ANNALS OF PHILADELPHIA. 98 92 Williamstown 60 30 83 06 Wind Gap 67 18 Windham 18 39 19 07 5 49 13 04 120 48 West Hanover 40 Womelsdorf 28 54 Wrightsville West Middletown 89 51 Wyalusing 50 35 Nantmeal 18 79 Wysox 19 72 Yellow Springs, H.c Marsh 36 03 York Haven Whitestown 17 47 28 45 19 22 775 24 69 92 Springs69 25 Wilkesbarre White Deer 2 74 York Sulphur 458 07 Youngstown Williamsburgh,H.c 73 32 Youngsville ,N.c 38 38) Williamsport 239 78 Total 48 61 127,821 51 ANNALS OF PHILADELPHIA. 25 July 1709. The petition of Edward Shippen, Senr. praying that this Common Councill would please to remitt unto him Seven pounds Tenn Shillings, or some part thereof, being a fine laid upon him last City Sessns for an Asst. and Battery committed on the Body of Thomas Clarke, Esq. was Read. And upon consideration of the sd Petition, This Councill doth remitt unto him three pounds fifteen shillings of the aforesaid Seven pounds ten Shillings, provided that he Pay the remaining three pounds fifteen shillings within Ten days, otherwise the whole fine to be Levied. The Building of the New Market House being thought by this Council to be of great service to the Town and Beneficial to the Corporation, 'twas put to the Vote how Money should be raised for the doing thereof, And Voted that every Alderman shall contribute & pay double to what the Common Councillmen should do. 22 May 1710. Richard Hill, Mayor. The Members of this Board having now unanimously agreed that a new Market House shall be built, with all expedition, for the better accomodation of the Inhabitants, to be lett out to the Butchers by this Corporation at a certain annual rent for each stall, to be paid quarterly. For the doing whereof, the said Members have subscribed the several sums adjoining to their names, which said sums are to be repaid them out of the sd rents, share and share alike, until they be repaid with interest. It is therefore ordered, That Alderman Masters & Joshua Carpenter, do set out the ground, contrive the Building & pay the Workmen, & that the several subscribers pay the respective sums by them subscribed, unto the Mayor, One half in Money & the other half in goods within ten days. And that the Mayor do pay the overseers of the Work as occasion may require. And if any other inhabitants of this City, not Members of this Board, will subscribe to the doing the same, such person or persons shall be repaid in manner aforesaid. Thomas Griffiths, Thomas Reman, and Sam'l Powell, are appointed regulators of the Partition walls within this city. Ordered that an ordinance be drawn, grounded upon 14 Aug't. 1713, Jonathan Dickinson, Mayor. 30 Sept. 1713.-William Hill, the Beadle of this city, 25 Oct. 1714.-Geo. Rock, Mayor. Ordered that the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen & Comon Councill wait upon the Governour on Wednesday next, at the houre of Twelve in the forenoon, in order to proclaim the King, & afterwards present the Mayor Elect to the Governour to be Qualified. 8 Novr. 1714. Ordered that an Ordinance be drawn to oblige the sellers of Meal and grain in the Market, to Expose their Meal under the Court House, by opening their Sacks It is ordered that the sum of Fifteen pounds & ten mouths, That the Inhabitants may see what they buy. shillings, Expended in the Entertainment upon the Proclaiming the King, beyond the sum of Fifteen pounds, the Mayor voluntarily expended out of his own Pocket, be repaid the Mayor out of the stall rents. 14 Septr. 1716. The price of Indenture for Apprentices within this City being now under Consideration. It is agreed & order'd that three Shilling be paid to the Town Clerk for ye Indenture, & one Shilling & six pence to the Recordr fr the Inrolment. 1 Oct. 1717-Richard Hill, Mayor. 24 Novr. 1718-Jon'n Dickinson, Mayor. Whereas several of the inhabitants of this City have Voluntarily Gone into the paving from ye Kennell to the Middle of the Street, before their respective tenements with Pibble Stones and many others are Levelling to follow their example. But for as much as what is already Done is very much Damnefied by the excessive weight of Carriages & will be every day more and more, unless some measures are speedily taken to prevent the same, Therefore, Ald'n Fishbourne, Thos. Griffiths, &c. are ordered to bring in an Ordinance for the preventing of the Carters or others, their carrying such Excessive Loads. It being too apparent that ye neglect of ye members of this board not giving their attendance at the time of summons, Very much retards ye Publick Business, It is ye unanimous opinion of this Council, that henceforward 11 May, 1711. W. Carter, Mayor. Order'd, that a Shop be built under the Court House the Sum of three shillings be strictly required of such Stairs, to be lett out to the best advantage. 