A CENTURY OF

PUBLIC SERVICE

The Pottsville Water Company Pottsville, Pennsylvania

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TO

COMMEMORATE

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SERVICE

TO

THE PUBLIC

in the

City of Pottsville

Borough of Saint Clair

Borough of Port Carbon

Borough of Palo Alto

Borough of Mechanicsville

Borough of Mount Carbon

East Norwegian Township

Norwegian Township

New Castle Township

April 11, 1834

to

April 11, 1934

Finance

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

April 11, 1934

\VrLLIA!\I D. BABER

FRANK G. CLEMENS

EDWIN C. LUTHER

HUGH DOLAN

Lours F. ULMER

\VII.LIAM H. McQuArL, JR.

THEODORE R. DADDOW

JULIAN F. ULMER

COMMITTEES

Construction

Lours F. ULMER, Chairman

FRANK G. CLEMENS

THEODORE R. DADDOW

FRANK G. CLEMENS, Chairman

EDWIN C. LUTHER

HUGH DOLAN

Water

HUGH DOLAN, Chairman

WILLIAM H. McQuArL, JR.

JULIAN F. ULMER

OFFICERS

President ........................ WILLIA:\! D. BABER Vice-President .................... EDWIN C. LUTHER

Secretary ........................ WILLIA:\I H. McQuAIL, JR.

Assistant Secretary ................ JULIAN F. U L:VIER

Treasurer ....................... CORNELIUS B. TYSON

Counsel ......................... DANIEL vV. KAERCHER General 1l1anager ................ NoR:\IAN J. BEISEL

Superintendent ................... NELSON ]. CLAYTON

Cashier ......................... \VALTER B. ScHNERRING

Inspector ........................ R L'SSEL LITTLE

Inspector ........................ R. BLAINE Ev ANS

Pottsvi Ile, Penna. April 11, 1934

To the Stockholders of The Pottsville Water Company:

As your Company has completed a century of corporate life on the above date, it appears titting at this time to submit a resume of its property and a brief history of its affairs. Its growth has kept pace with that of the community as one is dependent upon the other for its physical well being. A public water supply, being more necessary to the existence of community life than any other public utility service, it follows that such service should be sub­servient to the reasonable requirements of the public. Throughout its life, your Company has enlarged its property and increased its

facilities to satisfy the requirements of the public whenever neces­sary to do so.

The leading public spirited men of this community were iden­tified with the organization of your Company and the conduct of its affairs. Faith in the future of this region, vision to foresee its

needs and courage to contend against physical and financial obsta­cles were required by the founders and the pioneers of its manage­ment. The gradual growth of this region from "Saint Anthony's" wilderness to a position of considerable business and civic import­ance, interrupted at times by depressions of large or small extent,

has verified the forecasts and proven the faith of the incorporators of your property.

Mountain streams located on the headwaters of the Schuylkill River furnish the water supply. Since the drainage areas of these streams are partly within the area of the anthracite coal measures

and of limited extent, it has been necessary to locate the impound­ing reservoirs on streams not subject to the flow of mine drainage. This restriction required the building of several reservoirs of lim­ited capacity in various locations at a greater cost than would have been necessary if the larger streams, suitable for a water supply, were not polluted with mine drainage. A corresponding benefit,

however, rests in the fact that these streams flow through uninhab­ited mountain lands, are of pristine purity and furnish a water of excellent quality. No sedimentation or filtration is required to

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make the water potable; but, as a safeguard, chlorine is applied to the water to sterilize it and to prevent the spread of communicable diseases. Below is a list of the storage reservoirs:

Year Completed Name Capacity

1874 Eisenhuth 299 million gallons 1896 Kauffman 105

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1910 Wolf Creek 393 " "

1926 Indian Run 488 " "

1933 Tar Run 190 " "

Total. ... 1,475 million gallons

The population within the chartered territory served by your Company is 41,000, excluding the Borough of Schuylkill Haven and the Anthracite Water Company of the Philadelphia and Read­ing Coal and Iron Company which are partly supplied with water. The total number of consumers is slightly over 11,000 and they were supplied during 1933 with two billion gallons of water. The storage capacity now is seventy per cent of the yearly consumption and seems ample for the present.

A pumping station is maintained at Indian Run Reservoir to deliver water to the higher sections of the distribution territory and to augment the supply from the other reservoirs from which the water flows by gravity to the consumer. The pipe lines within the system are of cast iron varying from twenty inches in diameter to six inches and aggregate ninety miles in length. Of this total only five per cent are less than six inches in diameter, indicating a dis­tribution system of ample capacity to provide an adequate supply for the use of the public and for public fire protection. It is inter­esting to note that the first pipe line laid by the Company, a six inch line on .Mahantongo Street, is still in service.

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Respectfully submitted,

WILLIAM D. BABER,

President.

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ORIGINAL CHARTER

The Pottsville Water Company

April 11, 1834.

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ORIGINAL CHARTER

The Pottsville Water Company

April 11, 1834.

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Jc ua.� � l>at •lJe auff»,�t�of ttc tt.m•ontoealtfJ

OF PEN.N"SYLV A.NIA..

ORIGINAL CHARTER

The Pottsville Water Company

April 11, 1834.

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ORIGINAL CHARTER

The Pottsville Water Company

April 11, 1834.

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HISTORY OF

THE POTTSVILLE WATER COMPANY

From 1834 to 1934.

The records of the Company indicate that the first time a public water supply was proposed for the citizens of Pottsville was in 1830 when Burd Patterson, Esq., engaged Enoch Lewis to make a survey from Centre and Nor­wegian Streets to the spring in the vicinity of Eleventh and Mahantongo Streets. The report of Mr. Lewis states that the difference in elevation between the two points is one hundred and two feet, and that a stream of water could be carried from the spring to any house, then erected, on Centre, Market or Norwegian Streets and that this supply might be rendered a very important auxiliary in the extinction of fires if conveyed through town by a subterranean pipe. The date of this report is October 2, 1830.

The matter of a public water supply for the town was probably under dis­cussion during the next few years as, almost four years later, upon petition, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on April 11, 1834, chartered The Pottsville Water Company and appointed Samuel Sillyman, William .Mortimer, John C. Offrnnan, John C. Ernst, Benjamin Bannan, Jacob Seitzinger, Esq., James M. Beatty, Charles Miller and Andrew Russel, or any four of them, Commissioners to receive subscriptions to stock of the Company and do other things enumer­ated in the act. The Company was incorporated with a capital of $20,000.00, divided into eight hundred shares of a par value of $25.00 each. It was pro­vided when twenty-five or more persons shall have subscribed four hundred or more shares of the said stock, the Commissioners shall so certify to the Gov­ernor of the Commonwealth and, thereupon, it shall be lawful for the Governor to create the subscribers, and also those who shall afterwards subscribe, into "The Pottsville Water Company," by which name the said subscribers shall have perpetual succession.

