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| Pottsville Republican of October 1, 1910 EPIDEMIC OF MEASLES BADLY HANDICAPS SCHOOLS School attendance is seriously disturbed at present by measles. From one third to one half of the children in the first two grades are out of school. Conditions are made worse by children attending school from families where the disease is prevalent. Such families have no physician and the cases do not get officially reported to the school officers. If parents are not careful, the town will be so badly infected as to necessitate the closing of some schools. This condition is further aggravated by parents, children and members from infected homes attending Sunday School and church, mingling with others and passing on the disease germs to those not infected. Such people are either very thoughtless or willfully and maliciously violating the laws of health and the state and should be prosecuted. DETECTIVES AT WORK Some of the best detective force on the Reading system are energetically at work in and around Schuylkill Haven, hunting for a valuable dress suit case that came to that station on Saturday afternoon last, and between that time and Monday morning following, mysteriously disappeared and is yet unaccounted for. It was filled with a line of silk supporters, sterling silver buckles, and fine rendered samples of valuable silk and from the fact that the dress suit case was marked on end, "O. C. 718 Market St, Philadelphia", it looks like a case of theft. Pottsville Republican of October 13, 1910 SCHUYLKILL HAVEN TO USE WATER FROM RUN Yesterday afternoon John Graham, president of the Schuylkill Haven Gas and water Company, was in this section and completed all arrangements whereby the citizens of Schuylkill Haven and Cressona will use the water from the Tumbling Run dams. For the past several years, the people from these towns, during the summer season, have had considerable trouble in getting a sufficient amount of water. The Water Company has gone to great expense at increasing the capacity of the dam but for some reason or other the condition remains the same today as it did several years ago. Last summer an effort was made to get the water from Indian Run but the owners of this dam would not entertain the idea of letting Schuylkill Haven and Cressona have the water. It was then that the officers of the Schuylkill Haven company started to make arrangements to procure the water from Tumbling Run. The only thing that is required to have the company start the laying of pipes is word from the State Board of Health that the water is sufficiently pure for drinking purposes. No trouble is anticipated from this source as the dam is fed with nothing but pure spring water which flows from underground springs and springs from far up on the mountain side. Should the State Board of Health send their answer to the effect that the water is pure, the laying of the pipes will be started next week. An overland pipe will be started at Centre Avenue in Schuylkill Haven and either follow along the state road to Mount Carbon and then up towards the lower dam or else follow the lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad company for a short distance and then branch on to the state road. Either way will require nearly five miles of pipes and considerable work. Providing that the State Board of Health's report is favorable it will mean that the owners of the boat houses will be compelled to close them immediately and to remain away from them until such time as the conditions of affairs in Schuylkill Haven and Cressona re relieved. Pottsville Republican of October 18, 1910 MAY VOTE TO PIPE RUN TO SCHUYLKILL HAVEN A special meeting of the Schuylkill Haven Borough Council was held last night for the purpose of taking up the proposition of having the town supplied with water from the Tumbling Run reservoirs and so encouraging was the report of the committee appointed to investigate that it was decided to secure the services of an engineer and give an estimate of the cost of having the water brought into the town and piping the streets. The committee which waited on the P. & R. C. & I. officials, made their report which was to the effect that the P. & R. Company was willing to furnish Schuylkill Haven with water. It is the intention of the company to lay pipes along the edge of the dams so that the mouth of the pipe line will be located at the upper end of the second dam, near the entrance of the creek, where a dam will be built in order that uncontaminated water can be furnished until such time as the boat houses are removed from the dam. The expense of introducing this water will be considerable and in case a favorable report is received from the engineer who is to furnish the estimated cost, the matter will be put to the people of Schuylkill Haven for a vote to determine whether the borough debt shall be increased to make improvements possible. Every summer the people of Schuylkill Haven are obliged to suffer through water shortage and at present a suit is pending to have the charter of the present water company annulled for its failure to supply the town in sufficient quantity at all times. The above matter was brought before the public less than a week ago in an article appearing exclusively in these columns. It was then stated that the Water Company was about to lay the pipes. Now it has been ascertained that the Water Company was only putting up a bluff and had no intention of ever laying the pipes and by making this bluff it was hoped that the members of the company would be able to get out of the predicament that they are now in. Not satisfied with the quantity and quality of the water that the Schuylkill Haven Water and Gas Company are supplying the people of Schuylkill Haven and Cressona with, the company now sends out their bills two weeks before the regular time. Some of the bills reached the consumers on last Saturday and others yesterday, while still a number remain in the office of the company to be sent out. These bills are always sent out on the first of November or several days afterward. These bills are payable six months in advance and a discount allowed if paid within thirty days. If the bills are not paid in the specified time, the water is shut off and in order to have the services of the water again the consumer is compelled to not only pay the full amount of the bill but several dollars extra for the necessity of turning the water on and off. Pottsville Republican of October 24, 1910 SCHUYLKILL HAVEN CLOSES SUCCESSFUL BASEBALL SEASON The Schuylkill Haven baseball team brought to a close on October 9th, one of the most successful seasons in baseball in the history of the town. They have defeated one of the best amateur teams in this and other counties, both on their own grounds and on their opponents. Too much credit can not be given to Manager Rettinger for the able manner in which he handled the team during the past season. With a limited amount of finances at his command, he has brought the season with little or no deficiency. He was untiring in his efforts to give the people of Schuylkill Haven gilt edge baseball and that his efforts were appreciated to a large extent was evident by the attendance at the majority of the games. The players are also deserving of a great deal of credit. They stopped their work and participated in the games without any compensation. Below will be found the averages of the players. Chase, who played first base for the team, leads in batting with a percentage of .311. He is credited with having the largest number of home runs of any member on the team and his hitting was always feared by both pitchers and fielders alike. Deibert and Rettinger also batted over the .300 mark but the former did not participate in all the games of the season. All told the team is deserving of a great deal of credit and should be encouraged in their efforts to a far greater extent next season. Pottsville Republican of October 25, 1910 SCHUYLKILL HAVEN SHORTS The paving of saint John Street has been completed and contractor Rauen has removed his paraphernalia to Reading where he has another contract. The new pavement will be thrown open to the public next Monday, that amount of time deemed necessary to allow the concrete grouting to properly set. The citizens of the town as a whole are so well pleased with the paving thus far done that more will be petitioned for next year. Borough Solicitor Noecker, Council President Keller and George P. W. Saul, chairman of council's special water committee, on Tuesday made an inspection of the proposed Tumbling Run water supply line distributing system. They were accompanied by John W. Hatton of Wilmington, Delaware, an engineer who makes a specialty of this line of work and will shortly have a report to make to council. The trip was made in Mr. Saul's large touring car. |
| OCTOBER 1910 |