Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-03
SEWICKLEY'S SCHEME.

Two Organizations to Unite in the Erection
of a Clubhouse-The Plans on an Ex-
tensive Scale-Prominent Residents In
terested.
1t looks as if Sewickley, the pretty suburb
on the Fort Wayne Railroad, were about to
obtain what she has so long and SO earnestly
desired, a club and clubhouse worthy to
be the center of outdoor amusements and
convenient temple of amateur theatricals,
and the hub, so to speak, of the social
wheel. Sewickley for years has been talk
ing about such a scheme, and some enthusi-
astic young men did nearly bring the idea
down to practical shape two or three
years ago. The trouble has been hitherto
that the money required to set the club and
its home upon its feet has not been forth
coming.
Now the scheme has behind it half
dozen men of substantial means who are as
eager as men can be to carry out the plan.
There can be no harm in stating that such
men as E. B. Taylor, General Manager of the
Pennsylvania lines west Of Pittsburg, Frank
Semple, Joseph Craig and William Grafton
are already actively interested in pushing
the scheme. There is not property owner
of any importance in the whole Valley who
is not heartily in sympathy with the idea,
and the necessary capital can be obtained
without difficulty.
A Union of Two Organizations
At present there are two organizations in
Sewickley, both efficient in their way, by
the union of which the new club will be as
sured large membership. One is sum-
soo;ot;or .nb;nb bos 80 nIc,s,nt ntuoronrds
,ot rar1, ,oooass;hlv n1soad ot tha unner end
ot the yiIIage and tbe other MANNED to
illuminate the winter. the Sewickley Valley
Club. whose amateur theatrical perform
ances have been the pride as well as the
pleasure of the valley. The new club will
swallow both these organizations, II they
are willing, and they are hardly likely to
object. The combined membership OF these
clubs, though, of course, they are identical
to large extent, would be as many as any
club would need to start in with.
The plan itself is necessarily not yet de-
fined as to detail, but the essential features
} have been determined. There will be
clubhouse of sufficient size to contain the
ater, billiard srooms, reception rooms, and,
if desirable, akitchen, dining room-and, of
course, dressing rooms for athletic
needs. About the clubhouse, which
it is also provided will be sur
rounded with roomy verandahs, will be
arranged the tennis courts, bowling
alleys and such other premises as the popu-
lar sports of the day cali for. The build
ing a New York architect has estimated
need not cost more than S. 00O-but of
course the cost cannot be safely estimated
until the plans are further advanced. The
ground required is considerable and sites
are fewer for the additional reason that
central location, considering Edgeworth
and Osborne, as well as Sewickley is sine
qua non.
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