88 Philadelphia so Reading freight 48.25 p. Amp r. Coal and Iron co.,Coal 100.3 5 Frauk Ilu Boyer hauling 12.07 Frank Sorbara plumbing 1.00 John Keith Brick. 17 00 d. O. repairs 7.55 a. M. Peters ice 4.41 h. Rupp repairs 2.00 United Telephone co 5.00 Standard Gas co. 8.00 Joseph lecher. Supplies 5.52 h. R. Moore hardware 10.30 Boyer Brothers cementing 0.90 Harry Patton. 20.00 Borough department. Regular employees Standard electric Light co United Telephone co Standard Gas co United Telephone co. Frank Schrum plumbing Joseph lecher supplies Pettibone Bros mfg. Co John Keim Brick. J. H. Kase sewer pipe Street labor and hauling h. R. Moore hardware goo f. Keefer Engineer. $ 82.50 456.22. 5 50 2.20 18.00. 8.47. 12 13 1.80 60.10. 17.28 199.98. .69. 82.00 Hiss Gearhart weds. Trio depart an to St. Louis yesterday of or. And mrs. Melvin Ecktman of their wedding tour brought to Light a marriage that comes As a Surprise to the friends of the Groom Aud Bride respectively Melvin Eck Raan a Well known Farmer of Kline Grove and miss Alice South Danville. The wedding occurred last saturday evening at the Mahoning presbyterian manse where the Rev. J. K. Hutchison performed the ceremony. The Bride is a daughter of the late Perry Gearhart and a sister of major Gearhart. She was for some years a popular and efficient teacher in Trio Snulli Danville and Riverside schools. Or. An i mrs. Eckman on returning from St. Louis will reside it klines Grove. The big foot Ball games. The big foot Hall games were closely contested yesterday and the scores which follow Are nearly All Low Pennsylvania 21 Gettysburg 0. Columbia 12 . Harvard ii Bates 0 Princeton. 5 Lafayette 0. Yah 5 Springfield y. M c. A., 0. An expert will come next the on look for the completion of the municipal electric Light Plant at an Early Date 1 comes Moro encouraging when it is understood that next week will see the beginning of work on the foundations of the engine and Dynamo which will be installed in the water works building word has been received that an expert from Watertown n. Y., will arrive Here about next monday to begin operation looking after the mechanical end of Trio Job to insure the placing of bolts and temples in their proper positions. The temples already have been put Teg. Tier at the water works. The foundations can be constructed in a few Days hut it will be necessary to let Trio masonry Sot some time before the machinery is to be placed of if. However even allowing for this there is still a Chance of finishing at nearly the time desired it nothing of Orson occurs to delay the Progress of the work. It was originally intended to have the Plant ready to operate if at All possible by november 1, when the present Light contract expires. % the installation of Trio Light Plaut will eventually make considerable change in the water works Aud also bring about an improvement for the Iron plates now in the room where the electrical machinery will he installed will have to to taken up and replaced with a Concrete and Cement pavement which will correspond with the floor in the other part of the building. The Hole for the foundations of the Light Plant engine and Dynamo has been ready for some time. While the expert from Watertown is still in Dau Villo the engine is expected to arrive and likewise the Dynamo which comes from Philadelphia. Then they probably will to placed of the Hod of masonry and set up ready to operate before the expert leaves. Ii forcible reply 10 the Truesdale letter response of president Goeser of Hoard of Trade was mailed tuesday and last night directors endorsed committees action. Unanimous vote for Safe and sane policy. A b. J. Welch in town Benjamin g. Welch of Hughesville a former Well known resident of Danville is spending a few Days in this City. Or. Welch left Danville in ihs1 after having resided Here Twenty years. When in this City or. Welch was actively interested in the rough and ready Iron works. For a number of years he was a resident of Riverside and took a great a a Teresa in the welfare of that Borough shortly after moving to Hughesville or. Welch became prominent in the Nildine of the Williat Lisnoff so North Branch railway which connects with the Philadelphia amp Reading railway at Halls station. The great development of eagles Rinere As a summer resort can Nio he attributed in a Large measure to or. Welches Enterprise. Hot built the Eagle Mere railway a narrow guano read running from Sonestown Over a heavy Grade to Eagle Mere. Through his efforts a Branch of the Oahu Tauna Circle was