13 Novr. 1711. Saml. Preston, Mayor. The Mayor acquaints the Board that he has frequently had in his consideration, the many providences this City has mett with. In that fires that have so often happened, have done so little damage. And thinks it is our duty to Use all possible Means to prevent & Extinguish tires for the future, by providing of Buckets, Hooks, Engines, &c. which being considered, it is the opinion of the Board, that such Instruments should be provided, and the Manner of Doing it is referred to the next Council. 22 July, 1712.-Sam'l Preston, Mayor. members as do not attend ye time of summons, or within Samuel Powell being required to pay his stall rents,. prays a discount, he being considerable out of pocket in Building of the Bridge over ye Dock in Wallnutt St. It is the opinion of the Board that such discount may be inconvenient! 15 July 1719.—Edward Howell is appointed to Clear the Square at the front of the Court House, for which he is allowed fforty shillings p. ann, to be paid quarterly. 14 Decr. 1719.-Wm. Fishbourne, Mayor. William Pawlet exhibits an acct. of 2s. 6d. for a Bell Rope, 2s. for a Key for a Padlock; 2s 3d for Smith and Carpenters work about ye Bell, & 4s for a Double Bell Rope, which is allowed, & the Treasurer ordered to pay him. The Mayor & Alderman Hill, in Conjunction with the Regulators, are requested to Imploy Jacob Taylor to run out the Seven Streets of this City, & that they cause the same to be staked out, to prevent any incroachment that may happen in Building, for ye want thereof. 11 May 1720.-Wm. Fishbourne, Mayor.-The draught of the intended bridge to be built over the Dock in the Second street, being laid before ye Board by Alderman Redman, And whether a Bridge of the width of Second street, or one of seventy-five foot in the clear, would be most convenient. A majority of the Board Inclined to the latter, whereupon the Mayor, Alderman Hill, &c. are requested to agree with the workmen for the doing thereof, and report the same the next Council; 14 June 1720.-The persons appointed the last Council to agree with the workmen about the Bridge to be built over the Dock in Second street, now report: That they have agreed with Edward Collins, Mason, for the sum of One hundred and twenty-five pounds, to be paid at ffour payments, the same to be finish't by the 15th day of November next, wch agreement is approved of by the Board. A petition of several of the Inhabitants near the Bridge over the Dock, with the Governor's Recommendacon thereof, being now read & considered, It is resolved that if the Petitioners will add to the said Bridge to make it the breadth of the 2nd Street, as they desire, And finish the same, workman like, with all possible Expedicon, This Board will allow Thirty-five pounds more towards the charge thereof. 29 Aug. 1720.-The Mayor is requested to Get the Breach at Sassafras Street, by John Furness's, As Also the end of the Second Street & Vine Street, Mended with all Expedicon, the charge thereof to be allowed him out of the Publick Money. 8 Novr. 1720. The Governor having requested the Mayor to propose to this Board the grant of the Piece of ground on the South West side of the Dock, over agt. the house he now lives in, for such Term as the Corporation shall think fit, & propose to Drain & Ditch the same, This Board having taken the same inlo Consideracon, Do agree, the Govr. may Enjoy the said piece of Ground for the space of Seven Years, if so long he resides in said house, He dreaning & Ditching the same as he pro poses. 28 Novr. 1720. The Mayor, Recorder, Alderman Logan, Alderman Carter, are Desired to Treat with James Henderson, who New petitions to be a Publick Chimney Sweeper of this City, in Relacon to his Terms and his Capacity of performing itt. 19 Decr. 1720. Wm. Fishbourne, Mayor. The Pulling down or standing of the Arch being now fully debated, & parties who suppose themselves aggrieved, being again heard, & the charges of repairing and continually keeping it so, being fully considered; it is the opinion of this Board, that the pulling down thereof will not only be a great conveniency to the publick, but to divers of the Petitioners ag't the same. 16 April 1722.-The persons appointed the last Council, to Inquire into the nature of the Ground Leading to the end of High street to the River Schuylkill, where a fferry is Intended to be Erected, now report that the same has been viewed, & now produce a Draught of the sd ground, & the course of the River Schuylkill, the sd Draught being now Examined, It is the opinion of this Board that a ferry be Erected at the End of High Street over the River Schuylkill. Feby 4, 1722-Jas. Logan, Mayor. Schulkill fferry being now again under consideration of the Board, It is the Unanimous opinion that application be immediately made to Assembly for an Act to Vest ye said Ferry in ye Corporation, & to have sole Management & Direction thereof. It is Ordered that the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen Hill, &c. prepare & present a petition for that purpose without delay. 