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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-09-29
AGOOD TINE AT NEW HAVEN.

A good time, given The Lutheran
Aid, at the home of Mrs. Seth Bum
garner, lady of more than three
score and ten. The dinner she had
prepared was of the kind that could
not be surpassed. large table per-
fectly full of the best eatables, and
artistically arranged by the proficient
Mrs. Seth Bumgarner. Say, it was
not only one dish of fried chicken
but dish on every side and corner,
and the remainder of space was filed
with fruits and jellies of many kinds.
Now we had eaten, as l thought and
felt, all We could. Right here, the
largest man at the table was seized
by two women and given a good
shaking, then they GRABBED the larg-
est laoy ana SHOOK heF perfectly.
then noticed several ladies busy at
another table loading dishes, don't
you know that table was full of pies,
cakes and fine jellies, to which we
did ample jnstice The last served
was orange cider by Mrs. Zimmer-
man. am not well educated, there
fore, cannot justly describe the
dinner. l know the meeting was a
success and I will briefly express the
desire of my heart. God be with
you until We meet again.
A VISITOR.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-09-29
MAYOR WHTTEN
EUEA CLEAN UP, PROCLAMATION.
FOR FRIDAY. OCTOBER /, 1909.
To the citizens Of Point Pleasant:

To the citizens of Point Pleasant:
WRREAs, Friday, October /. 1909,
has been designated by State Super
intendent of Schools, NJ. P. Shaw
key, as Clean up and Beautify
Day. at which time the people are
recommended to look after the beau
tifying of their school houses and
grounds, and other public properties;
and it is also recommended that our
citizens in general, give attention on
that day to the cleaning up and
identifying their lawns, and the
streets and alleys around their homes,
and believing that the recommends
tiOn made by the State superintend-
ent is laudable one, and that the fol-
lowing out of the same will result in
much comfort and good to our citi-
zens.
Therefore, I recommend that said
day be observed by the people ofOur
town as Clean up and Beautify
Day, : and that the yards, sidewalks
and alley ways be made free from
weeds and debris of all kinds. This
Recommendation, it seems comes to
US at an opportune time, for We are
to have many strangers and visitors
in our midst during the Home Com
ing Week from the 7th to the 10th
of October, and to them our town
should present cheerful, healthful
and inviting appearance. also be-
lieve that this movement will result
in much permanent good to the COM
munity in general if this day is prop
erly observed by our citizens.
Given under my hand, this the
s5th day of September, 1909.
JonN L. WRITTEN, Mayor.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-09-29
PERSONAL VIEWS

Life is full of ups and downs, =
says the elevator conductor.
Life is ceIl,'' sighs the long
term prisoner.
Business is picking up, = says the
printer.
Appearances are deceitful," ad-
mits the ladies' tailor.
81 have preference for the short
metre hymns, admits the gas man.
Our policy is to take things light
ly,'' says the coal man, and ice man
mods assent.
Business is fare, says the con-
ductOr.
The man who succeeds must take
interest in life," says the money
lender.
Business IS pushing, says the
banana pedler.
There is always room at uhe bot
tom," says the well digger.
The tail goes with the SOUP .
says the butcher.
81 believe in the higher educa-
tiOn, I" says the aviator.
"Asthe twig is used theyouth is IN
elined, (" says the school teacher.
Smoke up is my motto, . says
the cigarmaker.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-09-29
NEW PUBLICATION
WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL VOLUME
no. ".

