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SALIS3URY, PENN’A.
Office one door east of I. S. Hay’s store.
The Times has a larger circulation by
many thousands than any other daily
newspaper published in Pittsburg. This
is admitted even by its competitors.
The reasons for it are not hard to find.
The Times is a tireless newsgatherer, is
edited with extreme care, spares no ex-
ers. It prints all the news in compact
shape, caring always more for quality
It
the
is of human interest
It
rather than sensational.
than quantity.
but at
Nothing that
clean, same time bright.
Is
overlooked by it
for the facts.
any department of it you choose—po-
ditical, religious. markets, sporting, edi- |
torial, society, near town
you'll find the 77mes may be depended
upon. $3 a year, 6 cents a week.
with due respect
{ There is plenty of room for *
pense to entertain and inform its read- |
keeps its columns | :
| ters of such enterprises may
| pay them is no reason why the borough
| getting it,
ELECTRIC LIGHT.
|
encounter a good bit of opposition, and |
[if the question be fully understood by
Some Sensible Views on Borough | | the people, it may not prevail
Ownership and Other Impor-
tant Matters.
Epitor Star: —We wera somewhat
surprised, last week, at reading in Tue |
Star that the
bury had refused to grant a franchise
to an electric light company
sired to iustall a light plant there, and
that this partly, because a portion of
the Council seemed to think that
a plant ought to be under municipal
control.
such
While the power of providing a water
supply and light
Council by the general borough law,
and it is further provided in recently
Town Council of Salis- |
that de- |
would be
[ trol, as the town
is conferred on the |
There is also this to be considered:
The town needs a water supply, for fire
protéction at least, and while we would |
against municipal ownership of a |
light plant, hesitation in |
saying that the water works, when they
do come, as come they will in the full-
ness of time, should be owned and oper=
ated by the borough. But if the town
bonded for a light plant, it
would prove a hindrance to the getting
he
we have no
of water works under municipal con- |
could not be bonded
for suflicient for both a
light plant and a water plant. ‘One or
an amount
| the other would have to be turned over
enacted laws that a borough may en- |
gage in the business of providing elec-
tric light for commercial use, as well
as for the lighting of its streets, it
whether this
is
still a serious question
power should in all cases be exercised
by the municipality.
We have given both the water ques-
tion and the electric light question a
great deal of study, and that, too, from
the municipal standpoint. If the peo-
ple of Salisbury or any considerable
number of them really desire to have
| for the one could be paid.
| the
to a private corporation, or be delayed |
for long years until the debt created |
Such being
the Council will do well in
our opinion to grant a franchise for the |
case,
| light, and when the times are auspi-
| cious they can deal with
that this is written
| these parties
[ difference to us who they may be.
electric light, it is our deliberate opin- |
ion that so far as Salisbury is concern- |
ed, that its interests will be best served |
by granting the
and private lighting to a private cor-
poration under proper and needed re-
strictions.
grave mistake for the borough to install
a plant of its own, and the chances are,
a great deal more than even that, it
would in the end prove a very costly
| one, and we will offer some of the rea-
sons that lead us to this conclusion.
An electric light plant costs money.
So will a good system of public water
works. But there is this difference:
A water plant, properly put in, will
have a long lease of life before it will
have to be repleced anew—a lease of
life far beyond that of the generation
that has installed it, and where the
water supply can be had by gravity,the
expense of keeping it in repair will be
but trifling, the wear and tear being
but little; and the same may be said
of the cost of operating it.
With an electric
entirely different.
of costly machinery that is at all times
liable to get out of repair and break
down entirely, to be repaired only at a
heavy expense. With the best of luck
machinery will wear out and will
have to be replaced anew. Poles will
rot and decay, the wires will corrode
is
light plant it
It is really a piece
and rust, although when first put up |
they are well covered and protected; |
few years the weather to
are exposed will give the
yet in
which they
covering a rather ragged apperance, as
may be seen in any town where there
is such a plant.
a
Again, the machinery used for this
business is far from having attained a
state of perfection, and what may
seemingly be all that can be desired,
would in few be
antiquated and out of date, and in the
market would only
its original cost.
the public for
would require it to be taken out and
replaced by something better, even if
it did go to the scrap heap.
Then there is the constant cost of
operating and managing the plant. Ti
won’t run itself, and then will come in
the question of whether there will be
enough patronage to pay the running
expenses, keep up the plant and pay at
least a part of the debt that must be
created. Electric light is a good light
—the best within reach—but it
and cannot, as things are, be a cheap
light. Only those who can afford lux-
uries can indule in it, and many house-
holders, when they come to consider
the cost of it. cling to their oil lamps,
even though it be with a sigh. But at
any rate the question of how much
patronage may be had will be a vital
one.