It appears that the requirement of a total paid-in capital of $10,000.00, one-half the authorized amount, before creating the subscribers into the cor­poration, was too burdensome a restriction for the citizens to bear or, at least, one that was not subscribed to. Consequently, on March 31, 1836, the legisla­ture passed a supplement to the original charter stating that when two hundred shares of the stock authorized to be subscribed and $5.00 paid for every share so subscribed, the Commissioners, or a majority of them named in the act, shall certify the same to the Governor, whereupon, it shall be lawful for him to create the Company.

In accord with this supplement, the Commissioners, Benjamin Bannan, Andrew Russel, James M. Beatty and Samuel Sillyman, reported to the Gov-

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ernor that the following subscribers have subscribed the number of shares of the stock of the said Company set opposite their respective names and that $5.00

had been paid on each and every share so subscribed,-that is to say, E. Chichester .................... . -+ shares Benjamin Bannan ................ . -+ "

S. Sillyman ..................... . -+ "

Burd Patterson .................. . -+ "

Jacob Eyer ...................... . 4 "

N. Nathans ..................... . 5 "

Samuel Thompson ............... . 4 "

Peter Kern ..................... . 4 "

\Vm. F. Epting .................. . 1 "

Jchn Kantner ................... . 1 "

Caleb Parker .................... . 4 "

Jas. Sillyman, Jr .................. . 2 "

Thomas Sillyman ................ . 4 "

'.\'.liller & Hagerty ................ . 5 "

Oliver Dobson .................. . I"

Joseph Hillegas .................. . 1 "

Alfred A. Gile ................... . 2 "

Abraham '.\Iiesse ................. . 4"

Samuel Hartz ................... . I

Thomas C. Pollock ............... . 4 "

Francis J. Parvin ................ . 2 "

G. G. Palmer ................... . 4 "

John Sillyman ................... . 2 "

John Sites ...................... . 4 "

Benjamin Coombe, Jr. ............ . I

E. O'Connor and J. Ruch ......... . 4"

Henry E. Xeligh ................. . 2 "

Daniel Christian ................. . 2 "

Jacob Kline ..................... . 2 "

Henry ()'�iel ................... . 2 "

.:\'.l. \Veaver ..................... . 1 "

George H. Stichter ............... . 5 "

Philip \V omelsdorf ............... . 2 "

Elias Derr ...................... . I"

\Villiam H. '.\Lann ............... . 5 "

Kimmel & Simpson ............... . 2 "

\Villiam -shenfelter ............... . 2 "

Andrew Russel .................. . 4"

Sarah Otto ...................... . 2 "

Emanuel Hause .................. . 1 "

\Villiam '.\Iortimer ................ 10 shares J. Seitzinger ..................... 4 "

T.&J.Beatty .................... 4 "

Jacob Reed ...................... 1 "

Chas. \V. Clemens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 ''

B. T. Taylor . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 "

David Levy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 "

Joseph Kern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 "

J no. J. Shoen1aker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 "

Geo. Halberstadt ................. 2 "

T. ]. Baird ...................... 1"

Joseph Thon1as . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 "

George H. Potts .................. 4 "

Col. Geo. Shoe1naker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 "

John \Veaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ''

I)aniel Klapp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 "

Hay,vood & Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 "

D. H. Leib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 "

Jacob Hehr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 John C. Ernst .................... 2 ''

t�enjarnin Say .................... -1- "

Henry Shelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ''

\Vm. F. Dean .................... 1 ''

John C. Offer1nan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 "

Le"ris S. Waters .................. 1 "

Jos. Coates,vorth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 "

Thomas Ewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 George Jennings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .f ohn Clayton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 "

Eli Cake ........................ 1"

Patrick Curry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 "

H. S. Moorehead & Bro . ........... 2 "

William \Volf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 c;eo. M. Cun1n1ing ................ 4 "

J. �1. Lewis ..................... 1 "

(ieorge 13oyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ''

James Donnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1"

Carter & Dornan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 "

\Villiam C. Harlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 "

I3enja1nin F. Po1neroy .............. 2 "

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Whereupon, Joseph Ritner, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl­vania, did create and erect the subscribers and those who shall afterwards subscribe into one body politic and corporate in deed and in law, by the name, style, and title of "The Pottsville Water Company," by which name the said

subscribers shall have perpetual succession. Done this 28th day of March, 1836.

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The subscribers, at an election for nine managers of The Pottsville Water Company, held at the house of William Mortimer in the Borough of Potts­ville on the 12th day of April, A. D. 1836, elected the following persons:

Samuel Sillyman Jacob Seitzinger John J. Shoemaker William Mortimer John C. Ernst Caleb Parker James M. Beatty Benjamin Bannan Andrew Russel

and the Board of Managers, so elected, proceeded to organize by electing Andrew Russel president and William Hagerty treasurer.

A committee, consisting of Andrew Russel, Benjamin Bannan, John Shoe­maker and Caleb Parker, was appointed to draft a set of by-laws.

At a subsequent meeting on the 27th day of April, Mr. Bannan stated to the Board that previous to obtaining the charter, a committee of the subscribers had been appointed to make inquiries as to where the best water could be obtained to supply the borough. That, in doing so, this committee had obtained some very useful information which was in his possession. A committee, con­sisting of Samuel Sillyman, William l\1ortimer and James 1\1. Beatty, was thereupon appointed whose duty it shall be to procure the most favorable terms from Pott and Patterson for the purchase of their spring and square of ground, and to receive offers from any other source having a supply of water and make report to the Board.

This committee reported on May 4th that it found , r

Pott and Patterson's spring the most suitable for the pur­poses of the Company and that it had employed Edward Owen Parry, Esq., Attorney­at-Law, to draw up the ne­cessary writings to rest the spring and square of grouna in the Company.

At the same meeting, it was authorized to give pub­lic notice in the M i n e r sJournal, Berks & Schuylkill Journal, Miltonian and Un­ited States Gazette that pro­posals will be received for furnishing the Company with 3,500 feet of 6" pipe and 700

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SPRING HOUSE-October, 1836.

First water supply for the public.

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feet of -1-" pipe delivered at Pottsville, proposals to be sent in on, or before, the 25th dav of }Iav.

