The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-04-04
Enion bridge.

Union Bridge is "a city set upon hill. :"
| Not like the city Of Rome, upon her seven
| hills. but upon her one proud eminence, on
which she sits crowned and stately as queen.
Her citizens appear to be inspired by com
mendable local pride in the neatness and tidl-
ness of her streets, buildings, enclosures, and
all that pertains to them.
A handsome Town Hall has just been COM
pleted located at the corner of Broadway
and Benedum street. It is built of brick and
covered with slate. There is an engine room
on the first floor for the Fire Department.
Also store, corridor and three cells as a
| lock up for the refractory or disorderly. In
the I'd story is the auditorium, furnished with
! chairs sufficient to seat an audience OF 240
persons, stage II by Is feet, and dressing
| room on either side of the stage. This is an
evidence Of the public spirit and intelligence
| of her citizens, for Town Hall is necessity
in every well regulated town. To the Town
Hall let there lie added a well-furnished pub
lie library.
Mr.. Philip b. Myers occupies the ware
house and elevator built by Messrs. Buckley
| & Stoner, and is doing large trade in grain,
| fertilizers, &C. He has handled over 100000
bushels of grain, and about 500 tons of ferti-
lizer since July last This is an evidence of
| the wealth and productveness of the sur
rounding ..neighborhood. chopping mill
| from the Moore County Grit Mill Stone Com
pany, North Carolina, was put IN the building
| last winter, great convenience and the only
one in the town.
Building promises to be active this season.
Henry Shriver is erecting brick store house
20 by 80 feet, on Broadway, between the
Town Hall and the Baptist Church, himself
one of the carpenters, Benjamin Phillips ma
son. The lower story will be occupied as
storehouse, and two rooms above for rent.
A skating rink is being built on the corner
of Farouhar and Elgar streets, 10 feet long
by so wide Clayton Wolfe proprietor, Joseph
Wolfe carpenter. Geo. P. Buckley will erect
brick dwelling three stories high, on Main
street, los. Wolfe, carpenter, VIM. Ogle,
mason. Thos. Newman, is erecting new
frame dwelling on Benedum street, Joseph
Wolfe carpenter, Ogle & Phillips masons.
Lewis Harwhittle is building a two-story frame
dwelling on Elgar street, east of the skating
rink, Morningstar Grossnickle carpenters,
Ogle & Phillips masons.
J. C. Whitehill, agricultural warehouse,
dealer in all kinds of agricultural implements,
wagons, buggies, wheat fans, cultlvators, &c.,
&c, is doing a thriving business Pierce
Snyder conducts pool room at Empire Hail.
corner of Main and Broadway. George r.
Buckley, banker, is doing an active business
WHICH Is constantly OL bIAO AiiSA Se'SS' ~
drawing deposits from Liberty, Linganore and
townsville, and the region roundabout, for a
radius of ten miles, in Frederick county, and
they have become so great that he keeps part
of the funds in each of the three banks OF
Westminster. The people of that section OF
Frederick county find it much more conve-
nient to go to Union Bridge than to Frederick,
from fifteen to twenty miles distant.
Monday next, the 9th instant, is the day
for the annual charter election, at which time
mayor and FIVE members of the common
council will be chosen. There will be two
tickets in the field, and both parties are NOV
ing mysteriously and cautiously. 1t Is not
thought likely that either party to the contest
will send for Higgins or Thomas to do the
bull-dozing and balot-box stufing, but the
fight will be lively from the opening to the
closing of the polls, and great interest is felt
in the result The great question at issue
seems to be the onward march of improve
ments, and the levying of sufficient tax to
keep the town in good order. The taxable
basis is 1926, 000 on which is levied 20 cents
on the 500. 1t is contended by the opposi-
ton that the improvements are not common
surate with the taxation, and they are resolv-
ed, if possible, to run things on civil service
reform basis, that is, if the majority turns up
on their side. The tug of war will be desper-
ate, but it is not likely that federal supervi.
sors or United States deputy marshals, armed
with bulldog pistols, will be called for