Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-07-14
TOWN AND VICINITY.
Council Meeting.

Mayor Hanson at = o'clock, Mon
day evening, called Council to order.
All of the members responded to their
names except Mr.. Hunt.
After the reading of the minutes of
the previous meeting the following
proposals for building culvert were
read:
will build the culvert on Water street and
Frosts avenue according to the plans and
specifications at the following prices
Excavating, per square yard. ..........S .35
Paving, per square foot. Observation-Disclosures. .OS5
Covering, per square foot. III
Flapging, :" ............... II
Sidewalks " yard. 30
MICHAEL DoLAN.
| will build the culyert on Water street ac-
cording to plans and specifications for S179.9S.
| will build the same culvert, using
lSlnch terra Gotta, the ends built of stone and
laid in cement, for $1O452
J. b. WILLIAMS.
propose to do your IN asonry for culvers
tor the following prices:
Paving, per perch ...... ...........S2O
Sidewalks, per perch. ...................2 4O
OSPi'S, VI No'Siiiiso o'ohSi pei yoiu' lOO
The work to be first-cass rubble work and
done on Water street and Frosts' avenue, ac-
cording to the specifications.
Or will make you barrel brick culverts to
be laid in cement, 9-inch walls for 50. 20 per
running foot. Diameter of culvert on the
avenue to be . feet inches and on Water
street feet. JAMES FULLER.
hereby offer to construct the culvert on
Frosts' avenue according to plans and speciti-
cations produced by your surveyor, bearing
date June, 1894, at the following rates:
Pavement, per square foot ........S 10
SIDEWALKS per cubic yard. ............. 2.15
Covering stones, per square tOot........ .15l
GEORGE Thomas,
Mason.
The Frostburg Electric Light and
Milling company contracts ''to light
with electricity the streets of the town"
from July l, 1894, to June 80, 1895,
inclusive. In short:
The company will provide "a arc lamps,
each of 2,OOO-candle power, with globes, and
1 incandescent lamps, each of 25-candle
power. The arcs are to be suspended over
the middle of the streets at a height not less
than % feet and provision is made for the
erection of arcs and incandescents as Council
may require. The town hall building is to
be lighted Tree OF charge. All expenses for
materials, and fixtures whatever necessary to
completing, keeping in repair, cleaning and
conducting such service, are to be borne by
the contractors. The lights are to burn from
no later than 30 minutes past sunset until 80
minutes past midnight. Failure to light one
ormore lamps, or failure to burn and failure to
erect lamps properly before August |, are to
be reasonably assessed by corporation and
amounts reduced from bills. Company will
give bond to the Mayor and Council in the
sum of $1,000 for faithful performance of
these provisions.
On the corporations part the fol-
lowing is to be done:
The sum of 70 cents per month is to be
paid the Electric Light company for each in
candescent lamp, and 81 per month for each
arc payments to be made monthly subject
to such reductions as inefficient service may
incur.
AT this joint Mr.. Hunt arrived.
The Clerk reported licenses issued
to the amount of $l7.75.
The Balliff reported collections for
the month ending June 80, as follows ::
Taxes for 1893 and 1894 ..............S 81 O4
% " 1894 and 1895 .......... 9j3 50
Water rents. Observation-Disclosures. 81 20
Licenses. Observation-Disclosures. II rs
rlhes''.'.'.''''.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 200
IOtal. ........... .......,.........S1,0 OF 80
Water Superintendent Jeffries re-
ported water rents for the quarter
ending 30, 1894:
Collectable. ...,.................$S1 1913 II
Increase by Bailiti'. ................... % IS
Total ..,.......... SSll 81