VOL. IX.--NO. 274, SHENANDOAH, PA. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1894. ONE CENT Si TOIs beautiful ROCKER, upholstered In nno sun piush, oxxisr $a.2o. We always stlek to our promise. If we promise you!c better goods for the same money, there Is honor wlthj! us, we menn What we sny, and not charge yon 100 per.) cent, more after you have the goods In the bundle. Storm Serge, - - 15c. Some Brondhead Goods, '15c. Fine Twill Cashmere, - 10c Knickerbockers, f - It Mo- Expect Bhortly a sale In Ladles' Nightgowns. 116-18 N. Main St. Did yon over hear Olaxuss' and Carirers? "We are now having a special sale of thom in setB of three, for a mero Bong. J.uat half, price. lintuir li II1T1I, EDIC1I I WltQLET. 3 Sooth Main Street. The Tariff Has Done Caueod tho manufacturers to Ladies nno vice kid hand-welted Button Boots at a cut of $1 a pair, former price $8.25; wo Boll them at This is on exceedingly low price. 14 South Main Street, Special. "Wo oflor New Norway "White and Fat ."Weigh from J to -All-pricoa, from a JSTeiAT e a f Florida Oranges, Larger size and hotter quality than last week. 25 cents a dozen For Sale, n M.7vi A i. r. Williams & oon. as in This. 'I t of the celebrated read Kniires It! yflt ? unload 200 pairs . Great Bargains are oflored by Shenandoah, Pa. this week mackerel Large and Small. 1 pounds each. 12c a pound up. 4fa IP" Two OARS CHOICE "WHITE OATS. Two OAKS MEDDLINGS. LET VOTERS READ THIS. Some Facts on Water Works That Cannot be Contradicted. FIGURES BY AFFIDAVIT ! The Borough Cannot Operate a Pumping Station and flake It Self-Sustaining. The Supply Is Not Sufficient. The Council met on Friday night, nfter a two days' study of our circular to .the voters, for the purpose of making reply thereto. They. appointed a committee to draft a reply and adjourned. The cpm tnlttee now Issues, at the eleventh hour, a statement worthy, of their greed and malice.. Our former statement contained two propositions, In which we .claimed the whole people were vitally Interested. The kernel of the whole water question was ceritcred therein. They were, short ly; 1st, Can the borough operate a pumping station profitably and mako It selfjsustalnlng f 2nd, Have they suffi cient water supply F Read their statement fornnswer. There is another guess as to the first. As to the second they are silent. They have no answer. There is not water sufficient In Davis' Run during the summer months to sppply one ward of our town, as well as the whole townhas been supplied by .this company. The people trho, during the past summer, have visited it know this to be the fact. The committee of Council who, prepared thU statement know It, therefore they are silent. There Is not one statement in their circular which is true. .Whenever, or wherever, they pre tend, to. quote frqm.any statements of .this company, they garbled it, or misquoted purposely. To answer their misstatements serlatem, would require time we cannot spare. We leave this whole matter with the nooDle. paying ,bnly thathe'Cqunc'limeuorQthers .who. deliberately make such statements as are contained in their elrpular this, day Issued, are grossly mistaken In their est! mates. In anBwer to our two propositions they admit they have not sufficient water supply; and as to the other question (take a solitary Instance from thoir estimate of .".expense as per borough,") they set down as the. labor, cost and, labor required to operate the plaut per annum: Two repalrBmen ... tCW 00 LOOK AT TI1I8 : Behuylkill couniy, jj. E. J. Waaley, being duly Bworn accord ing to law, deposes and says, that the cost of labor paid workmon, of the Shenan doah Citizens' Water and Gas Company, was as follows : For the vear for the year 1&S2 M.SW 28 188) 2,J7a 4IJ 138) .. 3,621 01 1883 4,751 SO 18E8 4,635 11 1887 S.2IS 23 1888 13,238 60 1889 6,431 83 1890 ...... 4,413 8-! 1891 3,292 ti 1892 8,483 89 1B93 8,078 &) E. J. WASLET. Sworu and subscribed before me this 5th Nov. Ib94. (Seal) C. W. DENOLEn, J. P. Without any credit to ourselves we say there was no dago labor in it, either. In further coroboratlon of out estimate of the annual operating expenses we sub mit the following communications con cerning the actual cost of operating o pumping station (or water works : ''Shenandoah, Pa., "Nov. 5, 1894, "Jfr, S.Sittiman, Bupt. ,ifaftanoy Water CQmpany. 