established at Eagle Mere and it. Has steadily grown in favor since its introduction seven years ago. In 1900 or. Welch formed a corporation known As the Eagle Mere Light company of which he is the present general manager and treasurer. Firs. Patterson passes away. Word was received in Danville yes to Day of the death at Philadelphia of mrs. Theodore f. Patterson a former resident of this City. Although she had been ill about a year the end came unexpectedly tuesday evening. When in Dau Vilh mrs. Patterson made Many friends who will with sorrow learn of her demise. The Patterson family removed to Danville in the fall of 1896,when or. Patterson became superintendent of the Reading Iron works. Mrs. Patterson was a member of Christ episcopal Church Here and took an Active part in Church work. Daring their residence in Danville or. Patterson was a vestry Man of Christ Church. The family lived lure for about six years moving to Philadelphia in the fall of 1902. Mrs. Patterson is survived by her husband two sons George and Duncan and one daughter Abigail. Former Danville boy promoted r. H. Curtis who about seven years ago went from Danville to or. Carmel to work for the Prudential insurance company was so successful at it. Carmel that he Lias been transferred to Flint,mich.,to become superintendent of a new District created by the Prudential company. Or. Curtis has been ranking continuously for the past several years up with the leaders fourth place out of 12 h assistant superintendents in the unit d states having been held for some time. His agents too have held 1st, 2nd Aud 1th position out of 12000 agents at various times. It has been a marvelous record of Able management. While in it. Carmel or. Curtis won. A High place in the esteem of the people tax re an i they regret his depart Are. His Danville friends to glad to hear of his advancement funeral of Ethel Hostelley. The funeral of miss Ethel Hostelly who died in Sun Bury on tuesday and whose remains were brought to Dan Vilie will take place from St. Hubert a Catholic Church this morning at 9 of clock. School will Mold festival. The Riverside grammar school will hold a festival on saturday overling on the school grounds refreshments consisting of ice Cream cake candies etc., will he served by the pupils the proceeds Are to in used to help for a the new Chambers encyclopaedia recently purchased by the school. Come everybody Aud help a worthy cause along Tho Board of directors of the Board of Trade met last night and took action of a matter of vital interest to every citizen who is interested in Danville a welfare. Morss. Goeser Cole Pursel Ellenbogen Watson Foster do to a Reifsnyder and special committeeman Prico were at the meeting. The directors Wero to have met tuesday evening hut owing to previous engagements of several of them to attend meetings of importance president Goeser could not get a quorum until last night when they voted to a Man for a policy that is perfectly Safe and sane progressive and Public spirited. The directors unanimously endorsed the action of the committee that on tact it but nevertheless within three Mouths after the Grade crossing was put in a car of the electric company got unon our main track lost its Power and was run into by one of our trains. This company was nor to Dame and the trolley company Fiad to damages which i am told aggregated enough to have paid substantially it do the expense that it would have been put to to build a Bridge Over our track and avoided the Grade Ero sing. It is a fact hey oud question that an electric rail was crossing of a Strain Railroad at Grade cannot to mad a Safo and proof of this fact can be secured almost any Day from the columns of the newspapers. For some months there has been much discussion in the newspapers of the Largo increase in this country in Tho number of people killed and injured on and about the railroads of this country. I enclose one that i Cut from the new York Herald tuesday mailed to president Trues of yesterday which seem to have Cut Dale of the d. L. So w., the reply of satiated from the office of the interstate president Goeser of the Board of Trade Commerce commission at washington.,if you will read it you will see that to a letter of president Trousdale in uan 0f the railroads of the which the latter replies to the letter country me being held of the Board of Trade and a Resolution one reason or another Lor this slow the Board of Ike am Aro Beniuk called upon to. Expend Large sums of to Kiev to better Trade and Danville citizens held on