Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-16
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ALLEGHENY's CELEBRATION.

Tomorrow the Northside municipality
will celebrate the fftieth anniversary of its
organization as a city. Taken simply as an
Independent CITY, without any connection
with the larger member of the same munich
pal family, the record of progress from the
date when Allegheny was advanced from
the rank OF o borough TO that Of city is in
teresting and important Special articles
giving the local history aud abounding
with anecdotes concerning the early days Of
Allegheny City. which are the prominent
features of te=day's DISPATCH. fully set
forth that phase OF the celebration, The
contrast between the days when the un-
kempt "eemmens" formed the outskirts OF
the town Of TO- 900 people 10 the present day
when the parks efm the beautiful settling
for the public edifiees and the handsome
dwellings Of city If l0h,0 900 population ID
a very great one, The contrast, II inteili'
gently Analysed, will be lound to comprise
record Of all the great advances In indus
try aud science for the past half eeatury,
The railroad, the electric telegraph and the
application of steam power In the earlier
part Of the decade and the telephone, cleo
trio lighting aud electric railway, together
with the local factor Of natural gas 10 later
years, each has taken It's part aud marked
an epoch In the ten-iold increase OF pOpu-
latiou.
But there is really bro ader view OF the
growth and progress which this anniversary
will celebrate, in the recognition Of Allie
gheny as an integral and important part Of
the great community which Is located on
both sides of the river 1t is as part OF
Pittsburg that Allegheny has grown in
magnitude and wealth. During the greater
part o the half century she has furnished
homes for the increase of the population OF
the whole community, and it WAS only until
the plain on the Northside was thickly oc-
cupied pack TO the hills, that the population
OF Pittiburg overfowed her own hills to the
valleys on the eastern side. The real inter-
est of the occasion is one in which the resi-
dent Of Pittsburg can share as well as the
Alleghenian, namely, as typical of the
progress, growth and enrichment of the in
dustrial and mercantile interests which have
made Allegheny populous because Pitts
burg was prosperous.
All the history, "reminiscences and refec-
tiOns proouced by to-morrOw's event will
emphasize this one fact: that the growth,
interests and prosperity of Allegheny are
indissolubly ard inevitably bound up with
and part OF the growth and prosperity of
Pittsburg. If Pittsburg is active, enter
prising and expansive, Allegheny must
share the benefits; if the business interests
are burdened and depressed Allegheny
must languish and decay. Whatever has
conduced to the benefit of Pittsburg. Allie
gheny has shared in; whenever commercial
or public misfortune has fallen on the greater
municipality, the younger member of the
family has not escaped its share of the in
Jury. Separate in name and political
organization, the north side city is in feel
ing, commercial and Industrial interests,
social connections and local pride as much
a part OF Pittsburg as either the East
End or the Southside.
With this unity of the two cities brought
out bv every detail of the celebration, IS q
matter of fact, why should not the views Of
the future, which are necessary part of such
OCcAblOu, W tuc cAlelc
in fact, the recognition? Why should not
the glorifcation of the day be stimulated by
the recognition of the possibility that such
unity would be accomplished not by let
ting Pittsburg absorb Allegheny, bnt by
letting Allegheny absorb Pittsburg, and
creating new and greater community, to be
known as Allegheny? The DISPATCH
has already shown how this can be done,
without prejudicing any local interests, by
preserving the autonomy Of the two districts
as to finance, taxation and all other matters
of administration in which independence
will be to the advantage OF either. Is 1t not q
proper part Of the reflections Of the day
that Allegheny should extend the unity
which has made her progress possible In
such manner that she can take her proper
place before the country as leading part
in wealth. population and influence OF
city Of 400 900 inbabitants7
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