Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-07-31
EAGLES MERE.

tifulN pure and clear, 1t Is delivered
under such pressure that at the test
for fire purposes the stream was
thrown high above the roof of Hotel
Eagles Mere. The one thing need
ed now is for all the hotels and cot
ages to give it their patronage 50,
that the company can afford to make
very reasonable rates.
Clarence Dunham, the engineer
has settled down to it as if he had
never done anything else all his life.
In week the Electrictrical machln-
cry will be set up and the Pump
House will be in apple pie order.
Then Clarence will be very happy to
have everybody call on him.
The Roberts cottage is now occu-
pied by the brother of the owner and
the family are here for the summer.
Miss Covert has again opened her
store of Art Needle Work in the
Spencer store building.
Miss Breen's variety store seems
to have crowd in it nearly all the
time.
Burchard's Soda Fountain is al
most ready to fizZ.
Rev. DIR. Rogers Isreal of Saint
Luke's Parish, Scranton, is at the
Lakeside and will have charge for IA
month of the services of the EpiscO-
pal Church of St.Johnin-the- Wild
erness.
The excursion under the auspice
of Grace NJ. f. Church, William
sport, on Tuesday of last week
brought about four hundred and fifty
people and although the day was not
auspicious they seemed to enjoy the
visit very well and went home with
out getting wet.
On Wednesday of last week
the last rail was laid on the Chau-
tauqua extension of the railroad at
noon and the same evening regular
trains commenced running to the
new station at that end of the Lake.
On Friday evening No. got of
the track just south Of Chautauqua
station about , O'Clock in the after
noon and trains were not run unit
evening.
The Illuminated sign at Hote
Eagles Mere is much admired.
The troops of farmers from Unity
vile, Lairdsville, and all that coun
try would seem to indicate a grea
need for the proposed new road be
tween Eagles Mere and Forksvill
so as to facilitate the trade from owe
in that part of Sullivan county. Th
market would take much larger SUP
plies of garden produce, eggs an
poultry if brought here.
Owing to the wet weather the al
tendance at the meetings of the Pos
Office Club have been somewhs
smaller than usual and the proceed
ings have not been quite SO amin;
ted.
The Committee on Sidewalks cal
ed attention to the fact that undt
all circumstances Eagles Mere is e
pecialIy favored no matter whic
station is used. Arriving at tt
lower depot passengers could hay
the opportunity to use the cart
sidewalk as heretofore and if arri
G ing at the Chautauqua station tt
a same advantage was to be Obtaint
along by the Athletic Field.
a The Secretary stated to the Cl,
that he was much embarrassed wh'
calling at the Post Office for the CT,
Mail from the fact that all the han
=, some women and pretty girls gat
). cred in front of the boxes so as
" " get each letter as it was put in the
personal boxes during all the tir
that the mail was being distribute
Your correspondent wonders VII
,s else he could expect us to do.
W evidently does not appreciate his
q portunities.
The Chairman of the Commit
on Borough Affairs reported that
Hotel men were complaining
cause the Council did not imme
ately incur a lot of expense for
hose for fear that a fire might oc'