The West Virginia Geological
Survey has just issued most import.
ant volume pertaining to the mineral
resources of the State. lis numbered
Volume " Of the general series, and
is described as follows:
Volume ". Iron Ores, Building
Stones. and Other Minerals, 6ospages,
cloth, just issued from the press at
this date September es. 1909
This volume gives descriptions and
analyses of all the principal Iron Ore
deposits of the State, together with
a history of the old charcoal furnace
industry. The main building stones
of the State are also described and
elaborate tests of their strength and
crushing limit made by the War De-
partment at the watertown Arsenal.
and also by the U. S. G. Survey
Testing Laboratory at St Louis, to-
gether with chemical analyses, petro-
graphic determinations, etc. The
Glass Sands are also described and
analyses given. The Salt Industry
and the different Brines Of the State
are also fully described, and chemical
analyses published. The report I
illustrated with "a page plates, and
l6 figures and maps and in the text,
showing location of iron ores, geolog-
ical structures, illustrations of Blast
Furnaces, etc. Price, postage paid
by the Survey, $500 when ordered
separatly, or se.e5 with Coal, Oil,
Gas and Limestone Map. For other
combinations at reduced rates includ-
ing all the remaining publications Of
the Survey write to the West Virginia
Geological Survey, Morgantown.
W. Va.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-09-29
PRATES WH OVT
THIS IS NOW PRACTICALLY AN AS
SUAIED FACT

The flag question of 1909, as far
as the National league is concerned,
is settled. Pittsburg will ay the
pennant, and the Pirates will enter
into the richness of their reward
without having to break their neelts
during the rest of the season.
The three defeats handed the Cubs
by the Giants on the Chicago grounds
killed jail the chances Murphy's men
had for a last rally, and the Pittsbura
course from now till October will bl
calm and unrufled. The Piratea
need only to jig along, taking hal
their games, and they cannot lose
There is not one. chance in fifty for
the Cubs to win all their remaining
mills, or for the Pirates to lose half
of their last battles.
Nevertheless the Cubs will have
some smalImeasure ofrevenge. The
Pirates will never get through the
strain offye games with New York
and three with Chicago hand running,
but should receive a thorough trim
ming. Between the Giants and the
Cubs. Pittsburg is going to receive
terrific thrashing in the twilight of
the campaign, but it will come too
Iate-the lead the Pirates have now
built up will carry them safely
through. Had the Cubs managed te
clean up the Giants the chance of
pulling Pittsburg down would have
been rosy one. but now it's case
of nothing doing.
Even though defeated for the pen
nant the Cubs are lucky enough to
be heartily enyied by every one who
WON'T get slice of extra coin in
either of the big leagues. 1t is
moral certainty that series between
the Cubs and White Sox will draw
more money than the worlds series
will take in, and about twice smueh
as would have been the case if ithad.
for the third time, been allotted to
the Cubs and Tigers to fight for the
final glory. The Cubs, in other
words, cannot lose, 50 far as money
is concerned, and it Is all to their
credit that they made so game afghs
for the flag when they knew that
their pocket would really be better
filed by losing than by winning,
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SPOLS DAYS
ARE OVERNWASHNGTON- -WHETPEO-
PIE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

Washington, D. c., Sept. ~
One would never know that there
had been change in the administra-
ton by visiting the various Govern
ment departments these days. With
the exception of few new faces, the
personnel is unchanged. The small
army of clerks attend to their rou-
tine duties as usual, feeling confident
that as long as they do their duty
they will not be disturbed. An old
employe of the Treasury Department,
in speaking of the prevailing tran
guilty in all the departments, re-
marked that he would give good
deal If he possessed picture of the
expressions worn by the clerks when
the announcement was made in 1885
-Cleveland's first administration
that Eugene Higgins, of Baltimore,
had been made appointment clerk of
the Treasury.
The idea formerly prevailed, and
prevails now to certain extent, "
said he, ''that the appointments clerk
of a department made all the appoint
ments, removals, demotions and pro-
motions, and Mr.. Higgins entered
the Treasury firm in this belief.
Every clerk and chief of a division
went on the anxious bench. They
didn't know what moment they
would receive the beaded yellow en-
velope, and, hence, for nearly year
business in the department was con-
Quoted under strain.
~"Mr. Higgins was not appointed
clerk many months before he learned
that Secretary Manning made the ap-
pointments, and that his duties were
to inform the secretary as to the ap-
plicants and the recommendations
fled from Senators and cOngressmen,
indorsing the applicants for posi-
ton. Had it not been for the posi-
tive stand taken by President Cleve-
land in favor of civil Mr.. Hig-
gins no doubt would have removed
many faithful employees simply be-
cause of politics. The civil service
law had been in operation but little
over two years and only a small per-
centaGe of the positions under the
Treasury were in the classified SER
vice. True, the Office of appoint
ment clerk existed before the pass
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-09-29

