Editing Tremont, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
According to historian Samuel T. Wiley, no major buildings had been erected, by 1844, on the land that would eventually become the borough of Tremont,<ref name="Wiley, p. 175">Wiley, ''Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Schuylkill County Pennsylvania: Comprising a Historical Sketch of the County'', p. 175.</ref> while historians Adolf Schalck and David Henning stated that a concerted settlement effort began here sometime that year, "stimulated by the extensive coal developments in the vicinity."<ref name="Henning, pp. 315-316">Schalck and Henning, ''History of Schuylkill County'', Vol. I, pp. 315-316.</ref>

Within four years, the Tremont Iron Works had been established by Umholtz & Lentz (1847) and a new post office had been established there (1848) with John B. Zeibach serving as its first postmaster. The first National Bank of Tremont subsequently opened its doors in 1865.<ref name="Wiley, p. 175"/>

Incorporated as a borough in [[Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania]] in 1866,<ref name="Wiley, p. 175"/> Tremont was home to a water works system that was built by Isaac P. Bechtel around the same time as the community's legal formation. The initial cost of construction was $20,000.<ref>Trowbridge, W. P. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=IllYAAAAYAAJ&q=Tremont&pg=RA4-PA192 Statistics of Power and Machinery Employed in Manufactures: Reports on the Water-power of the United States]'', Part II, p. 192. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1887.</ref><ref>Baker, Moses Nelson. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=vZUJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA278 The Manual of American Water-works]'', Vol. 2, pp. 278-279. New York, New York: Engineering News, 1889.</ref>

Four years later, Bechtel established the Tremont Water and Gas Company. Construction on Bechtel's water works system was then completed in December 1874.<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/13776456/?fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjEzNzc2NDU2LCJpYXQiOjE2NzUwMzI1MTQsImV4cCI6MTY3NTExODkxNH0.jU38ykCGEcbJpKGqOF9FvfJTvz3ZeE2EFhnmq1-kpDo Brevities]." Lebanon, Pennsylvania: ''Lebanon Daily News'', December 14, 1874, p. 4 (subscription required).</ref>

The community also supported two newspapers: the ''Tremont News'' and the ''West Schuylkill Press'', the latter of which was established and operated by S. C. Kirk until 1884, when he transferred editorial control to John A. Bechtel.<ref name="Henning, pp. 315-316"/>