pr0vide against accidents and the loss of Lile Ami personal injury resulting therefrom. To my mind there is no question hut what to a considerable extent the showing made of increases adopted at a meeting of a on wednesday evening september 28th, Tho Resolution As is Well known emphatically declaring in favor of a Grade crossing which everyone Here is convinced is an imperative necessity. The letter of president Truesdale to or. Goeser is As follows october 3, 1901. Or. John h. G Oeser. President Hoard of Trade Danville a. My dear sir this will acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 2 Atli Ultimo enclosing copy of resolutions passed by your Board disapproving the action of tins \ company in opposing the attempted Grade crossing of on main track in in casualties As u result of Railroad a Cid its is due to the number of trolley lines which have been permitted a to Cross the tracks of the steam Railroad companies of Tho country at Grade. I Leel that instead of officials of railways being d no need and in some cases Abusi d for opposing these death traps which the trolley companies Are try Itig to install at Grade Crossings Over team railways they should i upheld and commended for the Effort they Are making As in the Case in Point that they require trolley companies ill Imi Diug their lines in All cases to put Mill Street your City by the electric above or below the steam rail line which is now constructing its railway Between Danville and blooms Barg also calling upon this company to withdraw opposition tie into and permit said crossing of our main track to be made at Grade As the trolley peo Krom advices received from our people of the ground As Well As copies of newspaper articles which have been seut me i have observed with much regret that great feeling Lias been aroused among the people of Danville Over our attitude ill this matter that we Are being strongly Titi Misad and denounced by them therefor and that our motives for so doing Are being questioned and impugned it being claimed that our attitude in this matter is chiefly due to our opposition to tiie building of this electric line for Trio reason that it will probably reduce our passenger business Aud revenues. 1 despite to assure you that this feature of tie matter has not affected our action in the least. It is not the p i icy of this company to oppose the construction of electric railway lines because of the Competition of Liliose lines with it. We recognize that electric railway lines Soch As the one in question Are deemed essential to the Public interests und a modern conditions All Over this country and tint to oppose to Muir construction because of la Weir effect of the business of steam railways is the sheer est Folly. This company is however opposed to Grade Crossings of its line by electric railway lines and it policy is and will continue to be to oppose such Crossings in every Legal Way possible Aud we shall Only consent to their being put in after the courts of last resort in the various states through which our Liue runs decide that we must permit same. We have several reasons for our action in adopting and following this policy. They Are in All cases at All times and in All locations very dangerous and there Lias no method yet been discovered by which they can be made Safe. They Are a source of great danger Aud a constant menace to the lives of our employees and our passengers Aud Are so to the employees of and passengers handled by the electric companies and in our opposition to their installation we feel that we Are serving the owners of the Street railway companies and the travelling Public using their lines even More than we Are ourselves. Our views in this matter Are confirmed by the experience we have had at different Points on our line during the last year Aud a half. Within that Newark a trolley car crowded with children 011 their Way to school got beyond control of the Meu operating it and ran through the crossing Gates in front of one of our suburban trains and was struck by same and a Large number of the children 011 the car were killed and Many others injured also the Engineer of our engine which struck the car was Lindly injured and will be a cripple for life. Our company was held blameless in this Accident and the Street railway people were called upon to All damages growing out of it their president within Tho last two weeks told me that this Accident had Cost his company Over a Quarter of a million dollars at the time Tho Street railway company built its line Over our track