Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07
FROSTBU RG, Md, SAII RDAY, SEPTEMBER I. 1880.

THr uptown people of Frosthurg have had
/ some opportunity this week to see what our
| water supply amounts to whcna little drought
/ strikes this section.
On Broadway the hydrants have furnished
barely enough for household purposes. and
ON Main street there is no water for
Sprinkling
It may he stated also that the little water
we have is tit only for waste II Is 50 hard
that it will not wash without great and un.
pleasant effort Indeed, the brilliant artcsan
scheme of the present water company ruined
the towns supply the year round No mat
ter how plentiful it has been since the wells
were sunk, our water, once 81 soft and
rlatabIe, is hard and rcpcllcnt To the taste.
The overflow of the springs is drowned and
dcadcncd by the etfusiOn of the wells. The
soft surface water of the mountain side, once
our joy in all respects save in the lack of sup
ply, is destroyed by the infusion of Il mineral
which dccomposes soap and does not satisfy
thirst.
But were our water supply all that we
could ask i'll quality, the quantity is wholly
inadequate.
Suppose fire should break out now, what
means of extinction have we? Everything
but water.
Does il not occur to our leading people
that 1t is time they set about looking for
some means of water supply outside of what
we have? Or, if they rest in the hope that
the company will meet the popular demand
for more and better water, on what is that
hope grounded? What has the company
ever done that II was not compelled to do by
a popular movement? We scared them so
bad few years ago by an election, which,
althou IN it went against the interest of the
town, the company at once gave lis more
water, but worse. And even now, force them
to it and they will give lis more of the worst
That crowd Eve don't know who they are)
Is too stngy to give the people what they
want and are willing to pay for. Moreover
il is too lazy. The people Of Frustburg
might almost adopt the Declaration of indie
pcndcncc-that great instrument of indct-
ment of King GeorGe-aganst the water COM
plny, and it would fall ON ears Just as IistIc,s
rs were the old monarch's.
So that, Us Patrick Henry yelled, there is
no nope bHl III "dI anu ON N'i'llllS men
should start it by some movement looking To
more water and htf',' water.
Now is the time to begin agitation. Next
week commence octjo0.
WHAr an uncnvlablc position the registrar,
must tuccupy-evcn IN their own eyes. When
all are in the "rouul-up," there is IIambright
who can say
FelcrS you all have Il big II on you--alI
'cept me. My proprietary mark is a.
FclerS there is not Maverick among
YOU; all are branded and emasculated
Felers in the language of Scripture, you
are all mine, and I'm Avcritt'S.
TnE report from the headIuartcr, of both
parties is
'''rhc states are made"
That is to say, the nominees for the offices
to he filled this fall have been selected by the
bosses, and all that is wanting Is for the con
Ventlons to ratty them.
II is difficult to conclude that tins is wholly
true but not that it is partly true.
At any rate, there is the more reason why
Nc protbe should attend the primaries and
who will give good and cheap administration.
Now we want five men to represent the
county in the next Legislature, ami they
should be more than ordinary men. This
| thing of picking up d"ybody and sending him
to Annapolis is a disgrace to the county.
1t is time that Allegany had ceased to bc the
| laughing stock for the rest Of the State. The
county has the men, plenty of them, of real
legislative ability. Why ignore them and
| patrUnizC the buifoon whose only possible
claim on the party is-"hc wants to go?"
Then we want five commissIonerS-tivc
| Andrew JaCkSonS, if we haze them. We
want five men who will ""dt the bills against
the county occordipg 10 lar, not pass every
eNtortionate and illegal charge that presents
itself.
TIE co"nty, outside Of Cumberland, is par
ticularly concerned in this. Cumberland is
interested in having taxes and the tax levy
high as possible. Cumberland gets back
every solitary cent OF taxes she pays, and
then absorbS about 80 per- cent. of what the
county pays. So that the higher the taxes
the bigger the speculation for Cumberland.
| There is then little or no conscience in a
| Cumberland claim against the county.
| Hence, we want five commissioners who
have enough backbone to stand immovable
as Gibraltar against all Cumberland bIandish-
ments and threats. One such man, two, three,
/ four will not answer-we want five Can
! they he found?
Not one inside Cumberland.
J ItNr tI,n
Thousand dollar rain.
by the people of Frostburg-a twenty-five
thousand dollar water supply