The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-06-19
Declaration of Policy of the Board of
Commissioners of Rising Sun.

Commissioners of Rising Sun.
Borough Commissioners are the agents and
servants of the citizens of the Borough. In the
opening OF our administration without any reflec-
lions upon the policy of any preceding Board we
make these declarations, so to be understood by
our constituents, as to motives and purposes.
INDEBTEDNESS.
| Debt of Borough at present $500. This debt
might be much increased so as to make sub
stantia character of Improvements that would
enable future Boards to run the expenses down so
lol0 that sinking fund could be created to pay off
the debt and be an annual economy to every cit
! zen. This is the plan of all enterprising towns
small and large.
While we do not find the requirements will
enable us to reduce this debt we are not, however,
expecting to increase it.
BATIFF.
Owing to circumstances unnecessary to rehearse
every town, small or large, requires an officer of
this kind in authority Every day in the year
there is something requiring attention by the
Borough authorities. We observe that the eXpen-
ditures for labor, officers fees and lamp lighting
last year was S3774O This included the oil that
was used
We claim we can employ man for the entire
year and thereby save money whose duty it shall
be to keep order, regulate all violations of law,
prohibit all nusancos attend to the lights repair
the streets and side walks, making himself gen.
orally useful upon the principle of excepting
things in ORDER rather than putting things in
order, after their condition makes it necessity
and devoting his entire time to town purposes.
STREETS.
We claim that streets made ofstone broken with
mapping hammers is miserable failure and
waste of money. Satisfactory results and true
economy demand that the stone shall be crushed
by machinery. All modern experience teaches
this.
SIDE WALKS.
Board walks have been in use here for thirty
years. 1t has been laid about three times over.
Pine plank with white oak sleepers, cost for ma
terial about 81 cents per square foot Blue stone
flags or AZ feet wide can be purchased at the
quarries at cts. per square foot. They can be
laid successfully in the natural SOIL and in many
places with as little cost as board walk.
Many thousand dollars would have been saved
had such been adopted thirty years ago. We
favor a side walk that will last century, and
furnish no harbor for rats.
LIGHTS.
Progressive towns everywhere, small and large,
with few exceptions have electric lights. Should
some company or party propose to furnish such to
Rising Sun at a reasonable cost we will consider
it favorably. Many smaller villages north of us
on the B. C. r. r. enjoy it.
Until then we favor the best lights our present
system will furnish with a limited number in
good locations burning all night as means of
protection.
FOURTH OF JULY.
We favor patriotism. We were all boys once
We favor setting apart certain hours for the dis
play of fire works in general, restricting the
to hand pieces. Persons indulging in such sport
must avoid frightening horses and damage to
property. Prior to and subsequent to said fixed
hours all display must take place outside the
borough limits, where all large pieces must be
discharged even during the privileged hours.
FINALLY.
We favor reform in general and oppose all nui-
sances in particular. We favor true economy,
and believe that good improvements enhance the
value of all private property in the town.
We favor the purchase of axes, buckets and
ladders as protection against fire, and when re-
sources will warrant we favor the renting or build
ing of permanent quarters for the Town Commits
sioners' use, and storage of all fire apparatus,
TOOLS OIL etc.
We are opposed to the deposit of garbage, tin
cans, filth waste paper, and such nuisances in
the streets or other Objectionable places; to all
unhealthy odors arising from slaughter shops,
pig sys and other out buildings to all boisterous
and Objectionable behavior that annoys citizens;
to all profanity and vulgarity on the streets, at
any and all times; to all dogs that interfere with
the sleep of our people; to the use of the side
walks for rolling hoops, bicycles, velocipedes, &C.
In closing we desire to express the hope that
through the constant attention of a good man
employed by the town, to look after and care for
the same upon these lines, and the cooperation
of all good citizens to have a Borough which
for health, Improvements and good order will be
a credit to u.s.
Without the support Of the good people we can
but fail in our plan.