1 April, 1723-J. Logan, Mayor. It is Ordered that the Old Prison be sold to ye highest Bidder, and that the Money from the same arising be applied to ye making Good ye Arch Street & wharfe as far as ye same will goe. The end of Mulberry Street, (to witt) from the east side of ye front street to ye River, since the Arch was removed, being very ruinous by reason of the late great Rains, for want of a free passage for ye Water, And the laying of a Tax for that and many other things in this City being thought impracticable at this time, The Mayor, to prevent further Damage to ye above Street, frankly presented the Corporation with Twenty pounds to be laid out there, for which he had the Hearty thanks of the Board. And the Mayor is requested by ye sd Board to Direct Workmen in Paving ye Channell & Erecting Posts on each side of the same for the regular and free passage of the water. Aug. 19, 1723. J. Logan Mayor. Ordered that Mary Whitaker be paid two shillings pr week for sweeping the Court House & Stalls twice a week for ye time past, & such further time to come as she shall continue the same. The Mayor desires ye company of the Board to a Public Dinner with him now provided at the Plume of Feathers. Sept. 30, 1723. Alderman Fishbourne, Geo. Fizwater & John Warder, are requested to Imploy persons Immediately for the Opening of the High street to the New Ferry. 25 March, 1725. Isaac Norris, Mayor. SOUNDINGS OF THE DELAWARE. The following memoranda may be relied on for its authenticity. As upwards of sixty years have elapsed since the facts which it exhibits were ascertained, it would be interesting to know whether any change has occurred in the soundings of the Delaware, at the same place. Should a bridge of ice be formed during the present winter, so that the experiment could be made with safety, perhaps some persons who are curious on a subject of this nature, may be induced to furnish the public with information respecting it. X. 1828.1 ANNALS OF PHILADELPHIA. 127 Mr. Poulson.-A publication in your paper some her face toward the people, that every body might know time ago, of the soundings of the river Delaware, oppo-her; after which she received a whipping.—Ibid. site to Pine street, taken by Samuel Powell and others, on the 18th of January, 1752-induced me to go over the same ground this day, with a view to ascertain what variation had happened in the space of 65 years. It would be well to republish the communication I allude to, that your readers may be enabled to see the changes which have taken place. It is to be regretted, that Mr. Powel had not sounded the channel on the east side of the island, as it is probable it may have deepened by the extension of the wharves of the city. From 890 to 1750 feet distance from the wharf there are no soundings noted, the ice contiguous to the island being too thickly piled for penetration, and this was also the case near the Jersey shore. The tide was about three quarters flood, corresponding with the depth of water when Mr. Powel took his soundings, which was one-fourth ebb. At 90 feet from the wharf 32 feet 10 inches water. Mulberry... North... 790 890 Middle.. 983 113 11 392 35 358 13 13 10 15 388 388 26 6 884 834 2293 949 5 326 307 814 2 132 135 352 1250 near the centre of the island. Sunday night last about 10 o'clock, the ice in the river Schuylkill, though exceeding thick and strong, broke up with the fresh (occasioned by the rains and the melting of the snow) and came down in heaps, with huge violence and uproar. Such great quantities of ice being apt to dam the river in some places, it raised the water exceedingly, and drove with greater violence when those dams were broken-it carried away the flats of some of the ferries, and did other considerable damage. The water was near six feet high on the ground floor of Joseph Gray's house at the middle ferry, which is three feet higher than it was in the fresh of Feb. 1732-3, and that was said to be much higher than had ever been known in the memory of man.