The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-02-10
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| commissioners Tel uSeQ 10 permanently reSClnu
| an order granting franchise tothe Baltimore,
| Halethorpe and st. Denis Railroad Company
| to lay tracks on Wilkens avenue, over which
| the United Railways and Electric Company
claimed to have an exclusive right to lay tracks,
in accordance with the terms of franchise
granted five years ago, and confirmed by an
act of the Legislature.
The Board last week had granted the fran
chise to the Haethorpe Company to lay double
or single tracks on Beachheld avenue, at its
junction with the Gainesville Short Line, to
Wilkens avenue; thence along Beachfield
avenue to the city limits, and on Maiden
Choice lane to the city limits; thence on Union
avenue from Wilkens avenue to Washington
road, etc.
After the franchise had been granted Col.
NJ. w. Offutt, local counsel for the United
Railways and Electric Company, stated that
the franchise, so far as Wilkens avenue was
concerned, infringed on the rights of his COM
pany. The Board, therefore, agreed to re-
scind the franchise for week when the claim
of the United Railways and Electric Company
would be heard.
MIR. George Dobbin Pennimen represented
the company at the hearing and was confron-
ted by an array of legal talent representing
the new company, including Messrs. J. Fred.
C. Talbot, Isaac Lobe Straus, Oregon r. Ben
son and Frank 1. Duncan.
MIR. Penniman said he claimed that the
United Railways and Electric Company had
kens avenue, which was granted by the County
Commissioners and confirmed by an act of the
Legislature. The company had intended to
build line on the avenue, but its engineers
had been absorbed with other important work,
but he could promise there would be no further
delay in the matter. He recognized that the
residents of the neighborhood desired to have
a railway connection with Baltimore, and it
was for their best interests that this connec-
ton should be furnished by the United Rail-
ways and Electric Company, with its system
extending over the whole city, rather than by
company which. as yet, had not secured the
right to lay q single track on street of Baltl-
more. If the franchise was granted it would
mean a ten-cent fare for the people residing on
the avenue.
Mr.. Talbot replied that the franchise asked
for by the company he represented would not
prevent the United Railways and Electric
Company from running cars on Wilkens
avenue if it would pay proportional share of
the cost of building and maintaining the tracks.
He said that the franchise of the United Rail-
ways and Electric Company to lay tracks on
the avenue had become void, as the time limit
bad long expired. The act of the Legislature
only confirmed what had been granted by the
County Commissioners.
Mr.. Straus made an extended argument in
favor of granting the franchise. The property
owners, he said had waited five years for a
railway to be built on Wilkens avenue, and If
the claim of Mr. Penniman was true, then
there was no assurance that it would be ever
built.
Messrs. Benson and Duncan also spoke in
favor of granting the franchise.
Mr.. Penniman said that no matter what had
transpired in the past, his company was now
ready and willing to lay the tracks.
The Board voted unanimously to grant the
franchise to the new company, but it is pro-
vided that it shall not use its tracks as steam
freight road.
1t is stated that the new railway will use the
tracks of the Gainesville Short Line Railroad
to extend its line to Gainesville. Passenger
traffic on the Short Line, which was formerly
operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad, isnow
abandoned.
Meeting of the School rd.--The
School Board held meeting at Towson, Wed
nesday, the president, Mr.. Reister Russell, in
the chair, and Prof. q. c. Ebaugh, secretary.
Bills amounting to about So, 500 were passed
and ordered paid: or this amount about OOo
will go to the William ]. c. Dulany Company,
of Baltimore, for books, stationery, furniture
and kindergarten supplies.
As the building and repair funds are ex-
hausted President Russell advised that no
more repairs be made this fiscal year, unless it
required until after the next levy. This prop
osition was agreed to.
A delegation urged that an addition be built
to the school house at Orangeville, 18th dis
trict. 1t was represented that the sanitary
condition of the house is bad and that there IS
not sufficient room for the accommodation OF
the children.
Mr.. Jones urges that action be taken to Sc
cure the passage of law, applying to Balti-
more county only, providing that an assistant
teacher be appointed when the number OF pu-
pills in attendance upon any school averages
30 instead of 49, as now. Messrs. Ensor, Todd
and Jones were requested to go to Annapolis
on Tuesday next and lay the matter before the
legislative Committee on Education. Presi-
dent Russell and Mr.. D. H. Emory, counsel to
the Board, will accompany the committee
The matter was referred to him with power TO
act
Appropriations for Libraries were made to
the following teachers Edgar G. Mitchell,
School 8, District IA Clara s. Dobbin, School
l, District 8; Jeanette Brown, School Z, Dis
trct Is; South Williams, School 8, District IL ;
Georgia j. Hall, School l. District IA VIM. 3.
Weller, School 8, District 2 Mary L. Malloy,
School q District II.
on motion of Mr.. Clark it was ordered that
all teachers who want appropriations for libra
ry purposes must submit lists of books they
intend to buy to the committee on books and
the examiner before making purchases
The following teachers were recommended
to the State Board for life certificates: Clara
s. Dobbn, Nellie ]. Welslager and Mary A.
Cullen.
Miss Ford was appointed to scholarship at
the State Normal School by Mr.. Todd, vice
Miss Elizabeth H. Chapman, who left the
school.
Mr.. Krout reported that School 8, District 6,
of which Mr.. H. C. Kroh is principal, had
been closed for two weeks on account of an
outbreak of diphtheria.
The Board received from the County Com
missoners a check for S24, 675, of which sum
S23, 125 was on account of the running expen-
ses of the schools and 81 500 on account of the
building fund. Secretary Ebaugh was directed
to send the teachers checks for their salaries
for the second half of the term ended jan
uary 31st.
A Proper Observance of the Sabbath. =
The recent agitation of the Sunday law in
Baltimore has called forth many opinions as
to the proper observance of that day. few
days ago newspaper representative asked Car
dinal Gibbons ''in what manner should the