unty School Town- nds of wnship erby. fice of at the e Hill at the + that at the | near z city of yom of oungil y per- Peace, point- r the tes or incor- mmis- vise, a 0 is or gisla- epart- States istrict 1gTess of the 7 city, rated lding he of- other 11 be voted cer. ‘| > v . “of November A. D., 1905. ( . THE PATTON COURIER. VOL. XIL.—NO. 49. PATTON, CAMBRIA CO., PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, rqos. $1.00 PER YEAR INDEPENDENT MORE PAVING AUTHORED, UNOFFICIAL VOTE OF CAMBRIA COUNTY, Fourth Avenue to Join Ad-| State | Cou : Treasurer vancement Procession. | EE WORK 1S CONDEMNED. | Districts. Ef) 8 Street Railway Conpiny Repaving a Poor | 2 = :. i= Job and Will Have to be Donec Over Again f —Proceedings of the Regular Meeting of | Adams, No L....ccoviiiirnnn the Borough Council, “ (Gramlingtown).., Allegheny | Ashville... All the mempers of the borough council except Maurice Emigh were present at the regular meeting held Monday evening. The most import- ant business transacted was the action taken relative to the repaving between the street car tracks on Magee avenue by the Northern Cambria Street Rail- way company In the opinion of all the members of the honorable body present the job is the very worst ever, and this view is coincided in by all who have made even a cursory examination of the “work. On motion of Burkey, seconded by Anstatt, the secretary was instructed to notify the trolley company to tear up the work already ‘done by the | Ebensburg, E guineas on this street, and haye it put | : down again by competent people in | : a proper manner under the direction | of the borough engineer, in accordance with their franchise, the said engineer H to oversee the work of repaving on £0 else Fifth avenue also. | The following ordinance was Pe | | { Barr, North.. Blacklick, No. Blacklick, No. Cambria... Carrolltown. Carroll, North, Carroll, Northe Carroll, East Carroll, Wes Chest Springs. Chest twp.. Clearfiel | Conemaugh, Ls | Conemaugh Upp Croyle, No. 1 Croyle, No. 2. Croyle, No. Cresson twp . Daisytown Dale ... Dean t Dunlo. E. Conemaugh, No.1 E. Conemaugh, No, 2 East Taylor No. 1 East Taylor No, ¢ sented, read and adopted: : ORDINANCE NO. 83. An Ordinance authorizing the grading, paving and curbing of Fourth ave- nue from Magee avenue north to Beech avenue, and providing for the collection of the cost of the . same. ! Section 1. Be it enacted and or-| dained by the Burgess and Town | Council of the Borough of Patton, and | it is hereby enacted and ordained by | authority of the same: | Lilly... That, whereas, two-thirds of the | Loretto property owners, representing not | Lowery less than two-thirds in number of feet Patton, hy of the properties fronting or abutting | Portage... on Fourth avenue between Magee and | Loita Beech avenues, in the Borough of Pat- [Reade Jus ton, have petitioned council, asking | Reade, South’ that said street be graded, paved and curbed, setting forth in said petition i Kos da the reasons therefor, and respectfully in asking that the same be paved with |S vitrified paving brick or blocks. | Stonycreek. re * Summerhill Therefore it is enacted and ordained | Summerhill twp, twp, North. : . : 1 Summerhill twp, S. that said street, beginning at Magee Susquehanna, Nort} avenue and extending north to Beech Susquenanna, Soutt Susquehanna, We avenue, be properly graded, paved Tunnelhill...... with vitrified paving brick or blocks | {{ a and curbed to the width of thirty | Wes feet between curbs. That grading, paving and curbing be done according to plans and speci- fications of the Borough Engineer, | | — NOT NEUTRAL | Treasurer — RUN THE TRAIN WAS WRECKED! v Serious Accident on the Hast- | Auditor Passengers All Escape Without Serious nty Commissioner i Foor director . ings Branch, el 2 IF IFIBIEIE| 8 $s |f1/8/g1a3|2/¢2|®= gs 7 E12 f 8 § 3 £ TWO BADLY INJURED. clr|d|elpRISIE|5 Fr i w i : = : 2 - Engineer and Fireman May Not Recover— § ; i : Bp Over Enbankment. | Injuries—Rotten Rail Causes Train to go | | The Pennsylvania passenger train | 41 due at Patton at 3:25 o’clock p. m. was 33 | wrecked at Swedetown, on the Hast- "| ings branch about three-fourths of a .. (mile from the Hastings station, Tues- a) wd | day afternoon and two men received | # injuries from which they may die. The nai] injured: .| William Strasbaugh, engineer of the wrecked train, married, lived in Glen Campbell, crushed. Daniel Kauch, fireman of train, seri- .... | ously cut by flying glass, 35 years old, :| After leaving Glen Campbell the | it & yi train traveled along as usual until it ...... | reached a stretch of track near Swede- i 3S town. There the road is not in the 74 best condition. The train was traveling | about at its usual speed when it passed _ over a tie on which the spikes spread 00 2 in the rotten wood. The result was 125 | thav the engine and cars went over an high. The 3 i engineer was pinned under the over- 5 73 | turned locomotive. The fireman struck ? 