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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1890
Page
5
Citizens and officials push for a central Carnegie Library on Duquesne Way or nearby sites, weighing location, access, and cost. Col. T. P. Roberts and local leaders argue for a central, well lit riverside plot with space for expansion and easy transit access.
James M. McEwen, Chief Sanitary Inspector, reports for year ending January 31: 8 248 nuisances abated and 3 145 contagious diseases visited. Old city districts show fewer diseases than East End due to drainage and sewer capacity. more garbage furnaces are urged to improve sanitation and reduce contamination.
Coal operators in Pittsburg threaten to shut down mines and take cars out of service to force reduced freight rates. A meeting of thin coal men formed a committee to study legal steps, aiming to halt operations until a fair differential favors the thinner seam and rates align with Ohio coal to lake ports.
A handful of observers claim animals and insects show awareness of approaching mild weather. Muskrats birds snakes and insects reportedly anticipate less frost while excavators note worms near the surface. A rural naturalist suggests creatures may not know much but what they know is accurate.
Samuel R Campbell ex Chief Engineer of the steamboat Hornet becomes clerk for the Inspectors of Steam Boilers. Charles B Mowry is relieved for partisan reasons and Charles S Holmes assumes management. E H Campbell state reporter passed through city for the East. Leon Hydeman, traveling correspondent for Clan society, visited. C W Fairbanks of Indianapolis attended. George Sheppard bank examiner to take charge March 1. E D Smith Baltimore and Ohio agent left for Chicago. Representative J S Frant of Siaton was in the city.
Two alarms sounded in Allegheny yesterday afternoon and evening. Station No 47 responded to a blaze in an office on Grant Avenue owned by teamster McDonald, causing little injury. Station No 37 reported a minor fire due to a hinge issue at Lindsay and McCutcheon, causing slight damage.
A fragment notes Bessie Bramble in a revision dispute tied to the West region. The readable text focuses on a subject connected to bandles and duspares with unclear resolution.
Government inspector J M Pattison met with Chief Bigelow and Postmaster McKean to discuss grade lowering on Fourth Avenue. City officials said the Central Traction Company will not be pressed to lower the grade this year. Retaining walls must be built inside the sidewalk. A new room between the post office and Newell's restaurant is to be bid, with work starting before March 1 and occupancy planned by July 1.
The Young Men's Catholic Club linked to St. Pauls Cathedral held its monthly meeting last evening. It reports a flourishing condition and adds a musical corps to its literary feature. Dr B M Harras specializes in ear nose and throat at 718 Penn Street.
President Harrison will hold an informal public reception Thursday at 3 p.m. on the Court House grand stairway to mark the Carnegie Library opening. The Allegheny Library Commission secured Court House use with County Commissioners consent. The gold key symbolizing the library’s opening was presented to Mayor Pearson. About 150 pictures hang in the art gallery as the commission works, and the new library building lighting and heating systems were tested with satisfaction.
In Coraopolis a 99 to 16 vote foreshadows a liquor license fight despite local option history. Citizens worry visitors and police costs, while Moon Township has no current dry law. Former borough solicitor C. E. Cornelius was asked to resolve the issue.
Pupils of Holy Ghost College entered a three day spiritual retreat led by Rev. J T Murphy. The mass of requiem opened the exercises for the repose of Very Rev. Jos. Strub founder of the college. Half the pupils received holy communion before the retreat ended.
The Iron City Microscopical Society plans its regular monthly meeting next Tuesday evening in the Indies parlor at the Pittsburg Library. Prof F C Phillips will discuss nat a story armada and crab remains as a study of corals and shells in demand.
Mr. Simon Gensted of Duquesne Heights suffered a severe eye injury when a large piece of glass cut the eye, with iris protruding. Dr. Sadler of 804 Penn Avenue treated the wound and hopes were held for saving the eye.
The PennsUtawney Miners strike settlement topic sparks a divisive window glass workers meeting over Morenus's status as president. Conflicting reports claim resignation accepted, or that Morenus intends to stay, with ex president Campbell likely to act temporarily. A new election appears planned within weeks.
The Working Girls Club will meet Monday nights at G A R Hall instead of Palace Parlors. Virginia Potter, New York club secretary, invites delegates to a New York convention in April to discuss club interests. Papers will cover 14 topics with representation from Boston Brooklyn Philadelphia and other cities.
President Rae Tolks and J B Rae arrived from Scottdale to Punxsutawney where miners have been on strike for seven weeks. A telegram urged settlement as talks were expected. Rae predicts a coke price rise to 32 a ton and wage boosts across mining and drawing sectors. Secretary Watchorn issues a mine machine survey.
A New York agent for Chambers & McKee says window glass makers adjourned a meeting at the Hotel Anderson to meet in the city next Monday to push prices up 20 percent. Discontent rose after a 5 percent rise. importers met in Springfield and agreed to the 20 percent increase. Rumors say three syndicates will form: United Glass Company, Pittsburg factories, and Chambers & McKee.
Innale Union No. 506 machine hands hosts a ball on February 21 at Lafayette Hall under the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. The event honors the union’s first anniversary.
A wholesale grocer, Mr. John A. Renshaw, was struck by a cab near Union station on the way to the train. He sustained a fractured leg and was taken to his home in Shadyside. The page also advertises guitar and mandolin sales, clothing, and music stores with various prices and items listed.
A local sale advertises Scotch lambs wool underwear at half former prices. The notice promises caps and capes in plain style and hints at soda and drinks as part of the event. Sellers emphasize items worn only two or three times and priced to clear stock.
The Bohemian Glass Workers, makers of small fancy articles and chemical ware on gas lamp glass, plan to organize into the Flint Glass Workers' Union. They have filed in the East and were organized in Boston New York Brooklyn Millville Newark and Philadelphia this week. Workers in Pittsburg and the West are expected to join.
Tod Ford of the Youngstown Steel Company reports a steady trade for iron in the Mahoning and Shenango Valleys. Mills are running and furnace output is sold for two months, with demand braced by higher foreign material prices.
The P and W managers remain in place while staff is cut. Recent changes drop F Adams contracting agent Allegheny T H Morse of Youngstown and A F Mack Cleveland commercial agent. About 200 to 300 Italians passed through Castle Garden en route to a Western railroad job. McKeesport building trades unions demand all city work be done by organized labor.
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