Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-02-12
Total balance on hand. ...........S 7Sl g
Water Suparintapdant raporf N

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Made out bills for the quarter ending
| December 81 amounting to 81 ,5021 with
an addition from Welsh Hill of $92 80, max
| ing a total of 81, 54.9S Also that Bailitf had
| collected Sll AS from takers who were not on
the books for the quarter ending September
80, 1897 There is y feet of water in large
| reservoir.
d. ID. Price came in during the read
ing of reports:
Committee on Finance reported hav-
ing forwarded bill providing for re-
funding bonds.
Committees on Light, Streets and
Water reported progress. rs did also
the Committee ON Building.
The Committee on Legislation re-
ported nothing done for the reason
that they could not have bill prepared
to extend the corporate limits until
lines had been run.
Mr.. Shuckhart moved that COM
mittee of two be appointed to see that
the lines be run, taking in everything
to the Consolidation and Borden com
panies' lines. Carried.
The Mayor appointed Messrs. Shuck-
hart and Griffith.
Mayor said that the matter of ap.
pointing collector should have come
up under the head of unfinished bust
ness. ''lt there are no objections we
will go back to that order"
The Clerk read an Act providing
that Council shall appoint President
aud Collector.
Mayor explained that the part of
bill relating to President had been
sent to Annapolis and that separate
bill had been prepared in reference to
a Collector, which the Clerk proceed
ed to read.
Mayor said that he was not as
much in favor of Collector as
he had been for several reasons
that had come under his observation
since last meeting, one of which
was that there was an item of over $l1
that had appeared in the Bailff's re-
port that was not on the books. That
amount had been gotten by the Bailiff
going around collecting.
Messrs. Shuckhart, johnson and
Nickel were in favor of having a col
lector.
d. D. Price asked if it could be ar
ranged so that it would be optional
with Council to appoint a collector
1t was explained that the Attorney had
given the opinion that the bill would
provide for the abolition of the duties
of collecting as far as the Bailiff was
concerned.
DR.. Griffith was in favor of bill if it
could be made optional with Council
to appoint.
Mr.. Nickel was in favor of having a
collector if the Act could be drafted so
that it would be optional with Council
to appoint one; otherwise, he was not !,
and moved that the bill providing
therefor be dropped. Carried.
C. H. Hamill and Alfred Jeffries, a
committee from the Fire Department,
said they had been appointed to re-
quest Council to give them better light
in the central hose house also that
provision be made for light in the
other hose houses. They explained
that with the present light in the
central hose-house lanterns had to be
used when any work had to be done at
night, and that they understood the
present gas lights we're to be removed
from the other hose houses. They
also said that Chief Fisher requested
them to ascertain if in cases of emer-
gency the company could attach to
the two plugs that still remained on
the old water system.
Mayor said that there had been an
Electric light placed in the Bowery
street hose-hOuse and that arrange
ments had been made to give better
light in central. AS to the Federal
hill hose-house light would be furnish
ed of some description.
Mr.. Nickel moved that the Light
committee be instructed to furnish suf-
ficlent light for all hose-houses.
Carried.
He also moved that the Water COM
mittee be empowered to make arrange
ments with Mr.. Sprigg for the use of
the plugs mentioned by the Com
mittee from the Fine Department.
Carried.
An Ordinance giving the Maryland,
West Virginia and Pennsylvania Tele-
phone and Telegraph company the
right to erect poles, wires, etc., through
the stress of the town was read first
and second time, then by its title
and passed. The Ordinance provides
that poles, etc., shall be erected under
the supervision of the Street COM
mittee. The company gives for the
use of the town four telephones free.
Also an Ordinance to repeal section
10 of Chapte, 3 of the Code and re-
enact same, with amendments, was
read first and second time.
Mr.. Nickel thought the Ordinance
was too severe. For instance, a mer
chant is loading his wagon and while
doing so would unlock his team for
the purpose of feeding, he would be
liable to arrest.
The Attorney was asked if the Ordi
nance would prohibit the exposure on
the streets for sale of any of the ar
ticles mentioned in the Ordinance.
He said it would.
The Ordinance was then read by its
title and passed.
Mr.. Shuckhart asked if there was not
an Ordinance prohibiting the use of
any vehicle on runners without bells.
He was informed that it had been
neglected by the Committee on Ordi-
nanceS.
| The MavOr stated that c. g. Watson