Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1903-08-13
EAGLES MERE.

Grafton the proposed road from Eag-
les Mere to SOnestown, and the Sec
retary was called upon to explain
the advantages and disadvantages
of the road to our own people and
those of Shrewsbury township. He
said as far as he could learn the
scheme had originated with a lot
of people living in Davidson town.
ship who wanted to haul their farm
aud garden produce, butter, milk
and eggs to our place, and he thought
it was altogether out of reason be-
cause it might interfere with the
market for radishes and corn raised
here. He said it was true there was
about dozen pair of chickens in
Eagles Mere but he thought there
was several bushels of potatoes rails
ed right here and no doubt hun
dred ears of corn as well as twenty
punches of radishes, and he was for
protection to home industries When
someone suggested that our people
bought hay and other supplies and
that Davidson had them to sell, he
replied that another bad thing was
that it might interfere with the mar
ket of farmers coming from Lycom-
ing and Columbia counties and that
as Christians we ought to be kind to
strangers.
One of the members remarked
that he had heard that the clothes
pin factory at Sonestown had bought
all the hardwood that may be cut on
the Geyelin property for the next
ten years and he thought it would
make some hauling for our teams if
there was a good road to Sonestown.
The Secretary called his attention to
the fact that there was railroad be-
tween the two places and that it was
bad policy to take any business from
the railroad in order to give it to our
own people. Another member then
thought that some bark intended for
the Union Tanning Co. might get
over the road and that we ought to
do all we can against the Tanning
Co., even if we did have to sacrifice
some teaming work for our own peo.
pie.
The president called the attention
of the Club to the fact that if we had
more attractive drives it would likely
lead the summer visitors wanting to
drive more and that would make it
necessary for our people to have
more horses and carriages and also
make them work over hours and
possibly on Sunday, which the Club
could not recommend.
A small member in the back part
of the meeting climbed on the bench
to say that if a good road was made
between here and Sonestown it
might be possible that some foolish
fellow might put an automobile stage
and get Montgomery to it and then
George would not have to buy any
horses, if one should get sick and
die, and besides that if the road was
built the probability was that we
would have people coming in here
every day and disturbing the town,
and the newspapers would get here
the same day they were published,
and our people would be in a state
of excitement all the time with
startling news instead of the way it
was when the papers were two or
three days old everything was gone
by and we did not need to read them
at all.
A delegate from Shrewsbury asked
permission to speak and said he hop
ed the Club would oppose it as
it would make some additional
tax for them and give lot of people
work, and have tendency to make
Eagles Mere bigger than it is now
and it is big enough already, and
they are not in favor of any further
growth that might increase the pro-
fits on farming in their township.
He also said that Sullivan county
was in debt and that he thought it
a mistake to try to get people from
New York, Philadelphia and other
big cities to invest their money their