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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-08

It was a valuable piece of property
I knew the loss of its tonnage to the
Erie railroad meant ruin.
They bought the roadbed of the
old Delaware and Hudson canal
which has been abandoned. They
bad formed a new company, pro-
posing to extend their Erie and
Wyoming road, in which the Erie
owned 40 per cent, to the Hudson
river. / opposed the building OF
that road by all the means l could
command before the railroad COM
missioners, but they got their certi-
flcate. l followed It to the courts
and was defeated. l did not expect
to prevent the building of another
road. l cared nothing about wheth-
er they built one road or a hundred,
IL l had the tonnage.
"I wanted time for negotiation
ana after a very long time, nearly
two years, 1 succeeded in inducing
j. Pierpont Morgan & Co., the vot-
ing trustee, to purchase that proper
ty for the account of the Erie rail-
road.
They did so, and that is the one
thing that made the Erie property
solvent property, and it is their
salvation to-day. Without 1t, they
would have been in bad shape, and
l look back to no act in my fifteen
years experience on that road with
which 1 am better satisfied, and in
which l feel that ] did better work
for them than in that purchase. 1t
has been a remunerative CONNER
cial enterprise.
II took special pains to disclose to
no other man in the anthracite re-
gion what I was doing, nor in the
anthracite business, for fear that
they would want to get in on that.
l was working to protect and to
hold to the road the tonnage that
it had always enjoyed. So far from
there being any combination in that,
there never was the slightest sus-
picion of it. None of the officers
of the Lehigh Valley had anything
to do with it, and / doubt the pos
sibility of their having any knowl-
edge of it. There was no combina-
ton, there was no consolidation,
there was no agreement; it was as
clean, straightforward a transaction
as ever took place in the transpor-
tation business of this or any other
country, out of which made not one
single penny"
Mr.. Thomas also told how Mark
Hanna, who was plotting the Re-
publican National campaign in 1900,
visited j. Pierpont Morgan and beg
ged that the anthracite operators
accede to the miners demands, as
labor fight would jeopardise the
hope Of a Republican victory at the
polls, and how the appeal was sue
caSSfnl
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-08
Dyberry Rainfall for November.

1909, 8 days, and trace six days,
1.67 inches. Compared with last
year, six days and trace days, only
three-fourths of one inch, is least
record for this month for 39 years I;
and the most was IL inches in
1886; average 2.95 inches. Snow
this year three days with trace two
days 5.5 inches. Last year four
days, and trace four days made six
inches. 1885 most snow in Novem-
ber, 81 inches. Average for SO yrs.
is ga inches.
Note.-If the hail and sleet storm
on the oath and 25th. had been all
snow 1t should have measured IA
inches, near like the snow storm on
Nov. 18th and 18th, 1905, which
measured II inches.
November Temperature High.
est this year, 1st, 78 degrees which
10 highest record for az years. Low
est was 7th, 10 degrees, last year
18th, two degrees. and lowest record
26th, 1880, six below zero. Daily
range varied from four degrees on
che 18th, to 46 degrees on the list;
average el.e. WarmeSt day on The
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-08
A shakespearian Romance.

Who were the lovers? Romeo
and Juliet.
What was their courtship like?
A midsummer nights dream.
What was her answer to his pro-
posal? AS you like it.
OF whom did Romeo buy the ring?
The merchant of Venice.
What time of the month were
they married? Twelfth night.
Who were the ushers? Two gen.
tlemen of Verona.
Who were the best man and
maid of honor? Anthony and Cleo
patra.
Who gave the reception? Merry
wives of Windsor.
In what kind of a place did they
live? Hamlet.
What caused their first quarrel
Much ado about nothing.
What was her disposition like?
The tempest.
What did they give each Other
when quarrelling? Measure fol
measure.
What did their courtship prove tc
be? Loves labor lost.
What did their home life resem
BILE? A comedy OF errors.
What did their friends say;
"Alls well that ends WELL"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-08

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that the
IN undersigned, a registered student at
law in the office of VICTOR A. DECKER,
Esq, of the Wayne county bar, will
make application to the State Board of
Law Examiners, to be examined on the
9TH and 8th days of Dec, 1909, for ad-
mission to the bar of the Supreme Court
of Pennsylvania, and to the bar of the
Court of Common Pleas of Wayne Co.
CHAS. S. HOUCK.
Honesdale, Pa, Oct. 9 1909. 2eo;5
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-08
INTERESTING TESTIMONY.
Why Erie Bought Pennsylvania Coal
Company.

