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

Union Bridge is "a city set upon hill.
Nj I;Lo the cIty of Rome, upon her seven
hills Int upon her one proud eminence, on
which she sits crowned and stately as queen
Her citizens appear to be inspired by con- on
mendable local pride in the neatness ana tlul,
ness of her streets, buildings, enclosures a"u
all that pertains to them.
handsome Town Hall has just been COM
nleted located at the corner OF broadway
and Benedum street. 1t is built OF brick anu
covered with slate. There is an engine room
On the first floor for the Fire department..
Also a store. a corridor and three cells as
Lock mn for the refractory or disordery In
! the ID story is the auditorium, furnished WIN
! chairs sufficient to seat an audience Oh .4o
persons, stage II by Is feet, and a, dressing
room on either side of the stage; Tins NJ: is an
evidence of the public spirit and intelligence
of her citizens, for Town Hall is necessity
n arerv we'll regulated town. To the Town
Hall LET there he added a ell-furnlshed pub
lie library.
Mr.. Philip B. Myers occupies the ware
house and elevator built by Messrs, Buckley
a Stoner, and is doing a large trade IN grain,
fertilizers. &c. He has handled over 100000
bushels of grain, and about 500 tons OF tertl-
Iizer since July last This is an evidence OF
the wealth and productiveness of the sur.
rounding ..neighborhood A 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 a
storehouse, and two rooms above for rent.
A skating rink is being built on the corner
of Farquhar and Elgar streets, ITO feet long
by so wide, Clayton Wolfe proprietor, Joseph
Wolfe carpenter Geo. P. Buckley will erect
a brick dwelling, three stories high, on Main
street, Jos. 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 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, cultivators, &C.,
&c, is doing thriving business. Pierce g;
SNYDER conducts pool room at Empire Hall,
corner of Main and Broadway. George Z.
Buckley, banker, is doing an active business
which is constantly on the increase. de is
drawing deposits from Liberty, Linganore and
townsville, and the region roundabout, for
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 ballot-box stuffing, 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 S425, 900, on which is levied 20 cents
on the $780, 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 a 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 supervl;;
sors or United States deputy marshals, armed
with l-dog pistols, will be called tor.