The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1866-04-19
Communicated
our Corporate Authorities.

NJ. EiRgr Tho question has been fgo
aHaul'y asbcl Il late, what arc our CITY
@thrr' dnjug2 This uccd not have been
asked those who pfupnuudrd Il bad looked
upon our Etrrats, or walked through the al
lr,s pi tho town Il would have been pat
rnt fp sii that nothing was being done. Bat
why 30 this Considering the marked 10
gree VI progress csi8rucCl throughout tho
lrHsfh aHd bfca ifh Of the town the number
uuI character ot the buildings that have been
aud art being erected tho extraordinary
amount 0t business that being done by oar
merchants Hud mechanics, making Nustmu-
strr the commercial centre Of the county,
s it uHt reflection upon the common sense
and Dnlrr, that chsFnCterlzes oar people that
the essentials 10 tradc-strcots, paycmcnts,
crossings, alleys BE should be lcit 10 their
present conditi1n3 Especially so at this
time, Nbnu every seabpnrd city and inland
town ore purging their streets aud alleys Of
h,th aBi purifying the suburbs, that should
dread rhpIrra find them, it may End them
prepared The alleys oiour town arc made
The depository Of the filth Of the town The
putnd carcass Of Hog, Dog, or Cats is not
an unusual thing &C. beiouEd within less than
POO foot OF the main street. The alleys at
some places are converted into nanureyards
Tor thc convenience and profit of the few
who care more tor their own interests than
the general good liut, we again AK why
is IL, that we are 80 sitnated2 Every citizen
Is aware that the mayor aud the gentlemen
who compose the board are men Of ability,
aud who doubtless have the interests Of our
cts az heart, aud would be pleased TO have
them continue beyond the May election, il
assured that active measures would be taken
to do somctbiHg. There is evidently hitch
somewhere We believe the board has no
collector One year ago the board had an
efficient collector, one aminiormcd that col
lccted more while 10 office than had been
done during the whole Of several years be-
iore,l and who would We think have contin.
ued. had not the board changed the mode Of
collection, which previous method we believe
to have been the most efficient aud agreeable.
The ciF taxes are not heavy enough for
the board to effect any great improvement in
every year, and the Legislature should have
been pettioned to give authority for the in
crease a. was suggested 10 the board when
that body was In session There is enough,
however, in arrears for the last three TO five
years TO place a handsome surplus in the
control of the board, that il collected would
tnable tuth " tpIl'Ce hIaug " VI, 'tlN5
evils, with which the people have been so
long annoyed. Some few lot.holders mott
fed, we are told, by our previous mayor two
years ago, and we suppose renewed by the
present mayor last year, Ito pave in front OF
their lots situate on the principal thorough
fares, have left them still uupaved; and rainy
weather makes "Oxford Ties very undersi-
rable in that neighborhood.
"Let US then be up and doing,u The
Spring is hore--the hum ofindustryis heard
on every side, aud may we soon see in the
coodition ofour crossings andpavements, no
necessity for tacked.up desses and high-cut
boots. CITIZEN.