NOW
a years
bring a
And the clamor of
is not
The borough, of course, would need
street light ; but there is no borough in
: ’
Somerset county that needs enough
an up-to-date service |
franchise for public |
| that
We believe it would be a |
| by a plain granite slab.
[ter Kept
considered |
fraction of |
| ette Memorial
street light to justify it in installing a |
plant of its own and making its own
light. Until it would need from 25 to
30 are lights for the streets, it could
certainly buy the light it did
from a private corporation that
engaged in furnishing commercial light,
for less money than it could make it
need
was
for itself.
We are aware that it will be asserted
that if such an enterprise will pay a
private company—it would
the town—that the town
just as cheap. That
also pay
could ran it
jobs” in a
thing of this sort, and always pcople
| throughout our land, when our children
is not so certain. |
ready for them, while so far as a pri- |
vate corporation is concerned, if there
are any “jobs
selves only.
”
That the original promo-
{ could do so.
aims tobe reliable |
It believes in |
the gospel of get there, but it gets there |
Test |
adie |
Again, it would be better to
the franchise to a private company, for
desired it will be the speediest way of
| tion. For the borough to take hold of
news—and | | the matter, the town would have to be
| bonded, and that by a vote of the peo-
ple. The proposition, to do so would
and also with the least fric- |
in it they are for them- |
| nation in the past
make it
grant !
| his departure from America in 1784, it
|
conspicuously resplendent our United
the
problem to the better advantage.
L.et no one for a moment suppose
in the interest of
those who are seeking this light fran-
chise. We really do not know who
are. It is a matter of in-
We
may fairly say that we are writing this
in our own interest, and also in what
we believe to be the best interest of
the town in every way. And we think
while we not a resident,
we still have such interests in it as ful-
ly warrant us in saying what we have
water
ure
said.
We really would like to see the town
have electric light. When we visit it
we would like to see its streets well lit
up at night, so that they may be tra-
versed as readily as by day. But let
the Council turn matter over to
the parties who seem to be willing to
invest their money in a venture like
this. If they can make it pay, allright.
If it does not pey, better they than the
borough to pocket the loss. X.
this
ee — -
More than twenty million free samples of
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve have been dis-
tributed by the manufacturers. What bet-
ter proof of their confidence in it’s merits
do you want? It cures piles,
sores, in the shortest
Hay, Elk Lick.
scalds,
PSs.
burns,
space of time.
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THE GRAVE OF LA FAYETTE.
Something of Interest to Every
School Teacher, Pupil and Pa-
triotie Citizen.
In the city of Paris ther is a convent
and garden known through the immor-
tal Ilugo’s “Les Miserables.” It is the
convent of the Petit Picpus. In the
grounds of this convent is a small ceme-
tery where nearly 1,500 victims of the
guillotine were buried indiscriminate-
ly. ilere also repose the. bones of La
I'ayette beside those of his wife, who
wished to be buried there. The rest-
ing place of La Fayette, generally
known and forgotten, is marked only
Upon a regis-
by the concierge of the con-
vent there are inscribed the names of
but a small number of casual visitors,
In view of these facts the “La Fay-
Commission” has been
formed for the erecting a
monument to the memory of La IFay-
ette a twentieth century tribute
from the people of this nation, to be
unvieled with fitting ceremony July 4,
1900, and thus grandly celebrate Uni-
ted States Day at the Paris Exposition.
It is propcs=d that the cost of the un-
dertaking, which is estimated to ap-
proximate a quarter of a million dol-
lars, shall be defrayed by small contri-
butions secared through the agency of
the school children of our land.
Tlie dedication of this monument, se-
cured and built through the efforts of
the young yeople of America, will make
Ji KEI)
purpose of
as
States Day at the Paris Exposition of
1000. No other country will find such
a basis for the celebration of its nation-
al day in Paris; but all the nations of
the earth will unite with this republic
in the dedication of this beautiful me-
morial, a tribute which shall forever
mark the grave of La Fayette, whose
memory is consecrated in the hearts of
men.
It requires no argument to convinee
the liberty-loving people of America of
the far-reaching value of this most fit-
{ township of land, built
ting, opportune and significant move-
ment. It will promote patriotism and |
implant in the minds of our young
generation, from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, a broader knowledge of their
country’s history. It is asked that Oc- |
19, 1898 be observed as “La Fay-
Day” every district
tober
alte in school
will be told the story of our struggle
for liberty, and they may then contrib- |
ute their help and pennies in memory |
of their nation’s defender.