'Deajs Silt: Would vou kindly furnish me with A statement of approximate cost for running the Shenandoah borough water plant, basing your estimation the presenf .ost at your new plant t "Very truly yours, "F. C.Reesh, Sec'y, "Shepandoah. Water and, Gas Co." MAHANOr ClTY.'NovJ 5th, 1B94. F. O. Reese, Secrttary. Db AH Sill i In reply to yours of even date will state that, I have carefully looked over the figures given on both sides of the water question. It Is not for me to say or to argue the question for elfirslde, as I have no interest in the old or new plant;. I have carefully estimated each item of cost and L can safely say that I am neither too low nor too high In my estimates. If the borough has but the Davis' Run to fall back on as their supply they will be obliged to pump 350 days In each and every year. I have based my calculations on the above time. T.wo engineers, f 63 per month, 12 hours da; Swerloteni . 1,320 00 One collector, $50 per month 800 00 Four repalrsmen, 11.50 per day 1,8C0(I0 Oil apd, waste , 300 00 Wear and tear on machinery .. 2,003 00 10 tons coal, 24 hours pumping, lowett estimate ........ 6,059 00 Incidentals (lint three or four yean).., 2 000 CO Total... .. '.117,130 00 I am not nrenared to sav what f li mat of the plant will be, and therefore cannot say what luterest must bo added to the above. In our experience It has cost ns (35.24 per day, not Including Interest, for pump ing plant. I have measured Davis' Run on .Tulv 20th, 1894, at 4:15 p. m., and by actual test found that the both streams together would only fill five 3-Inch pipes. 1 laid these pipes level. The total area of these five pipes would be about 35.34 square Inches, which would about fill a six-Inch pipe. Allowing the water to run at the rate of thri second, this would glvo in 24 hours 474,000 gallons. Shenandoah, with a population of 16,. 000, and allowing 05 gallons per capita, would give 1,040, 000 gallons, so that D avis' nun woum nou supply me city 01 Shenan doah about nne-thlrd enough. I remain, Yours respectfully, K. SlLUMAN, Supt. Mahanoy City Water Co. We desire to direct the special attention of the people to the (Act that Mr. SIM mau, who furnishes the above estimates, has been Identified with the Mahanoy City Water Company for a number pf years, add has Ion t lnce established a reputation for reliability In connection with his knowledge of the operation Of Mr. Hill nWs Otlmate,asperlet,ls...ll7,180 To whlcttodd 6 por cent, on $14.5,010, pro posed Increased bomled Indebtedness of the bortugh of Shenandoah 4 Taking the duplicate of the Shenan doah Water and Gas Company to be In the neighborhood of &2,000, and taking the testimony of an entirely disinterested party tliat the lowest expense for operat ing the Shenandoah public water works will be S2I.3S0, annually, n net loss of at least $2,880 per year Is clearly shown. And even these figures do not include exonera tions, Incidentals, etc. Finally, It will bo our endeavor, and wo promise to fully supply the, inhabl tants of the borough with an adequate supply of water for all purposes. And, further, that tho water rates will always be as low as the rates of surrounding' towns or lower. SnEfiANDoAn Citizens' Water & Gas Co, Shenandoah, Pa., Nov. 5, 1894. WATER" NOTES. A Few Facts Which Every Shenandoah Citizen Should Consider. Our taxes are high enough now. 112,000 a year taxes to pay principal and Interest on n $150,000 debt. Increased debt means increased taxes. Increased taxes mean Increased house rents. .Tlie tax rato has increased five mills al ready. . The. cost pf running a pumping plant Is eight times as great as the cost of running a gravity sysf em. . .Tapqaqua, with,a gravity plant, charges about the samea friction higher water rates that we do, and has not paid for its water' works In forty years. Ashland, with a gravity plant, has not' paid one.half of its water works debt in seventeen years, and water is scarcer than ours. Ashland's good citizens declare It would be wisdom on their part to auction off their &ter- .works to the highest bidder. The borough being both producer and, consumer, whore would the profits be f A man cannot make money by selling to himself. The borough cannot make money when It will be both buyer and seller of water. The people aro the bor ough. PERSONAL. Myer Kolb, of Philadelphia, spent