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The Board of }Ianagers, on the 19th day of }lay, A. D. 1836, authorized the President to execute the agreement with Pott and Patterson for the spring and square of ground at Eleventh and }Iahantongo Streets, to issue three hun­dred and twenty full shares of stock to the said Burd Patterson and Abraham Pott, agreeably to the provisions of said agreement and to have said deed and articles of agreement put on record at Orwigsburg, the county seat.

This agreement provided that Burd Patterson and Abraham Pott shall receive in payment $8,000.00, represented by three hundred and twenty shares of the capital stock of The Pottsville Water Company, subject to the restriction that no dividend shall be paid on any part of said stock until after the remain­ing four hundred and eighty shares of authorized stock shall first receive a 6% dividend. It also provided that when a majority of three-fourths of the remain­ing four hundred and eighty shares of stock at a stockholders' meeting voted that the said spring was no longer ample as a supply for the use of the Com­pany, that the said three hundred and twenty shares of Spring Stock should be cancelled and the spring and square of ground would revert back to the original owners, Burd Patterson and Abraham Pott.

This spring continued in service until 1857, when on January 5th of that year, the Board of �Ianagers voted in favor of cancelling the Spring Stock in

Sr·IUN<; Hm ·sE--Octoher, l!i36.

First water supply for the public.

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compliance with the action of a stockholders' meeting held on that dav when more than three-fourths of the remain­ing stockholders voted for the cancellation of the said Spring Stock and the return of the lot to the Grantors.

To legalize the cancella­tion of this stock, a suppie­mcnt to the charter of the Company was passed by the kgislature, April 2, 1860. It authorized the P o t t s v i l l e Water Company to convey and release unto Christopher Little, Trustee, the r i g h t, title, and i n t e r e s t of The Pottsville Water Company in the spring lot. The said trus-

tee shall sell the lot at public or private sale for cash or credit as shall, to him, seem best adapted to producing the most money and then to divide the proceeds among the holders of the said Spring Stock.

PROVIDED that all sales made by the trustee under this act shall be approved by the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County and the trustee shall give such security for the due application of the purchase money, arising from such sales, as may be required by the said Court.

All things required, preliminary to the cancellation of the Spring Stock, were finally consummated, and in 1863, the stock was finally written off the books, reducing the then outstanding capital stock of the Company from $137,725.00 to $129,725.00.

WOLF CREEK INTAKE-Built 1854. First mountain supply beyond City limits of Pottsville.

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l-pon determination of the tirst source of supply for the Company, arrange­ments were made with Eckert and Guilford to ship cast iron pipe from their Swatara furnace for use of the Company, with Henry Stump to lay the first pipe lines, with Robert Smith to dig the pipe trenches and with �- J. l\1ills to build the basin on the spring lot.

On October 5thi 1836, the first rates for water supply were presented to the public as follows:

Private housekeepers ..................... per annum $ 5.00 Butchers ................................ d " 8.00

Hatters ................................. '' 4

' 8.00

Brewers ................................. " " 25.00 Tavern Keepers ( for bar only) ............. " " 5.00 Tavern Keepers ( for rest of house) . . . . . . . . " '' 5.00

Baths ................................... " " 3.00

Each horse in private stable ............... " " 1.0 0

and the first supply was delivered to:

2 Inn Keepers 2 Butchers and Hatters

32 Dwellings

with a total annual income of $205.50.

The first annual statement of the Company for the year ending l\1ay 8th, 1837, is:

ASSETS

Spring and Square .............................................. :f, 8,008.7 0 Reservoir and Basin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 7-1-.4 1 Lead, Oakum, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48:i.6 4 Digging and Laying Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8S4.96 Tools and Implements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.62 Stop Cocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 .14 Fence Around Square . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.46 Contingent Expenses, Postage, rte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 0 Cast Iron Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,4 64.70 Interest Paid Eckert & c;uilford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.39

Total. ........ $14,7 82.42

LIABILITIES

Capital Stock- 'i7 2 Shares ................................... .... $14 ,300.00 Peter Kern-For Laying Pipe C p Callowhill Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.13 \Vatrr Rents Received Previous to January l, 183 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 0.00 Bills Payable-Borrowed from Henry Shelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 000.00

Total. ........ $1 S,405.13

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The foregoing is a condensed summation of the beginnings of the Com­pany and gives an inkling of the faith the incorporators of the Company had in the community. They were willing to proceed with the organization of a public service company requiring an initial investment of about $15,000.00, with a dividend requirement of about $900.00 annually and with only a visible gross annual income of about $205.00 to pay operating expenses and that dividend.

In the next succeeding years the Company gradually prospered, increased the number of its consumers and extended its pipe lines until, in 1843, the spring at Eleventh and Mahantongo Streets was no longer sufficient to supply the demand.

Then, on July 1, 1843, the Company entered into an agreement with Andrew Russel, Burd Patterson and l\latilda, his wife, to use the water from the spring located on his property at Ninth and l\Jahantongo Streets and to erect a basin or reservoir around the head of the said spring not exceeding eight feet square nor exceeding three feet above the surface of the ground, until such time as the said Company shall no longer require it. For the use of this spring, the Company paid Andrew Russel $100.00 annually.

The demands of the public for an adequate water supply soon exceeded the resources of these two springs, for, on September 23, 1844, Samuel Lewis reported to the Company that he made a survey to conduct a spring on the Eyre Tract (supposedly now Baber's Cemetery) to the spring lot at Eleventh and .Mahantongo Streets, stating that the new spring would be twelve feet, six inches above the old spring and would require a pipe line 2,450 feet long to connect the two.

Nothing, however, was done to increase the supply until 1847 when, at a cost of $5,728.72, a 4" pipe was laid from the spring lot to the spring, above mentioned, on the York Farm and Eyre Tract.

At this time, the Board of .'.\1anagers was concerned about an increased water sup­ply to satisfy the demands of the public and, on January 10, 1848, it resolved to apply to the legislature for auth­ority to increase the capital ROAD TO WOLF CREEK INTAKE-1854.

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stock of the Company from $20,000.00 to $50,000.00 to obtain funds to increase the supply. This application was made, but did not pass the legislature. Again, on January 1, 18+9, the committee on contracts, consisting of Samuel Sillyman, \Villiam :\Iortimer and F. J. Parvin, were authorized to procure a supplement to the charter authorizing the increase in capital stock prayed for and, on July second of that year, were able to report to the Board that the increase in capital stock to $50,000.00 was authorized by the legislature and approved by the Gov­ernor, February 12, 1849.

