The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-06-01
Division Fences


! Chester county has recently had a suit a
| law over division farm fences, the solution
/ of which has efTectually affirmed the force
| of the act of 1872 So far as it relates to this
+ class of fences. In this suit the plaintiff
and defendant own adjoining farms The
plaintiff was dissatisfied with the charac-
ter of p.rtion of the division fence main
tained by the defendant. and taking action
uuder the act of 1872, called the auditors
of the township. who, 10y the specific pro-
visions of the act. became the fence view
erS of the township. After being duly
sworn. these fence viewers carefully eN-
amined the fence in dispute, aud after de
liberation made the following report:
That Mr. Roberts, the plaintiff, maintains
126 panels of fence and Mr.. Sarchet. the
defendant lI9 panels. That Mr.. Roberts
fence is a sufficient and lawful fence. but
OF Mr.. SarchetS' fence 80 panels were not
Suiii cienJ and lawful and needed rc->etting
with new posts, and 81 panels required re-
pairing We hereby decide aud direct
that Joseph Sarchet proceed within ten
days to reset and repair the said fence at
his expense ard compete the same in
reasonable time" ends the report.
After the lapse of twelve days Mr. Sar-
pairing the fence. the fence-vewer> di-
rected Mr.. Wyatt To max" the necessary
repairs, and ordered the expenses charged
ogainst Mr.. Sarchet, and the suit was
brought To recover the bill for repairs.
which amounted to S3GGS.
On hearing the case an1 considering the
evidence. Judge HemphilI decided in favor
of the plaintiff, and ordered the defendant
a he Ia Egr in, Iii
this decision the judge very distinctly
ruled that the repeal of the general fence
laws of 1900 and I7iS in no way affected the
provisions of the act of March lIth. 1872.
The Conemsugh washout.
Robert Pitcairn. superintendent of the
PittSburg division of the Pennsylvania
railroad, said at Pittsburg on Tuesday
that the question aS IL what kind of
bridge was To be built at Conemaugh was
entirely in the hands of the officials in
the general office of the company at Phila-
delphia. Some kind of IA structure will be-
necessary to take the place of the tempor-
AIRY bridge built al that point. So much
moneY will be involved, however. that con
siderable time will be necessary to reach
Il final decision.
The place was 10 have been inspected
on Tuesday. preparatory To reaching some
conclusion, but aS the decision will be
made only after a thorough investigation.
it may he some time before anything i
done. Danger Of high water iS thought To
be oyer for this season, and the structure
built last week will answer all purposes
for some month at least Consulting en-
gineers have been on the ground. Before
taking definite action all the plans will
have to be ratified by the general officers
Meanwhile the temporary structure has
been filed in with stone. the work being
r ported on Wednesday as having been
almost completed. The plan adopted was
To run cars loaded with stone upon the
OGDEN structure, and by dumping it
through the tre>tle fiji the opening up. So
IL To form as solid roadbed a. possible
BY doing this a satisfactory trestlc for
purposes has been constructed
Real Estate Transfers.
John w. Warfel to F. w. Clark, assignee.
consideration. 81.
Jacob NJ. Fash to Hiram Lehman.
Stonycreck township, $3.50.
G.. Piister to Patrick Leahey, Washing
ton township. S,;O.
John IL. Sherry to 7. K. Cosgrove. Barr
township. 81 800.
Frank Durbin to John DodSon. CresSon
S525.
Elias Il. Horner to Jacob Horner. Cone
maugh. $500.
Samuel \. Mccartney t. George NJ
McverS, assignee, Reade township. 81.
Cambria Iron Company To Corhelius
Hunt East Conemaugh. $3.50.
John Overbcrger To Bernard Litzinger |
Carroll township. so.
J. \. Shoemaker to Charles McFadden, |
Barr township, :. 800
Linus j. Sauker to Matilda Donghcrty. |
GaIlitzin, $40.
Paul Short TO BERNARD Litzinger, Carol !
township. 50.
Bernard Litzinger to Frank Litzinger. |
Carroll township, $50.
Joseph Farabaugh to Elizabeth Fara-
baugh. Spangler, 81 .O4O.
Andrew Lees To Anna B. McKeage |
Hastings. 500.
Charles Kibier 10 Luthern cemetery. |
Hastings. 500.
John Williams TO =. p. Herchelroth. |
Morrellville, 800.