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such as evergreens, small fruits, grapes, etc.
In 1859 a severe frost, on the 5th of June, destroyed nearly everything not pro- tected by the greenhouses, and just a year later, after other greenhouses had been added, a heavy storm, accompanied by a terrible fall of hail-stones, some of them as large as hen's eggs, broke all the glass in the greenhouses and hot-beds, and caused great damage to all kinds of crops, so that the season proved very unprofitable. Other seasons were, however, favorable and the business began to be profitable. In 1863 another large greenhouse was erected in place of the first one, and in 1864 Mr. Butz increased his facilities by the pur- chase of seventeen additional acres of land. In 1866 about 5,000 square feet of glass were added in the way of hot-beds and cold-frames for forcing early vegetables. By 1867 Mr. Butz's market had extended to the neighboring towns of Sharon, Mer- cer, Greenville, Beaver Falls, Youngstown and others, and has since been maintained- with a steadily increasing business.
Additions or improvements continued to be made from year to year, particu- larly in 1870 and in 1872, with a constant- ly increasing business, plants, shrubs and trees being shipped to various points of Pennsylvania and adjoining states. In 1873 a large hot-house was erected and 35,000 stock plants were added to the nursery.
In 1874 Mr. Butz built two more green- houses-one large one for the cultivation of tropical plants, such as ferns palms, bananas, pineapples, etc., and the other a propagating house for plants in general. Both these last are heated with improved hot water apparatus. During this season large shipments were made to the South and West as far as New Orleans, and even to California. Mr. Butz was also engaged during the season in laying out many fine private grounds, and furnishing them with trees and shrubs.
By 1877 Mr. Butz was growing annually
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RESIDENCE OF MRS. GEO. B. GIBSON, SHENANGO TOWNSHIP.
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT, NEW CASTLE.
PARK AVE. ENGINE HOUSE, NEW CASTLE.
RESIDENCE OF GEORGE GREER, NEW CASTLE.
RAY ST. ENGINE HOUSE, NEW CASTLE.
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about 60,000 plants, such as roses, green- house, hot-house and bedding plants, be- sides large quantities of evergreens, shade trees, ornamental shrubs, grape-vines, etc. His shipments were made to various parts of the United States and to Canada.
The magnificent business thus originated and carried to a successful issue by Paul Butz has since been continued with equal or greater prosperity, since his death, by his two sons, William T. and Frank P., who were for years associated with him. Their vast nurseries and greenhouses, located at No. 129 Croton Avenue, cover several acres and they now have a score of glass- covered conservatories. They have a hand- some store at No. 11 North Mercer Street, and as floral artists their fame extends all over the country. At the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, in 1901, they were awarded a gold medal for the superior excellence of their exhibit. The business is now the most extensive of its kind in Western Pennsylvania.
NEW CASTLE NURSERY.
This formerly flourishing establishment was originated and put in operation by D. F. Balph and James F. McConnell, in 1868. In 1869 a greenhouse was erected, for forcing vegetables, other greenhouses being subsequently erected. In the spring of 1870 J. R. Balph purchased McConnell's interest, and the two brothers began the cultivation of flowers, fruit and ornamental trees, shrubbery, etc. In 1870 they pur- chased twelve acres of land, and in 1873 D. F. Balph purchased four and a quarter additional acres of John Long. Other ex- tensive improvements were also made, and the firm did a large and prosperous busi- ness for a number of years. They subse- quently met with financial reverses, and were obliged to give up the business. The site of their former large establishment is now covered with dwellings.
CEMETERIES.
There are few cities that have any ad- vantage over New Castle with respect to
the beauty of its cemeteries. The earliest public burying-place here was probably the old ground adjoining Greenwood Ceme- tery on the southeast, and at present en- closed within its lines. It was probably laid out or opened for burial purposes very soon after the county was first set- tled-about the year 1800, or soon after. The original ground, consisting of about a half acre, was purchased by Cornelius Hendrickson at a very low price. Jesse Du Shane, Jared and Robert Irwin, Frank Ward, and perhaps others, bought out Hen- drickson afterwards, and opened the ground to the public.