This addition to the supply, evidently, did not meet the demands, for in the following years, ending with 1852, the Company endeavored to increase the water flow by digging tunnels in the vicinity of the flowing springs on the spring lot and the Eyre Tract. These were unsuccessful and a committee was appointed

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PAHK H,\SIN�Bui/t 18S6. lJistrihution reservoir within City limits.

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to ascertain if the spring on the G. H. Pott's land could be conveyed to the lvlarket Street basin on the Eyre Tract. Shafts were also sunk in the vicinity of the springs to increase the flow but were found to be unavailing.

The supply, during these years, proved so deficient that the consumers peti­tioned the Board of .Managers for a reduction of water rent due to the scarcity of water. Also, about this time, during 1850, the County Commissioners desired to erect a county jail on the south side of .Mahantongo Street between Tenth and Eleventh Streets, but were persuaded to abandon this location by the .Man­agers of the Company, as it was feared the operations connected with the con­struction of the building would result in serious injury to the spring on the Company lot.

The deficiency in the water supply was rapidly becoming acute and on June 14, 1853, the Board appointed a committee of its members to report, as early as possible, the best means to increase the supply of water. On October 20th of the same year, the Pottsville Borough Council appointed a committee of three, consisting of Isaac Severn, Daniel Shartle and Na than Cleaver to confer with The Pottsville Water Company, or a com­mittee appointed by it, for the purpose of devising ways and means for a more abun­dant supply of pure water to the inhabitants of the bor­ough. The next day, October 21st, at a special meeting of the Board of .Managers, it was resolved that the com­munication of the Borough Council be placed upon the minutes. It was further re­solved that B. T. Taylor, Henry Shelly and J. H. Ad­ams be a committee to confer with the Borough Council on the above subject matter. It was further r e s o l v e d that Samuel Lewis be authorized to make up an estimate of the cost of introducing Wolf C r e e k water into the bor­ough. Also on December 2,

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MILL CREEK PIPE LrNE-l,aid 1861.

Typical construction of pipe line in Mill Creek Valley.

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1853, Samuel Sillyman, F. W. Hughes and William l\1ortimer were appointed a committee to procure an estimate of the whole cost of bringing in water from \Yolf Creek and of supplying Saint Clair, Palo Alto, .\fount Carbon and Port Carbon with water.

The inadequate supply from the springs connected with the Company's lines impressed everyone connected with the Company's management that they could no longer satisfy the demands of the public. During the intervening years since its incorporation the Company had prospered. Gross income from water rents had increased from $200.00 in 1837 to $2,932.3+ in 1850. But this amount was gradually reduced when, in 1853, the gross water income amounted to

TAR R1'N IN'JAKE�Built 1871. This stream derives its name from the tat,t,in,: of pine trees

a/on,: its border to obtain the pitch from which "Pine Tar" was distilled.

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$1,937.60. The property of the Company, devoted to public use, had increased in the same period of time from $15,000.00 to $32,049.13, represented by cap­ital stock outstanding of $20,350.00, bonds of $2,000.00 and earnings of $9,699.13 plowed back into the property.

The pipe lines laid by the Company during ] 836 were: 2,430 feet of 6" line on .Mahantongo Street, from Eleventh Street to Centre Street; 1,710 feet of 611 line on Centre Street, from l\1ahantongo Street to a point between Wynne Alley and Harrison Street; 1,076 feet of 4" line on l\1arket Street, from Centre Street to Fifth Street; I, 109 feet of 4" line on Norwegian Street, from Centre Street to Fifth Street; 310 feet of 4" line on Fifth Street, from .Mahantongo Street to Norwegian Street; and 300 feet of 3" line on East Norwegian Street, from Centre Street to Railroad Street, making a total of 6,935 feet of pipe lines.

During 1837, there was laid a total of 3,175 feet of 3" pipe line on East Norwegian Street, from Railroad Street to Coal Street; on Coal Street, from East Norwegian Street to East Arch Street; on West l\1arket Street, from Fifth Street to Ninth Street; on West Arch Street, from Centre to Third Street; and on Centre Street, from .\lahantongo Street to l'nion Street.

No more pipe lines were laid until 1847 when a total of 3,592 feet of 4"

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E1SENHUTH RESERVOIR-Built 1811-1811.

Thi' first impounded reservoir s11pp/y on Broad Mountain near Morea.

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pipe was laid from the spring on the York Farm and Eyre Tract to the spring at Eleventh and .\lahantongo Streets, and 280 feet of 2" line was laid on Sec­ond Street, from .\lahantongo Street to � orwegian Street.

The next pipe line extension was made in 1851 when 110 feet of 4" line

was laid on Third Street, from X orwegian Street southward to the alley, and .533 feet of 6" line was laid on .\larket Street, from Centre Street to Third Street, to replace the +" line originally laid in that location in 1836.

These developments, from the incorporation of the Company to the end of 1853, may be considered, in a broad sense, the first chapter of the Company's history. The water supply was at times inadequate depending, as it did, upon

the natural flow of a few small springs to satisfy the demands of the public. However, it must be noted that the early management of the Company was able to nurture this struggling infant without placing upon it a financial debt too burdensome for it to bear, there being only a funded debt of $2,000.00 out­

standing at the end of this period of the Company's existence.

- ..... ,·-. The year l 854 marked

E1sEMWT11 PIPE L1NE�l.aid 1874.

/llustratinr: the rour:h country throur:h which the pipe

lines were laid.

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a critical period in the his­tory of the Company. The water supply then was inade­quate to supply the demands of the public. The Borough Council, in addition to many citizens, petitioned the Com­pany to increase its supply.

In answer to these sup­plications, the Board consid­ered on January 1 +, 1854, a supplement to the c h a r t e r which permitted the Com­pany to increase its capital to $200,000.00, to go unto l\Iill Creek for its supply and to obtain the credit of the Borough of Pottsville under certain conditions to guarantee a dividend on the stock issued to pay the cost to increase the supply. Sam­uel Sillyman, Edward Owen Parry and J. H. Adams were

appointed a committee to await on the Town Council and ask its cooperation in the intended purpose to increase the water supply for the town.

The Board of :Managers, on February 24, 1854, accepted the supplement to the charter approved by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, February 18, 1854, and it was ratified by the council of the Borough of Potts­ville. Shortly thereafter, on l\1arch 29th, Jacob Huntzinger, Jr., reported to the Board of �lanagers that the Commissioners appointed in the supplement to obtain subscriptions to the stock of The Pottsville Water Company, were unable to pro­

cu re subscriptions for three thousand shares of a par value of $75,000.00, as required by the said supplement.

