Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-12-04
EAGLES MERE.

ana Friend Avery returned tnankS
in Williamsport.
Electrician Trappe is busy at
Montgomery reconstructing the
street lighting system and has Clar-
ence Dunham for assistant.
The Chautauqua management have
arranged with the Light Co. to sup
ply them with light for next sum-
mer and have asked to have the out
fit installed immediately so as to
give them the advantage of the Bor-
ough lighting during the winter,
whereat Supt. w. H. Fletcher re-
joices. All the necessary material
has been ordered and we understand
that the work will be commenced in
few days. This will furnish de-
lightful lovers promo made in that
direction.
We regret to hear of the illness Of
landlord Kirk and are pleased with
late advices that he is convalescent.
Our progressive neighbor Henry
Cummings has had an electric light
placed in front of his house and Is
lighting his house and barn. He
proposes to keep up with the pro-
cession.
Contractor Little is progressing
finely with the work at Hotel Ray
mond. The exterior work is practi-
cally completed but owing to delay
at the planning mill it will lie some
days before all the windows and
doors are in place. Inside the floor
ing is almost all laid, the-new din.
ing room makes wonderful i'm
provement, the porches will be ex-
ceedingly popular and everything
about the establishment will be real
ly first class.
Mr.. Little will not return to his
Picture Rocks home before Christmas
as he has the Chautauqua cottage
for DIR. w. T. Reedy of Hughesville,
under roof and almost enclosed and
will not leave it until everything is
in good shape for winter.
He has the frame of the new wing
to the Mccormick cottage all erect
ed, chimnies up and will put force
at that and have it ready for the
plasterer before he leaves.
Mr.. Robert M. Estes of the United
States Census Department, Washing
ton, took dinner at Hotel Eagles
Mere on Saturday. He is collecting
statistics of all the Electric Light and
Power Plants in this part of the
state. He expressed the opinion
that Eagles Mere possessed the most
substantial attractions of any sum-
mer resort he has ever visited and it
seemed to him that it is delightful
place at this season of the year. Mr..
Welch Of the Light Co. was his guide
to the points Of interest. He enjoy
ed the venison dinner with great
gusto and promises to visit Mr.. In
CHAM next summer.
A special meeting Of the Post Of
fee Club was held OH Thanksgiving
Day and it was resolved into an ex-
preston from the members for the
reasons for thankfulness. Some of
them were peculiar but none the less
interesting. The Secretary has fur
nished us with transcript Of the
proceedings which we condense for
the Item readers.
After period of silent meditation
the President expressed thankfulness
that the railroad trains were still
running and apparently likely to do
SO most Of the winter: general ex-
pressions of assent came from every
member.
The modest member thought the
special care that was being given to
the spiritual welfare of the members
by the different ministers should not
be omitted; two or three agreed with
him.
The Secretary called particular at.
tention to the blessings of the new
railroad connections 90 that now the
newspapers from the cities did not
reach us until day or two after
publication so that it was no longer
necessary to read them:
Another member thought still bet
ter was the fact that letters now were