The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-11-21
MAHANOY CITY.


Theodore Hammers family has removed tC
Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Snyder are visiting in
Philadelphia.
Miss Jennie Griffith will leave for Blooms
burg her future residence, on Monday Miss
Jennie Hendricks will accompany her.
Gustav Rice and family, for many years
residents of this place, moved to Baltimore,
Md, this morning.
Superintendent F. S. Miller's daughters
are suffering from scarlet rash.
Some of our people are agitating the cree
tion of spacious building to be used as an
opera house, ball room and skating rink. The
last would most likely revive old patronage.
The young element are longing for place TO
skate.
The electric railway has been rapidly NOV.
ing toward completion and will probably be
in running order by the first of December.
Traffic on Centre street is certainly incon-
venient and teamsters frequently openly ex-
press their feelings toward Council for grant
ing the company the privilege of this beauti-
full thoroughfare.
The Omega Social Club will hold a monster
sociable at the armory on Thanksgiving eve.
The Imperial Banjo Guitar and Mandolin
Club vacated their room in Knapp's building
on ThuI4day. The room was desired by Mr..
Labows for an Office The club will meet at
the residence of the respective members.
Underground" was creditably performed
before small audience at Kaiers opera
house last evening.
Michael Salmon has issued challenge to
George Glenwright to run 1OO.yard foot
race for 500 a side.
The election of John J. Coyle to the As.
sembly has caused local Republican and
Democratic bosses to feel more sorrowful than
the defeat of International and county ticket
Mr. Coyle was the candidate of the Young
Republican club of which he is an energetic
member and which organization resorted to
all honorable means to secure his election.
They feel confident that they have presented
a candidate who will advocate interests for
this district which have been dormant for the
past several years.
This city is looking for new water sup
ply and it needs it. l do not know of an.
other town in the county that is more in
need Of it. 1t has been suggested that this
borough join the Shenandoah water move
meDt and use the proposed supply from
Davis Run but learn that this idea has
been dropped, because it will be impossible TO
furnish sufficient water from the proposed
source for two towns like Shenandoah and
Mahanoy City. 1t has also been suggested
that a source be picked on Locust Mountain.
but an old resident of town who formerly re- |
sided in the neighborhoOd of Locust creek |
for many years. says the supply from this
source would certainly be inadequate and |
during dry spell such as we have lust ex-
perienced the stream would be useless. Then, |
artesian wells are failures in this locality. so
what are we to do? Mahanoy City is grow
ing rapidly and will soon rival the larger
towns Of the region, hence a good and plenti.
ful supply Of water must be secured soon.
To my mind Lakeside is the only place left. |
The dams and streams there always have
plentiful supply of pure, spring water and if |
it would cost little more than was estimated
it would be worth the difference. If our
people are wise they win stir themselves and
secure control of this supply before it is |
gobbled up for some other purpose. By be-
ing too slow our citizens lost Lakeside and
the electric road.
There is no longer any doubt that the elec.
trio railway will be operation here on Decem-
ber lst -Four wires are now running frem
Girardville to Mahanoy Plane and three
from the latter place to ST. Nicholas. The
trestle at st. Nicholas is about completed and
crossing over the P. & r. railroad, at the
foundry will be laid as soon as the frogs ar
rive. Some Of our people have been in fear
that the p & r. company would interfere
with the laying Ofthis crossingand the electric
company has matters so arranged with the
P. & r. and Preston Land and Improvement
Company that nothing will step in to hinder
the work. A large force of men was put TO
work extending the tracks for the electric
road ON Monday morning. Tuesday the
force was reduced on account of some of the
Dagoes going off on strike over sharpened
tools. The work was pushed forward rapidly
however and the track layers almost kept up
to the force digging out the places for the
sills, The wires were also stretched along
the rail, while the wires for the trolley were
suspended from the poles faster than the
track layers could work.
There are few people who are kicking
vigorously over the condition Of the streets,
but they need have no fear, the company has
thus far behaved in manner that warrants
the belief that it win live up to all the re-
quirements of the borough ordinances. But
such kicks inevitably attends the march of
progress. Fortunately there are but very
few Of our people who are unwilling to put
up with temporary Inconvenience the
present condition OF the streets now present
for the good results that the enterprise and
outlay Of capital of the company will
eventually bring us.
Nov. 10, 1892.