The Board of l\1anagers then appointed Strange N. Palmer, Charles W. Pitman, Daniel Shartle, Bernard Reilly, Benjamin Pott, Charles Lord, Jacob Huntzinger, Jr., William Johns, and Jon a than Johnson, Commissioners, agree­ably to the supplement to the charter to carry out and fully complete said subscriptions to the stock of the Company, for which two weeks' time was given and, when completed, to give notice of election of l\lana- "'T"-�---�- ---"·� .. ·-·- --@::::::@' ------- �--·-·=r gers to have charge of the

affairs of the C orn p a n y, agreeably to said supplement.

The Commissioners re­

ported sufficient subscription to the stock of the Company on April 11th and a notice of the stockholders' meeting for election of officers was given to the public.

A complete reorganiza­tion of the affairs of the Company occurred at this time and a new Board of Managers was elected, con­sisting of: S a m u e l Lewis, Francis W. Hughes, Jacob Huntzinger, Jr., Jacob Koh­ler, Charles Lord, Benjamin Pott, Samuel Sillyman, Jed­diah Irish and Edward Yard­lcy. Samuel Lewis, who was quite active in making pre- RIP RAP ON EISENHL'TH RESERVOIR E�IBANKMENT.

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liminary investigations and surveys to bring Wolf Creek water into Pottsville, was elected president of the Company and Charles W. Pitman was elected treasurer.

Shortly thereafter, contracts were let to build a small dam on Wolf Creek, now known as "\Volf Creek Intake," and to lay a 12" and 16" pipe line from this dam into Pottsville. This work was prosecuted with diligence and the citi­zens of Pottsville were first supplied with vVolf Creek water on November 25, 185+. The cost of this undertaking was about $107,000.00 which expense, prob­ably, could not have been undertaken at that time without the credit of the Borough of Pottsville being behind the project.

Burd Patterson was notified by the Board of .:\Ianagers of the Company, on X ovember 30, 185+, that it no longer required the use of his spring at Ninth and .:\Iahantongo Streets for the purposes of the Company and it was thereby relinquished into the possession of the owners.

In addition to the capital stock of the Company being increased from $50,000.00 to $200,000.00 by the recent supplement to the charter, a further sup­plement was passed by the legislature, April 12, 1855, authorizing the Company to borrow any sum of money up to $50,000.00 for the purpose of extending and enlarging its works. The County Commissioners at this time, 1\Iarch 5, 1855, made a proposition to sell its supply and pipe line located at Twelfth and Nor-

WooOEN SCREEN OVER WASTE PIPE, E1S1lNHUTII RESERVOIR-1881.

Showin.r: typp of construction in common use at that time.

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wegian Streets to the Company, and on April I, 1855, it was purchased.

Palo Alto, Port Carbon, Saint Clair and I\1ount Carbon applied to the Com­pany for a public water supply.

A definite proposition for a public water supply was made to the Town Council of Saint Clair on l\lay 7, 1855, and accepted by said Council on June 9th. l\1ount Carbon and Palo Alto were both supplied during the same year, but Port Carbon did not receive a supply until 1879.

The Borough of Saint Clair guaranteed its credit the same as Pottsville, but only on that portion of the cost actually expended in supplying Saint Clair with water, which sum amounted to about $9,000.00. The Town Council of Port Car­bon probably would not give a guarantee of a 6% return to the stockholders on the cost of supplying it with water and was, no doubt, the reason why it was the last of the surrounding communities to be supplied by this Company. Neither Palo Alto nor l\lount Carbon were requested to guarantee a return on the invest­ment to supply it with water the same as Pottsville, Saint Clair and Port Carbon.

Land on which to construct a distribution basin, now known as "Park Basin," was purchased �larch 3, 1856. About this time, the Company began to look for

additional water on l\lill Creek and laid a 6" pipe line up l\"lill Creek, from the mouth of Wolf Creek to a point about where High Bridge is now located, and constructed a small catch

basin to collect the waters of this stream and convey it to the distribution system.

After the abandonment of the spring at Eleventh and .\1ahantongo Streets on June 5, 1857, the pipes leading to the l\larket Street basin were ordered removed on l\larch 12, 1857, which fixes the time for discontinuance of thi s supply. Even with the exten­sion of the Company's system to Wolf Creek it suffered

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from shortage of supply dur-ing the dry months of the year for the reason that no storage was provided to sup­ply the public during the period of the year when the

KACFFMAN PIPE LINE-Laid 1885.

Showing type of construction in rough mountainous country to

protect pipe lines where laid in shallow trenches.

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natural tiow of the streams was insufficient for the demand. The Company was continually reaching out for a new supply and, two years after laying the 6" pipe line above mentioned on .\Iill Creek, it was relaid with a 10" pipe line.

�-\bout this time, August 29, 186+, pollution from mine drainage was first noted in .\Iill Creek, and the Board, as a whole, visited the proposed works of the Xew Boston Coal Company to ascertain if i'\Iill Creek would be polluted from its operations. X ot long thereafter, legal action was instituted against the mining company which resulted in a decree being handed down by the County Court on September 2+, 1866, enjoining the ::\few Boston Coal and l\Iining Company from polluting the waters of .\Ii!! Creek with mine drainage. This controversy, however, impressed upon the :danagers of the Company the neces­sity of obtaining storage on streams unaffected by mine drainage.

Un February 25, 1867, the Company first received an offer to purchase land on Eisenhuth Run. The purchase of this land was recommended shortly thereafter and this transaction signifies the first fruitful effort of the Company to acquire land on which to construct improvements to impound a supply of water for use during the dry periods of the year.

The Council of the Borough of Pottsville on February 26, 1870, petitioned the Company, asking for larger pipe lines to be laid throughout the borough

K.\t:FF.\IAN RESERVOIR-Built 1/192-189.5.

The second impounded resl'Tvoir supply on Broad Mountain near Frackville.

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to improve the service to the people. This was given due consideration by the Company and arrangements were made to improve service wherever it was possible to do so.

Eisenhuth Dam was ordered built on :\lay 13, 1871, and branch pipe lines were laid to catch basins on Tar Run, .\lud Run and Shingle Hollow on July 31st of the same year. A 12" pipe line having been laid up Mill Creek from High Bridge to .\lud Run during that year.

The cost of Eisenhuth Reservoir was paid for by the proceeds from the sale of the Company's stock and money borrowed from various individuals. Sep­tember 1, 1873, a slight increase in water rates was made effective to enable the Company to obtain sufficient funds to properly conduct its business.

Water from Eisenhuth Dam was supplied to the public during 1874 and . this event terminates what might be called the second period in the Company's history, during which the Company kept going farther afield for a surface supply from a running stream without building any storage. The construction

WOLF CREEK RESERVOIR-B11i/t 190S-1910.

