THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866.
VOL. 35.
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Size of Electric Light Plant.
EDITOR PRESS:—
Dear Sir: —There having been some
donbt expressed as to the advisability
of putting in so small an electric light
plant as one of sixty arc capacity, I
wish to call attention to the fact that
BO long as natural gas holds out, very
few if any citizens will care to light
their residences with electricity.
The gas is not likely to give out very
soon, certainly not, so long as the Gas
Co. can secure new ""'territory by un
reasonable expenditure, and in any
event, it would scarcely seem to be
good business to putin a large plant
on the doubtful contingency that we
might need a larger one sometime.
It is a well known fact in the busi
ness, that an electric light plant runs
more economically and gives better
aervi when carrying a full load, that
is running at its full capacity, hence,
it is never desirable to have a plant
larger than is really necessary. If the
gas gives out or any important im
provements in our town at any time
calls for a larger plant, it will not be
necessary to tear out the small plant,
but the poles, wires and buildings be
ing up, merely add another engine
and dynamo. But there is no valid
reason for buying an extra engine and
dynamo till it is needed. E. o. B.
The /lankey Furniture Company Plant
to Resume Operations.
Last Friday the Mankey Furniture
Company plant in Emporium, one of
the most complete manufacturing
plants in the country was sold by
Sheriff Swope to Addison Candor, of
Williamsport. Pa., who acted as trus
tee for the creditors. Mr. Candor ar
ranged to transfer the property to
Partridge & Sons, of New York city,
practical furniture men of good repu
tation and reliability. The arrange
ment,as we are very reliable informed,
are these: Messrs. Partridge & Sons
agree to take possession of the prop
erty Feb. Ist, 1901 and contract to
keep the plant in operation for two
years, pay the taxes, insurance a',>d
interest on the judgments and if after
the expiration of two years they aro
satisfied with their contract and the
property proves what they believe it
to be, they purchase it at a price al
ready agreed upon. The plant will
resume, we aro iuformed, Feb. Ist.
Mr. C. F. Mankey will superintend for
Messrs. Partridge & Sons. This will be
cheering news to our citizens.
In Fort Swope.
We understand that a number of j
lady Maccabees landed in jail last j
Tuesday night. Mrs. Swope, the Sher
iff's good wife, took kindly to them and j
cared for them until morning, when all |
fines were remitted.
"Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTEß.
EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 24,1901.
Cost of Electric Light.
Can we install a 60 to 60 arc plant for
17,000.00?
Mere opinions on the subject from
men who don't know a dynamo from a
ham sandwich have no weight at all.
A very simple and business like method
of ascertaining is to ask the question
of reliable electricians. Mr. Catlin has
done this and placed the figures before
the public liist week.
The Westinghouse Co. and the Gen
eral Electric Co., two of the largest
electrical companion in the world have
given a price on complete plant inside
the power house which will allow of
the completion of the same inside the
amount specified.
In figuring on the outside work, pro
vision is made for one and one-half
tons of wire, poles, arms, insulators,
pulleys, cord, hangers, cut-outs, fbse
blocks, fuse-links, switches and labor.
What mightor could have been done
ten or twelve years ago has little to do
with the present question; for instance,
at that time arc lamps cost $25 to §40 1
each and used a carbon every day, now
the new inclosed arc lamps cost sl2,
and burn 100 to 200 hours on one car
bon.
The world moves every day and if
we can't move with it we might as well
dry up and blow away, and let it go at
that. E. O. BARDWELL.
Jan'y 22, 1901.
Republican Primary Elections.
EMPORIUM.
The Republican electors of Empo
rium Borough are requested to meet
Saturday evening, Jan. 26th, 1901, at
the following places for the purpose of
nominating candidates for the several
ward officers to be voted for at the
election to bo held on Tuesday, Feb.
19th, 1801: West and Middle Wards at
the City Hall, in Council Chamber;
East Ward, at the Hose House. Polls
to remain open from 7:30 to 8:30 p. m.
Three delegates are also to be elected
from each ward to attend the Borough
Convention, for the purpose of nomi
nating Borough officers, to be held at
City Hall, at 9 o'clock same evening.
C. L. BUTLER,
J. W. KAYB,
S. E. MURRY.
Ward Committeemen.
SHIPPEN.