About 1836 about a half acre was pur- chased of James D. White and added to the original lot. It is said to have been re-surveyed and a new fence built some time between 1840 and 1845. The Meth- odist denomination had a small burying- ground on Jefferson Street, which was used as early as 1816, but the title was not made out until 1820. The "Seceders" also had a burying-place at an early date, and also a small church, at the north side of North Street, and facing Beaver Street, which then extended no farther north than the limits of the original town plot, as laid out by Stewart. When the "Seceders" abandoned their church and burial-ground. at the head of Beaver Street. they built the stone church on Pittsburg Street, and laid out a small triangular burial-ground adjoining. The old "Seceders" and Meth- odist burial-grounds, in the original town, have not been used as places of sepulture for years. A few of the remains in the Methodist ground were taken up and re- interred in the new Greenwood Cemetery.
GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
A large share of the land upon which Greenwood Cemetery is located was origi- nally owned by Ezekiel Sankey. As nar- rated by a former historian, "He and Samuel MeCleary owned lands adjoining and a difficulty arose regarding the boun- dary line, Mr. Sankey claiming that it was
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a diagonal line, according to the plat of survey, and Mr. MeCleary claiming it to be an east and west line. The matter was finally compromised between them by run- ning an east and west line, which gave Me- Cleary a part of what Mr. Sankey claimed, and also gave Sankey about ten acres off the south end of MeCleary's lot. This ten acres was the nucleus of the present Green- wood Cemetery.
"In the spring of 1852 Ezekiel Sankey went to Harrisburg, and procured a charter incorporating a cemetery association, with James D. Clarke, William MeClymonds, Jacob S. Quest, Joseph Kissick and E. Sankey as incorporators. The act was passed May 3, 1852. It authorized the purchase of not exceeding twenty-five acres. With this charter Mr. Sankey re- turned home and sold the ten acres, and transferred the charter to James D. Clarke, William Dickson and William Mc- Clymonds. These parties at once proceed- ed to purchase additional land, and make improvements. Mr. McClymonds superin- tended the work of laying out the grounds and planting the trees and shrubbery. The company, however, never organized prop- erly, and consequently could not make le- gal titles to the lots. An addi- tional strip along the south side was sub- sequently purchased of the Crawford brothers, and also a small triangular strip along the ravine, at the southeast of Mr. Fulkerson.
"James D. Clarke died on the 2d of De- cember, 1854, and his brother, Cyrus, be- came administrator for his estate. After his death McClymonds continued the busi- ness until March, 1861. He and Dickson were partners in the banking business. Some time previous to the latter date, Sam- uel D. Clarke, David Sankey, Joseph Dout- hitt and Cyrus Clarke associated them- selves together and purchased the interest of the heirs of James D. Clarke. McCly- monds and Diekson became involved, and their interest was eventually sold under execution, and purchased by David Sankey.
"The association having now obtained possession of the entire property, and be- ing fearful that they could not properly or legally organize and do business under the old charter, sent David Sankey to Har- risburg to procure the passage of a new incorporation act, or a re-enactment of the old one, which he accomplished, the new charter being dated May 1, 1861. Under this authority an association was organ- ized, with David Sankey as president, Jo- seph Douthitt, secretary, and Cyrus Clarke, treasurer. At a subsequent elec- tion Mr. Clarke was made secretary and treasurer. Mr. Sankey continued to fill the office of president until September, 1875, when he sold his interest to Mr. Clarke, and at the same time the entire property was transferred to C. B. Lower and W. T. Dougherty. R. W. San- key, son of David Sankey, was superin- tendent for the greater part of the time up to the transfer of the stock, in 1875."
