Law on Sidewalk Obstructions Sparks Public Debate
A major public clash erupts over Marine Bank’s test case to push sidewalk encroachments to a decision. Lawyers weigh liability for cellar doors and vaults under storefronts, with cites to Smith versus Simmons and Dillon's Municipal Corporations. Local officials including Chief Bigelow and Postmaster McKean weigh in on legality and city liability as sidewalks crowd in old city streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chief Bigelow
Marine National Bank
Major Brown
William Heater
Thomas H. Davis
Davis
Inquirer
Supreme Court
Dillon
Smith
Simmons
Common Pleas
Susquehanna County
Gerson
Congreve
Morgan
N. Y
Peron
Sdjeining
Deces
Cbief Bigelow
Department of Public Works
Marine Bank
Old City
Stowe
Smithfield Street
Turge
Rom
Big
Finest Diamond on Exhibition in City Sale
A 21 carat diamond from London is described as perfectly cut and of exceptional color a blue lilac hue. Hailed as the finest diamond in the city the stone is exhibited for sale. M G Cones a diamond expert and jeweler at 533 Smithfield Street handles the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
M. G. Cones
Smithfield Street
Walter Anderson
Pirates of Penzance shines in grand Pittsburgh season finale
The Daff Comic Opera Company delivered a splendid performance before a large Grand Opera House audience. Lilly Post as Mabel, Bassett as Frederick, Mark Smith as Major General Stanley, Digby Bell as Sergeant of Police, and McLaughlin as Pirate King impressed. the chorus drew high praise as the season closed in glory with encored performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Opera House
Daff Opera Company
Pittsburg
Lilly Post
Mabel
Bassett
Frederick
Mark Smith
Stanley
Digby Bell
Police
Mr. Bell
Koko
Sir Joseph Porter
McLaughlin
Precedent Shown In Pittsburg Letter Carrier Red Tape Snarl
A Pittsburg post office letter carrier saved four checks made out to John B. Larkin Postmaster. The bank did not recognize the name and the case sparks a costly official bunting through the Post Office Department and Auditor General with red tape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
John B. Larkin
Larkin
Genera
McKean
City tax checks flood in as Major Denniston piles up counts
Major Joseph F. Denniston mused over figures as checks from business men pour in to pay property taxes. He compared the tally to a cribbage score noting that the real stakes are the records and signatures on the three line forms that drive the city’s welfare, while Delinquent Tax Collector W. B. Ford corrals late payers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. Denniston
Tennyson
Lowee
W. BR. Ford
Safety Department Statistics Jan Feb Expenditures
The Department of Public Safety reports January and February expenditures by bureau: Office 325677.48, Police 21525.49, Health 2325.49, Building Inspection 350, Plumbing Inspector 154.10. February shows Office 16477.34, Police 22554.9, Electricity 11449.72, Health 3192.82, Building Inspection 407, Plumbing Inspector 140. personnel totals list General office 5, Office 181, Police 286, Electricity 13, Health 25, Buildings 4, Plumbing Inspector 1, City Ganger 1, total 516.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Safety
Bureau of Fice
Bureau of Police
Bureau of Health
Bureau of Building Inspection
Bureau 4 Police
Bureau of Electricity
Bureau of Building i
General Office
Enact of
Bureau of Buildings Ra
Lairds New Shoe Store Opens on Wood Street Pittsburg
Lairds Bargain Shoe Stores opens a stylish new shop at 433 Wood Street between Fifth and Diamond. The rebuilt building features cream and gold décor, oak fixtures, ample seating, and both gas and electric lighting. Edward Snodgrass, with 20 years in the city, manages the store offering a fresh fashionable spring line at bargain prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Laird’s
Wood Street
Edward Snodgrass
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co offers teaware gift with purchases
A promotional offer at all Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co stores provides a free item to customers who buy one pound of tea or baking powder or two pounds of coffee. The gift, titled Mamma's Darling, will be given for one week starting Monday March 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Pitcairn's 434 Wood Street Overcoats and Suits Ad
Local ads highlight Pitcairn's 434 Wood Street offering spring overcoats suits and trouserings. Other retailers like Lirs' GALLERY at 10 and 12 Sixth St advertise cabinet photos and low prices on crayons. ENABLE & SHUSTER at 35 Fifth Ave promote good-fitting suits. BaxGAINS in black silks referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lirs
