Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-12-20
Communicated
The New County-T'c Thing In Nut
neutrality-suspicious. OF Facts,
In Brief.

First, a parallel between Wicomico
and our proposed New County.
In the extreme south eastern part
Of the State Law Somerset and Worces-
ter counties containing 1850 square
miles and $4,000 inhabitants. In
1867 the people of the adjacent parts
asked the Constitutional Convention
to form from the same the county, Wi
comico, and it was done and the peo-
pie approved it. Allegheny and Gar
ret counties contain 100 square miles
Cat the lowest estimate $50 miles
more than the two first named-a
population according to Census Re
port of 1870 of 1886, but really
quite 10000 and increasing. What
the convention did in the matter Of
Wicomico it has enabled the Legisla-
ture to do in similar cases, the people
of course approving the same. And
the whole question can be acted on
and decided both by the Legislature
and the people within ten months from
the meeting of the former.
In material wealth there is no com
parison between the two sections.
No public consideration obtained in
favor of Wicomico, whilst in our case,
every consideration, public, private
and general-past, present and future
--weighssn our favor. The prosper
ity Of the State, as seen in the growth
Of her cities, the extension and sue
cessful working of her public high
ways Of trade and travel, and the
prosperous interests dependent upon
them-is to be traced in greater meas
ure to the mineral accaIM and indus
try of this section, than to all the 9TH
er resources IN the State put together
Our coal fields are the great source Of
revenue to the G. g. O. Canal, the B.
& O. r. r. and will be to the West
ern Maryland r. r. and they, thereby
resources of revenue to the treasury
of the State. With so much done
and still doing for the State-keeplng
indeed from their shoulders the bur-
denS of hearier tacation-could it be
conceived that our simple request for
new county, hat ace may hare rea-
so,1oble conreniences aViM respect to a
county seat and q lo,rcr rate of coa~oty
taxation, could be denied US. Judg
ing by what our own feelings in the
exchanged situation would be, we
ant think it would Third fact !:
."le political power in the section
Tarked out for the new county stands
balanced between the two parties. A
support of the measure by both in
the Legislature, will SO far as this
question can effect the status, leave
it in statu qato. But should it meet
with favor at the hands of one and
opposition from the other, we have
the balance Of power not only to car
ry the county but the 4th Congress-
ional district in favor Of the one that
recognized the business of our claim.
Fifth fact-Grantsville district is
taxed in Garrett County at the rate
of one haadrcd and ten cents on the
hatnded dollors to put up public bull
dings at Oakland distant thirty miles
by the shortest route through the
mountains aud sixty by rail when the
former is impossible.
Sixth fact a potent one and the
last Lethargy and indifference will
lose us the prize. Success is to be at
tanned only by the people acting. Pub
lie meetings must be held at once and
resolutions odopted setting forth our
purposes and aim, and committees
appointed to attend to other things
Of Importance to the success of the
movement. CITIZEN.
Frostburg, Dec. l6, 1873.