Testimony in a recent govern
ment coal suit made public here re-
Gently, described how the Erie rail-
road, in buying the Pennsylvania
Coal Company, had In view not the
formation of an anthracite trust,
but the saving of itself from insol-
vency. The testimony was by Eben
B. Thomas, president of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad.
The governments accusation in
regard to the Erie's purchase of the
Pennsylvania company was that 1t
was part OF an "illegal combination" :"
Mr.. Thomas, In his testimony, fat
ly contradicted this view. After
saying that he was president of the
Erie at the time, he continued:
"The purchase was made on my
initiative. The company had done
business In connection with the Erie
road for more than forty years. 1t
leased to the Erie road branch be-
tween Hawley and Lackawaxen,
which the Erie used to transport
the coal, FIRST when 1t was brought
to Hawley by plane, and afterward
when the Pennsylvania Coal com.
pany built the Erie and Wyoming
Valley to that point, to connect
with them and distribute their ton.
mage. The Pennsylvania Coal COM
pany always wanted q larger divis.
ion OF the rate than / was willing
TO allow them. Like ell sellers, they
did not think they got enough.
thought they g0t too much. knew
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-08
A GREAT SHOW.
Really, This is q Powerful Play
est. Elmo"

"St. Elmo"
st Elmo" the story your grand
mother read when she was a girl,
the story your mother read with
equal avidity, and the same story
you read yourself and your daugh-
ter, (if you have one) is Just crazy
about" has been dramatized by
Willard Holcomb, who secured ex-
elusive rights from Mrs. Augusta J.
Evans Wilson shortly before her
death; and the first successful stage
version, as well as the only au-
thorized one, under direction OF
Vaughan Glaser will appear at the
Lyric on Friday, Dec. 10th.
"St Elmo" was first produced un-
der personal direction of Mr.. Hol-
comb at the Academy of Music,
Richmond, Va, the former home OF
Mrs. Wilson, and was SO successful
that the producing rights were Sc
cured by Mr.. Glaser, who will not
only make it the feature of his re-
pertory in the cities where he is
personally popular as a stock star,
This production is under the per-
sonal direction of Messrs. Glaser
and Holcomb, who aim to make "St
Elmo" a standard attraction, like
THE Old Homestead" The scenery
has been painted from the original
models while the furniture and cos
tuning of the quaint period "Befo'
the wah" are exactly the same in
all cases. The company has been
selected with a view to giving the
best possible ensemble performance
with no star save "St. Elmo" In
reality, it is a life-sized illustrated
edition of the story you have al
ways admired, condensed and
adapted for dramatic effect.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-08
BIG FLAGSTONES.
From Pike County for Thomas f.
Ryan's New York Sidewalk.

From Pike County for Thomas f.
Ryan's New York Sidewalk.
Mill Rift, Pa, Dec. 4.-On an or
der from the contractor who is to
lay them in the sidewalk in front of
Thomas F. Ryan's residence in New
York a shipment of the largest blue
stone flags ever used in a pavement
is being quarried near this place.
Three of the stones are now
ready. They are % feet long, 1Oh
feet long; 20k feet long, 10 feet
wide, and 2Oh feet long, IL feet
wide, all being 10 inches thick. The
others of the order will be of cor
responding large size.
The largest flag stone put down in
New York pavement before this is
the stone used In front of one of the
Vanderbilt residences. 1t was quar-
ried in this vicinity twenty-five years
ago, and measured 10 by feet and
was inches thick. A single flag
stone "a by IL feet and IL inches
thick was shipped to Cleveland, O.,
last week from a quarry near here,
on the Sullivan county side of the
Delaware.
The Delaware valley and abutting
hills, on both sides of the river from
Mill Rift to Deposit, 100 miles, are
one immense blue stone quarry, but
the rapid growth of the cement in
dustry throughout the country is
seriously affecting the output of
tagging stone from this great de-
posit.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-08
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
RESOURCES

HoHEsDALR, wAIHR CO., Pa,
at the close Of business. Nov. G, 1909.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-08
Axsrnns Of Fatal Accidents.

In connection with the present &C
tivity with regard to the reduction OF
fatalities In coal mines It is OF inter
est to compare the following average
Of fatal accidents q thousand en-
ployess: Anthracite minors. Penn
aylvania, 3.ls;; miscellaneous steel
and iron workers. Pennsylvania. A.so;
nut ana bolt workers. Pennsylvania
SEQ; railway employees, United
States. a.So.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-08
WORK FOR CONGRESS.
Defects in Pure Food Law to be
Remedied at Next Session.