At the present time the officers of the Greenwood Cemetery Company are: C. C. Dickson, president; C. L. White, secretary ; C. C. Sankey, treasurer, and John Rae, su- perintendent. This cemetery has a very picturesque situation, and contains many fine monuments. An immense ravine cuts through the southwestern portion, deep- ening rapidly as it approaches the river, and affording wild and picturesque scenery all along the southern border of the ceme- tery. The grounds are finely and judici- ously laid out, and ornamented with a great variety of evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs.
One of the most beautiful cemeteries in New Castle is Oak Park, which was es- tablished about fifteen years ago, largely through the efforts of P. J. Watson. The Oak Park Cemetery Association was in- corporated in 1893. This cemetery lies north of New Castle, overlooking the thriv- ing city, and commanding an extensive view of river, valley and hills. The art of the landscape gardener has been called on to enhance its natural beauties, and
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it now presents a pleasing vista of well kept plots and lawns, intersected by wind- ing drives and gravelled walks. The ceme- tery contains many handsome and costly monuments.
Another beautiful cemetery is Graceland, also lying north of the city, and contain- ing about 250 acres. It was established in 1902 and is conducted by an incorporated company, of which the president is now Wells B. Clendenin, the other officers being J. N. Martin, secretary; H. E. MeGoun, treasurer. C. L. Harrah is the efficient su- perintendent.
Valley View Cemetery is another ceme- tery having a favorable location, it being laid out on high grounds in the Seventh Ward, overlooking the valley of the Ma- honing River. It is owned by a private corporation.
PRIVATE BURIAL-GROUNDS.
At different times there have also been several small or private burial grounds, that of the Crawford Brothers adjoining Greenwood Cemetery on the southeast be- ing one of the most picturesque. There were formerly .a few abandoned graves south of the residence of Joseph S. White, on the bank of the ravine, one of which bore the inscription, "In memory of Han- nah Robinson, who departed this life Sep- tember 4, 1830, aged thirty-two years."
CATHOLIC CEMETERIES.
The first burying-ground in the vicinity of New Castle, belonging to the Catholics, exclusively, was opened in the year 1852, on the north side of Washington Street, in West New Castle. It consisted of about one acre of ground, and was used until October, 1873. In 1873 a new cemetery was located on the Crawford Kiefer farm, about a mile and a half from the center of the city, where the church purchased sixty acres of land, devoting a portion to cemetery purposes and cultivating the re- mainder. The remains were taken from the old ground and re-interred in the new.
The laudable and systematic efforts of the Catholics to provide consecrated burial places for their own dead have resulted in the present beautiful cemeteries of St. Mary's and St. Joseph's, which are a credit to those who have been instrumental in developing them into their present degree of beauty and completeness. The former is the earlier of the two cemeteries. It has ten acres in use for burial purposes, with a quantity of reserved land that will be used later. St. Joseph's was estab- lished by Rev. F. J. Eger, the first inter- ment being on June 16, 1896. This ceme- tery contains seven acres, located on the extension of the Wilmington Road known as the Moore farm. It lies on a gradual slope, the rear portion of the land being covered by a grove. The cemetery is en- closed by a hedge row and laid out with gravel walks. There had been 933 inter- ments up to October 5, 1908.
St. Vitus' Cemetery, located beyond Cas- cade Park, in Shenango Township, was es- tablished by Rev. Nicholas DeMita in Jan- uary, 1906. It contains about four acres, and there have been about 300 interments here up to the present time.
FRATERNAL ORDERS.
There are at the present time the fol- lowing secret societies and fraternal or- ganizations located in the city of New Castle:
Mahoning Lodge, No. 243, F. & A. M. Lodge of the Craft, No. 433, F. & A. M. New Castle Lodge, No. 642, F. & A. M.
Delta Chapter, No. 170, R. A. M.
Hiram Council, No. 45, R. & S. M. Lawrence Commandery, No. 62, K. T.
Victoria Lodge, No. 60 (colored), F. & A. M.
Alma Lodge, No. 63 (colored), F. & A. M.
