The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-01
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Mr. Cassatt. a. a breeder Of hor.e.., q.
owner Of racehorses. and a lover Of horse
flesh In general, In a firm believer In good
roads. and he looked upon the offioe OF road
as ia highly h 1e Pr G One one
he gave not only fine roads 10 his town.
ship, but indirectly TO the adjoining town.
ships. for once the value OF Lower Merion's
macadam highways was recognized Other
stiiuenfs into making similar improvements.
To-day there are no finer country roads
in America than those that have resulted
from Mr.. Cassatts initiative.
But, despite his good work. Mr.. Cassatt
never Obtained the read supervisorship
without a battle with the opposition nomi-
nee. and frequently, when the contest wseed
hottest, Mr. Cassatt had to 60 on the stump
TO the assistance Of his spelbindng sup
porters and his record
Ar long as Mr.. Cassatt ran for supervisor
just ~ long every election night Repub-
leans and Democrats alike-townsmen
and farmers-would gather in different
halls in Ardmore, near Haverford. to re-
ceive the returns. Lower Merton town
ship IL by no means small. and the polling
places are scattered and late in getting IN
their ret urns.
But this mattered not to the voters.
They waited until the result was known,
often delayed until the wee snia' hours.
diSperse. while the opponents went their
time who will lick Cassatt'
Among the farmers Of Lower Merton
Mr.. Cassa't has many strong friends. but
the man who j. particularly proud Of being
an I'M innate friend Of the Pennsylvania
head is Policeman Edward O'Loughlin Of
Philadelphia
o L,oughlin is a member of the noted
sih-feet -and-over Quaker City Reserves.
who lpHttaad nf ellIhs HA
has his post AT Fifteenth and Chestnut
streets, by which Mr.. Cas~att has walked
for years when going from his banking
house or the railroad ofiice 20 his home on
Rittenhouss square. IN this way the
hnanc,-r and the policeman became ao-
quainted, and then friends, YEAR, ago
So close In the intimacy bet ween these
tvo men tina, Ol.oughlln. who IL prond
~ his fam. 81 polic-Insn-poe,, often hHs
Mr. Cassait crititi = his productions AMI
MI Css-att has been seen quite q number
Of time. reading them and suggesting
changes here aud the'e while leaning again.
. lsmppo-i
Around the Broad s,r.~, station. IN VINCE
NJ css-su has his once. u 10 SAID ina
lie works longer AMI harder than when 10
sas an ambitious and poorly paid rofinan
~ the road 10 issi, and that not anoih"'
Onicial in the blg terminal spends more
time ~ bis tAsks Although lac 10 Ia 10
states, NJ '.s..ii ,h,n.s no,lhng ~ .,a'.
lns o, he d.-k ,sslvs h0urs day. uo.i
iouT IA ~. hours more thsa the lhousand'
vi cl.fks undsI hlin l.lsoF Of oouisT 10"
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