The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-04-22
AN INTERESTING PoT-PoURR1.
A Few Pithy Paragraphs From Travel
ing COrrespondent,

A Few Pithy Paragraphs From a Travel
ing Correspondent,
The Philadelphia 81 Reading Railroad |
Company is pushing its competition against
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company by |
going into that company's field near
Shamokin and Mt. Carmel and has made
an agreement with the operators of the
Morris Ridge coliery by which it secures |
the entire output Of that colliery for seven
years. The operators are to be paid 60 per |
cent. of the market value of the coal
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Negotiations are under way TO secure the
entire output of the Mt. Carmel and Bell
more collieries on the same basis.
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H. S. Menges, OF Allentown, has been
awarded the contract for furnishing the
conductors, brakemen, baggage ge-masters,
station agents and messenger boys in the
employ of the Reading combination with
uniforms, which are to be donned on May
10th.
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1t is suggested that an electric railway
over Locust Mountain to the Catawissa
Valley from town would be a paying in
vestment, especially in the summer. IT.
would certainly be big thing for the
Catawissa valley and building sites would
soon be in demand there and on top of
the mountain. The valley would afford
an excellent place for factories of various
kinds s@d the old complaint of an INSULT
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by the electric railway bringing the people
within reach. Arrangements could also
be made for bringing the farmer produc
into town from the valley and delivering
them at q general market that could be
established here That the Locust noun
tain alone furnishes sites for pleasure
grounds in this vicinity is indisputable
and surely town of Shenandosh's size
should have some kind of pleasure retreat
easy of access. Why, then, cannot some
of our townsmen get together and ascer-
tain whether it would be practicable to run
an electric road up the mountain TO some
place that would make good site for a
picnic and general pleasure ground? If
the road could be constructed and a site
could be secured we would perhaps be able
to have Glen Onoko at our very doors by
the opening Of the summer of 1898. Let
some of our thinkers take up this matter.
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If an electric road could be run from
town to the Catawissa valley the operators
couldn't run enough cars to accommodate
the excursionists on Sundays and holidays
Hotels would be bonanzas in the valley
then.
So
Speaking Of pleasure resorts and excur-
sions reminds me of base ball. According
to present indications, Shenandoah will not
figure conspicuously on the diamond this
year, The stoppage of the electric railway
work in town and put the construction of
the road to the trotting park on the shelf
and the man who can make the park pay
! without some means for transportation like
the railway has not been born. Then,
again, it seems impossible to get base ball
movement on foot with a proper team.
| When the Anthracite Base Ball League
was formed "Buck" McGettigan rolled up
his sleeves and tried to get the machinery
in trim but buck" and Reilly got good
offer to play ball for the season in the
South shortly after and accepted it. Now
| il seems nobody seems to care whether the
cry is 'play ball'' or not. The grounds
are at the disposal of certain parties and
the now apparently dead game may be
resurrected by the time the flowers
bloom, but the prospects for Shenandoah
figuring in the league contests are
not encouraging at this writing 1t GER
tsinly is too bad that the largest town in
Schuylkill should take back seat in the
National game when Pottsville, Mahanoy
City, Tamaqus and Shamokin are in it
and promise to give their people rare treats
during the approaching season. But it
seems that our town is rapidly degenerat-
ing. She would not accept the electric
railway until outside capitalists came here
and put it in. Go ahead, ye hustlers Of
other towns. admire your pluck and
mourn our luck.
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Shenandoah is queer on more things than
base ball For examples A hue and cry
has been raised because some Of our Ooun-
cilmen have secured positions as motor
men and conductors on the electric rail-
way yet Councilman can put his teams
on the streets to do work for the borough
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