The third impounded reservoir supply on Broad Mountain, north of Saint Clair.

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of Eisenhuth Reservoir begins the third period of the Company's corporate life and inaugurates the policy of obtaining a sufficient supply by storing the

flood waters during the wet seasons for the use of the public during the dry seasons.

�-\fter repeated negotiations at various times since 1856, an agreement was tinally entered into with the Borough of Port Carbon for a public water supply Yvhich was ratified by the Board of .:\lanagers, August 25, 1879. This agreement provided that the distribution system within the borough limits was the property of the Borough of Port Carbon; that The Pottsville Water Com­pany should lay an SH pipe line from the Saint Clair yards to the northerly borough line and that the borough should continue this pipe line along l\Iarket Street and Pike Street to the southerly borough line, at which point, The Potts­ville \\Tater Company could use it for further extension beyond the borough limits.

It ,vas also provided that when The Pottsville Water Company would pay the Borough of Port Carbon the cost of the pipe lines laid within the borough limits, they should become the property of the Water Company. These lines were purchased by the Company from the borough January 29, 1900. The rates charged in the borough were the same as those in Pottsville.

While the town of Palo Alto was first supplied with water in 1856, which service was to a few houses near the present car barns, it was not until 1\larch 30, 1894, that the town was supplied throughout its developed area. At that time the Borough of Palo Alto entered into an agreement with The Pottsville Water Company binding itself to pay to the Company, for public tire protec­tion, $600.00 per annum during the time The Pottsville Water Company does not collect more than $240.00 per annum from the new private consumers sup­plied from the new line of water mains herein agreed to be laid. For this consideration, the Company agreed to lay an 8" and 6" pipe line from Port Carbon along Bacon and Savery Streets to the westerly end of Palo Alto. To the borough was granted the right to connect fire hydrants to these pipe line extensions for extinguishing fires in buildings erected in said borough. This agreement remained in force until the total annual water rents of the new con­sumers, supplied from these extensions, amounted to more than $240.00 when, under the terms of the contract, the guarantee of the Borough of Palo Alto ceased.

The Borough of Yorkville entered into an agreement with The Pottsville Water Company, July 6, 1891, for the purpose of having the Company extend its lines westerly to connect with the pipe lines laid in the said borough and to receive its water supply from the Company. Payment for this service was to be at the rate of eight cents per one thousand gallons by meter measure for all

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water supplied to the borough, until such time as The Pottsville Water Com­pany shall pay to the Borough of Yorkville the cost of constructing the pipe lines within the borough limits. l"pon said payment being made, the pipe lines shall become the property of The Pottsville vVater Company and the residents of the Borough of Yorkville shall receive a water supply under the same con­ditions as the citizens of the Borough of Pottsville.

An agreement was concluded August l 9, 1927, between The Pottsville Water Company and the Borough of Schuylkill Haven for an additional water supply. l ·ndcr its terms, the supply is furnished under meter measure at the rate of eight cents per one thousand gallons with a monthly minimum charge of $+00.00 for a period of thirt\· nars from the date of the agreement. This

INmAN HtTN RESERVOIR-Built 1924-19:?.6.

· / <'/ ·p M mtain west of Pottsville.The fourth impounded reservoir supp y on ., u11 or ,

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agreement was approved by the Public Service Commission, as is required under the Public Service Company Law.

The foregoing remarks briefly recite the terms and conditions under which the water supply was extended to the communities surrounding Pottsville. These agreements were unlike the terms and conditions under which Pottsville and Saint Clair received its supply, principally, in that the credit of the respec­tive boroughs was not pledged to guarantee the Company a 6% return on the cost of the extensions to supply the respective boroughs with water.

The construction of Eisenhuth Reservoir began the execution of the plan decided upon by the Board of �Ianagers to obtain its supply from storage res­ervoirs. The second reservoir to be constructed was Kauffman Dam, which was completed in 1895, after obtaining legal rights to the stream in 1885.

'-'rork on \\'olf Creek Reservoir, the next one built, was begun in 1903 and completed in 1910. Water from this reservoir was first turned into the distri­bution system on July 1st of the latter year.

The construction of Indian Run Reservoir was begun in 1924 and com­pleted in 1926, about thirty years after the water rights to the stream were obtained. During the interim, however, in fact from 1900, water was pumped from Indian Run into the distribution system of Pottsville, particularly supply­ing the west end of the city. This supply was obtained from the small intake below the large reservoir, the intake having been built in 1896 at the same time the Company acquired the water rights to the stream.

The next reservoir, Tar Run, completed in 1933, is on the watershed immediately south of Kauffman Dam and is on land supposedly beyond the limits of coal measures.

In fact, all the impounding reservoirs are believed to be on land which is not underlaid with coal. The core-wall excavation at Wolf Creek and Tar Run disclosed thin veins of coal dirt a few inches thick and while this indicates that some coal might be present, it is considered by mining authority not to be rn sufficient quantity to warrant mining.

All reservoirs are rolled earth embankments with concrete corewalls rn Kauffman, Wolf Creek, Indian Run and Tar Run. Eisenhuth Reservoir has a puddle core. The general characteristics of the reservoirs are as follows:

Reser1)0ir Depth Length Capacity Eisenhuth . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 feet 1,380 feet 299 million g.11lons Kauffman ......... ..... 56 " 580 " I 05 " "

\Vol f Creek . . . . . . . . . . . 60 " 885 " 393 " "

Indian Run ............ 78 " 700 " 488 " "

Tar Run .............. 50 " 1,675 " 190 " "

1,475 million gallons

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A disrnunt of Sr;� for the payment of water rents in advance was first made dkctive February 28, l 8_19, and the regulation, that property owners would be held liable for water rents and not the tenants, was determined upon July 11, 1859.

The rates charged by the Company for its services were under discussion by the Borough Counril of Potts,·ille in the beginning of 1895, and after many hearings between the parties concerned ) it was finally made clear to the Bor­ough Council that the rates charged by the Company for its services were fair and without discrimination to any consumer. Five years later, on its own ini­tiative, the Company publicly announced that a discount of 15% would be allowed on all water rents paid sis months 111 advance after April 1, 1900.

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T.\R Ht·N HESERYOIR-B11i// ]93:!-1933.

l'J d U 1 ·n no,·th of New Castle. The fifth imf)ounded rcsen•oir s11/)/)ly on roa · 011n a, ,

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These rates remained in effect until April 1, 1925, when the present tariff was filed with the Public Service Commission. Complaints were filed against these rates by the City of Pottsville and surrounding municipalities, and after extended hearings before the Public Service Commission, the rates were sustained with­out adjustment of any kind.