Sixth St
St Pitcairn’s
Wood Street
Enable & Shuster
Fifth Ave
Pitcairn's
Miss Esselins Trains Carpenters at California Normal School
A vivid tour of the California Pa normal school carpentry shop led by Miss Esselius a Swedish teacher from Lloyd schools. Pupils of all ages learn to saw file plane and hammer for mental discipline and steady work habits producing miniature garden tools and school projects. The program aims at character and skill rather than full industrial training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania State Normal School
California
Elin Esselius
Esselius
St. Nicholas
Liveden
Lloyd
America
Theodore Noss
Essesius
George Luckey
Pittsburg
Luckey
Little Worshop
Model School
Dr. Noss
Normal School first to teach discipline drill in Western Pennsylvania
The article notes that the teacher need not shout attention in the small schoolroom, praising mental drill and discipline as a key advantage for pupils. It states that the Normal School introduced this feature in Western Pennsylvania and that Lloyd teaching may become a Pittsburg school discipline branch due to its success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Lloyd
Pittsburg
Mayor-elect Wyman Returns Home Plans April Oath
Mayor elect Wyman, recently returning from Ohio, visited Allegheny and Pittsburgh. He will take the oath at noon Monday, April 7. Henry Hunne shagen will keep Mayor Pearson's clerkship under Wyman. Other mayoral appointments go to the Police Committee for approval next week. Ex-Chief John Murphy is selected as Chief of Police, with Haslett named ordinance officer. Applications for police positions close April 3 with about 200 candidates for 90 posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyman
Ohio
Allegheny
Pittsburg
Henry Hunneshagen
Pearson
John Maurphy
Murphy
James G. Wyman
William Haslett
Committee on Corporations backs railway ordinances for Pittsburgh lines
Yesterday the Committee on Corporations recommended to Councils supplementary ordinances for the Pittsburg Allegheny and Manchester Federal Street and Pleasant Valley Pittsburg Union and Central Passenger Railway Companies granting them the privileges they now enjoy. The ordinances place these roads under the general railway ordinance. since its adoption they have operated without a formal ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Corporations
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Manchester
Federal Street
Pleasant Valley
Hungarian girl travels unaided on Pennsylvania train
Last evening a young Hungarian girl boarded a Pennsylvania train at Greensburg without a ticket. With no one to understand her language she was brought to Pittsburg. An interpreter at Union depot learned her home and she was sent back to Greensburg on the next train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Pittsburg
Union Depot
Pennsylvania road bans fruit sales on trains
The railroad circular forbids Union News agents from selling fruit and confectionery on trains, allowing only papers and literature. Officials acknowledge the nuisance and veto the restriction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Road
Union
W H Barker Fine Wall Papers At 503 Market Street
This season presents prolific wallpaper ideas with bold figures and rich color harmonies. Barker offers special wall and room decoration lines matching carpets and curtains, a large stock of patterns from inexpensive to luxurious, and a spring display that invites inspection by seekers of novelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street
Everett piano changes hands to California Pa teacher
The Everett piano certificate No 123 goes to a Pittsburg teacher who judges a fine piano. She chose the Everett after visiting music stores in Pittsburgh. We take in several other makes at low prices to clear space. Also notes on local business moves and an April 17 excursion rate to Washington City via the B and C Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Piano Club
California
Pittsburg
Everett
Weber
Chickering
Kranach & Bach
Hazelton
Alex. Ross
Music House
Federal St
Allegheny
Washington City
Ousehold Credit Co
HALY
Legal battle begins between Traction firms and Duquesne
In Pittsburg three suits filed in Common Pleas No 2 after the Attorney General refused quo warranto against the Duquesne Street Railway. Plaintiffs Lari mer and Lincoln Street Railway Co and Ellsworth Passenger Street Railway allege rights to routes and restrictions on the Duquesne and Craig Street Railway lines. The Central Transit and Pittsburg Traction Co as lessee claim prior franchises and seek court decrees, restraining tracks and city interference. Details address rights of way from Fifth and Liberty Avenues over Penn and related streets, with dates 1886 1887 and 1890 cited. observers note contested authority and potential city grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Duquesne Street Railway Company
