Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-04-12
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Auo AAcctluS WILL 10 uOuDt Dc pro-
ductive Of great good, but many peo-
pie who profess to know about coal
contracts seem to think that nothing
now can save the canal trade this
season. The railroads have as much
advantage over the canal this year as
the Georges Creek region has over the
Clearfeld region in contracts, and
they intend to hold this advantage so
long as the Board OF Public Works
allows it.
The business men OF this city on
Tuesday evening seemed alive to the
dangers which threaten the canal trade.
They are beginning to see now that all
the distress that will fall upon the heads
Of the boatmen who have helped to
make others rich by the sweat Of their
brows and by long years of toll with
but little remuneration, will also affect
the pockets and souls of our capitalists,
whose property will be Of little value
when the canal is filled up and its tow
path used for a railroad bed. The
Daily Times may we'll say that
The canal company is in a dilemma.
The Board of Public Works was also
in a dilemma" when when the
Georges Creek and Cumberland rail-
road was trying to get to the canal
basin by crossing the tracks of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and had
it not been for the perseverance OF
president Henry Loveridge We would
not now have competition in freights
from the mines to the canal. If Mr..
Loveridge could only extend his rail-
road from Cumberland to Williams
port. 80 as to connect with the Western
Maryland railroad, the Baltimore and
Ohio would have something to do be-
sides trying to buy or lease the canal.
The railroad ought to be built from
Cumberland to Williamstport and thu
canal extended to Baltimore.
Your correspondent does not wish te
take up too much space in your val.
liable columns, as they will no doub'
contain full reports of the canal meet
ing in your next issue. Hon. Lloy'
Lowndes' speech was to the point, anc
was listened to atteutively. Clear
headed John Chambers, of your city.
explained fully the situation Of thu
boatmen of the present time, who ART
asking for bread apparently and are
given stone in return. Patrick Mills,
one of the oldest boatmen on the canal,
made pretty clear statement in re
gard to the loss the boatmen woult:
sustain in case no reduction of tolls
should take place. Judging from
what the boatmen said, any other work
almost would bring more money than
boating, when the freight was only Is
cents per ton, the tolls 40 cents, and
the trippage even as low as Ii cents
per ton.
1t seems as if Cumberland was
really go have the electric light, which
will accomplish great deal if it simply
reduces the price of gas. Our streets
are too dark with the small burners the
gas company placed on all our lamps,
and the electric light will be Of great
benefit in that way. 1t may enable
our police force to guard more care
fully the stores on Baltimore street.
one of which was broken into by the
front door on Saturday night last by
means of chisel. With a reflector
on the Queen City hotel pavement the
den,i monde who promenade that favor
lite thoroughfare, might make them
selves scarce instead Of blocking the
way of respectable people who may
wish to stroll that way. The morals Of
the town will no doubt be improved by
the electric light, which is much more
brilliant than gas, coal oil or tallow
dips.
l must not forget to mention the SEN
sation of last Sunday in the Pittsbure
Dispatch, which published a report of
all imaginary prize fight at Hyndman
on Saturday, and dated the dispatch
from Cumberland, so as to mislead Its
readers in regard to the author. The
city editors of the Baltimore papers,
who have the supervision and control
of matter sent from Cumberland by its
correspondents, were in a flutter about
the brutal battle which their enterpris-
ing correspondents had failed 10 send
them on Saturday night. but which APP
peared i'll the Dispatch and several east
ern papers. We can imagine the intel
lectual bul6ule, Stanley Fletcher, of the
Baltimore Morning Herald, well known
, in your city from his letters to the
american during the strike of 1882, set
| ting back in his chair and Il sing cuss-
words about his correspondent in this
city who had failed to report such an
important item. But we are surprised
at the present editor Of the Day when
he speaks of the second city i'll the
State in slurring manner, having for