Remcdied at Next Session.
During the present Congress one
Of the questions to be thrashed out
will undoubtedly be the revision of
the pure food laws to meet the de-
mands of the general body of con-
sumers for still further improve
ments In the methods iii vogue in
many food factories.
One of the points overlooked in
the original act was the treatment
of peaches and apricots in canning
plants. 1t is the practice of many
canneries to immerse peaches in a
boiling solution of caustic soda and
allow the fruit to stew in this chemi-
cal until the skins of the fruit are
eaten loose. The fruit rs then put
through several washings until the
skins are washed away. This pro-
cess is about cent and a half or
two cents a can cheaper than peel
ing by knife. Those who are call
ing attention to this chemical treat
ment say that the use of the lye is
not the worst feature of the pro-
cess, but contend that in order to
use this cheap peeling process it is
necessary to use green and unripe
fruit for canning. Ripe fruit will
not stand the lye-process but be-
comes discolored and disintegrated
in the caustic soda. The little favor
which the unripe peaches have is
killed by the lye treatment so that
the result Is woody, tasteless,
canned peach which depends for
flavor on the syrup which is added
in the canning process.
The way to tell lye-peeled peach
Is to wash away the syrup and then
taste the fruit. If 1t is tasteless and
pulpy the chances are 1t is a lye-
peeled peach.
In the several washings to which
the peach is subjected after it is
peeled by lye, most Of the chemical
is undoubtedly washed away but If
any of it is left the consumer gets
1t with his fruit.
Congress did not mention this
subject in the pure food laws, con-
sequently the Gamers who use this
method are not compelled to state
the fact on their labels. The pres
ent agitation has for its purpose the
enactment of a measure to remedy
this defect.
If this movement proves success
full every Gamer will have to state
on his label If the peaches he used
were peeled by caustic soda or any
other chemical. That Of course will
put the question right up to the con-
sumer. If they would as soon eat
fruit which has been soaked in lye
they can do so. Many of course will
prefer to have their fruit handled
in the good old-fashioned kitchen
way, by knife-peeling, which also
means much for the quality of can
ned fruit by keeping intact the ORR
ginal fruit flavor.
The last two years have seen a
great advance in the methods used
In various canneries and with the
new law still further advance in
the direction of wholesome produc-
tion will be assured. When the
processes employed in canneries are
known to be perfectly wholesome,
there will be a greater use of can
ned fruits and the final result will
be profitable for all concerned, in
Guiding the farmer who will get a
greater market for his product.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-08

RESOURCES
Reserve fund.
Cash Cash spsSis, pee ,,,aa And notes, $3.50 $50 e
Due from approved re-
Nickels, cents and fractional cur '''- =
Checks and cash iitn........,. items...,.... 2aSS5 g
Due from Banks and Trust Co.'S, not
reserve agents. 1908 03
Bills discounted not due, 1854, lis 62
Bills discounted, time
loans with collateral. 44,035 %
Loans on call, with col
Loans on call upon one
Loans on cali upon two or 0'~ ~
Loans secured by bond
and mortgage. ,.,,..... 2lsO0--57, 1853 %
elusive Of reserve bonds, viz:
Stocks, Bonds, ETC., l,sl5,S72 q
Mortgages and iudg-
ments Of record.... 227,379 77--2, ,043,25l 9S
Office Building and Lot, t,............ 1900 90
Other Real Estate ..............,... 5000 90
Furniture and Fixtures............. 1000 90
Oyerdrafts ...,....,.........,...... 2l7 60
Miscellaneous Assets............... 400 90
s2,ss6,S4O 90
Capital Stock, paid IN ...........s 100000 90
Undivided Profits, less expenses ''' w
and taxes paid. -. ...,.., s4,l4S IS
Deposits subject to check $l6O,9l2 81
Time certificates Of de-
posit. 1928 7S
Saving Fund Deposit, 2,19O,S23 is
Cashiers check outst'g 27l 29-2, ,365, ,2l6 q
Due to Commonwealth. ........... zovtV w
n serve agents, ,;;i.................: n,ssl g
Dividends unpaid, d,.................. 6U 90
S2,sS63 SO
State OF Pennsylvania County OF Wayne, SIS:
/, H. Scott Salmon, Cashier OF the above
named Company, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true, to the best OF my
knowledge and belief.
Subscribed and sworn to. before me this 18th
day OF Nov. 1909.
(Signed) ROBERT A. SMITH, Mp.
Notarial Seal
Correct-Attest:
E'F, .F' RiasHH,' RKS.nHs' Directors.
H. J. CoNGER.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-08