Notice is hereby given to the Repub
lican voters of Shippen township that
they attend the Primary Election for
the purpose of nominating candidates
for the several township offices to be
voted for at the Feb'y election. Cau
cus will be held at the Court House
between the hours of 1:30 and 2:30 p.
m., Saturday, Jan. 26th.
W. L. THOMAS,
Township Committeeman.
GIBSON.
A Caucus of the Republicans of Gib
son township will be held on Saturday,
Jan. 26th, 1901, between the hours of
two and four o'clock, p. m., at the
Curtin House, Driftwood.
O. B. TANNER,
FRANK WOLFE,
HENRY SMITH.
Township Committeemen.
Sudden Death of Osbourn.
3Philadelphia, Jan. 21.—State Senator
Francis A. Osbourn, of"the Third Phila
delphia district, died at his home in
this city last night after a brief illnefs
from pneumonia. Senator Osbourn
contracted a heavy cold in the early
part of last week during the Senatorial
contest at Harrisburg. This rapidly
developed into congestion of the lungs,
and on the day the ballot for United
States Senator was taken he was a very
sick man. Despite his dangerous con
dition and the inclement weather he
wont to the senate and voted for his
long time friend, Senator Quay. Fie
was granted a leave of absence and re
turned to his home in this city. His
ailment soon developed into pneumo
nia which resulted in his death.
All licenses were granted to the old
houses by the Court on Monday, while
the new applications were refused.
Banquet.
Washington Camp, No. 382, P. O. S.
of A., will hold their eighth annual
Banquet at the Lodge room, Monday
evening, Feb. 3rd, 1901. All members
are revuested to be present.
J. R. FETTER, Sec'y.
The Star Course.
A. W. Hawks, the "Laughing Phil
osopher" will be the next attraction in
the Citizens' Star Course, coming Sat
urday evening, Feb. 2d. Mr. Hawks
, has a national reputation as a humor
ous entertainer and has the distinction
: of appearing on the leading lecture
courses of the country. The chart
opens at Lloyd's Tuesday, Jan. 29th, at
| 9 o'clock a. m.
Sam Jones on Hawks.
CARTERSVILLE, GA., March 1,1899.
To the Public.—l have frequently
listened to, laughed at and enjoyed the
renditions of Professor A. W. Hawks.
His fun and philosophy leave a good
taste in my mouth and I am always
ready for more of tho sort he gives.
Sometimes ho makes me cry; but wheth
er I laugh or cry I enjoy every word he
says, and his ugly faces make me laugh
myself sore. He is naturally pretty,
but artificially ugly. Best of all he is
an all around good fellow.
Sincerely yours,
SAM P. JONES.
DEATH'S DOINGS.
HOUT/
MRS. CHARLES HOUT died Tuesday
morning at the old home, West Alle
gheny avenue, in her 80th year, having
been born March 17th, 1821. Mrs. Hout
came to Emporium with her late hus
band, Chas. Hout, many years ago.
They reared a large family, five chil
dren now living, viz: Martin, Ashland,
Wis.; Chas., Jr., Michael and George
of this place, and one daughter, Mrs.
John DeCoursey, Shippen, Pa. The
funeral will be held from the late resi
dence this evening, when the remains
will be taken to St. Marys for inter
ment. Mrs. Hout has been an invalid
for many years and almost totally
blind.
GOODWIN.
MRS. A. C. GOODWIN, agod 62 years,
died at the family residence, Rich Val
ley, last Saturday morning, after an
illness of only one week, of typhoid
pneumonia. It was thought she was
improving until Friday evening, when
she suddenly grew worse. The funeral
services were held from the family
residence on Tuesday afternoon and
interment made in Rich Valley ceme
tery. Rev. O. S. Metzler conducted
the services, the deceased having been
a consistent member of the M. E.
Church. The funeral was very largely
attended. Mrs. Goodwin was a very
estimable lady and her many friends
will be pained to learn of her death.
The bereaved husband and three chil
dren have our sympathy as well as the
entire community.
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M'CORMICK.
DANIEL MCCORMICK, JR., aged 28
years, died at the residence of his par
ents in this place Monday .afternoon,
after an illness of only a few days with
pneumonia. Deceased leaves a young
wife, besides his parents, two sisters
and one brother. The funeral took
place this morning at 9 o'clock, at St.