Sun day In town. Christ. Niece, of Pottsvllle, was a town visitor to-day. Wilson Kehler, of Rlngtown, was in town yesterday visiting friends. Harry J. Parrott, of Philadelphia, was a guest of relatives in town yesterday. Miss Annie Millet, of Hammontou, N. J la the guest of her uncle, H. C. Boyer, of East Qak street. Joseph Oaka, a former resident of this place, Is Buffering from an attack of typhoid fever at his home in Mt. Carmel. Hon. Charles F.KIuk, of Mahanoy City, spoilt several hours in town, vesterday hustling among voters to promote his campaign Interests. J, IK Kehler, an ex-letter carrier of this town, pow located at Allentown, left for his hbme this morning nfter spending 'a few p'leasftnt days with his old-tlipe neighbors here. MUsVirgJe Groff, one of Ashland's ac complfshed" young school teacher's, and Miss Kibble Murkett, of the same place1, were the guests of Miss Sadie Reese, of West Centre street, over Sunday. CarpetB sold on the Installment plnn ot Frlcke's ?arpet store. 11-1-lw Obituary. Willie, the four-year-old son of Marshal Hughes, tho driver for the Rescue Hook and Kadder Company, died yesterday morning. Raymond, the flve-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Stevenson, of Kast Coal street, died yesterday of diphtheria. The funeral will take place at 1.30 to-morrow afternoon,. The Flower Mission. The management of the flower mission ponne?ted with the "Y's" of town has made tb'e following monthly report: Distributions ;a baskets of fruit, 20 bouquets, 8 glosses of jelly, 1 pint of Ice cream, 8 baskets of provisions, tl for rent, tl cash and ' clothing, Eighteen visits were made and one prayer meeting held. Donations received, 12.50. Collections, 25 cents. Mrs. Bridlrenmn. 11. f). M.. inrhn violin (specialty) cello and piano. Corner of Jardln anil JJoyd greets, 0-3-tf Died. IInoilES.-On tho 4th Inst., nt Shenan doah, Pa., Wllllo, son of Marshal and Rosanna Hughes, aged 3 years, 5 months and 30 days. Funeral will take place on Tuesday, Cth Inst, at 3 p. m., from the family residence, 231 North Jardln sireet. Interment in the Odd Fellows' cemetery. Relatives and friends respectfully Invited to nttend. FATAL FALL 0FAMINER. Found Dead Early This Morning: on a Lonely Path. MINERS FIND THE BODY ! The Cause of Death Is Only Conjectured and Some People nave Suspicions of Foul Play. The dead bpdy of Nicholas Savalmky was found on tho ridge between this town and St. Nicholas, at about six o'clock1 this morning, by mlnere on their way to work. The body was In limp condition, Bhowing that death had occurred but a short time bqfore. There was an ugly wound on the forehead and Of such a character as would cause concussion of the brain. The body was recognized by some of the miners and they brought It to town, delivering It nt the house where the de ceased boarded, which Is block No. u, located near tho Philadelphia & Rending railroad in the southern part of town. When the deceased was found be was dressed in his working clothes and his bottle and can were at his side, filled with coffee and bread. Blersteln, the boarding boss, says that Savalosky started from the house shortly after Ave o'clock this morning to go to work nt the Wiggans colliery. The supposition Is that the man met his death through the effects of a fall, but the location of the body when found .has caused a murmer of suspicion. In travel lug over the ridge the deceased was obliged to cross a pipe line. His footsteps were traced to the Hue and at a point whore they Btopped there is a large rock, it Is supposed that In stepping over the pipe Savalosky tripped and fell, his head strik ing the rock with great force. This solution Of the circumstances sur rounding the death is somewhat dissipated In the minds of some people by the fact that the body was found nt least, fourteen feet away from, tho rock. It is reasoned that the force with which the man's head struck the rock must have rondered him lnitantly unconscious. Others take it for grantee: mat, tne man recovered tilsWnses nfter the fall and attempted to walMme again, but, after struggling aWnlJ for about five yards drqpped and died. Node of his friends, can think of a motve for an attack and there wos nothing to indicate that an attempt had been made at rob bery of the person. , Savalosky was about twenty-eight years of age