Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-02-19
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F2 )5TBCRG, I'D, FEB. 10, 1876.

F.s SfBLRG, I'D, FEB. 10, 1876.
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THE bill now before tie Legislature pro.
posing amend nrnts to- the charter of the
Cumberland and Prnn<ylVanla railroad has
provision reda ring that the Cumberland
and Pennsylvania ra,!l0al company shall
charge AMI collect for the transportation of
coal over all railroads owned and controlled
by it an additional sum of one cent per ton
for every ton transported. and shall at the
end of every month furnish to the comp
trolcr of the treasury a st 'tcment of the
number of tons SO transported, and the
amount of money 50 collected from the adj
ditional one ccpt per ton, and the money so
collected shall be paid into the treasury Of
the state"
Greatly to our surprise We have been in
formed that this bill Wits introduced by
Delegate Brooke of this county! This
gentleman must be lost to the interests Of
his constituency to lend himself to such -
measure. Our coal interests are hampcred
enough now, in one way and another but
with Congressman Morrison DemOcrat
excepting foreign coal; Comptroller Wool
ford (Dcmocrat) taxing it as produced, ana
Delegate Brooke (Democrat) taxing it as
carried, heaven only knows where we shall
bring up-Nclcs.
We don't wonder at Mr.. Brookc's course
at all, because Il is the habit of his end of
the count; to be lest to the interests of the
coal region" That sort of thing was felt
up'htrc the other day in an interference
with Our interests on the part OF our dclcct
able delegates OF Mr.. Brooke's kith But it
can't be helped; you can't drive some mems
;,t,, al Il
to them as grindssoncs If tie Ne,rs is in
this business it had as well drop it, and
leave the great Nor: ison- oolfort- Brooke
trio alone to work out their little ruins.
For want of something worse to ponder
over it might occas onally revert to Cum
berland's deeper-dycd iniquity-its patron
age of Keystone (Pa.1 coal in preference TO
its own dear "C-u-m-b-e-r- l-a-n-d" coal
Really, Morrison, Woolford and Brooke's
measures are little graces beside the deadly
solicitude of or godmother
AFTER citing LonaconinSs advantages
as site for the county scat, the ANeGanian
objects to Frostburg in this wise:
The atmosphere of Frostburg is far too
refined, raretied and impondcrable, owing
to its, airy, skykissing location, and is much
too Icar TIE moon.
The only man we ever heard of as suffer-
ing touch of moon stroke in Frostburg
now resides in Cumberland, and il has been
broadly limited quite lately that he has
something to do with editorial cogitations
in l., 1HoufDj1l, j,y,D IF thic no frua
our Homecoming friends should gag his pen
without delay. Ifpcrmittcd to go on advo-
eating Lonaconing's claims to county-seat
he will elect Frostburg sure.
THE following note appears in Cumber-
land newspaper correspondence at Annap-
oils. Referring to Mr.. Groves argument
Wednesday evening before the Senate
Committee on Judicial Proceedings it is
said:
Que of his arguments was that the new
county might have the privilege to vote
subscriptions to railroads to develop its coal
regions.
Tins is wrongly put Mr.. Grove argued
that tie erection of the new county would
enajie it to grant aid to the canal feeder,
which it certainly cannot do without cor
poratc capacity.
QUITE THUE.-Thc President Of the
Maryland Coal Company, Mr.. Henry Love
ridge, in his testimony before the Canal
Investigating Committee, accounts for the
clamor against Germans administration by
the fact that he has encountered the ami
mositics of private interests that We're
obliged to yield portion of their advan.
tages which they had come to regar,. 81
most as their divine right" True as
preaching; and quite as true if applied to
Cumberland's regsrd for the coal region.
THE Cictltan calls it "Cumberland-Fro
burg Georges Creek Coal" AS Mr.. Liz
cola SAID of Gen. Pope, "the headquarters
are where the headquarters ought to be-"