The following is a brief recital of the |
La Fayette by our
recognition shown
“By Congress, upon the oceasion of
extended him a national farewell.
“By the States of Virginia and Mary-
the same year, passing aets |
land, in
the reason that if electric light is really | making him and his heirs forever citi-
zens of their respective commonwealths.
“By Washington, when, constrained |
|
|
|
|
| as chief of a nation to be silent and |
passive .toward a family power, he
broke all precedents, and personally |
addressed the Emperor of Germany in
| commence over again, and keep-on
| Dewey’s sailors,
| and: made
| found by his superiors he was only able |
The
subsequent court martial sentenced him
to 15 days in chains, but when the find= |
Ad- |
| to
hehalf of the release of La
from the dungeons of Olmutz.
“By Congress, when it voted him a
sword and passed resolutions com-
mending him in the highest possible
terms to the King of France.
“By the reception given La Fayette
upon the occasion of his visit to Amer-
ica in 1824, on which occasion Congress
gave him an official
Fayette
;
the
people contended with the horses for
the honor of drawing
when, finally,
with an
and when, as the historian states,
Congress presented him
appropriation $200,000, a
and named in|
honor a man-of-war, the Brandy- |
wine, and tendered the same to him for
his conveyance home.
of
his
“And also by the action of France, |
’
which, having through the influence of
| La Fayette, loaned us
o~
27,000,000 livres,
said in regard to its payment, ‘Of the |
27,000,000 we have loaned you we for-
give you 9,000,000 as a gift of friendship,
and when with the years there comes
prosperity you can pay the rest with-
out interest.” ”
PLAN SUGGESTED FOR CO-OPERATION OF
SCHOOLS IN RAISING OF FUNDS.
The Commission has decided upon
October 19th, the anniversary of the
surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown,
as the day which the schools of the
United States are asked to recognize
as “La Fayette Day.” (Oflicial public
announcement of the day will be made
later on.) On this date, it is hoped, by
concerted effort ample funds will be
secured to build the monument on a
scale commensurate with the occasion.
In the universities and Colleges of
the land, the heads of the institutions
are asked to appoint committees from
their students to arrange and carry out
public exercise suited to the idea; em-
bracing perhaps historic drama, patri-
otic orations, ete., etc.—charging an ad-
mission fee for collecting voluntary
contributions as local conditions may
suggest, and turning the proceeds over
to the president of the college, who
shall forward it to the treasurer of the
Memorial Commission.
In the higher grades of the public
and parochial schools the same general
plan so far as possible should prevail
as in the universities and colleges.
In the primary grades and district
schools, the children may be asked to
solicit from their parents or acquaint-
ances small contributions of from one
cent to ten cents, to be given to their
teacher and thence forwarded to the
treasurer of the Commission.
The foregoing suggestions are tenta-
tive only and should be changed to
meet local conditions and sentiment.
RoBERT J.
See. La Fayette Memorial Commission,
Chicago, Ills.
Nore.— Superintendents, Principals
and Teachers who may have charge of
the funds in their distriets arerequest-
the same Oct. 20th,
Dawes, Treasurer, Wash-
TroyMrsox,
ed to forward
Hon. Chas. G.
ington, D. C.
to
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Carnegie Gun Factory.
Connellsville Courier.
Al Ou ex-
Casy,
P. 8. Hay
Plans are now being prepared by the |
Carnegie Steel Company for gun
foundry, which will be loeated at [Tome-
stead. It will employ 2000 men. The
parcel of land purchased contains 35
acres and cost $350,000. The
company is preparing for the construe-
tion of a railroad tide water. The
Monongahela Belt Line, part of this
system, is now almost completed. It
connects with the Pittsburg, Bessemer
& Lake Erie. The tide line has
been surveyed up the Monongahela and
Cheat river valleys, through the moun-
tains of Virginian, and strikes the sea-
coast at Norfolk or Newport
News.
a
arnegie
to
water
either
a ia
When you eall for DeWitt’s Witch Hazel
Salve, the great pile cure, don’t aceept any-
thing else. Don’t be talked
a substitute for piles, for
P. S. Hay, Elk Lick.
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| ing until the cows come home.
Dewey Pardoned Him.
Tt is said that William Savage,
found a
quantity of liquor at Cavite the day
the Spanish fleet
of it that
after the sinking of
such use
utter one word—*“Hurrah!”
ing of the court was passed up ta
miral ‘Dewey he wrote on it: “The
proceedings of the court are approved, |
the sentence is disapproved, and the
accused, William Savage, is ordered re- |
|
| turned to his post in consideration of |
the glorious victory won by the fleet
under my command.”
reception in the |
| hall of the House of Representatives; |
his carriage, and |
burns.= |
an up-to-date philos- |
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one of |
considerable |
when |
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There May be Others.
