The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-19

T.. "A. Clark, who appears at the head
of the Electric City Light. Heat and
Power company. Is generally admitted
to be in every way equipped to carry
out the big contract he and his asso-
ciates have asked the city for He
comes from the old Clark family of
Hyde Park, who were among the early
settlers Of this territory and who had
the good forethought to get and keep
large share of valuable coal land.
He made number Of successful ven-
lures as an operator and has some
very valuable holdings in the way Of
coal property and real estate. Mr..
Clark at present makes his home at
the Jermyn., The fact that his COM
pany deemed his name a. sufficient
guarantee of its earnestness and sta
bility is in itself eloquent and volumn-
Gus.
Mr.. Clark says his company Is very
much in earnest and If the city coun-
ellis award them the contract for light
ing the city they will demonstrate their
earnestness by the vigor with which
they will prosecute the work of in
stalling plant. 1t is said that the
company has all the arrangements per-
fected and is in position to get to
work as soon as the city says the
word.
Hon. John H. Roche is being con-
graduated extensively on the fact that
wyoming avenue Is soon to be opened
the last of the preliminary steps hav-
ing been taken by councils at Friday
nights meeting. 1t has been a hard
and at times n decidedly uphill fight
but Mr.. Roche has kept persistcntly al
1t for years and it is no small salts
faction to. him to know that success
has finally crowned his efforts.
Men with less force of character thar
he possesses would have been tempted
to give up the struggle for this much
desired Improvement, but he refused tC
be discouraged and kept persistently
hammering away at the project unit
success was achieved. Mr. Roche /.
now a candidate for reelection in the
| Seventh ward, and, though he has op.
| position, the political prophets of thai
| ward say it is not of a dangerous char
| acter. and that Mr. Roche will be re-
| turned for four years more. He ha!
| long been one of the foremost member!
| of that body and his retirement from
it would be loss to his ward and t.
the city. There has been no big battl,
in councils for years in which he wa!
me- prominent figure, as we'll as al
mt factor in deciding it's fate.
of the younger member!
IL Lackawanna bar who Il
/ ,upi!ly coming into prominence is At
4 ale TN a,
of late his name has been connected
with various official positions in whicl
his friends, neighbors or the politica
leaders deemed him a fitting incum
bent and had he chosen to go out AM
make a fight he would doubtless hav
succeeded in capturing one or tn
other of them.
Just now he Is being considered as
likely candidate for district attorney
but 1t is understood he himself Is no
favorably disposed to this idea an
would prefer to enter municipal poll
tics, making his entree, If his neighbor
so see fit. by way of the board o
school control. He is a resident of tn
Twenty-firs ward and it is firmly be
lieved by the leaders that any Repub
lican of good standing can now carr
that ward, the recent addition to tn
First district having turned it over t
the Republican column.
p. A. Philbin, who is PROMINENT
mentioned for the Republican nomina
ton for legislature in the Fourth dis
trict is an able and capable youn
man who would make a Representative
Of whom the district might well b
proud. Mr.. Philbin has for numbe
of years been engaged in newspape
work and his pen has done much
brighten the columns of nearly all G