The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-01-14

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WV EYILA ej which always brings
y6t D 4 D good cheer, the almost
isss'ssg,pes,l beniRhted populGse
81 r.; W. which huddles around
,G2Js-14 the county seat would
W have been the dullest
on earth. use the words almost benighted,'
because if the agitation Of this electric light
squabble keeps going on the people will be
deeply, and dreadfully left in the dark; it is
reaching such scientific proportions that even
your scribe, who is supposed to know every
thing (and don't by large majority, is
getting very much muddled on the subject
and sometimes wishes he had not tackled
discussion of it. Yet is not the scientific
part Of the subject that concerns the tax
payers. All good electricians long since
agreed that what is claimed as 1000 candle |
power electric lamp is a good healthy one if |
it disseminates half or quarter Of that power. |
Carl Herring, who has had the best of the
argument all along, still sticks to it that the |
average of the lamp furnished out of the 1O7 |
in the borough under the contract of the |
Edison Illuminating Company is only 96S and |
his facts and figures cannot be gainsayed He
closes his last ht.back with these words to
Mr.. Holdeman, superintendent Of the Elec-
tric Illuminating Company:
'If Mr.. Holdeman keeps the globes clean,
uses the best carbons, and keeps his lines and
machines in the best condition and according
to what the makers have instructed him, he
ought not to be held responsible for any
more. The fault lies in claiming 1000 candles
for lights which are well known to give only
a comparatively small portion of this Had
measured the lights in all different direc
tions instead Of in only that direction in
which they were brightest, the result would
have been .ar below 96s, the figure ! OBJ
tanned"
Now in leaving this subject for the present
l but merely warn members Of our town Coun-
Gil that at the next meeting Of that body
they are expected to meet the question
fairly and squarely There must be no
1inching. The people want to pay for what
| they get, no more no less.
There once lived a man in this town named
l.. F. Whitney. He was good citizen of
this place if ever it had one, and more than
one of his old associates are still living who
can testify to Larrys many good qualities
He had a rough exterior but a heart as big as
a steers and his love for the town was next
to idolization. He lived here life time,
having moved from Port Carbon, and left
four monuments to his memory in the heart
of the place to wit: Union Hall and the Acade
my, the P. & re. & l. Co.'S building the
Safe Deposit Bank and the Whitney building
on the corner below. l have often thought
how thankful Pottsville should be to Port
Carbon for givingus MI Lawrence F. Whit
ney, and 1 am only too sorry to say that his
good spirit doesn't hover among one at least
of his monuments so that that structure might
retain or resume some semblance of the
character given it by the lamented Larry,
and by that one l mean the Union Hall
building on Mahantongo street. Union Hall
is falling into decay-and not from disuse
but from neglect. When the generous and
progressive Whitney was living he was the
Union Hall buildings guardian, and now, un-
fortunately, it has none. The association that
owns it is allowing it to go to ruin. The
Academy is its adjunct. The two are owned
and managed by the association named and
very badly managed at that
The place in Pottsville which ought to be
the leading and ceanest resort for amuse-
ments is the Union hall and academy. But
what is it3 A dilapidated dirty, dismal
place, uninyting in every particular, cold,
cherries rookery with rotten floors and cob
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begrimed with the daubs of quarter Of a
century. l doubt very much if 800 has
been expended on this place in repairs since
Mr.. Whitney passed into the great unknown.
When he lived he took care of it. If il
needed repair his aggressive manner brought
the board If directors to a realization Of the
wants of the building and in later days he
had a good second in the late Charles Baber
who always bowed low to Mr. Whiney's
points on push and progress. l doubt whether
a slower and more do,nothing set Of men can
be found in Pennsylvania than the present
directors of the Union Hall Association.
do not want to create panic but / throw il
out as particular pointer-if any reader o.
this letter has occasion to go into the room
used as a post office tread lightly if you value
life and limb and have family dependent OF
you The door is rotten and will fall in soor
if not replaced by a new one-somethinl
which has long been promised but like othei
great efforts of the slow coaches in charge
only made to be violated
TROUBLES OF AN INsURAECE COMPANY.
The troubles Of the Pottsville Home NJ. A
Life Insurance Company have about com
n enced in earnest, On the 9th inst, pur
suant to bylaw which has governed tn,
elections of the company heretofore and ais