much of the bents was erected as
could be without fouling theold work
and the remainingmateri was placed
alongside where it could be picked
up and set by derrick-car running
on the vinduct.
Bents 10 to go was to be skidded
over in line with the new structure,
to then be replaced span by span
with new work. Together with the
eleven spans lying just north, it was
to be lacked up to level connecting
with the grade of the new structure.
Skidways and blocking were placed
for this series of shifts before any
part of the old structure was dis
turbed.
Operation e.-Malsins a .rafheeOn-
nection between the south half of the
new viaduct and the north half of the
old was the second operation. It
comprised tearing out the short in
terference section of the old work,
building the new bents and spans
in this section, jacking the northerIy
part of the old structure (old Bents
6 to ao1 to the proper line and grade
and shifting Bents 10 to go to the
proper alinement.
The railway company stopped op-
Grating trains over the old structure
at 10 p. m. Sunday, June go, 1909.
The bridge company's' forces imme-
diatelv began work tearing out the
old structure where necessary and
finishing the erection of the new
towers l6 to &c by derrick-car oper-
ating on the old structure. The work
was lighted by arc lights and LAM
terms. At 4 a. M, June 81, the
placing of the new girder spans was
begun. There were forty of the rail-
road company's bridge men at the
jacks and fifty of the bridge COM
pany's men erecting steel. All day
long the work continued necessarily
until 6 80 p. M, at which time ten
spans (4so #. of new yiaduct had
been built, $50 #. of old yiaduct had
been lacked up, a temporary con-
nection had been made between the
old and new work and the track laid
ready for trains.
During the twenty hours that
traffic over the viaduct was stopped,
the K. & NJ. passenger trains were
run from Point Pleasant to Clifton
90 miles, over the B. & o. Ry.,
and the passengers ferried across the
Ohio River to the K. & NJ. Ry. at
Middleport, opposite Clifton.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-09-29

The entire work was done under
the direction of Mr.. VIM. Michel,
Engineer of Maintenance-of-way of
the Hooking Valley Ry. and the
Ohio Central Lines. The writer was
in charge of work in the field.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-09-29
SOUTH vIADucr.