Mark's Church. Mr. McCormick has
been employed as conductor on the B.
& S. R. R., and only came home on a
visit when he was taken sick. This
makes the third son Mr. and Mrs. Mc-
Cormick have been called upon to part
with. They certainly have had more
than their share of trouble and have
our sympathy as well as a large circle
of friends.
tioing to the Penn.
Sheriff Swope, Deputy Hemphill and
C. Jay Goodnough, left this morning
for Pittsburg with the two Frenchmen
sentenced to eighteen years imprison
ment lor breaking into some trunks at
Mr. Lawson's, Beechwood,and stealing
Bome'clothing. They are slick ducks,
both of them.
The Electric Light Question.
On Feb. 19th the citizens, or rather
the tax-payers, of Emporium will be
called upon to vote on the question of
increasing the indebtedness of the Bor
ough for the erection of an electric
light plant to furnish light for the
streets, the plant to cost $7,000.
When the St. Mary's Gas Company,
who have furnished the street lights
for several years notified the Borough
council thatthey would nolongersupply
the street lights, owing to the great
waste of gas, unless the town shall re
place the torches with Welshbach burn
ers, similar to the one in front of the
Court House. To erect these lights it
will cost about S2O per lamp, in addi
tion to the expense of a man to light
and turn off the lights.
A majority of our Councilmen, have
decided that the municipality can own
its own plant for lighting its streets and
by supplying the public with electric
light can thus secure well lighted streets
at a nominal figure, if not entirely free
of cost to the tax-payers. The Council
are the servants of the people and ex
press a willingness to carry out the
desire of a majority of the tax-payers.
It is a question for the tax-payers to
fully post themselves on, regardless of
what may be said by the friends or op
ponents of the measure. We have not
been able to attend the sessions of the
Council, on account of illness, to hear
the arguments pro and con yet we
should judge from street talk there is
quite a contest being waged.
We noticed in last week's Independ
ent a rather severe criticism of Coun
cilmen Burke, Murphy, Lloyd and
Howard, especially the latter gentle
man. It seems to us that it was entire
ly uncalled for. The gentlemen are
sworn servants of the people and no
one will dare to intimate other than
that they are acting in the best interests
of the people, as they view it. Mr.
Murphy, one of the gentlemen referred
to by the writer in last week's Inde
pendent, informs the PRESS that his
only desire is to do what he considers
the best under the circumstances. Es
pecially objectionable are the remarks
and insinuations hurled at Mr. Howard
to give vent to the personal spleen of
the writer, whoever it may be. We are
glad to know that our citizens soundly
condemn such business,especially when
aimed at honorable gentlemen, every
one of whom are respected citizens,
and attend strictly to their duties. Mr.
Josiah Howard,who comes iD for whole
sale abuse from the Independent, is an
excellent citizen and the moat kind,
charitable and liberal gentleman in the
county. As a business man and finan
cier he has proven to the business
world just the contrary to the charges
made in the Independent. Left, when
comparatively a young man, with the
management of tho extensive business
interests of tho estate of his respected
father, the late C. B. Howard, he in
company with his hustling partners-
Messrs. Henry Auchu and Joseph Kaye
—constructed the Emporium & Rich
Valley R. R., purchased about 20,-
000 acres of land and incurred heavy
obligations, just as the hard times came
upon us. Nothing daunting them, they
put their shoulders to the wheel and
the hundreds of men in their employ
were kept at work, (while most of the
other plants in this section were either
on half-time or closed entirely), and
never missed a payday. The firm has
paid every dollar of the liabilities as
sumed and to-day are among the
soundest financial firms of the State,
Mr. Josiah Howard, alone, being rated
financially above the wealth of his
father at the time of his death—and
each and every member of the firm be
ing gentlemen of wealth affluence, and
respected in the business community.
While we do not always agree with
some of the gentlemen, especially Mr.
Howard, yet we cannot allow this mean
attack against a gentleman that every
man, woman and child within the con
fines of Cameron county knows well to
be an upright, conscientious Christian
gentleman and citizen,to go unrebuked.
Returning to the electric light ques
tion. Every citizen should closely ex
amine this matter and after due delib
eration, vote for the best interests of
the town and welfare of the whole peo
ple.
Since putting the above in type Mr.