Progress Chapter, No. 27 (colored), R. A. M.
Hiram Commandery, No. 17 (colored), K. T. Nora Court, No. 4 (colored).
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Leasure Court. No. 3440, Independent Order of Foresters.
New Castle Court, No. 206, Foresters of America.
New Castle Tent, No. 230, K. O. T. M. New Castle Hive, No. 89, L. O. T. M.
Shenango Lodge, No. 195, I. O. O. F.
New Castle Lodge, No. 1118. I. O. O. F. Lawrence Encampment, No. 86, U. R. I. O. O. F.
Rachel Lodge, No. 40, D. of R.
New Castle Lodge, No. 3725, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows.
Melrose Lodge HI. of R., No. 2564, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows.
Western Star Lodge, No. 160, Knights of Pythias.
Fidelis Lodge, No. 460, K. P.
Robert Blum Lodge, No. 466, K. P.
New Castle Lodge, No. 404, K. P.
Amazon Lodge, No. 336, K. P.
Uniformed Rank, No. 36, K. P.
Castle Assembly, No. 19, Pythian Sis- ters.
New Castle Lodge, No. 69, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.
Shenango Council, No. 180, Order of In- dependent Americans.
Lawrence Castle, No. 494, Knights of the Golden Eagle.
Neshannock Commandery, No. 12 Knights of the Golden Eagle.
Mary Lincoln Temple, K. of G. E.
New Castle Camp, No. 5269, Modern Woodmen of America.
New Castle Camp, No. 2550, Royal Neighbors of America.
Hancock Council, No. 46, Order of Americus.
Star of Wales Lodge, No. 60. True Ivor- ites of America.
Penna Council, No. 78, Home Guards of America.
Lawrence Lodge, No. 2231. Knights and Ladies of Honor.
New Castle Aerie, No. 455. Fraternal Order of Eagles.
Eucalyptus Camp. No. 6. Woodmen of the World.
Rigel Court, No. 9, Order of Ben Hur.
Lawrence Ruling, No. 718, Fraternal Mystic Cirele.
New Castle Circle, No. 5, Protected Home Circle.
Excelsior Circle, No. 121, Protected Home Circle.
James M. Evans Circle, No. 506, Pro- tected Home Circle.
New Castle Lodge, No. 981, Knights of Honor.
Penn Council, No. 420, Royal Arcanum. Earnest Americans, Royal Arcanum
Lawrence Lodge, No. 18 (colored), Elks.
Germania Lodge, No. 123, Ancient Or- der United Workmen.
Order of Sons of Herman.
New Castle Division, No. 1, Ancient Or- der of Hibernians.
New Castle Conclave, No. 229, Improved Order of Heptasophs.
Willard Council, No. 46, Daughters of America.
Washington Union Council, No. 43, In- dependent Order of Puritans.
Martha Washington Lodge, No. 24, Orangemen.
Abraham Lincoln Lodge, No. 44, Orangemen.
Lily Lodge, No. 76, Orangemen.
Royal Black Preceptory, No. 57, Orange- men.
Young Americans, No. 15, Orangemen.
New Castle Chapter, No. 971, National Protective Legion.
Gibson Delight, Order of True Reform- ers.
Loyola Council, No. 551, Young Men's Institute.
New Castle Circle, No. 21, Knights and Ladies of the Red Cross.
New Castle Branch, No. 59, Catholic Mu- tual Benefit Association.
New Castle Branch, No. 555, Catholic Knights of America.
Branch, No. 70, Knights of St. George New Castle Lodge, No. 2, The Path finder.
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New Castle Council, No. 92. American Fraternal Insurance.
St. Mary's Council, No. 512, Knights of Columbus.
Branch, No. 411, of Polish National Al- liance, Volunteers of Kosciusko.
New Castle Post, No. 100, Grand Army of the Republic.
Mead Circle, No. 28, Ladies of the G. A. R.
Encampment No. 9, Union Veteran Legion.
