The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1865-11-30
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
rDo AND CREssoN RAILROAD.

n
~ y. an this road will run as follows;
% rv EBENsBURG-
EAVh ~ connecting with Day Ex.
At 30 and Puts Erie West.
n. connecting with Altoona Ac-
Al 5-U .om West AMI Mail East.
sTv connecting with Mail Train
West.
IEAvh "a n. or on departure of Pitts.
% ~ 4 Erie Mail West.
p NJ, or N departure of Mail Train
,oip,M NJ, or on departure of Mail
- Train West.
,oBeRT PITCAIRN, Srpt. PITTS. D'V'
or, BoRoUGn AUTHoRITIEs-DEAD,
I,vE?-MYrHa, OR REALITIES =
-. . year, we, the electors OF Ebens-
n,r. assemble 10 our majesty at the polls
a choose a Burgess and Town C9unc"'
serve during the ensuing year. 0"of'-
,Gar without ostentation or pCmp'
sse are inductcd into Office, after which
10 taken for granted that we have
lsperIy qualified municipal government,
.loq and to act in our eame and behalf.
sbs Is taken for granted, we say-we do
nj k1,ou such 20 be the case-for from
\, moment that the toga of Office is pla-
,d around them, we lose sight of the
Burgess and Council, and are only con-
;Uced that such dignitaries have actual
Existence by the vivid remembrance we
bear of the part we took toward electing
hem An occasional boro. FAX collector
tay iudeed wait upon US, urgent and an
soyiLg but we do not look on him as crea-
lure Of the boro. authorities so much as
ke look on him as a sort of hereditary af-
aiction entailed ou us by Providence for
kur individual sins. What becomes of
.he Council after it is elected and duly
T,talled? Once in great while, does
hold a meeting, to enact ordinances,
iies, and rules and regulations Once
great while, does ii convene to take
.D consideration the state, not of the
5untry but of the boro.? Or, immedi-
Lny succeeding the "swearing-in' pro-
Fsa, does it proceed with all possible dis
Lach to Gle a natural death and be buried
lti next election day? 10 word, are
aOfhces of Burgess and Council myths,
td the titles empty honors? Or have
beg actual existence beyond the mere
Ec's of election and Installation?
We are led to PROFOUND these interrog,
|tUries from .he fact that whilst we are
Opularly supposed TO possess all the off
ers allowed US by our municipal charter,
Fe still have no positive evidence that
peh is the case. We can testify that for
number of months past we have had
tangible nor ocular demonstration that
Fe have a Council We do not know
bat that body has held any meetings
passed any laws-repcaled any ordinances
Quad useless or unjust-discussed any
ussure touching the general welfare, for
honlhs. How many Of our citizens know
s Fhat it has done or is doing, o. that it
as done or is doing anything?
In most Of the boros. of which we have
FnoElsdge, it is the custom for the "fath-
"' to publish in the public prints a
unmary of the proceedings of their ev-
y meeting, that the people may know
AaC''y what is being done in their name,
20 may have opportunity to ratify or re-
uuHe the same. The people have a
yViS be eatrusted with such informa-
-0o hey are are emphaticalIy the ones
'0t whom the fathers labor, and if the
work performed be satisfactory, they want
20 KNOW IT and say "well done r'-ifi it be
Unsatisfactory, they walt also to know
'n"t they may summarlly kick the up-
TOTthy servants into outer darkness II
We have Burgess and Council amoDa.t
We beg to impress the foregoing facts
sOu 'nelF understanding, and call upon
En;u 10 enlighten US to what they are
Yias Lnlighten US frequently. You
a.. ~ II loo often. The municipal at
.',' VI the boro. are dear to our hearts
~ We desire nothing so much as to know
>A''' extent to which you are condu-
s u 'her welfare If there is not a
q ey 'hs OF funds in the treasury to pay
us dissemination of this intelligence
~ usn The press, We have no doubt TBs
n,[ s"u"'an could be prevailed upon to
,' public "free, gratis, for nothin, )"