we objected and the matter was taken into court and was contested All through the courts of new Jersey but notwithstanding our opposition the court of last resort in that stale permitted its construction. Flies Grade crossing could have in in m old i u an exp use to tiie Street railway company of not to exceed 5 per Emit of Liat they paid As damages in this one a Cidelle. Another Case about a year m 1, up on our Bangor and Portland line in your state after Consil ral h pressure had been put upon us by prominent Way tracks and thus Avoil All future e Anees tor los of life and injury As 1 am advised by our people while it is a fact As your Board of Trade claims in its resolutions it would not he i wiil pm we in Iii Street it can be done very readily either 111 tie Alley located Between Mill and ferry streets or 011 ferry Street and this with compare Lively Little expense to the Street railway Liue and on grades that Are perfectly feasible to operate trolley cars Over. In View of the interest taken by the not Danville in tins matter and of the co operation they gave the electric railway people in the efforts the latter made to illegally Force a crossing of our track at Mill Street week before last x think it is due this company that the sane publicity to Given this communication to you As has been Given the trolley people Aud your citizens who aided them in stating their position and purpose with respect to the crossing they attempted to forcibly install and i will thank Yon therefore it you will have this communication published in the columns of your papers i would like �11 Al Ising to Call Especial attention to the fact that All action taken by this company in this in tiler h 1 in rely to Proiet what on attorneys have advised Are our Legal rights in the premises and this in an orderly manner while the electric railway people and their friends in Danville undertook to do that which they had 110 Legal right to do in a Man tier that 1 am informed renders them liable under the criminal statutes of the stat a of Pennsylvania. Under circumstances i think we. Rather than the electric railway company should have the support of the Good Law abiding citizens of your City. In hrs very truly a h. Truesdale president. Or. Goes res response As Piei deut of the Board of Trade to presid lit Truesdale is hero subjoined Danville. Pa., oct. Fitly 11 04. Hon H. Truesdale president 1. I. Act. It it. Co., new York n. Dear sir i have yours of the 3rd just. Relating to Mill Street crossing and thank you for your full statement of objections to tile consideration of our Resolution. I shall Lay the reply before the Board at Trio next meeting and the publicity j asked for will then be Given in con a Tiomi with the proceedings. 1 regret that you do not see your was Clear to Grant the request. Nor will 1 undertake to dispute the general 1 proposition of what should be Trio Corroa railway p Liny of your company. If not Ollen Sive it might seem in bad taste for me to assume to Dic Tat a. Grade Crossings Are assumed to he 0 Trio railway Aud the Public. The illustrations of the accidents Al of aug and Newark however prove 110 morn than that an overhead crossing would have eliminated those Piti Calr accidents. Tho avoidance of these might save the railway company and with this your duty might seem to end. But to How Many More dangers and How Many More accidents would the travelling Public have been subjected by an overhead crossing Iii these Points. The Grade crossing accidents May he duplicated or overload Saeei debits Boliou steam ill Lei 11 in roads. The Public which is most deeply interested is protected from death on the Grade crossing to have ii risk of death Many times multiplied by an overhead crossing rile Rippli cos for stopping a ear at Grade cannot be claimed to he More effective 10 stopping it on an incline Harry Morgan of shall Lokin formerly superintendent of the United Tele a phone lines in this City spent sunday calling 011 friends in this City. Miss Katharine Francisco of Lewis town arrived in Danville 011 saturday for a visit at the Home of miss Katharine Mccormick West Market Street. Joseph Schain of Berwick spent sunday at the Lowe Stoin Home West Market Street. F. L. Kramor of Holm Surg pa., spent sunday with relatives in Danville. Mrs. John g. Waite and daughter spent sunday with friends in Williamsport. Goorge g. Stein Brenner of Wilkes Barre spent sunday at the Steinbrun nor Home East front Street. W. Frank Toland Aud wife spent sunday wit i in scuds in Wilkes Barre. Mrs. M. L. Moatz