Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-07
Special Session of Council.

Mdyol Dear anu all OOuuClllneL
were present.
A motion granting Clerk Mason $40
for extra work was passed.
Mr.. Shuckhart moved that the
Treasurer be authorized to borrow
81 ,O00-to balance the corporate ac,
count. Carried.
Bills to the amount of $1,000 were
read and ordered paid.
The next business in order, as pro-
claimed by the Mayor, was the report
of Committee on route for Electric
road and granting of franchise for
same.
Clerk Mason read the report which
provided for road to run from Me
| Culloh to Grant street, to Union, to
Water, to Frost avenue, to Broadway,
to Loo, to Bowery, and thence to
Union again. 1t also makes provision
for particular sort of rail to be laid
in corporate limits and specified that
company keep road bed paved and two
feet on each side of road Fare not to
exceed D cents in corporate limits and
cars to run not less than one each hour.
Mr.. johnson moved that report be
received.
Mr.. Nickel opposed motion and
argued in favor of running road up to
the upper end of town. Wanted road
extended to High street.
DR.. Griffith said that in the outset
Committee entertained such an idea,
but after careful consideration they
had come to the conclusion that it
would entail too much expense upon
the company.
Mr.. Nickel contended that the town
Is granting privileges in exchange for
convenience. He was a represent
ative of the town, not of the com
pany; wanted all the people to be
benefited, not merely few business
men did not think town ought to
consider $1,000 more or less. We
ought to ignore the company in
sense and work for the benefit of all
the people. He argued that all the
reason that was offered against running
road to upper end of town was that it
would cost the company 81, 900 more.
ID. d. Price said Mr.. Nickel had put
up good argument to run to High
street, but the Committee had done as
we'll, if not better to the company, but
they had refused to entertain 1t. If
the town wanted to be skipped try to
make company run to High street. 1t
would cost too much and they refused
to go there.
Mayor Bear said that it would be a
very popular thing for representa-
tive to advocate the extension of the
road along all the streets and wished
that he could be quoted in the news
papers as advocating such measure,
but, rather than the road should not
come in the town at all, he would give
privilege for them to go as committee
reported.
Nh. Nickel still ADVOCATED the ex-
tension to High street, and argued
that he was working for the interests
of the town. He requested one of the
company present to explain why they
could not do as requested.
Marx Wineland, the gentleman to
whom Mr.. Nickel appealed, said
crafty Mr.. Nickel as well as himself
he would explain that the Committee
had worked hard to run to High street.
Peter Lammert had also striven to
have road run to High. He did not
know much about road building, but
had been told that it would cost about
$25 200 per average mile to build such
a road
Motion submitted and carried.
Mr.. Wineland suggested that Sec
ton 5 be amended to read that a car
must pass a given point at least once
every hour.
Mr.. Nickel argued for care in the
wording of the section.
DR.. Griffith moved to amend so as to
read that a car must be run once every
hour, from 6 a. m. to 10 p. m.
All the sections from | to 10, in
elusive, were then
On motion of Mr.. Shuckhart, adopt
ed, provided that company fills a salts
factory bond in sum of $1,000 for
faithful performance of its duties.
A letter from the president of the
company was read. He asked Coun-
Gil to have clerk mail him certified
copy of Ordinance at once, so that the
company could act. He gave assur-
ance that everything was working
satisfactorily and that franchise would
be carried ont in its entirety.
Adjourned.
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