BECOMING
A BOROUGH:
By
the turn of the twentieth century, Dravosburg was connected to the rest of
the country by river, railroad, and streetcar. The mines and coke ovens
were thriving, and boat building and repair flourished along the river.
Even though the area had been known as Dravosburg since the late
nineteenth century, it was still officially part of Mifflin Township.
On
March 31, 1903, Dravosburg was officially incorporated as a borough.
Election was held on May 6th, and the following people were elected our
first leaders:
| Stephen
S. Crump |
BURGESS |
| W.C.
McCune |
PRESIDENT
OF COUNCIL |
| COUNCILMEN |
J.D.
Myers
E.E.
Chester
Charles Corey
C.N. Stoops
John Ord
* Harvey Berger |
SCHOOLBOARD |
Dr.
A.H. Aber
Dr. F.F. Sumney
Charles Downey
John Kerr
G.L. Applegate
* Mr. Berger died two days after the first meeting |
The
first council meeting was held at the Risher Real Estate Office on May
11th, 1903. After organizing, the first order of business was to hire a
policeman, buy a revolver, a mace, and two pairs of handcuffs. It was
further ordered that a police station and jail be built on a site just
across the railroad tracks from the depot, and that building was completed
on June 7th, 1904.
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