and daughter. Miss Marion of Akron Ohio mrs. D. W. Cron6e of Philadelphia Aud miss Amanda Wittenmyer of Middleburg pa., Are guests of mrs. I. G. Barber ferry Street. Miss Marion Moatz is employed 011 the local news staff of Tho a Akron times Democrat. A a mrs. Alexander Campbell of Brooklyn arrived yesterday for a visit at the Homo of or. S. Thompson. Tuuu Cilani Amos Vastine made a business trip to Sunbury yesterday. Horace Sidler of Valley township spent yesterday in this City. Mrs. Albert Smith of Wyoming is visiting her Mother mrs. Heury Kerns Mill Street. Jacob lecher of Williamsport transacted business at the court House yesterday. W. R. Clark Penti Sylvanin station agent at Softli Danville was in will la sport yesterday. Capt. Joseph h. Johnson and wife a and Cha Les e. Hauver and wife left this morning for a visit with friends in Bloomsburg. Joii Athau Rudy of Mahoning township made a business trip to town yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Wesley Gardner and 6on of Scranton arrived in Danville yester Day for a visit at the Home of mrs. Perry Deen East Market Street. John Kis Edhart the Batcher yesterday went to Harrisburg to att tend the institution of a new Temple of Mystic Sli Riners. Short Quot visit Vieren Quot yester Niay iefu�?T10? Scranton. Mcclellan Washingtonville yesterday transacted business at the court House. Mrs. Jovaun Williamsport yesterday arrived in this City to visit her daughter mrs. J. Chidester Church Street. R. V. B. Lincoln of Denver colo., is visiting his brother in Law Rev. S. B. Evans. West Market Street. O. P. Rockefeller and John Haupt of Sunbury spent yesterday in this City. Miss Myrtle Snyder spent yesterday with friends in Bloomsburg. M. O. Watts in charge of Trio construction worn of Tho municipal Light Plant a Lieut yesterday ill Bloomsburg. Harry Leopold of Milton was a visitor in this City yesterday. W. H. Curtis of Wilkes Barre transacted business in Danville yesterday. William Leiby of Northumberland spout yesterday in Danville. Harry Eveland is visiting friends in. Williamsport. Arthur Coddens was in Bloomsburg yesterday. Bank inspector f. E. Patterson of Wilkes Barre was in Danville yesterday. R. H. Savage of Sou Hury was in Danville yesterday. Miss Agues Curry of Mooresburg was a visitor in this Eirv yesterday. I loom Council men a visit of saturday evening F. Pasone general superintendent of Tho Standard construction Cou Pauy entertain of a number of Bloomsburg a town officials Aud others in this City. A special trolley car leaving Blo Orns Burg at 8 of clock brought the party to Danville and while 111 this City the company partook of an elaborate collation s red by Dau m. Coddens. Tho special started on Tho return trip about 11 30, arriving at the fish aug Creek Bridge at Midnight where tiie party was transferred to the Montour and Columbia Liue. In Trio party were c. H. Reimard Harry Rhodes Charles Culp and Josiah Giger of the Bloomsburg Cou Oil John Lewis town treasurer John Oon was manager of the Bell Telephone company Hou. Grant herring Aud Jacob e. Keefer. On the return trip councilman George Reifsnyder f. O. Anglo. Harry Patton Aud Olieo. Angle accompanied tiie party an 1 hic Patrie a 11 p Ople interested in Way to permitted a Grade crossing no tie Mill 11 track of that line at a station this crossing was put in. Their tri a company agreeing in quip 11 Aioli All the known appliances to pro my those within the car an i at either end of the incline in injury and death. In the balancing of risks Trio Public finds that Yon will subject it 10 a greater number Lay insisting Quot of in overhead crossing. If it i coot inned 011 fourth Page. Looking for appropriation. School treasurer m. H. Sch rain is looking for Tho coming of the state appropriation for the Danville school District at Auy time now. Last year i Trio Money was not received until in december Bat this is about the time when it should reach Here. The amount that the City will get is fairly substantial Ami helps greatly i i paying Tho expenses of the school. The appropriation is something like $7,100 pupils May co Job printing the office of the american being furnished with a Large assortment of Job letter and fancy Type and Job material generally the publisher announces to the Public that he is prepared at All times to Axente in the neatest manner Job printing of All kinds and description to tiie fair Tho school Board monday Evo Mot in regular session the following members answering Roll Call messes. Trumbower Fischer Pursel Haring Burns Adams Greene Werkheiser Orth Secretary Aud or. Harpel president. The session was a Short one All business being handled with dispatch. Following the approval of the minutes of last meeting. Or. Adams of the finance committee offered the report of treasurer m h. Sch rain showing a balance of $6,6811. 