119 | the ground without injury, but a piece 235 119 | of glsss from a window penetrated his 77 54 left lung. Several passengers on the ‘§ | train were cut and bruised slightly. 7 | Physicians were soon on the scene % ' and attended to the injured trainmen bd) 182 | | 115 | and passengers. Kauch was taken at | 15% {once to the Altoona hospital and Stras- ) ho baugh to the Central hotel at Hastings. 43| 400 Sam Cole, of Glen Campbell, was in- Son 20 jured slightly. He was a member of 3 the train crew. 7 There were about fifty passengers on 33 | the train and it is a matter of surprise to those who saw the pile up of cars that more of them were not injured. .. | People who went to the scene of the accident state that the tie which caused | the wreck was as rotten as if it had {been in use since the road was first built. 110 | AFTER TROLLEY COMPANY. 56 | Steam Railroad Corporation Secure a Tem- . i porary Iujunction, 2| A temporary injunction was granted 42 by Judge O’Connor last week restrain- 23 | ing the Northern Cambria Street Rail- ii | way company from establishing grade = crossings over the Cambria & Clear- ¢ | field’s Walnut Run and Porter Run |tracks at Spangler and Barnesboro, 13 | respectively. sa | A feature of the plaintiff’s statement which plans are hereby approved and | a made a part hereof, and that said work | be done under his supervision, as well | as that of the Street Committee. Section 2. That the grading, paving | wjchael McTaggart, at one time one and curbing shall be done by contract. | of the best known labor leaders in this Contract to be advertised and let tO |gection, died at his home in Barnes- the contractor who submits the lowest | p,q 1ast Friday evening about 6:30 bid, offers the best terms and who sub- 100k of cancer of the stomach, after mifs a bond for the faithful perform- |, long illness. ance of his duties under the con-| po wag forty-four years of age, of tract. | Irish parentage and was a native of Section 8. That the cost of grading, Glascow, Scotland. After serving an paving and curbing the same be ascer- | enlistment in the British army he came tained and charged and assessed to the | 4, America with his wife about fifteen Northern Cambria Street Railway years ago and prior to his residence in company, according to their franchise Barnesboro, where he has been a re- and ordinance with the Borough of g,coteq resident for the past decade, Patton, and the balance to the prop- |. employed as a miner in Elk erty owners adjacent to the same and county. Heis survived by his wife the Borough of Patton according t0,,q one son, two sisters and a brother Act of Assembly dated the 23rd day of |i, gps county and a brother and one April A. D., 1889. : . | sister in Scotland. Section 4. The Borough Engineer is' pp. McTaggart was always an enthu- hereby directed to advertise for bids gjastic labor advocate and served as for the grading, paving and curbing of secretary-treasurer of this sub-district said street according to plans and! f the United Mine Workers for three specifications prepared or to be pre-| terms, being considered one of the best, pared by him, and to report the bids jr tthe best, in the district. Upon received by him to the Burgess and : : : : : the election of William McPherson, Town Council at a time to be hereafter ¢p., president of the sub-district, to designated. | 3 i i the vice presidency of ‘district No. 2 Enacted and ordained this 6th day pp. McTaggart was chosen to succeed | him and served two years in this ca- pacity. He was also a National audi- tor of the United Mine Workers of ED. S. MOORE, America for several years. After his Borough Secretary. retirement from the presidency of the Approved this 6th day of November sub-district, he engaged in the restau- . D., 1905. | rant business at Barnesboro and soon W. J. DONNELLY, Burgess of Patton Borough. built up a profitable trade. The following bills were ordered Lhe funeral was held in the Holy aid: William Gill $60, Ed S. Moore Cross R. C. church at Barnesboro on b, Patton Water company $40, Do Monday morning at 9 o’clock and was S. Goo ectric Light company $102.- | 44 b 1 & 25, Thomas J. Graham $17.50, S. N. | attended a args re of fo Hewlett $4.60, E. J. Radcliffe $2.97, | Mer associates anc Iriends from a Patton COURIER $11.55, Charles Ben- |over the district. The interment was der $6.75, Victor Lauer $10.50, Gilbert | in the church cemetery. Bishop $$7.50, John Holusky $1.75, | Peter Harrington $8.23, Thomas Bishop MIKE MCTAGGART DEAD. Former Well-Known Labor Leader Passed Away Friday. H. S. LINGLE, President of Council. Attest: — Subscribe for and advertise in this ® | in the application is the claim that one i of the proposed grade crossings will be a menace to the employes of both rail- her | road and trolley. With the applica- i tion is a bond of $2,000 and the rule is | Both Republicans and Democrats made returnable at Johnstown mext | have abundant reason to