Catoctin clarion., 1886-05-20

AT LAsT-Our esteemed contemporary
the Valley Register has at last heard some
thing that is in it's opinion sufficiently re-
liable to warrant the proposition that lit Will
soon become necessary for the people of the
Valley to arouse themselves etc. From II
we copy the following: THE Railroad H.
tension to Middletoaon.- the Tumors which
have come.to MS this week prove true, it will
soon become necessary for the people of the
valley to arouse themselves and do their
best to aid in extending the Monocacy VAL
ley Railroad from Catoctin Furnaces to
Middletown and possibly to connection
with the B. & o. Road in the lower part OF
the valley, 1t is intimated to us, through a
second party, however, that if our people
will give proper aid and encouragement to
this enterprise, it will assuredly be success
We await further developments before say
ing anything more. Just here, however, we
may be permitted to assure friend Cassell,
of the Mechanicstown Clarion, that the lack
of interest heretofore manifested LII the val
ley in regard to this matter does not arise
from any division of sentiment on the sub
ject, but simply because the people feel un-
able to build the road themselves and need
to be assured of aid from outside" True it
is that it is given as rumors which If they
prove true will justify such action. We
are by no means f1attered to fiEd that all
that we had been able to say, was not suffi-
cient to move Bro Rhoderick even so much
as have these rumors, yet we do believe that
he is entirely too conservative and cautions
In approaching this subject. We have all
along insisted upon it that the development
of an interested and friendly feeling towards
the proposed road, upon the part of the peo-
pie of the Valley, was demanded by the cir
cun,stances in the case this and no more
vet our endcavor has not been seconded and
we have been called upon to be more explic-
it in our definitions of the promise in store
for the people Of the Valley. We have oe'
cined to Go more than assure the people OF
that section that the development ola friend
ly spirit would be followed by probably de-
cided and surprising results and in the in
tcrcst of such results, it is not polite that
more should be published at present. 1t
will remain for Others to determine just
what character of explicit information shall
he given the public and if The CLARION be
selected to promulgate it, it will gladly do it
When we have given the assurance, which
we have already done, that an unanimous
friendly feeling shown and q general recog-
niton of the urgent necessity of it, given
will, in all probability, lead to practical re-
suits, we have filled the present measure OF
our duty and privileges.
New OKpINANcEs.-The "copy" of the
town ordinances was received too late last
week for US to make any comments thereon
We are pleased to know that the erecting OF
buildings in our town will in the future be
more under control of the authorities than
in the past.
We are growing rs well in ideas as in eX-
tent and with this growth we find the intro
ducton of modern ideas TO be viewed less
and less as innovations upon private rights
We are, to-day, one of the best regulated
towns in the State and our people with rare
exceptions stand ready to second any step
in the march Of real progress, In the mat
ter of paving, the ancient system Of naming
certain streets to certain limits and under
certain conditions Of lot improvements, as
being subject to the paving ordinances, has
been abolished and now the entire town
stands alike subjects to the order of the
Board of Commissioners to lave the side
walks paved Where such pavements are,
in the opinion of the opinion of the Board,
necessary, they will be ordered.
The ordinance regulating the use of
streets for building material is very liber-
al one.
We suggest that still one pressing need OF
regulation by ordinance exists and it is,
that at the opening of all new streets IN the
future, the Corporation should provide for
their survey that is, from some permanent
landmark, such as point on stone buried
below the surface Of the street, the centre
line of such street should be given, from
which the building and curb lines should be
measured and located and from which point
the lots on said street should be located in
deeds made for same.
Experience has proven satisfactorily to us
that the past miserably careless system OF
convcyancing in this town is an evil that
should If possible, be provided against in the
future and the corporate authority is the
only ono that can do it.
THANK You ALL.-With the third issue
back We en- cred upon our XVIth, Volume.
We give below the greetings that have come
to us from those who have honored us with
the customary recognition
With its issue Of Thursday the Mechanics
town CLARION entered upon its 10th year,
brighter than evcr.-Sentinel.
LIVE PArER.-That newsy and live pa
per, the Catoctin Clarion, edited by Brother
Cassell has entered upon the sixteenth year
of its publication. We wish the Clarion
abundant success in the futurc-C Citszen
The Czari n published at Mcchanicstown
this county, entered upon its 10th volume
last week The Clarion is one of our best
county exchanges-full Of interesting read
ing matter-well edited, aud deserving of