The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-01-06
FoR a NEW SOMERSET.
Pubic improvements that May be
Made In the Course OF Time.

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sioE goinz o5auaniiy IKE or-s ard en-
ssdsriag h9< uEziBdfai xe have ben u
The ssi-it of progresSiTesess eiseEhsr= visa
be, Shst can Ne rot ooasseniiy look lor-
wzrd 70 when The neE Sonersei Is fAiIly e.
sAbiishe5 and he hue Of lis public spis-
tied men has EiFdled the globe
Il would certainly s.zTsis many Of the
older residents Of this viiisge 70 awaken
from a peacefrl sleep On bright Sspieube-
morning. long hours af=r tie bcsy hus-
bandraa has been abroad gzrnering the
golden shszres growing On or Fertile hiI-
sides, aud rnbbing his heavy eyeiids. slowly
walk 10 his CHAMBER window and peeriDg
throush the mos cad i2.iires, behold =
twen,y-sso-y granite st-uCSrre towering
bigh IN the air above the Glade House iOt-
The ground Eoor Of his s-Taciu-s ussd zS a
public market, The second E0Or given up %
municipal apartments. tie rezf I've Aoors
sumpt1oasiy hsted up for business Offices
and the eig,h floor public naisfonun. ell
ed with sparkling AID inTisorzting water
from Kimberly ran- The rents derived
from such . structure xoaI6 yield hand
some pref: over SEd above he interest On
the money invested. while The cTeess could
be turned into the n1nicipzl treasury. such
5 public enterprise ) nos beyond the range
Of possibility AID Il is Eksly 70 Be- one Of the
frs undertaken by the ardent Young en-
z=ns Of The neE SonerssL
PdiTr Armour, Ch:ezg5s miliionai- meat
packer. Is sad 70 realize hundreis OF ihOus-
ands Of dollars annually from the sale Of
beef tongues alone. n fact il s sad tbs;
the profit 6erivei from these small particles
Of The Number Of besves annually sisughl-
s1sd more than pay TIE ranuing expenses Of
his immense plant Somsrssf IS Preemi-
nenuy a grazing county and Csp-iaiis-s have
long siBoe bsen considering the praaicsbili-
y Of erecting huge slaughter houses and
packing esfabiisnneurs along tie banks Of
Cox's creek. NoE since II : reported that
STEPS are being taken 20 have that nsjesf;c
waterway made nayissole, il is hoped ihzt
their long drsmpf Of plans vii nzierizlize
II private capital is uDwiling 70 undertake
tins vas; enterprise, ttere can Dc no good
reason urged vEy lhe borough corporation.
should not pash i 10 oomp,siioa ard swell
is tr-zsury with TIE iArge amount 10 be re-
alizsd from the sac Of tongues alone
A Pablo improvement that Is sosslv need
si by tie people Of this town since NJ
Rsifz bss determined 10 take his pant %
Baltimore, Is : aoRr mil The hungry
mouths Of this fzst growing people must be
fed and there e certainly DO reason Why
their bread stuas should 70. be CHOPPED at
home. Those ELo have hitherto objected
10 Ia zzardilg tbeir capital n milling prop
erfy on account q = scsr1iiy Of water can
10 longer nrzs thaf as a. objection, and II
they do Il ezn have but li1tie force since the
electors Of the town have risel in their SOW
ersizD poEer aDd weed Tor an exhaus:lsss
supply Of water. The = Pliishury Nils
a. Minneapolis. grind L. Co barrels ef EeGr
per day SnPPose their proas Is 50 cents PEI
barrel and yoa have au income o. 5000
day or 81. .25o0o0 a year. As matter q
course the Somerset Mills" cannot hove TO
egEal the figures OF thai booming western
city, bai they can 81 least re5nce the price Of
bread for cnr. people 10 f-si cost and thus
enable thsn % more easily bear The burden
Of taxation
a few gifs8 gentleman. Eho E-e evident
y afflicted with the Belzny theory. Insist
that The borough should construct he mills
and operate them IL the Interests CT the
COMMON xSal. and by Iais means bAnssh
forever Tie frshlfal bug Boo Of taxation
This same ciass of geuiieIHen maintain snd
produce figures 70 substsniiz,e their claims,
that with ths advent Of the day when the
Municipality sbzlI operate al publsc enter
prises, rnziufed ba5ding and yei % be eyolv-
ed the revenue derived VII be Sufficient 70
gives sve-y resident = pension ia-Es enough
% plsce him beyond the pale OF want
and 70 relieve him of al physical labor.
The Eriter baiievss tas; this scheme Is sus-
cepiins u oaisclions which nlst from The
very nature Of them prove fstal IN The
first place 10 class az mea S-e snfiileS 70
peusion excepting those who served in tke
armies Of their oountry- Sscondly, il would
establish = community which would have
nothing 10 DO s1t argue religion and forsisn
politics And thirdly, il Wolid oe contrary
10 the Divine teaching oSnoeniug the nan
ner BY which W shall Prooars cur bread-
A steam heating plant for basin = blocks
and dwellings. has ben casually referred
70 by lev speculative persons L rould
Be a luxury that would bring Joy and CON-
fort n more usys thEa ore and would =
asce ihs cost Of Earning oer bonls 70
minimum Bat ihsi Is lot the greatest
boom It would confer upon long suffering
and teeth clustering public Think Of The
lives that are annually sacrificed through
having 10 i've between cod walls IN taiI
tozn % 10 the c=1s.srT and rad the
nanes u ghe hundreds zho have paid the
penaiiy Of iheir neshsencs O. poverty in
Hot providing szaiasi The cTGel bissi Of
sin;er. By al mezns lei oar Psople encour-
age ttis prcieci and If reo=.ary. let The boz
ough authorizes grant The promoters slb-
sidy. 4 gene-zi siesn heating Plant wCuld
condemn Il oaoe the bzTb2aous pr4St.ee Of
ehoppng wood and Carrying coal such
plant can undoubtedly be zsds ssifsas,aia-
ing: IN any event il viii Cause many halo
TO fit better n the sweet by and by.
While the people C tie new SOnsrssi
have been Glowing their vsy Ta7i6iy 10 The
hont and s-e avsitag tAenasslvas q al the
conf3rts and lu1azlsz ciTiiz-i mEn has ysf
devised. they hare paid hsf iitt,e attention
- tie s31isl c1t5.z Ok lie. and have r-oTid-
ed DO am.seIaeais fsr ibsir hours Of rs.a1a-
suon. Al ztismps has hesn made. hoxeT-
g, % orEanize an orchestra o; ssveral han-
lred pieces. The ins,rameuis have beaa pro
cared bet the psrf1r7ne-s hare noi ysf Be
CINE fall, acquainted Eiih HEN. Tie Erss
opes All oonosr sisea by tals aTssa. aston
occurFsa on The night d De. eh, sad wa
followed b. sso0nd zad mere hsrn0niOzs
Ons on the lss irsi-