The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-30
$4,000 BRIDGE
TO Be ERECTED
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ed during the progress of the hear
ing, which lasted for over an hour.
Among those who attended the
meeting in official and unofficial
capacities were the following:
Susquehanna County Commission
ers: w. H. Tingley, New Milford; A.
j. Cosgriff, New Milford; j. E. Haw-
ley, Friendsville; Commissioners
Clerk, John j. Birney; W. j. Maxey,
Esq, attorney for the borough of
Forest City; j. S. Courtright, Esq,
Montrose, attorney for the County
Commissioners. f. I. Gelder, edi-
tor of the Forest City News; bJohn
Opeka, Browndale.
Wayne County Commissioner J. e.
Vaudeville, Hawley; Commissioners
Clerk George p. Ross.
Clinton township supervisors:
David Hopkins, president, Aldenville;
Charles Wilmarth, secretary, Alden
vile; j. B. Varcoe, Waymart.
There has been an agreement be-
tween the two counties in the mat
ter of building this long-needed
| bridge. The understanding is that
each party to the contract handle
their own money.
In the course of the hearing, w.
]. Maxey, Esq, Forest City, solicitor,
said: 81 think everything is agreed
upon. It's up to the county commits
sionerS to make their measurements
and let the contracts. The borough
council will meet next Monday
night, and will pass the bridge ordi-
nance"
One of the county commissioners
| thought that the bridge would have
| to be advertised Another man re-
marked that a county bridge costing
over $3.50, couldn't be built unless
advertised.
1--WE have had no experience with
two-county bridges" said Commits
sioners' Clerk George P. Ross. "Of
course it's been our practice in cases
of emergency to advertise one week" "
One of the commissioners thought
this would be short notice to give
a contractor to figure on an $4,000
or a $4,000 job.
Supervisor Wilwarth stated that
so far as the supervisors were con-
cerned, the papers were all signed
up with one exception. The bridge
was tied up with the supervisors
who would not sign up with a tram
road, as they thought a tram road
in the road would be nuisance.
Il think the supervisors ought to
have little credit" laughingly re-
marked Mr.. Wilwarth, "say half an
inch. We've got it all fixed up now"
The contract, it was stated by one
of the lawyers present, was legal.
He said that it was better to have the
road with four or five tram roads in
it, than not to have it.
Nh.n I'M hNr n
political announcement of consider
able interest made by the chairman
of the meeting. Its all Homer
Greene" he said. Wayne County
is unanimous for Homer Greene for
Congressi"
One of the candidates for county
Office made good use OF his political
opportunities by passing around a
box of good cigars.
The chairman of the meeting
featured the session by exhibiting a
traded umbrella.
Somebody was in my office ant
carried mine off, laughingly ex
planned this Jealous Wayne county
politician, as he opened the exchang
ed rain protector and exhibited it tC
= the audience.
One of the Susquehanna men came
forward and claimed the umbrella
and explained that he had made the
exchange in the lawyers back of
flee.
Mine isn't much of an umbrella,
protested the politician, "but they're
handy on rainy days"
A." Every man wants to hang onto
his umbrella" chimed in another
man in the audience. Its raining
hailstones and pitchforks."
1t was! And best of all it rainet
a new two-county bridge; and the
memory of that lucky Friday morn
ing meeting of August 26, 1911
. when it poured, and poured, ant
, poured, will linger long in the minds
: of many a Browntown boy and girl
who will learn from their Fathers
lips, when the long Winter evenings
come again, of how Papa had to wall
) miles and miles around to get to For
r est City, until at last one day the
2 county commissioners met and de
: cided to build bridge across the riv
2 er, and now it's only five minutes
I walk to the city.