The affairs of the Company were continued under the original charter and its supplements from the day of incorporation until it was decided, early in 1928, by the 1'1anagers of the Company and its stockholders to accept the "Act of 187+," which divested the Company of its original charter and placed it under the general corporation laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

During the life of the Company, extensions of the distribution system were made to surrounding hamlets beyond the limits within which the Company was incorporated to serve. To legalize this service, the East Norwegian Town­ship \\1 ater Company, the Xorwegian Township Wa t e r Company and the X ew Castle Township Water Company were incorporated in 1928 and sold to The Pottsville Water Company in 1929, thereby vesting with The Pottsville \\1 ater Company the legal right to serve the public within these townships with a public water supply under the conditions laid down by the Public Service Commission.

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BO.--\RD OF �L\X.--\GERS FRO:\l 183+ TO 1934

Samuel Sillyman . . . . ............... April \ \'illialll .\ l ortiml'r .................. April James .\I. Beatt� .................... :-\.pril

Jacoh Sl'itzingcr ..................... April John C. Ernst ...... ............... April Brnjamin Barman .................. :-\pril John J. Shnl'makn .................. April Cakh Parker ........................ April And rt·\\· R11ssl'I ..................... :-\pril Charles\\'. Clcmrns ................. .\Ln lknja111in F. l'oml'r<l) ................ \lay Hcnr) Shclh- ........................ .\lay Benja111in T. Tador ................ .\Ia\' Elias Derr ... · ...................... .\Ia� Ed\\"ard ( hHn l'arn ... ............ .\Ia�-Francis J. Parrin ........ ......... .\lay F. \ \'. Hugh l's . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ .\ Ll\ J. H. Adarn ......................... .\Ll\ Samuel Lt·\\·is ...................... :-\pril Francis \\'. H11ghcs ................. :-\pril Jaroh H1111tzi11gl'r, Jr. . ............... ·\pril J acoh Kohler ........................ ·\pril Charil's Lord . . . ................... :-\pril Benjamin Pott ....................... :-\pril Samuel Sillrn1an .................... :-\pril Jedd iah Irish ....................... A pril Ed\\"ard Yardic\ .................... :-\pril Fra11k Pott .......................... .Ja11. John Sl'it1.i11gn . . . . ................ .Jan. Jeremiah Reed ....................... .Jan. '.\J a than E\·ans ...................... J a11. Christo phn Lm·sn .................. .Jan. Rohert .\I. Palllln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. Isaac St·\'l-r n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fan. Da1·id Bl'nTidge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. D. (;,Yuengling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. Frank Pott . . . . . .................... Jan. Da\'id J. Richards ................... .Jan. Thorn as F. Bl'att1· ................... Jan. John Si!l yn1a11 . : ..................... June c;corgc (,;uwr ...................... Jan. \.Villiam B. Wells ................... Jan. \.Vil l iam l\ I ortimcr, lr. . .............. Jan. Daniel D. '.\Ioreton .................. Jan.

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77 185..J.22, 185+31. ] 85..J.31, 1856 31. 186531, 185631, J 85..J.31, 185631, 18S531. 185-f31, 186731. 1\?5631, 185831, 186731. 185631. 185831. 185831, 185831, 186831, 185831, 186..J.25, ] 86629, 185831, 186731, 186725, 186131, 186727, 1881

Henry K. Nichols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. 1866 to Dec . 31, 1867 Daniel K. Slobig ..................... Jan. 1, 1867 to Jan. 9, 1882 Charles \V. Pitman .................. Jan. 13, 1868 to June 10, 1871 George \V. Snyder . .................. Jan. 13, 1868 to Jan. 12, 1874 Charles Baber ....................... Jan. 13, 1868 to April 27, 1885 George Hadesty ..................... Jan. 13, 1868 to Jan. 10, 1876 D. G. Yuengling . ................... Jan. 13, 1868 to Jan. 10, 1876 George deB. Keim ................... Jan. 13, 1868 to Jan. 11, 1875 Charles L. Boone .................... Jan. 13, 1868 to Tan. 1, 1872 Lawrence F. \Vhitney ................ A.ug. 28, 1871 to Sept. 30, 1878 Charles F. Kopitch ................... Jan. 8, 1872 to Jan. 11, 1875 Riollay I. Lee ....................... Jan. 12, 187..J. to Dec. 31, 1890 Jesse Drumheller ..................... Jan. 11, 1875 to .'\lay 28, 1894 Thomas A. Reilly . ................... Jan. 11, 1875 to Dec. 31, 1891 Levi Huber ......................... Jan. 10, 1876 to Jan. 1, 1884 Dr. D. \V. Bland . ................... Jan. 10, 1876 to .1\larch 31, 1899 .'\lichael Bright ...................... Jan. 13, 1879 to Aug. 31, 1891 \Valter S. Shaefer .................... Jan. 9, 1882 to Jan. 1, 1884 Robert Allison ....................... Jan. 9, 1882 to Dec. 31, 1884 Andrew Robertson ................... Jan. 14, 1884 to Sept. 21, 1913 f ohn Phillips ........................ Jan. 14, 1884 to .'\larch 28, 1887 Charles W. Barker ................... Jan. 12, 1885 to Dec. 31, 1896 F. G. Yuengling ..................... April 27, 1885 to Tan. ? 1899 -, Daniel D. .'\loreton .................. .'\larch 28, 1887 to Aug. 13, 1901 Henry C. Russel ..................... Jan. 12, 1891 to Dec. 29, 1902 \Villiarn D. Baber .................... Sept. 28, 1891 Charles F. Yuengling ................. Jan. 11, 1892 to Dec. 31, 1892 John C. Lee ........................ Jan. 9, 1893 to Oct. 9, 1895 James R. Henderson .................. June 7-... ), 1894 to Dec. 12, 1905 Robert Allison ....................... ()ct. 28, 1895 to Feb. 3, 1916 Henry B. Davis ..................... Jan. 11, 1897 to Aug. 29, 1921 Jacob S. Ulmer ...................... Jan. 9, 1899 to Feb. 22, 1928 Frank G. Clemens ................... April 29, 1899

R. C. Luther ........................ Sept. 30, 1901 to Nov. r __ ), 1901 G. \Vesley .'\lortimer ................. '.\J"ov. r _), 1901 to Nov . 21, 1911 James A. .'\ledlar .................... Dec. 29, 1902 to Oct . 1, 1918 \Villiam A. Hewes ................... I)ec. 18, 1905 to Nov. 22, 1909 \Villiam H . .'\lcQuail ................. Jan. 10, 1910 to June 5, 1913 Edwin C. Luther .................... Dec. 26, 1911