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF
TRAINS
Delaware q Hudson II. r.
Trains leave at 6:55 a. m, and
12:26 and A:30 p. m.
Sundays at 1l:05 q. m. and 7:l6
p. m.
Trains arrive at 9:66 a. m, 9:lD
and 1881 p. m.
Sundays at 10:16 q. m. and $3.50
p. m.
Erte r. r.
Trains leave at e:26 a. m. and
2:46 p. m.
Sundays at 2:te D. m.
Trains arrive at l:t0 and e:0e
p. m.
Saturdays. arrives At S:dS and
leaves at 7:1O.
Sundays at V:o2 .. m.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-08
LAKE SUPERIOR COURT


5947. Lavene Bros. VS.. Rev. James
Dewitt ct al. Foreclosure of special
assessment liens.
594S. Lavene Bros. vs.. Gotfried Rud-
berg ct al. Foreclosure of special as
sessment liens.
5949 Lavene Bros. VS.. julius Jacko-
Was ct al Foreclosure of special as
sessment liens.
$3.50 Lavene Bros VS.. Elizabeth
Reagan ct al. Foreclosure of special
assessment liens.
1851 Lavene Bros. VS.. Henry Harms
ct al Foreclosure of special assess
ment liens.
1852. Charles c. Riggle vs.. Henry
NJ. Brown ct al. Foreclosure of me-
chanics' lien.
1858. Lavene Bros. vs.. Naum Lozaros
ct al Foreclosure Of special assess
ment lien.
1854 Lavene Bros VS.. John w.
Walsh ct al. Foreclosure of special as
sessment liens.
1855. Lavene Bros. VS.. Charles r.
Cleveland. Foreclosure of special as
sessment liens.
1886. Lavene Bros. VS. John ".
Walsh ct al. Foreclosure of special
assessment liens.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-08
349 CHURCHES REPRESENTED
At NM. .M.E. CHURCH CONFERENCE

Charlottesville. Ind. Sept. S.-More
than 200 Methodist ministers, together
with their wives, are attending the fif-
ty-eighth annual session of the North
west Indiana Conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, which opened in
the First NJ. E. church at o'clock yes
terday afternoon with a meeting Of the
conference board of control of the Ep-
worth League. The meeting was post
poned because several members of the
board were absent The league has
about 5000 members in the Northwest
Indiana Conference. DR.. Paul c. Cur
nick of South Bend, Ind, is superin-
endent in Indiana
The conference sermon was deliv-
cred last evening by Rev. William F.
Hovis of South Bend and was followed
by a public reception in. the Masonic
temple in honor of the visiting clergy
men and their wives. The guests at the
reception were received by the i've dis
trict superintendent.
The opening OF the conference yes
terday was rather informal, as the con-
ference proper does not open until this
morning at s o'clock. Most of the
prominent men who will be in attend
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-08

ance at the conference have already
arrived.
Represents $40 Churches.
The Northwest Indiana Conference
extends from Lake Michigan and the
state line on the north to the Vandalia
railroad running between indianapolis
and Terre Haute on the south and from
the Illinois state line on the west to
the St. Joseph river on the east. 1t is
divided into FIVE districts. each in
charge of a district superintendent.
The conference represents $40 churches,
100000 members and has property val
ued at $2.350,o00.
Rev Ernest Daily Smith, pastor OF
the First M. E. church of this city, was
invited to return to the local church at
a meeting of the fourth quarterly con-
ference held las night. The conference
will be asked to apopint DR.. Paul c.
Curnick as superintendent of the South
Bend district, where he has been for the
last two years. Rev. z. w. Dun
leavy pastor of the Methodist church
at Danville. Ind. has received a cal
from the First Methodist church IL
Terre Haute and will probably be trans
ferred to that city.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-08
GEO. BR|MMER
GOES AFTER
HIS FATHER
Especial to THE T1MEs)

Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. S.-George
Rrimmer of Hobart, Indiana, arrived
IT. Milwaukee yesterday to ascertain
whether naked man found wandering
in the streets of this city with $4,000
on his person, who gave his name as
William Brimmer and said he was from
Hobart, was his father. Young Mr..
Brimmer identified the old gentleman
as his parent, and the latter was turn
ed over to the custody of his son, who
will take him back to Hobart.
Mr.. Brimmer, the elder, has been an
inmate of a Milwaukee hospital of late.
and a few days ago was discharged
from that institution. Being old and
childish, he become bewildered. and the
police picked him UP and took him in
charge. It was evident that the old
man was slightly demented, and it was
with some difficulty that they learned
his identity. When he told them HIS
name and said he was from Hobart
they entered into communication with
the authorities of that city, with the
result that George Brimmer was noti-
fed and started at once for the Cream
City to bring his father home with him
When searched, it was found that
the old gentleman had $4,000 distribut-
&c in a number of his pockets.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-08
INSTALLATION Of
LAMPS TO BEGIN
Material for Broadway's II
Illumination Equipment
to Arrive Monday.