Auxiliary, No. 40, U. V. L.
O. L. Jackson Camp, No. 249, Sons of Veterans.
New Castle Chapter, Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution.
Col. Daniel Leasure Camp, No. 23, Unit- ed Spanish War Veterans.
ALMIRA HOME.
The Almira Home for Aged Women, at New Castle, Pa., was organized in August, 1893. The need of an institution of this kind had long been felt, but effort to es- tablish a home had never got beyond the discussion stage, owing to the expense in- volved in such an undertaking and to the fact that no source of income seemed avail- able. The first definite step was taken when Mrs. Jennie Gilliland, Mrs. Henrietta E. Butler and Mrs. Samuel Gibson re- quested Capt. M. S. Marquis to give them an abandoned blacksmith shop on Butler Avenue, to be fitted as a home for an aged woman. The request was granted, but the shop was never converted into a home; instead, the small sum of money con- tributed for that purpose became the nu- cleus of the fund which made the present splendid institution possible. At that time the work was entirely in the hands of Mrs. Butler and Mrs. Gibson, who spent the winter of 1892-93 in an almost continuous canvass from house to house and among the business men. Finally they aroused sufficient interest to justify them in issuing a call for a public meeting of citizens, to be held in the Y. M. C. A. chapel. Many
ladies attended, and Mrs. D. S. Morris was chosen chairman and Miss Irene Maitland, secretary of the meeting. The object of the gathering was stated by Mrs. Butler to be to devise ways and means to secure money for the erection, in New Castle, of an old ladies' home. At a meeting in Au- gust, 1893, Mrs. Butler presented a draft of a charter for an association, and an organization was perfected with the fol- lowing officers: Mrs. Henrietta E. But- ler, president; Mrs. E. F. Palmer, vice- president; Miss Margaret Young, secre- tary, and Mrs. Samuel Gibson, treasurer.
The present name of the home was adopted in honor of Mrs. Almira Martin, who had been the first to suggest the in- stitution. The following board of trustees was elected: Mrs. O. N. Swisher, Mrs. T. J. Blackwood, Mrs. Nellie Dean; Miss Irene Maitland, Mrs. Samuel Gibson, Mrs. Frank Felton, Mrs. John Blevins, Mrs. Frank Davidson, and Mrs. H. E. Butler. Mrs. Butler soon after resigned from the presidency and was succeeded by Mrs. D. S. Morris.
The Almira Home is controlled by the Almira Home Association, a corporation chartered by the Court of Lawrence Coun- ty in October, 1894. The management is vested in a board of trustees, composed of nine members elected annually from each of the following counties-Lawrence, Mer- cer, Butler, Beaver and Venango. Mem- berships and supplies are solicited from each of these counties, from which also inmates are received into the home. Per- sons admitted to the home as permanent inmates must be of good character, above sixty years of age, of sound mind, and free from contagious or aggravated, in- curable diseases; and are subject to cer- tain other restrictions, as to length of resi- dence within the district before mentioned. The entrance fee is $300, to be paid at the time of admission into the home.
The executive committee for Lawrence County is at present composed of the fol- lowing members: Mrs. Mary A. David-
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son, president; Mrs. A. D. Mornes, vice- president; Mrs. David Jameson, corre- sponding secretary; Mrs. B. F. Butler, re- cording secretary; Mrs. Charles Hege, treasurer; Mrs. J. B. Love, chairman of house committee; Mrs. J. L. Stratton, chairman of the committee of religious in- struction; Mrs. David Jameson, chairman of committee on inmates; Mrs. Mary A. Davidson, chairman of committee on real- estate, building and investments; Mrs. A. D. Mornes, chairman of the committee on membership, and Mrs. Adda Davidson. The committee superintends the management of the home during the interval between board meetings, arranges all matters that require special and immediate attention and that are not within the jurisdiction of any standing committee.