and single. All his relations are In the old country. No reliable lnfor matlon in regard to his family connec tions could bo secured when n reporter called nt the boarding house this morning. Scott for Sheriff. Alex. Scott, of Frackville, Is one of the most prominent, Influential and respected men of business In the county, and In se lecting him as its candidate for Sheriff the Republican party exhibited raro good Judgment. He Is what may be termed, without fear of successful contradiction, a model candidate, one fully qualified to take the Shrievalty and conduct Its nffairs, Tho best means of testing the mako up ot a man is to, take his record at home. In Frackville Mr. Scott stands as high In the estimation of his townsmen ns any man can possibly stand, and he la held In esteem by a.11 his neighbor Irrespective ot politics or class,. In prlvntri' and busi ness circles Mr. Scott hn strong and loyal luuuwijiK ui iuu representative people 01 the .county and every one. ,ot thftm uri- hesitatingly declare that In electing Mr. Scott Sheriff of Schuylkill county vhey will place in the office a man in whom the most Implicit confidence may be placed. If ever the Republicans ' had a candidate who should receive the entire vote of his party Mr. Scott Is th&man and It Is hoped he will "poll every vote. There Is one thing the voter should guard against, and that is the pernicious com plimentary vote practice. No man should sacrifice his principled any time for the sake ot conferring an empty favor. If compliments are to be awarded give them to the man who Is best fitted for the office and you will at the same time compliment yourself on good judgment. The appeal for compli mentary votes is a deception and and a snare and Is never resorted to by men who are able to make a fight In n campaign upon their merits. The people who will vote for Alex. Scott for Sheriff to morrow will have easy consciences nfter November 6th, even should the candidate be defeated. Vote for Alex Scott. TO-NIGHT'S DEMONSTRATION. The Republican Elephant will Twist the Democratic Tall. If the weather is half favorable to night the Republicans will have a grand demonstration. In order to gve the iracKvllle delegation 01 one hundred time to get here and participate in nil the ceremonies the parade will not move un til 7:30 o'clock. The committee has gone to considerable expense to perfect tho arrangements for the demonstration and It Is hoped the cltl zens along tho route of parade will lend their nssistanco In pyrotechnic dlanlav. au people, who Intend to Dartlclnate In the parade with carriages are requested to aorm on soutn Jardln street, below Oak. LOOK FOR poIdeM&n' nnonqcBgenS NEXT ISSUE. This space is reserved for The announcement of p. J. Ported Son. Watch for It. The Only Miner. In going to the polls to-morrow the voters should bear In mind that the only miner before the people nt present for election to ofllce Is Thomns F. Haley, ot r.IIengownn, the Democratic candldnte for the legislature. Mr. Haley Is at pres ent employed as a miner at the Maple Hill colliery, where he works every day In the powder smoke to earn a living for his wlfe(Jfour children and himself. He Is SO years of age and worked In the nilnes ior twenty years ana is in every respect n representative of the Industrions man and his reputation for honesty and general qualification for , tho good will pf the people stands unquestioned. Vote for Haley. Cnll nt C. I). Frlcke's enrnet st.nrn If you have the cash and get carpets almost at yonr own price. 11-1-lw Cow In a Breach. A cow belonging to Mrs. Mnkely, ot West Klne street, fell into a mine breach yesterday. It was pulled out alive and but slightly injured by Benjamin Bencher and several other members of the hook and ladder conpany after rntich tngglng at ropes. At The white House. Oysters and clams, (n all styles, fish cakes, pigs' feet, lamb tongue, beefsteak, chops, sausage, liver, sardines and salmon, chicken in nil styles, pl&j and cakes. Families supplied with tho best oysters. 10 x 10 100. IOO is a Century. A ccintury is usually re ferred to as a hundred years, and in all that time there has not been a better syrup sold than our "Century" brand at 10 cents a quart. Bright color, heavy body and elegant flavor. 122 North Jar din St.
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