Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-22
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

The editor of the PRESS has been en-
joying (?) the novelty of serving Uncle
Samuel as juror in U. S. court at Pitts
burg, during the past ten days, receiv-
ing $500 per day and paying $500 for
board, yet there are many who wish
they could be granted the privilege.
Well, they can have my place, and my
best wishes if I could only get away.
Getexcused, did you say friends Auchu
and Hill? | guess Cameron county
jurors have played that racket so sue
cessfully that in the future all persons
drawn ''must serve to the close of the
war;" and will not fare so lucky as
you did.
This is our first visit to Pittsburg
since 1891 and the many changes are
wonderful to behold. Then the hum
dreds of manufacturing establishments
used natural gas for fuel, yet the city
was enveloped in smoke. The inn
mense increase of manufactures has
drained the gas belt to such an extent
that soft coal has again come into gem
eral use and the blue sky is thing of
the past. White shirts are no good in
this city and everything looks black
and dirty, yet the average Pittsburger
smiles when you call attention to the
dirt or smoke. Those not familiar
with the city are sure to have soiled
linen, black hands and often faces of
the same black, streaky smut color.
Hotel carpets are always a black,
greasy color. What town would not
suffer this inconvenience if they could
only have one-thousandth part Of the
business enjoyed by this city. Just
think of the hundreds of mills, furnaces
and factories within a radius of ten
miles of Pittsburg employing almost
100000 wage earners. Prosperity has
struck this section and new sky-scrap-
er buildings are being rapidly erected,
and go where you may you will see
from three to four stories being added
to what are now big buildings. Capt.
tai is seeking investment rapidly, and
new towns are being "plotted,n sur
veyed and springing into existence
within three or four months.
Allegheny county, with a population
of over 775,000, will march forward
more rapidly within the next five years
than she has the past ten years. The
railroads entering the cities of Pitts
burg and Allegheny are looking out
for expansion and during the next two
years millions of dollars will be ex-
pended in improvements, new cars, en-
gines and grand union depot are
under consideration. Every branch of
business is booming. Great is Pitts
burg and the county of Allegheny.
Greater still are its men of wealth who
are daily donating large sums of mon
ey to afford every advantage to the
poor boy or girl desiring to fit them
selves to any vocation. Only last week
Andrew Carnegie donated $4,000, 600
more for institutions of learning for
Pittsburg, in addition to former mill
ions expended for the city where he
made his hundreds of millions. One
might write for days of the interesting
points of grandness and the great men
of Pittsburg, but l have not the time at
my disposal just now to enlarge upon
the subject further. The opportunities
presented the citizens of Cameron
county to cheaply enjoy days outing
in this busy section are many.
Between the hours of duty I have
looked up number of former Empo-
riumites, now residing here and engag-
ed in business. Hon. Fred @. Conard,
of Coudersport, United States Marshal
for this district, resides here with his
family and is popular officer. He
always greets his friends from the
Northern Tier cordially and takes
pleasure in making his friends feel at
home DR.. J. w. Snyder, also of Coud-
ersport, but formerly citizen of EN-
porium, is located here with his family,
filling the responsible position of depu-
ty to Mr.. Leonard and is one of the
most efficient men in tho service.
Thomas 9. Johnson, son of our friend
Hon. j. @. Johnson, is located here and
is associated with prominent real es-