“Did you read that denunciation of
Senator =, published in a New York
paper a fow weeks ago?’ asked one
| Pennsylvania publisher of another.
| “Yes, I did,” was the reply, “and you
ought to commend the courage of that
peper in your columns for asserting
what it did in regard to machine poli-
ties.”
“Oh, I could
{ first party, *
do that,” said the
I receive 75 cents per line
from the very people whom that New
York paper denounced. 3
Although the public does not ecoun-
| tenan ce such journalism us is referred
to above, yet is the publisher always to
| blame?
| Delinquent subscribers and unpro-
gressive merchants who might benefit
| by advertising, sometimes so. embarrass
| the publisner that ofttimes he is tempt-
ed to receive money from unworthy
i sources. Money which he would not
| accept, did he but reccive proper en-
| couragement from the local field. —Ex.
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The Liberated Life Convict.
Pittsburg Times.
A touching story is that of the aged
man yesterday liberated from prison
after-a term of 26 years. Henry Brice-
land, the oldest inhabitant of River-
side, is out, having been granted a par-
don. 1lis sentence was for life, the
crime of which he was accused being
an atrocious murder. As the evidence
was entirely circumstantial there is a
reasonable doubt if the man was ever
guilty. Yet guilty or innocent he comes
from the prison, a man of 70 years, into
a different world than that which he
left a vigorous man of 44, in 1875.When
we stop to consider what the changes
have been in 26 years, and the wonder-
ful difference between the surround-
ings now and then, the change that will
greet the gray-haired strangerin a city
in which -he has lived for more then a
quarter of a century without seeing the
outside of his prison walls, is almost
beyond the scope of the imagination.
Jriceland went to prison before theday
of electricity—the electric light, tele-
phone and trolley car. He went to
prison before the day of the improved
steam engine, or the perfecting press
that has mhde one-cent papers possible,
or before the day of type-setting ma-
chines. lle went of visible
world before the tall building came,
before natural gas had revolutionized
American manufactures, before the era
of development had rightly begun
which has already made of the United
States the first of industrial nations of
the world, and the wealthiest. All this
and much more, which is old and com-
monplace to those who have grown up
amid the changing scenes, is new to the
whose life 28 years of the
of American
not
|
out the
man from
busiest history
ment has been lost. llis emotions as
‘new world must be
esting in more directions than one.
advance-
he sees the inter-
er
He Deserved it All.
Atlanta (onstitution.
“What’s this?”
of the
I understan’,
justice
“Ha
was
the
Arenac county.
that
bombarded with
exclaimed
peace. in
professor, you
eggs nnd
hissed an’
veg’tables while you was a playin’ the
‘Star Spangled Banner?”
“That’s what I say, jedge.
couldn’ have abused me no,
was about the worst lookin’ object
brush an’
Span’ards
worse.
you
| ever see when I reached the
a holler log.”
crawled inter
“What have you fellers to say ’bout
this high treason?” shouted the
as he fingered a Dewey button
looked daggers.
“1 represent these gentlemen,” said a
bright young lawyer. “All ask
that this ‘professor’ play one of his se-
We offer it in
court
and
we is
leetions for your honor.
evidence.”
Not a dozen squeaking, screaming,
teeth-filing had been tortured
from the violin before the court yelled :
“Halt! Do you call that infernal rack-
et tiddlin’? Is that the way you
sacred the glor’us anthem of this here
I fine you $3
netes
mas-
glor’us nation? an’ costs
fur contemp’ of court, disturbin’ the
maintainin’ a nuisance and in-
| sultin’ tha flag. Now you Kiver groun’
{lively till you git outen this jurrydie-
| tion.” Then some good-hearted citizen
pointed the nearest way to the
road.
peace,
rail-
A
The Girl to Marry.
The girl who takes as much pride in
{ learning to dust the rooms properly
she does in learning to draw, who
broils the steak with the nicety
| she embroiders a rosebud, makes
| the coffee as carefully as she ecrochets,
is the girl who v ill make the economi-
cal, cheery wife, loving mother and de-
It is not a crime
Every girl
own,
as
same
who
i lightful companion.
to know how to keep house.
expects to have a home of her
some day. yet the girl and her mother,
when circumstances permit. too often
act as though there was no such thing
that food
picking. —
as a servantless home and
grows on bushes, ready for
Ex.
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