SOUTH vIADucT.
The replacement of the South via
duct was the last piece of work un-
dertaken because the interference of
old and new viaducts made it neces-
sary to await the relocation and grad
ing of the approach. The work was
done in the spring of 1909, being the
third year of work on this bridge.
The original viaduct had 600 #. of
tangent on /! per cent grade and
916 #. of 5 degrees curve on II
per cent grade Spans s. 4 and
of the river bridge, originally o.5 per
cent grade and to be changed to o.e
we're rebuilt on their or:sii::::!! or:si:! :;:;:;:a, :;-a
as already stated, and lacked up to
final grade later when the South via
duct was erected.
As the revised alinement substi-
tutes deg. so curve for the 5
deg. curve in the old viaduct, and
the P. C. is 14s #. farther north,
the new center line swings to the
west of the old, then crosses at
very sharp angle and swings to the
east. At the intersection of the old
and new center lines the grades differ
by II feet. The rebuilding OF this
viaduct under traffic was therefore a
difficult matter. Two schemes were
proposed. The first lining the via
duct to the west sufficiently to clear
the new one, except at the north
end, where a reverse curve would be
needed to reach the river bridge,
which would interfere somewhat with
the new work. This scheme would
necessitate handling all the traffic
over the old viaduct on temporary
foundations, with excessive curvature
and Il per cent grade, a difficult
matter. The other scheme proposed
was to build the South viaduct from
the south end to the point of inter
ference with the old one, and then
throw down enough of the old one to
allow the erection of six spans of the
new work and at the same time line
the remainder of the old viaduct to
the line of the new and jack it up to
the new grade. The latter scheme
was adopted. 1t was carried out as
follows:
Operation This comprised all
the work that could be done without
disturbing the old viaduct, and also
the work of installing the necessary
blocking for jacking and shifting por-
tons of the old viaduct in the next
operation.
Falsework and blocking were dis
tributed to the old yiaduct between
Old Bents 6 and go, and needle
beams consisting of ls-in. Sl!-lb.
I-beams were threaded through the
posts of each bent in this length to
give hold for the jacks.
At the same time the new viadpct
was erected complete from its south
erly end to the New Bent go (be-
tween Old s4-s5) by derrick-car.
Bent &c could not be fully erected,
because its west column fouled the
train clearance on the old structure
by nearly g feet. This column was
set in an inclined position, the brac-
ing 1being left out, and the girder
which should rest on it was set off
line on blocking, ready to put the
bent and span in final condition as
soon as the old structure should eb
abandoned.
The portion just north of this, New
Bents 16 to &c, which intertered with
the old viaduct (Bents so-sS), was
to be erected in one operation after
throwing down the old work. AS
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-09-29

Ore of the familiar figures on the
streets of Washington is ex-senator
Henry W. Blair, of New Hampshire.
He has made Washington his home
since his retirement from Congress.
More than twent, years ago the
name of Blair was household word,
especially in the South. He was
talked of for President. His prom
.inenee was due to a bill he intro
duced in the Senate known from one
end of the land to another as the
Blair educational bill. Its purpose
was to give Federal aid to the states
to educate children. If passed it
would have distributed millions of
dollars among the states. Those in
the South, by reason of a large
amount of illiteracy existing among
the colored population, would have
received large portion of Federal
money! The bill was extremely pop
ular among certain element in the
South, and was as bitterly fought by
the state rights element. 1t passed
the Senate by safe majority three
or four times, and was reported fsv-
orably from the House Committee on
Education, but the opposition tOit by
the leading Democratic members of
the House was sufficient to prevent it
ever reaching a vote in that body.
Friends of the bill maintain that in
the South, some such measure will
yet be enacted into law.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-09-29
A VISITOR.

Keep your word and your word
will keep you.
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u department of the Government

No department of the Government
is 50 close to the people as the Post
Office, and no Cabinet officer has so
many letters addressed to him per-
sonally as has the Postmaster-Gener.
al. That official, however, does not
receive all these letters in person,
for the reason that they are opened
by clerks and distributed to the four
Assistant Postmaster-Generals. As
may be well imagined, many humor-
Gus and original letters are received.
A man was appointed postmaster
in hack woods of Southern State,
some years ago, who waited for the
mail sack to get filed before taking
it to the train. 1t seems that no
mail had been received from this
place IN question tor three or four
days, and an inspector came to in
vestisate. He found the postmaster
attending to his business and also
discovered large number of letters.
In reply to the inspectors query, the
postmaster said that he was waiting
for the sack to get filed with mail.
This condition happened only once.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-09-29

It is better to make few mistakes
than to do nothing at all.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-09-29
TEDNEsDAY. sEPTEMBER 20. 1903.

age of the Civil Service act, and an
important position and the person
holding it welded a potent influence
in thematter of appointments. which,
rs is known, are never made with
out the approval of the secretary.
These spoil days are over and the
best evidence of it is the number of
Democratsinow in the departments
who were appointed to Office during
Mr.. cleyeland's first and second ad-
ministratiOns, .
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-10-27
TWO DEATHS IN CALUMET AS
9 RESULT OF MINE ACCIDENTS
Willard Petersen, Car Filler, and
Joseph Focresti, Timberman, Both
Calumet & Heela Employees, are
Run Over by Car
and Latter Hurt Underground.

