Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-27
EVENTS IN HAGERsTOwN.
Street Railroads and Sewers-A Farm
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CORRESPONDENTS of The Evening Star
HAoEksrowN, Nov. &c, 1891.
Hagerstown is q city in many particulars
in population in industries and many othel
adjuncts-but 1t lacks two very important es
sentials--proper drainage and street railroad
facilities. For the latter a company wal
formed some time ago and the town author
ties applied to for franchise. Ono val
granted, but it provided for fiat rail, while
the company wanted to lay T rail A lengthy
discussion through the papers and before the
city council ensued and much time was lost
Finally the company conceded the T rail
Another obstacle then arose, and one which
has brought negotiations to a close for the
present, and greatly to the disappointment Of
our people. The authorities demanded
that the streets be paved by the com
pany on either side Of the tracks for distance
OF TWO Feet he streets are macadam. and the
authorities claim paving rs demanded would be
necessary to preserve the streets and make
them passable for vehicles. This the compan,
denies and refuses 10 accept the franchise. Al
to the drainage matter light is dawning upor
Hagerstown. A Philadelphia company has sub
mitted to the council franchise, which pro-
vides for o complete sewerage system for tho
city. The sewers are to be of hard brick OIL
terra Gotta pipes, and the company wants tho
exclusive right to construct and maintain the
sewers, the city to have an option of purchase
ut the expiration. Of ten years, the company Il
charge tor the privilege of connecting with thu
sewers the charges being at fixed rates run
ming from IS to 80, or in accordance with the
number Of rooms in tho dwelling. The matter
is now under adsisement AID seems to b.
favorably received.
CHARGED WITH INcENDIARIsM.
Geo. l. Shiffler is one Of the leading farmer,
Of the Keedysville district Of this county, mar
of means and family and aged fifty years. The
people Of his neighborhood as we'll of this city
where he is well known, were greatly astonished
yesterday upon his arrest upon the charge Of
burning the barn Of Daniel Shiffler in August
1889. The grand jury has indicted Mr. Shifflel
and he viii be tried at the present term Of
court He has given bail in the sum of IS 600
NEWS NOTES.
Some months ago Mr., VIM. Shut was rur
over by train on the Cumberland Valley rail
road and had foot cut off A jury has awarded
HIM verdict of 5000, which the company viii
have to pay.
ton to Hagerstown's industries and will Civ,
employment to fifty hands. The building TO,
the same is now being erected. 1t is eighty by
eighty feet and located in the "West End"
j. n. Brumbaugh, the newly elected demo
cratic sheriff, entered upon his duties yester.
day. He has appointed DR.. H. s. Herman
Office deputy and John Clarkson riding deputy
Fifty shares of the stock Of the Hagerstowr
Bank sold Tuesday for S49.25 per share, the
par value Of the same being only S15 per share
Margaret Bowers has made application in the
Frederick county court for a divorce from heI
husband, john Bowers, on account Of alleged
abandonment. They were married in this
county in October, 1880. and formerly resided
in Hagerstown.
Boating on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal il
very brisk now that navigation is drawing tC
a close The demand for boats to move whea
and corn in addition to coal cannot be sup
piled.
Many of our farmers are through with corn
husking and the yield is tremendous Corn ii
selling in this market at 60 cents per barrel.
There is some talk of railroad from Lees
burg Va, to connect with the b. and o. at thu
Point Of Rocks in the adjoining county o
Frederick. Maryland. The distance is only
about twelve miles, but an expensive bridge
would have to be built over the Potomac river
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