Hugh Dolan ........................ ()ct. 27, 1913

George \V. Robertson ................. ()ct. 27, 1913 to Jan. 12, 1931 Louis F. Ulmer ...................... I)ec. 26, 1916

\Villiarn H. .'\frQuail, Jr. ............. Dec. 30, 1918

Theodore R. Daddow ................. No\·. 28, 1921

Julian F. Ulmer ..................... Dec. 28, 1928

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OFFICERS FRO:\! 183+ TO 1934

President

And rm· R usscl ...................... April 12. 1836 Samuel Lewis ....................... April 22, 1854 Jacob Huntzinger. Jr. ................. Jan. I. 1855Edward Yardley ..................... Jan. l. ]861Charles Baber ....................... ·Jan. 13, 1868 Dr. D. W. Bland .................... :4.pril 27. l 885Andrew Robertson ................... .\larch 31, 1899 Robert Allison ....................... Oct. 27, 1913 James A . .\Iedlar ..................... .\larch 27, 1916 William D. Baber .................... Dec. 30, 1918

Vi1·e-Pres id e 11 t

Edwin C. Luther .................... Jan. 29, 1923

SC( l'l' tr1 ry

Andrew Russel ...................... .\Ia\' Edward Yardley ..................... Apr.ii2\lilton Boone ....................... .\la\' Daniel Krebs ........................ Jan: \Villiam J . .\lcQuade ................. Oct. �vl ilton Boone ....................... Jan. William D. Pollard .................. Jan. \Vrn. H. '.\lcQuail. Jr. ................ Jan.

1, 1840 22, 1854 1 ], 1854 1, 1855 l. 18551, 1861

30, 1882 29, 1923

,1.1sisto11t Secretary

Julian F. Ulmer ..................... Oct. 30, 1933

Treas11 rer

\Villiam Hagerty ..................... April Alexander Gral{am ................... '.\Iav Thomas D. Beattv .................... .\la� James .\1. Beatt; .................... Tan: Thomas M. Rus�el ................... �lay Charles \V. Pitman ................... April Milton Boone ....................... Jan. Cornelius H. Tvson .................. Jan. C ornelius B. Tyson ................... Jan.

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General l'vlana!)et·

\Villiam D. Pollard . ................. ,t\pril 1, 1893 to Aug. 26, 1923 :\'orman ]. Beisel .................... Aug. 26, 1923

Su per in tend e 11 t

Robert Smith ........................ April 22. 1836 to :1\lay 1, 1846 Israel Loeser ........................ .'\lay 1, 1846 to :1\lay 1, 1849 :-.; a than X ewman ..................... .\.I ay 1, 1849 to .:\lay 18, 1854 Charles Lord ........................ .'\lay 18. 1854 tr> Dec. 31, 1854 Daniel Krebs ........................ Jan. 1, 1855 to ( kt. 1 .

' 1855

\Villiam J . .'\:lcQuade ................. Oct. 1, 1855 to Dec. 31, 1861 Jeremiah Reed ....................... Jan. 1, 1862 to .'\:lay 30, 1881 Daniel D . .'\loreton ................... June 27, 1881 to .\lay 4, 1885 \Villiam Kalbach ..................... .'\lay r _), 1885 to .'\I arch 77

--, 1893

E. H. \Vard ........................ Jan. 1, 1894 to :1\Iay 1, 1913

X elson J. Clayton .................... April. 1, 1912

Collector

J arnes .:\I. Beatty ..................... April 77 --,

1836 to :\lay 1, 1844

Elias Derr .......................... .'\lay 1, 1844 to _'.\lay 1, 1848 :\' a than :\' ewman ..................... .\lay 1, 1848 to .'\lay 1, 1849

Benjamin T. Taylor .................. :1\lay 1, 1849 to .'\lay 18, 1854

Charles Lord ........................ .\lay 18, 1854 to Dec. 31, 1854

Daniel Krebs ........................ Jan. 1, 1855 to Oct. 1, 1855

\Villiam J . .'\:1cQuade ................. Oct. 1, 1855 to Aug. 27, 1860

David Beveridge ..................... Sept. 24, 1860 to April 27, 1868

Jchn Bindley ........................ April 27, 1868 to :1\lay 31, 1875

Daniel D. :1\loreton ................... :1\lay 31, 1875 to .'\lay 1, 1876

\Villiam D. Pollard .................. .\lay 1, 1876 to Aug. 26, 1923

Annie .\I. Pollard .................... Aug. 26, 1923 to Dec. 31, 1927

\Valter B. Schnerring ................. Jan. 1, 1928

Collector�Saint Clair

David J. Richards .................... .'\lay 1, 1860 to June 25, 1866

Daniel K. Slobig ..................... ( )ct. 1, 1866 to Jan. 30, 1893

David .'\lidgley ...................... Jan. 30, 1893 to Oct. 13. 1913

R. Blaine Evans ...•............. • •.. :'\ O\'. 3, 1913 to Dec. 31, 1927

Discontinued

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.ltturneys

Fd \\·ard ( h\"l'n Parry ................................... 1836

John Bannan ......................................... 185-+ \\'illia111 B. \\.di, ..................................... 1861 John Bannan ......................................... 1862 Fr;inri, \\·. H11ghcs .................................... 1865

\\"illiarn L. \\'hitnry ................................... 1868 Franri, \\'. ll11ghcs .................................... 1871 Ed11·ard ( )11T11 Parry ................................... 1879 C. \\'. \\'clls ......................................... 1883 D. C. Hrn11i 11g: ....................................... 188-+ Samurl 1-.:anchn ...................................... 1888 John \\'. Ryon ........................................ 1889 ( ;corgr .\I. Roads ..................................... 1893 D. L'. H rnning ........................................ 189'i John\\·. Ryon ........................................ 1898 B rnjamin \ \'. l'1111m1ing: . .Jr. ............................. 1906<;rnrg(' .\I. Roads ..................................... 1916 Dan id \ \'. Kaerch er ................................... 1932

E11_r1inecrs

Samuel B. Fishcr ...................................... 1836 Samuel I ,('\\'is ......................................... 1836 J>. \V. Shacffcr ........................................ 1861 Jesse L. Hall'ky ...................................... 1867

\Villiam I>. Pollard .................................... 1883

Frank(;. Clemens ..................................... 1901

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1923 ;'\ onnan J. Bciscl

Respectfully submitted, \Vu.LIA�r D. RARER,

President.

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