C. G. Catlin, one of our most conserva- I
tive and careful councilmen, calls our !
attention to the following propositions 1
for the erection of tho electric light
plant:
WESTINGHOUSE ESTIMATE.
5011. P. gas engine, - - $2,300
30 K. W. machine or dynamo
and 30 enclosed arc with
switch board, ... 2,000
Cost of wiring and lamps, ■ 800
Building, 1,000
Foundation for machinery, - - 200 j
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$5,300
WARREN ESTIMATES.
Two gas engines, from 30 to 35 H. P.
TERMS: $2.00—#1.50 IN ADVANCE.
WEATHER REPORT.
(Forecast by T. B. 1.10 yd.)
FRIDAY. Snow Flurries.
SATURDAY, Pair.
SUNDAY, Fair.
Two K. W. machines or dynamos with
switch boards and all machinery com
plete and installed inside power house
for (jog
Other parties offer to complete'the
installation viz: wires, poles, lamps &c
everything complete for 406
Making the total cost .. §fi';ioo
Guaranteed capacity, thirty IGOO c. p.
arc lights and 300 incandesent lights.
We shall be pleased to open our col
umns to all who may desire to discuss
the question and shall be glad to have
our tax-payers air their views.
The Queen Dead.
London, Jan. 22.—Queen Vic
toria died at 6:30 p. m. The an
nouncement of her death was made
by the Prince of Wales in a
despatch to the Lord Mayor of Lon
don, and a bulletin was subse
quently posted by the physicians.
Sure Cure for Pneumonia.
Our friend Jos. Lechner sends us the
following Bure cure for pneumonia,
copied from the "Bootß and Shoe"
weekly:
"Take six to ten onions, according to
size, and chop them fine; place over a
hot fire; and about the same quantity
of rye meal, and vinegar enough to
form a thick paste. Stir thoroughly,
letting it simmer from five to ten min
utes. Then put the mass in a cotton
bag large enough to cover the lungs,
and apply to the chest as hot as the
patient can bear it. Before this gets
cold apply another, and then continue
by reheating the poultices. In a few
hours the patient will be out of danger.
Usually three or four applications will
be sufficient, but continue treatment
until perspiration starts from the chest.
This simple remedy was formulated
many years ago by one of the best phy
sicians New England has ever known,
and who never lost a patient by this
disease.
Of the many cases I have known
where this remedy has been tried, it
has never failed, even after the best
local talent has pronounced the case
hopeless.
One of the best physicians in this vi
cinity says he has used this remedy for
several years with success in every
case." GEORGE L. BROWN.
Boston, Mass.
Furnace Almost Ready.
The Emporivm Iron Company have
almost completed the repairs at the
Furnace, the stock has commenced to
arrive and Mr. Brady expects to start
the fires about Feb. Ist. Those who
are capable to judge inform us that the
repairs are better and more substantial
than ever before. The men are rapidly
taking their old places.
Baldwin Contracts.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works have
been awarded a contract by the Penn
sylvania railroad for the construcion
of 49 heavy freight engines of the Mo
gul type in use by that company. The
firm has already begun work upon the
drawings, aud the engines will be ready
for delivery by early summer. They
are a part of a quota of 204 locomotives
of the various classes to be built this
year.
Cause to Ponder.
Editor Press:
Is it not sufficient cause to make one
ponder when statements are made like
that of a writer in your last week's
PRESS, to this effect: "Do you want
every house in town mortgaged for
$7,000.00? "Personally, I prefer to
pave the street," &c.—which would
call for a "mortgage"' of $30,000.00 or
more Also when men introduce a
project and then for no reason explain
able try to defeat it, and compare the
cost of an electric light plant with a
band saw mill; and ask repeatedly for
figures when the figures he asked for
were repeatedly read in his hearing.
What has this 20tli century done to U6?
Is the entire community hazy, or
is somebody just a little muddled?
PERHAPS.
Shippen Republican Candidates.
The following candidates have filed
their names and paid the fee as candi
dates for office, to bo voted for at the
Shippen Republican primaries. No
names will be entered upon the ticket
unless fee is paid in advance:
Frank Swcesey, Supervisor.
A. Cheesbro, Supervisor.
Chan. W. Hall, Supervisor.
H. P. Spence, Supervisor.
John Adams, Assessor.
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