12. The report was accepted and tiled. Or Adams was authorized to destroy Bond coupons that had been paid and burned them in the sight of the braid. Or. Orth reported that the Supply committee had decided not to Purchase maps that were being considered Aud the report was accepted. Or. Greene told of minor repairs being made at the fourth Ward building. Permission was granted or. Adams to procure a list of supplies needed for the first Ward building. Truant officer William e. Young reported 95 cases of sickness 18 truants 20 notices served and 14 vaccinations. His report t was accepted. Or. Fischer presented a request for a Day off for the children of the schols to attend tiie Bloomsburg fair and or. Pursel turned in a petition having the same object in View. After a Little debating thursday was chosen As the Day Aud permission tar schools to close then was Given. A motion of or. Greene carried granting the Mahoning presbyterian Church the right to drive Over the school lot on saturdays to get Coal in to the Church cellar. Superintendent u. L. Gordys report was accepted showing 1197 pupils registered in the Borough 137 in High school 96 the per cent of attendance 248 cases of tardiness. 69 of sickness 40 visits of the superintendent to teachers 6 Grade meetings a general meeting Aud 2 music grades. The superintendent farther reported Good results from the new system of drilling the substitute teachers in the re Guiar schools. He said he had shipped away about 300 old books that will bring 10 cents each. His action was approved. The following Bills Wero ordered paid Danville stove go $4.93 Standard Gas go 85 p. C. Marray amp son .12.60 w.1 a a a tue items Tju. 1.85 Roberts amp Meek .9. ,50 Joseph lecher .51.99 George h. Smith. Ff.00 anniversary v. M. E. A. Tourists out in Force notwithstanding the fact that the weather sunday was not of the Ideal autumn kind the Danville people turned out in extremely Large numbers to take advantage of Tho first sunday to ride of the trolley oars. During Trio whole Day Aud a til late in the evening Bloom Street was crowded with people Many of whom came to ride others being there Only to View the novel sight of the trolley in Danville. Four cars were in commission All Day Aud were crowded on every rip and a great Many who would have Lincol to ride were unable to do so on account of the Lack of room. It is estimated that during the Day at least eighteen Hundred people made the return trip from hero to fishing greek. Of one car the fares that were rang up were especially noted there being 336. On the same car the collection of fares from Grovania to Danville amounted to 123. Heroes of the Gridiron Columbia county 011 saturday had numerous foot Ball accidents. In a game Between Tho Berwick y. M. O. A. Reserves Aud Trio Catawissa team at Catawissa Charles gee had his nose Brokon Aud Oscar Boyles in a scrimmage was kicked in Tho head. At first Boyles did not seem badly Hurt but a Little later lie had to be removed to a hotel Aud work Gil wit i for two hours by physicians having become delirious. Yesterday lie was a Little better. A boy named Lewis of Berwick came out of the game with a rib badly bruised. At Berwick the Gigli school Aud Hudson teams played and in making a tackle Robert Warner fractured his Collar Bone. Office removed. The offices of the Danville amp blooms Burg trolley company were moved yesterday to Grovania where rooms will be occupied in the store building belonging to o. D. Garrison. This change was made necessary by the inconvenient location of the offices 011 Mill Street. In their new rooms the office Force will he located at the Middle of the line and in close proximity to the Power House and car barn. Tied up by the5torm. Yesterdays storm caused a sus Peu Siou of work 011 All of the Public improvements paving building Trio water works Wall stringing Tho wires 011 the Borough Light poles and the Bridge operations. Trio ferry had its troubles too. The boat carrying the a has and passengers from the 5 50 Pennsylvania train got stranded pm the platform 011 the Softli Side and was considerably delayed before the ferryman could work it Loose. The anniversary of the Danville y. M. G. A. Will be celebrated on sunday and special services that