spend a joy- | Friday morning at 10 o’clock. The ap- |ous Thanksgiving. The former be- | plication is sworn to by Samuel Rea, | cause they elected their entire county | president of the Cambria & Clearfield ticket and the latter from the fact that | Railway company, before C. M. Greer, | this rock-ribbed Republican state gave a Philadelphia notary public. jan overwhelmning majority against| The application states that the main { Press Muzzler Plummer and for the | offices of the trolley company are at Democratic nominee. | Patton, with W. H. Denlinger as pres- A very light vote was polled all over | ident and James H. Allport as secre- | the county, but Sunshine has a plural- itary; that with an overhead trolley {ity over Greene for county treasurer of line in view the company has disre- {about a thousand, The Republican garded the plaintiff’s objection and {candidates for county commissioner protests against the defendant’s pro- | have but a little less. The tabulated | posed crossing at grade of the Walnut [statement above tells the story more | Run branch at Caroline street, Spang- THE ELECTION. | Democrats Carry the State and Entire publican County Ticket Elected. BY THE PUBLISHER. Fall and Winter Suits. Our complete line shows the correct styles in Men's, Boys’ and Children’s Clothing and Overcoats. Call and get the benefit, SHOES. This line is also complete. cannot be beaten. Ladies’ Coats, Furs and Skirts. The latest and most up-to-date in Patton. Stop in the store and see for yourself. For wear and neatness they STEIN-BLOCH CLOTHING. B. KUSNER, Next Door to Bank. PATTON, PA. The Prestige of Public Approval Is a great thing to have. When everyone in the com- munity is unaminously of the opinion that your stock is the very best, you've got a great force working for your interest. This explains the popularity of Duquesne and Piel beer— everyone who tastes either ot these brands knows that they are the best, and those who haven’t tasted them know it from hearsay. A little drop of “the crayture” is what you ought to have in the house this weather. We carry the leading brands of whiskey made as well as wines and cordials. BD. A. MELLON, Bell and Local 'Phones. PATTON, PA. FALL 1S HERE! But perhaps yov've noticed it. Maybe you didn’t know, however, that we had received our usual big line of fall and winter clothing, All the fall and winter needs for men, boys and children. The stock is full andjcomplete and SY BEG the IDO JONES LTAERICA’S LEADER BOYS’ FASHIONS 1905-6 WOLF & THOMPSON. Prices Right. Men’s Furnishings, Shoes, Raibbers, Trunks, Valises, Etc., Etc. | {eloquently than mere words, ler, and of the Porter Run branch at |" Patton gave all the Republican | Chestnut avenue, Barneshoro; that at county nominees a plurality, but Berry | Spangler the street car tracks on the carried the borough for state treasurer. | Dorth side approach the railroad at a There was little excitement in town on [heavy descending grade, while the election day and less electioneering | branch has a heayy descending grade was done than ever before in the his-|On its west approach; that with the tory of the borough. Hahn is proba- | two lines of tracks thus approaching bly elected the minority county com- | each other at dangerous slopes, build- missioner over Peach, although the ings near by prevent view of one road vote is close and it may take the official {from the other, and that thereby the | count to determine the matter, |lives of employes of both companies The results of the election in the a0d valuable property of the plaintiff state and nation will be found on the | Will be in constant danger; that in An Ounce of SATISFACTION is Worth a Ton of Talk. A child can trade here as advantageously as the We guarantee Satisfaction. second page of ‘the COURIER, | Barnesboro the trolley line as projected : will approach the Porter Run tracks at a very acute angle and on a grade, and An exchange says that a pretty thence ron parallel with the railroad school teacher in a neighboring county 900 feet, on the branch right of way; inaugurated a new cure for tardiness, Ul'ab neither grade crossing is necessary She offered to kiss the first arrival each | 0d if put through will cause irrepara- morning. It is reported the next |Ple damage to the plaintiff’s property. morning after the offor was made three | Will Open New Drug Stata. young men were seen roosting on the > Ya six o’clock, and by D all John A. Gunn, of Patton, and Ww, the boys of the school and two of the! Clark Tyler, of Barnesboro, will open 3 . 3 3 ied directors had put in an appearance. a drug store in the room now occupie pi ob dado by John Hanson, as soon as Mr. Han- Old papers for sale at this office for | son removes to his new quarters.— Sure Cure for Tardiness, sharpest buyer. A Trial Will Convince You. O. F. Wolf, The Druggist, $42.75. paper. 5c a bundle. Barnesboro Star. PATTON, PA. 8
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