Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-12-05

officers:
Presdent-John Schiller, of Cumberland.
Clerk-Thomas A. Leonard, of Cumber-
land.
Attorney-D. w. Sloan, of Cumberland.
j. T. Mcdonald, of Barton, was APP
pointed janitcr of.the courthouse.
The salaries of clerk ($1, 1000 and
janltor $4,000 were reduced respect
lively to $500 and $3.50.
The Case Stdted.-It appears that
at the October meeting Of the Town
Council a request was sent to the gas
company to lay mains on Ormand
street and Frosts' avenue. To this
the gas company did not respond.
At the November meeting of the
Council the company was notified that
unless work upon the mains was be-
gun before the 25th Of that month the
gas would be cut off.
To this the company replied as fol-
lows
To the Honorable Mayor and Council Frost
burg, Nd
CENTENNIAL meeting of the Frostburg
Gaslight company, held Nov. IA, 1885, a copy
of the resolution passed by your Honorable
Board requiring this company to lay mains on
Frosts avenue and Ormand street by Nov. %,
and in case of noncompliance the gas would
be cut off from the other streets of the town,
was read, and
On notion
The following resolutions were adopted and
ordered transmitted to your Honorable Body:
l, That majority Of the stockholders of
the Frostburg Gaslisht company are citizens
and taxpayers Of the town; are in sympathy
with and willing to cooperate in any i'm
provement having for its object the convent
cnce, comfort and welfare of its citizens that
said Gaslight company is citling and reddy to
extend the gas mains for the benefit Of FroSts
ocenue and Ornaand street, propided some rea-
sonadle assurance is giuen that the Mayor and
Council 0iH use the gas in lighting the streets Of
the torn for a certain defined period.
2, That this assurance is asked for the rea
son that the stockholders of the Gaslight
company have never received any return upon
their investment; that the company is now in
debt and their treasury depleted that large
addltlnal debt will be necessarily incurred in
extending their mains upon the streets above
named, and because of these facts, in connec-
ton with the uncertainty as to the future &C
ton of the corporate authorities concerning
the use of gas upon the streets, suggest that
the rules governing ordinary commercial
transactions require that some guarantee as to
the future be given them before making the
proposed extension.
3, That the resolution above mentioned as
passed by your Honorable Body contains
facts upon its face showing why such guaran,
tee should be given, for the reason that future
Councils may make unreasonable demands of
the Gaslight company, and upon non compli-
ance may threaten, or go farther and cease to
use the gas upon the streets.
A, For the reasons above given the Frost
burg Gaslight company therefore respectfully
but firmly decline to comply with the resolu-
luton of your Honorable Body to extend
their mains upon Frosts' avenue and Ormand
streets by November %, 1885.
School Adairs.-The fall term of the
public schools of this county closed
Friday Of last week and the winter
term began Monday of this week. The
board of school commissioner will meet
next Wednesday to audit teachers ac-
counts.
The report of principal Buckley,
about TO be submitted, shows q total
enrolment during the fall term of sos
-264 girls and 2i4 boys-with an ay-
erage attendanee of 800, 1t percentage
OF IS, distributed as follows: LIST grade,
! Miss McAlister, enrolment SO; average
attendance 55. ID grade, Miss Mason,
enrolment GS average 50. Sd grade,
Miss Fuller, enrolment Y; average 81.
4th grade, Miss Baker, enrolment 81
average II. 9th grade, list section,
Miss Waterman, enrolment 50; aver
age IS; % section, A. w. Dewitt,
enrolment 50; average So 9Th grade,
Hiss kildow, enrolment Al average
50. 18th grade, Miss Stewart, enrolment
SO average %.
The number of pupils in school above
10 years OF age is II.
No new features in the work have
been introduced this year, excepting
the general use Of mental arithmetic,
the principal having found last years
work in that department not up to the
excellence desired.
The "Prussian PLAN of ruling states
and the general introduction of ''prac-
tico paper" pad have given good results
The work in Latin, which was begun
about a year ago, is doing well, there
being 8 pupils. Master Harry Wingert
and Miss Rose Haberlein Will take up
the full text of Caesar after holidays.
The 9Th grade room is handsomely
decorated this year, the work mainly
that of Misses Deffenbaugh, Wack,
Baker and Walker. With its elegant
new furniture, it is by all odds the
finest place of the kind in this county.
1t has turned ouf IL teachers from
its ranks, and has number of those
holding certificates at the last exami-