The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-04-03
TOPICS OE 7HE TINES.
Items on Current Events Para
graphed by the Hustling Pen
and Pencil Men.
ILLEGAL FISHING GOING ON
TWO MEN HAVE ALREADY MADE
SEVERAL LARGE CATCHES, AL i
THOUGH OUT OF SEASON.
Revival of the Weights and Measures
LawS-The Lakeside Electric Rail-
way Extension Will be Pushed
to Completion.

Although the opening of the fishing
season is still two weeks distant some
people have already baited their hooks
and trouble is likely to follow. Two
parties have already been spotted and a
close watch is being kept upon them. 1t
is said that they have thus far caught
one hundred and nine trout in the
streams of the Catawissa Valley. The
Mahanoy City Fish and Game Pro
tective Association has taken the matter
in hand and is said to have accumulated
sufficient evidence to make the fish caught
cost the guilty party good round sum.
Illegal fishing is to be dealt with severely
this year, and it should be at times.
One of the most important bills before
the State Legislature is one which pro-
vides for the recreation of the offices of
Sealers of Weights and Measures. I'm
fortunately the bill only affects the city
and county of Philadelphia. One should
be enacted to cover the whole state. The
old law was wiped off the statute books
in 1888 because it worked hardships upon
small storekeepers and provision dealers.
Under that law the Sealers were paid by
fees received from the storekeepers,
dealers and others whose weights they
examined. The Sealers appointed deputies
and from time to time the Deputy Sealers
made the rounds and compelled those
concerned to show and test their weights
and measures and exacted fees whether
the weights and measures were properly
stamped or not. The extent to which this
was carried and the opportunities given
for mulcting the storekeepers led
to the complaints which caused
the abolition of the offices. The
whom the law was intended TO bene
fit did not object to the repeal. OF late
years housekeepers have been at the mercy
of dealers regarding the weight or
measure of the various articles of food
| that must be purchased for household
use, and it is complaint from this source
tnat has given rise to the movement to
revive the offices. 1t is proposed to
obviate the evils of the old system
by paying each of the Sealers a
salary and thus prevent the unneces
sary harassing of storekeepers and pro
vision dealers for the sake of collecting
fees. The people of Shenandoah are in
need of the protection which is contem-
| plated by this bill for the people of Phila-
delphia. Complaints are made by house
] keepers that they are often cheated by
| dishonest dealers who use light weights
and short measures. Some of the farmers,
they say, are the most bare faced rogues.
Their measures are so brazenly short that
none but a hayseeder would use them.
The false bottoms of the measures are
fixed so close to the centers that many of
the farmers blush when they dump the
vegetables from them. At present there
is no adequate method prescribed by law
to remedy the evil, or to bring the
offenders to justice
A report has been abroad that the ex
tension of the electric railway from
Mahanoy City to Lakeside had been
abandoned The report is not true The
recent decision of the Supreme Court in
the Inter-County electric railway suit has
no bearing upon the rights of way of the
Lakeside Electric Railway, as the consent
of all parties concerned in private aud
other properties along the route was
secured and all matters in that connection
were adjusted Independent of any of the
suits. Hon. ID. d. Phillips is now il
in Philadelphia and tomorrow will return
with everything arranged to begin work
on the extension by the latter part of hii
week. The road will be completed tC
Delano by June 1st, as previously an
nOunced and the Lakeside end of the
line will be completed by July 1st. 1t is
also expected that upon Mr.. Phillips
return a decision will be reached as tC
whether the Shenandoah state league
base ball club will play on the old grounds
or upon new grounds to be located mid
way between Shenandoah and Mahanoy
City, and in which the railway company
will have an interest.
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