-P. Gaz. Feb.23, 1736-7. Pick Pocket Punished. Penn. Even. Post, 1778. VESSELS ENTERED AND CLEARED 1735. Account of the number of vessels entered and cleared (and from what ports) at the Custom House in this city, from March 25, 1735, to March 25, 1736. Among those which entered were 51 ships, 13 snows and 44 brigs; and among those which cleared, 52 ships, 21 snows and 53 brigs; the rest were smaller vessels. Saturday last a woman who had been picking of pock- Liverpool ets in the market a week before, was exposed during the London market day, upon the balcony of the court house, with | Madeira THE JUNIATA CANAL. The work on this canal progresses rapidly, many sec tions are more than half completed. The sections in the narrows appear to get on slower than the rest; this is occasioned in a great measure, by the high water, The which has prevented the work from going on. Juniata has not been frozen over this season, and ever since the middle of December, has been in what is term. ed by boatmen, good arking order. We saw five arks pass down on Tuesday last-this is the first winter, in the recollection of our oldest citizens that the river has remained clear of ice.-Mifflin Eagle. Bellefonte, Centre county, (Pa.) Feb. 11. Peach Trees were in full blossom, in this town, some days since. We believe this is the first instance of a similar incident, at this season of the year, in this part of the country. The weather has been, since the com Thursday last William Allen, esq. Mayor of this city for the year past, made a FEAST for his citizens, at the State House, to which all the strangers in town of note, were also invited. Those who are judges of such things say, that considering the delicacy of the viands, the va-mencement of the winter months unusually wet; but riety and excellency of the wines, the great number of guests, and yet the easiness and order with which the whole was conducted, it was the most grand and the most elegant entertainment that has been made in these parts of America.-Ibid. WOOL AND SHEEP IN WASHINGTON CO. Extracts from a letter signed by eleven citizens of Washington county, and addressed to the Harrisburg Con vention in June last: "This county contains at present about one hundred and sixty thousand sheep, of which number one half are full and mixed blood Merinos-the other half coarse wooled or native sheep producing between four and five hundred thousand pounds of wool: about one half of this quantity is consumed within ourselves, (principally the coarse wool) the balance is sold to neighbouring manufacturers, or sent cast of the mountains. Our cleared land is estimated at 250,000 acres, capable of maintaining on an average, two sheep to the acre, without rendering our population dependent on others for those agricultural products which we consume, and now produce within ourselves. According to this estimate, we can keep 500,000 Sheep, yielding one million five hundred thousand pounds of washed wool, which will leave after deducting the quantity necessarily consumed by a population of 50,000, a surplus for sale, of more than a million of pounds. We know from experience, that Sheep (provided there be sufficient inducement) may be increased at a ratio of 20 per cent. yearly-which in six years would give this county the number we have before estimated she is capable of maintaining. No country in the world is better adapted to growing wool than the western parts of Pennsylvania, and the adjoining parts of Ohio and Virginia, and the wool from such flocks as have been judiciously managed, has been found to improve in quality and increase in quantity: indeed much of it will bear comparison with the best Saxon wool we have seen. are no the temperature of the atmosphere uncommonly mild. South winds have most generally prevailed. It has scarcely, as yet, snowed enough to rob the earth, for one day, of its sad and sombre appearance. Sleighs longer in demand. We used to have merry-making times in winter; but those days are gone by. The sound of the musical bells, the neighing of the harnessed horses, the crack of the whip, are no more to be heard. A north-wester, of several days continuance, brought down snow upon us, in the month of June last, past, and so it may happen the June to come. Printed every Saturday morning by WILLIAM F. GEDDES, No. 59 Locust street, Philadelphia; where, and at The fleeces shorn in this county have not on the aver- the EDITOR's residence, No. 51 Filbert street, Subscripage produced more this year than 75 cents a piece.- tions will be thankfully received. Price five dollars per The actual cost of maintaining sheep does not fall much annum-payable in SIX MONTHS after the commencement short (if any) of one dollar per head per annum, for of publication-and annually thereafter, by Subscribers mere food; and the labour necessarily bestowed on its resident in or near the city or where there is an agent proper distribution without any reference to the interest | Other Subscribers pay in advanco. |