The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-26

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ried on in the last year along economical
lines is shown bv the report of District
Engineer Arthur w. Long of the state
highway department. In the counties
ofLackawanna, Susquehanna, Wyoming,
Wayne, Pike and Monroe twelve miles
Of highway were built in 1903, costing
on an average, $l.43 per running foot
or 81 $50 a mile. The total cost of the
twelve miles, including the construction
of the road itself, engineering, the build
ing of bridges and inspection amounted
to $9S, 1886, so, the road building being
$50, 1883 of the whole. The highways
considered were as follows: Mt. Pleasant,
one mile; Lehigh township, seven and
one-quarter miles: Seelyville road, one
Iuile; Glenburn, two miles; Dyberry-
Bethany road, three-fourths of a mile.
the low cost of the roads and the alb
sence of extras were due to Mr.. Longs
careful estimating, the extras for 1908
amounting to only $27l.1I. The Lehigh
township road cost the least of any, the
price per running foot being $l.2l. The
highest priced was the Seelyville road !,
costing $2.Os a foot.
Monday and Wednesday nights of
next week, the following vaudeville acts
will take place on the stage of the Lyric:
Lawrence Sisters, Comedy Singing and
Dancing; Harry Mantell, Monologist;
Nelusco, Comedy Magician, New Molten
Pictures and Illustrated Songs. In place
of giving the people cheaper show at
lower prices the management will con-
tinue to offer big hour and half per-
formance at 10 cents for balcony and 20
cents for main floor seats. Two per-
formances will be given on the evenings
of the above dates, at 7.30 and 900 o.
clock. For the latter part of the week
an entirely different program will be
billed. See advertisement later.
Charles S. Penwarden, Secretary of
the Wayne County Pennsylvania Society
of New York City, writes us that the an
nual meeting of the society will be held
May llth, at 8 p. NJ, at the Hotel Man
haitian, Madison Avenue and Forty
second street, New York city, for the
purpose of electing officers for the en-
suing year, and one director for a term
of three years, receiving and acting upon
the reports of the officers and commit
tees, and for the transaction of such
other business as may properly come
before the meeting. The following named
gentlemen have been regularly and duly
appointed as members of the Nominat-
ing Committee: Johr ii. Strongman,
Geo. r. Valentine, DR.. Peter j. Gibbons,
Francis A. Dimock, and William w.
Starbuck. Owing to the vast amount of
very important business to be transacted.
and the many interesting matters to be
considered at this meeting, there should
be large attendance; and it is expected
that each and every member of the as
be present.
Tho Carbondale correspondent of
the Scranton Republican says: 1.-The
annual literary contest between the Car |
bondale, Honesdale and Dunmore High |
schools which is to be held in Dunmore
on Friday evening, April 10Th, has arous-
ed intense interest among the local high |
school students and the coming event
promises to be of great interest and over
which keen rivalry will be manifested |
among the different contestants and |
their followers. Preliminaries have been
held in which the local students have |
done remarkably we'll and will no doubt |
bring honors to this city when the judges |
of the contest render their decision. The |
interest in Honesdale and Dunmore is |
equally as vivid as it is in this city, and |
in both places preliminary contests are
being held. The Carbondale High school
will be represented by Raymond Bella
my in the defamation, "Webster's Re-
ply to Hayne ;" Miss Jane Brink in the
recitation "The Baron's Last BANQUET"
and Miss Loretto McDonough in the es-
say, "Pennsylvania in Art" The alter
mates are Miss Blanche Kerins and Rex
ford Moon. The local students are pre-
pairing their colors and school yells and |
a large delegation from this city will at
tend the CONTEST
The remains of Henry Weed, who
died in Scranton hospital last week,
were removed to Winwood, this county,
Tor interment.
The Family Theatre on Sixth street. |
lnder the management of C. II. Schrader,
Ir., continues to attract large audiences.
Three reels of moving pictures are ex-
nibited at the matinees and evening per-
and the vaudeville numbers
are all of a high order of merit. The
best of order prevails, and one of the
features of the theatre is
he location of the picture machinery
many feet from the entrance, thus in
surfing safety in case of fire. The illus
rated songs are all of the popular order,
and sung by very capable vocalists.