Gary's fame as the Great White Way
of Indiana will date from Nov. l. ac-
cording to F. A. Shaw Of the Gary Heat.
Light ard Water company, who stated
that he expected the work of installing
the lamp posts and lamps on Broad
way would be completed by that time.
The material for the job has already
been ordered and is expected TO arrive
so that work can begin Monday morn
ing.
The installing of the posts and wiz
ing for the lights Is a much bigger job
than would generally be believed" said
Mr.. Shaw yesterday, and / do not be-
Heve that we can have the work COM
pleted before Nov 1. The measure
ments for the posts and the general
engineering work will be started this
week and we viii probably be ready
to start actual construction work Mon
day.
The cost of the installing of the
lights on both sides OF Broadway from
Fifth to Eighth avenue will be about
IS, 500. The lamp post idea is one OF
the latest in the way of street light
ing of this character. but has been tried
out successfully in other cities
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-08
PAYS No
HEED To
THREATS
Gary Board Lets Paving
Contract to P. T. O'Brien
in Spite of w. H. Bells
Promise to Start Some
thing.

In spite of the threat of the w. H.
Bell company that they would start
something If the town board of Gary
let the contract for the paving OF the
alley between Washington street and
Broadway to any other company the
p. T. O'Brien company was given the
contract. The amount of the latter's
bid on Metropolitan brick was s15,-
s3s.O9.
In the argument which followed,
Knots told Bell to go right ahead and
start something If he felt that he was
not being treated fairly and that they
would see the matter through In ex-
planning the matter yesterday engi-
neer A. P. Melton said that it was
true that Bell was lower in his bids
on certain kinds of brick but that
these were of the cheaper kind On
the Standard brick and the kind speci-
fed IN the petition TO the town board,
Metropolitan, O'Brien seemed to be the
lowest
School Board May Buy Lots.
The board also authorized the school
board yesterday to purchase two lots
on the Southwest corner of Adams and
Twenty fourth streets for locating the
portable school houses. The buildings
were originally placed on the prop
erty before 1t was ascertained who was
the owner. Later it was found that
Herman Sasse of Crown Point owned
them and the board proceeded to make
the purchase. The price was 500.
Bids were received by the towr
board from plumbers for putting II
the street fountains. AS many of the
plumbers had not been properly mott
fed of the bids being due yesterday
all of them were rejected and new one:
ordered. The contract for supplying
the fixtures for the new city hall were
let to the H. H. Highlands company.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-08
Some Steel News
New york steel RAN Report.

A number OF roads are figuring on
rails for next year, particularly west
ern lines There has been a DISPOSE
ton in some quarters to treat the en-
larged rail requirements expected for
1910 as though already on the books
but there is not the same interest
shown by astern roads in securing
early bookings as is the case with Ger
tain western lines The latter must
pay more in freights for any rails they
require over and above what can be
rolled in the Chicago district. and nat
urally will engage deliveries from Gary
or South Chicago mill for all their
needs where this Is possible. In the
past week the reorganized Great &
Great Western Railroad company or
dered 1000 tons for this year, all
open hearth rails, and the B. & o. 5000
tons The New Haven is taking up the
matter Of its requirements for next
year. but no orders have been given.
The New York Central contract is ex-
pected to include a considerable per
centage of ferrotitanium rails. A
large order for frogs and switches
placed with the Pennsylvania Steel
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-08
Hammond Man There.

The Indiana League Of Postmasters
of the third and fourth class will meet
today in the auditorium of the Y. NJ c.
A, Indianapolis. President F. w. Kritz
of Waveland will call the meeting to
order this morning and reports of the
secretary and treasurer will be read.
J. NJ. Waltz of Hammond will deliv-
err the principal address this afternoon.
following which there will be a gener-
al discussion on the subjects The
League and Its Benfiets, Classified
Service and the Postmaster" and The
Postmaster and Rural Service"
Several addresses are on the program
for Thursdays session and there Will
be discussions on Local Parcels Post, "
Experiences of the Postmaster-With
the Department. with the Public"
Election of officers will occur tomor-
row afternoon.