The present substantial and commodi- ous building was completed in June, 1907, was dedicated on the 26th day of that month, and occupied the following month. It is three stories and a half, with base- ment, and contains forty-nine furnished rooms, is lighted with gas, and equipped with a hot water heating plant and other modern conveniences. More than one-half of the rooms were furnished by fraternal and benevolent societies and individual cit- izens. The lot has a frontage of 100 feet on Pittsburg Street and 300 feet on Almira Street, the total value of the property be- ing estimated at $50,000. The list of em- ployees comprises a matron, janitor, cook, nurse and general helper. At the present time there are twenty-four inmates.
In 1903 the State Legislature of Penn- sylvania appropriated $4,000 for building purposes and $2,000 for maintenance, and the institution now receives aid from the state to the extent of $3,600 per annum, which sum will doubtless be increased from time to time, as the need arises. Besides this money and the admission fees, the home derives an income from membership fees, donations and bequests; the member- ship totals 385, and the income derived therefrom amounts to $420. Miss Mary
Hamilton advanced the money for the first payment on the home, without which gen- erosity the purchase of the property would have been difficult. The present building was made possible mainly by legacies of Mrs. Elizabeth Hardaker Bolton and Miss Sadie Dunlap. If space would permit, much more could be told of the efforts made and assistance given by many noble men and women in the district, which bene- fits by this grand and benevolent institu- tion. They are the people who typify ideal citizenship, and it is such benefactions as this which instills in the American breast a feeling of patriotism and a pride in the country and its people.
SHENANGO VALLEY HOSPITAL.
Conceived in necessity, fostered by a generous and public-spirited people, in whose hearts dwell a tender feeling for the suffering injured and afflicted, this grand institution is one in which New Castle and Lawrence County take a just pride. With the wonderful growth in this vicinity of industrial institutions, in which lurk dangers to life and limb, which can- not be eliminated, it became apparent that some steps should be taken for the proper care of the injured. It was recognized as a problem the people must deal with in con- certed action with the employers and the medical profession; and, looking backward, it is seen that without the co-operation of these forces failure must have resulted. Most active spirits in the movement, origi- nally, were William Patterson, Thomas W. Phillips, A. W. Thompson, and other em- ployers of large industrial forces who gave freely of their time and means to the furtherance of the project, and subsequent- ly to the maintenance of the institution.
As long ago as 1887 efforts were made, through Dr. Silas Stevenson and Henry Edwards, who represented this district in the State Legislature, to get a bill passed appropriating funds for a hospital. They were unsuccessful and upon returning from Harrisburg reported that an appropriation
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could not be secured unless the local peo- ple would contribute. A charter was pro- cured January 19, 1891, and that year the Legislature appropriated $10,000 for a building and $7,500 for furnishings, on con- dition that the citizens of New Castle raised $10,000. A. W. Thompson started out with a subscription paper, and the fol- lowing were among the first and largest contributors, of which there have since been too many to mention: William Patterson, $1,000; Thomas W. Phillips, $1,500; Craw- ford Iron & Steel Company, $1,000; New Castle Wire Nail Company, $1,000; Aetna Iron Works, Ltd., $1,000; R. W. Cunning- ham, $1,000; G. W. Johnson, $500; Raney & Berger Iron Company, $500; J. P. With- erow, $1,000; William G. Dunn, $100; Mrs. A. L. Crawford, $200; Brown, Thompson & Co., $100; Stritmater Brothers, $100; Of- futt & Co., $100; O. L. Jackson, $100; Knox, Foltz & Co., $175; Lawrence Glass Company, $75; C. J. Kirk, $100; M. S. Mar- quis, $250; William Alexander, $100; Brown & Hamilton, $100; I. N. Phillips' heirs, $200; Dillworth Paper Company, $100; D. Jameson, $100; J. N. Fallis, $100, and Rev. J. F. Gallagher, $100. In 1894 the subscription list had reached a total of 438 names, and to date approximately $40,000 has been contributed to this in- stitution by citizens of New Castle.
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