Chapter three Pittsburg and Work of Andrew Carnegies autobiography starts off with a 13-year-old Carnegie thinking about going to work. He already determined that his family should be able to make 300 dollars a year, which would keep them from depending on others. Uncle Hogan had already seen the businessman in Carnegie at a very young age. He tells Carnegie that he was a likely boy and apt to learn; and believed that if a basket were fitted out for him with knickknacks to sell, he could peddle them
Introduction to Neighborhood Situated on the Monongahela River is the neighborhood of Southside Flats. Within it lays the entertainment hub of Pittsburgh. Numerous bars and nightspots line the main thoroughfare of E Carson St. The early history of the neighborhood saw it as a main point for industry with its proximity to the river and railway stations. At the end of the nineteenth century, the neighborhood would boast a major steelworks factory that employed a sizable portion of the residents
HISTORY Before Europeans traveled the Monongahela to the confluence of the “Three Rivers” of the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio, Pittsburgh was a sparsely populated area even by the Native Americans. At best it was a rendezvous point for trade, claimed by no one due to the difficulty in traversing through large waterways and steep hills. For colonists, the trek over the Appalachian and Allegheny Mountains was enough to make the Pittsburgh region almost unreachable. On November 23, 1753, an officer
Michael F. Doyle is a House Representative in Pennsylvania. Doyle represents the 14 district which includes the city of Pittsburg and most of Allegheny County. Doyle is now serving his fifth term in congress. Doyle’s top priority is to create jobs, preserve social security and Medicare, provide better public education, meet the needs of senior citizens, establish long-term energy strategy, and to promote a better climate for the high-tech community. Doyle was born on august 5, 1953 in Pittsburg PA
historic and fascinating places in Pittsburgh. A lot of People wonder why the Strip district is called the Strip District. Well the geography of it is really just a long strip of land along the river, hence the word “strip.” It’s located along the Allegheny River. With it being right along the river it really made it a key location for Pittsburgh and its industrial growth because of the easy access that ships had to drop off their good. Also the water powered a lot of machines back then. The Strip was
Biking from Franklin on the Allegheny Valley Trail, average travelers would assume that the path on which they were riding was nothing more than an ordinary trail in an ordinary town. Then around the five mile marker they would see the massive Belmar Bridge rising in the distance. Today the bridge serves as a reminder of our region’s rich history, harkening back to the days when oil wells dotted the landscape and railroads crisscrossed the countryside. At about the eight mile marker, a large rock
The Role of Washington County, Ohio in the Success of the Underground Railroad Gone, gone, --sold and gone To the rice-swamps dank and lone, From Virginia's hills and waters, -- Woe is me, my stolen daughters!" (Whittier in Hamilton, pg. 105) Families torn apart, humans sold on auction blocks, using humans for animal labor. These tragedies along with the words of the Quaker poet John Whiittier are just the beginning when trying to explain the motivation for abolitionists helping to
Government Is Important in Citizens’ Daily Lives Imagine a town without government. At first, such a place may seem like a fantastic place to live, there would be no laws, no fines, and no taxes. But look a little closer and you’ll notice mounds of reeking trash heaped along sidewalks and by doors, sewage oozing from pipes and seeping into the soil, and streets and roads in horrible states of disrepair. Buildings would burn to the ground for lack of fire departments, and schools, no longer supported
Personal Essay: I Propose To Change the Status of Craighead County, AR From A Dry To A Wet County I propose to change the current status of Craighead County, Arkansas from a dry county to a wet county. Although there are strong arguments that the benefits of being a dry county are greater than the drawbacks, it is important to reassess those ideas. There are two very important drawbacks to a dry county. One is the loss of businesses and revenues from businesses that sell or serve alcoholic beverages
I. Introduction In South African governance context the local government are the implementing agent of the national and provincial government, the responsibility of local government is to provide community with sustainable services. However in recent years we have seen many service delivery boycotts in South Africa as a failure of providing basic services at local government level. The maladministration of municipality and lack of community development together with participation has resultant the
include two divisions: municipalities and counties. Counties are usually the largest and broadest geographic area and include many local governments however; a county’s power is very miniscule compared to city government. Generally in North Carolina, local governments do not have the power or authority do anything unless it is explicitly granted or enumerated in the state constitution. Although cities have a large range of delegated authority and counties have the least, the state government would
The municipal restructuring in Ontario from 1996 to 1999, whether voluntary or involuntary, was the most comprehensive process of municipal reforms since the Baldwin Act of 1849 (Frisken 30). After the election of Harris’ Conservative government in 1995, municipal reform took on a life of its own as it was followed with substantial activity between 1996 and 1999 (Sancton 135-56). This research paper looks to categorize, describe and evaluate the substantial activity that took place between the province
The Ontario Municipal Board was originally formed in 1906 and served as a regulatory tribunal involved in all of the planning decisions made by a municipality. The board is now an appeal board where developers or resident groups go to question the decisions made by local council. The board bases their decisions off of planning policy and law that the members interpret and apply to each individual case. There have been many negative comments made about the Ontario Municipal Board recently, such as
Finally, the municipal government relies on development costs to generate revenue. The basis for assessing development costs is driving the low density and it plays role in car-centered development. However, this requires investment and more expensive municipal infrastructure. Development costs are an important cost that can affect development locations, time schedules, and other decisions. Development costs may affect land resource consumption and community design, and are increasingly being used
The agreement would provide a basis from which the county and the city could sufficiently maintain the trail through cooperative means without duplication of work. When this issue was discussed by the city manager the mayor confirmed that the matter had been reviewed by the city attorney before asking the
Role and legislative mandate of local municipality in intergovernmental relations and facilitation of specific project What is Intergovernmental Relations Intergovernmental relations is intended to promote and facilitate co-operative decision-making and make sure that policies and activities across all spheres encourage service delivery and meet the needs of citizens in an effective way. Although each sphere has different roles and responsibilities our Constitution recognises that the spheres cannot
James Haworth MPS 526 9/19/2017 Challenges Facing Local Government Local governments historically face numerous and varied challenges, and the City of Chicago is no exception. In fact, by most accounts, The City of Chicago tops the list of local governments plagued by overwhelming and often debilitating problems. If a Chicago resident was asked what he perceived as problems and challenges in his city, no doubt he would mention gangs and murders in many south and west side neighborhoods, political
To whom may concern, I am returning the bill # --- for $81,305.97 for the following reasons: First, our health insurance company already paid several of the services Carle is billing us, which means that Carle is billing us for services that are already covered by our insurance company. As the table below shows, Carle’s billing does not include all the payments from HCC Medical Insurance to Carle Foundation Hospital. This omission signifies you are wrongly charging us $5,375.03 that we totally rejected
Government and Politics: A Case Study of Campbell County, Kentucky Campbell County, Kentucky offers a very interesting case study of politics at work. The many different variables that can possibly affect how counties as a whole vote are present in Campbell County, and the interplay between all these variables is the topic of this paper. In order to accurately predict the outcome of the election, it is important to be familiar with all the different socio-economic factors that influence the
Behind the Scenes of the County Jail Someone, suspected of a crime, is arrested by police. Later on, the suspect goes to court to face their charges. A classic episode of Law & Order. But, where do these suspects go in between the two events. They are held in their local jail of course. While people are familiar with the arrest and courtroom scenes from TV, many are unfamiliar with the jail scene, which becomes home to the suspects who cannot make bail until a court rules a verdict for