Two Geaths. the result oC accidents,
have occurred In Calumet during the
past few hours. one was that Of Will
lard Peterson. car hller and the
/ other Joseph Fcrretti. timberman.
Willard Peterson. aged about 20
years and single, was picked up dead
last evening about o'clock. just out
side Nos. and 10 rock house. South
Hecla branch OF the c. 4 III. mine.
The fortunate young mans head was
badly crushed as was one of his arms.
He was found lying across the railroad
tracks. by n small boy living at Raym-
baultown. Peterson had flied four cars
and had braked them down To the
point where the locomotive connects
up each morning 1t is supposed that
while engaged i'm bralling the nth car
into position I'm order to nil that he
slipped and fell in front of the NOV
ing cor. His injuries and the posi-
tion he was found in. one arm lying
across the railroad track. He'd the
coroner's jury 10 believe that he was
killed by n car passing over his body,
and a verdict TO that effect was re-
turned at the Investigation this morn
ing The funeral will take place Fri
day afternoon at o'clock.
Joseph Ferretti died about 4 o'clock
this morning at the c. & II. hospital
as the result Of injuries received while
at work on the 62nd level Of the Hecla
branch OF the C. & II. mine, on Octo-
Der 20. At the time of the accident
Ferretti was working with a gang OF
men placing a piece Of timber in posi-
ton The timber fell. and catching
Ferretti badly squeezed him. An in
quest was conducted by Coroner Fish
er. a verdict of accidental death being
returned.
Ferretti was aged about 30 years,
and was a married man, being sur
vived by a wife and small family. Ar
are being made today for
the funeral
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-10-27
LOCAL BREvITrES.

Miss Lizzie Josephson of Caledonia
street, who has been i'll for some time,
has entirely recovered.
Mrs. Louis Sandrettc and son John,
of Portland street, returned yester-
day from a visit to friends at Turin,
Italy. They were absent from Calu-
met just six months.
Will Lyon and VI. A. Goldsmith are
expected back from a visit in Chicago.
Deputy Clerk S. Silvola reports n
better demand for deer licenses this
week. AS yet there has been no rush,
however.
TIL members of Calumet Chapter,
order Of the Eastern Star gave a
Halloween party last evening i'm the
Masonic hall on Fifth street Supper
was served during the evening. There
were about rs present. The hall was
tastefully decorated. A most enjoy
able time was spent.
There will be a meeting Of the house
committee Of the Calumet lodge OF
Elks this evening. followed by a regu-
lar meeting Of the lodge.
Word has been received from the
manufacturers of the lodge furniture
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-10-27
BOWLING LEAGUE OF SEVEN
TEAMS AMONG LOCAL ELKS

a bowling league is being organized
of Elks Ii will consist of seven teams.
The following villages and locations
will be represented: Lake Linden,
Laurium. RED Jacket, Tamarack, Mo-
hawk, Wolverine and Calumet
The members of these teams will
get together shortly and a schedule
Of games drawn up. At the conclu-
sion OF tho series to be played the
winner Of the league will make ar
rangemonts TO play other crack teams
in the county, particularly in the Por
tage Lake district.
The Elks' bowling alleys have been
installed and were used for the first
time last evening. They are not
to be accepted nv the house committee
of the lodge, however, until the auto
matte pin setter has been installed
and in working order. This device has
not yet been put in place but will be
some time this week, ii is expected.
The alleys were installed by Bruns-
wick Bake Colander company
The Y. NJ. c. a. Senior bowling
team will go to Hancock tomorrow
evening to play the Mitchell team.
The game will be bowled on
the Mitchell alleys. The as
citation team viii be composed IF
Foster Borchgrevink, Alfred Nichols.
Ben Ursin. Emile Christensen and
John Brevick.