Larimer and Lincoln Street Railway Company
Larimer Street Railway Company
Duquesne Traction Company
City of Pittsburg
Ellsworth Passenger Street Railway
Central Transit Company
Pittsburg Traction Company
Railway Traction Company
Fifth and Liberty Avenues
Penn Avenue
Pittsburg
Shady Jane
Fifth Avenue
Craig Street Railway Company
1 Corporation
Craig
Forbes Avenue
Bayard
Neville
Center
Roup
Negley
Bryant
Highland Avenue
Center Avenue
Roup Street
Craig Street Company
Craig Street
Duquesne
Elsworth
Neville Street
Ellsworth Avenue
Duquesne Company
General Assembly
Larimer and Lincoln
Collins Avenue
Station Street
Larimer Avenue
Shetland Street
Lincoln Avenue
City Line
Larimer Street Railway
Station
Mayflower Streets
Protests for Verona Against Liquor Licenses
Attorney Yost argued yesterday before Judges Ewing and Magee, filing remonstrances against all wholesale and retail liquor license applicants in Verona. Verona comes from Penn and Plum townships, with Penn’s 1870 liquor ban still binding Verona, while Plum area now Oakmont. The court will set a time for argument on whether Verona remains within the old Penn limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yost
Ewing and Magee
Verona
Penn and
Plum Townships
Penn Township
Plum Township
Oakmont
Divorce Petitions in Unnerving City Court Docket
A divorce petition filed by George Dutch seeks legal separation from Ida Dutch, married February 17, 1887, with allegations of separation since January 1. Other petitions include Julia Cready against Thomas J. Cready for desertion and a list of trial commissioners and courtroom cases in Common Pleas with references to insurers, rail and street firms, and a new trial granted in the Lippincott libel case against Leader Publishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dutch
Ida
ISB
Julias
Cready
Thomas J. Cready
William P. Schell
Cyrena
Day
Josephine Day
D. L. Pearson
Joseph M. Lippincott
Leader Publishing Company
Oddities in Market Ads Offerings and Services
A cluttered clipping lists items for sale and services: a life size crayon for 350 dollars or 12 cabinets or an 8x10 photo for 1 dollar at Aufrecht's Elite Gallery 516 Market St Pittsburgh. It also promotes Woandram's Herb Powders or Pills, lace curtalins in bulk from 2 to 10 dollars, Picairn's suits at 484 Wood St, Hendricks & Co photographs at 68 Federal St Allegheny, and various goods including fabrics and dogs in advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aufrecht
Market St
P’g
Change in make up on classified page
The notice states that items heretofore appearing on this page of the Dispatch will now be found on the eleventh page in the second part of this issue.
Also Mentioned on This Page
James S. McKean
W. A. Magee
Windward Islands
Johnn S. Lambie
Eigbth
Philadelphia
Comic Opera Company
Safety Department Statistics
Laird'’S New Shoe Store
Diamond Street
Tisu
Pitcairn’s
Wood St
Piteairn's
Miss Esselins
The
California Normal School
Corporation Committee
Goodby, Mr. Train Fakir
W. H. Barker
Pineso
Via
Liberty Street
New Qy
Walker & Dunlevy, Porkers
Descalzi Brothers
Danis
New York
J. J. Fuchs
Carson St
New Street Railway Company
Duquesne Concern
Columbia River
M. R. Thompson
Corner Third Ave
Northrop
A. Norturer & Co
Twenty-third and
Marysts
S. S
ApAm Kern
Monongahela City
Redstone Oil, Coal and Coke Company
Usu
B. A. Ex
Iotr Co
Pitcairn
Hauch & Kerevan
Water Street
Common Pleas No
Clarke Et al
Cutcheon & Co
Graham
Pennsylvania Company
McCracken & Son
Hamberger
Richmond
Citizens' Traction Company
Denlinger Bros
Winters
Kerr
Campbell
Jenkins
Hilke
Hoffstot
Augestein
Jones
McFall Et al
Jirak
Landmark
Norwich Union Insurance Company
Same
Ben Franklin Insurance Company
People's Insurance Company
Kline
McCandless
Fulmer
Borough of
Woandram
Huevus & Haces
Ussu
Hendricks & Co
BarGarss
Si Kyasie & Suveres
Filth
Minor Court House News
Pennsylvania Lead Company
Henry Hershey
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Peter Datl
Pittsburg and Western Railroad Company
Dati
Mr. V. Kimber Mn
Elizabeth Altwater
Tenth Ward
Franz Abt
John Stans
Mathias Schneider
Mathias Kinnen
Joseph Vogler
Adam Mamer
George Taber
W. C. Moneland
United States District Court
Charles H. Armstrong & Son
Robert
Thomas C
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Penn Ave
Household Credit CO
Highth Street
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