Citizens Want Light in Tunnel

Herald of July 18, 1895

Roaring Spring citizens were circulating a petition to have the Pennsylvania Railroad hang an electric light in the arch below town. The tunnel was described as “a dark, dreary and dangerous place for night driving.”

Daniel Ripley of East St. Clair Township received $65 damage for sheep killed by dogs.

Saxton held a pie-eating contest and a baby show as part of its Fourth of July celebration.

Professor J.K. Ritchey of Loysburg was a candidate for Bedford County superintendent of schools.

A shop at New Enterprise occupied by David Snowberger and Samuel Burger was damaged by an early morning fire, but the lack of wind prevented the fire from spreading to nearby dwellings, and quick action by every man and boy kept the loss to $1,100.

Bedford Brough voters were to decide in a referendum on July 13 whether to raise the town’s indebtedness by $25,000 to get a better water supply. The borrowing would increase the borough’s tax rate by three mills.