will be of a very interesting nature will be held in two churches. The attendance promises to be urge most of the churches of the City having Given up their evening services for this Day to allow All their members who desire to do so to attend the anniversary services. The Public is cordially invited to attend one or the other of the anniversary meeting of the y. M. O. A., to be held simultaneously to St. Paul s m. E. Aud Tho Mahoning presbyterian churches sunday evening at 7 30 o clock. The addresses will All Bernado by local pastors and Short reports of the work will be Given interspersed with special singing. The meetings in both churches will be Brief. A collection will be taken Bat no special Effort will be made to raise funds. Wagon struck on Railroad. John Patton driving a local express Wagon on saturday afternoon had a startling experience on the Railroad and he and two children who were Riding with him had narrow escapes from sustaining injuries of a serious or even fatal a tire. The mishap occurred near the Danville structural tubing Plant at the time or. Patton was hauling test weights away from the weigh Scales bet up at Bloom and ferry streets where the test weights had just been used. He was driving across the Philadelphia amp Reading Railroad tracks where switching was being done having been signalled to go ahead. But before Iii Wagon got Clear of the tracks a car shot Down on him having been shunted rapidly along. The car struck the rear of the Wagon breaking a wheel but not demolishing the vehicle. When the collision occurred Glyde Pattou Aud John Aten boys who were in the Wagon jumped arid a Little later or. Patton jumped As the Wagon threatened to overturn. All of them escaped being liar. As did the team which had cleared the track. Succeeding in Canada. G. O. Miller of this City received an interesting letter from a former townsman Lawrence Butler a Heater who for years was connected with the leading Iron Aud steel industries of this City and who now has accepted a position As superintendent of the heating department in the Large steel the letter states that William Craig formerly connected with the North Branch steel works holds the position of assistant superintendent and Mill manager Aud is operating the Plant very successfully. Theodore Ridgway a former Danville boy is head roller of one Turu and Edward books son of g. S. Books of this City has charge of the Roll turning department under or. Oraig. Or. Butler states that the largest Days output since his connection with the Plaut has been seven Liun Derd tons of finished rails eighty pounds to the Yard. The Only objectionable feature to Bis now Home is the cold weather As of october 2nd the Snow had fallen to a depth of 18 inches and was still snowing Ami ail Trot importation by rail Aud boat was blocked. People who Are compelled to be outside have to Wear what Are called of Kinro suits. The Danville boys Are All Well Aud prospering. Annual reunion of the Sabre regiment. The 27th annual reunion of the so Teutli Ponta. Veterans Volunteer cavalry will to held at Milton pa., october 25th Aud 26th, 1904. Major general James h. Wilson commander of the cavalry corps of the army of the Cumberland Aud Gen. Joseph Wheeler who commanded the Confederate cavalry have both promised to be at this re Union. The following is a copy of a letter received from Gen. Wilson. April 4, 1904. Henry d. Loveland esq., Antes fort a. My dear sir a replying to your letter of March 2sth i beg to say i shall be very glad indeed to attend the next reunion of Tho 27th Pennsylvania Oak arly at Milton a. X Hope you will give me a few weeks notice Aud Tell me How to get from Here to the place of meeting. I hold the memory of that regiment in most vivid recollection. It was certainly one of the Best regiments in the u. S. Army. The memory of its glorious deeds should be cherished by every patriotic . With kindest regards believe me. Yours sincerely James h. Wilson. Ii. D. Loveland president f. R. Hutzol Ivuson treas. Aud sec., 1692 Weill ave., Pittsburg a still doing grading. County commissioner Charles Cook who was in from Valley township yesterday reports the work of the state Road going slowly ahead. The grading is still under Way Aud no Macada Mizing has yet been started. Had stroke of paralysis. Joseph h. Kase of Rush to w 11, a brother of j. Hudson Kase of Softli Danville on sunday suffered a slight stroke of paralysis. Yesterday ire was reported As being 011 the Road to recovery

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