Evening star., 1901-11-13
HYATTsVILLE AND VICINITY.
Board of Trade Holds Meeting-PrO
ceedings of Common Council.

ceed1nSs common COUNCIL
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
EVANSVILLE, Md. November 13, 1901.
A meeting of the board of trade of Hy-
attsville was held last evening at the Of
fee of the town magistrate President N
A. Dunning occupied the chair and Mr.. Jas.
c. Rogers served as secretary pro tenn.
Several new members were elected to the
board and Messrs. Brooke Hunter, Frank
Mudd and r. Harris were made honorary
members Of the body.
A committee consisting of William T. Ma
gruder and l. o. WissInan were appointed
by the chair TO confer with the common
council of the town at its next meeting,
with a view TO establishing q fire depart
ment. The subject of the establishing of
an ice plant was discussed at some length,
at the conclusion of which a committee of
five, composed Of ]. Harris Rogers, Philip
Clarke. George l. Jones, Brooke Hunter
and James Robinson. was appointed to in
teTview the citizens of the town on the
subject.
Upon the motion OF Mr.. L. o.. Wissman a
resolution was adopted expressing the sin
cere thanks Of the organization to The
Evening Star and other papers for assist
ance in giving publicity to the boards pro-
ceedinES
Officials of the Royal Pure Food Com
pany, whose factory is located here, state
near future mill to grind old style varie-
ties of meal and -four
One OF the four capitalists to whom the
common council recently granted a fran
chise TO light Hyattsville for twenty years
states that his company will begin the in
stallatiOn of its electric plant in this place
before the first OF the year.
On Monday evening Chapter No. of the
Order OF the Eastern Star held an initia-
tiOn meeting at Masonic Temple. with Mrs.
E A. Fowler presiding and Mrs. Harry 3.
Major serving as secretary. After the meet
ing refreshments were served.
Mayor Michael V. Tierney of Hyattsville
Is confined 10 his home, "RayenwOOd,' - with
an affection OF the eyes.
The regular monthly meeting of the COM
mon council Of this town was held Monday
evening at the office of Arthur Carr. justice
Of the peace. The report Of the town treas
urer. was read The report covers the pc
rlod from May q to November II, during
which time, Il was shown, receipts aggre-
eating S3,49O-27 were deposited in the treas
ury and S2529.13 were paid out-leaving a
balance of $961.14.
A motion was adopted giving the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Company
permission 10 put it's poles in the alley run
ming north and south from RalstOn avenue
across Littlefield and SchIey avenues In
the direction of the Ralston property That
matter being disposed Of the question
Of locating the telephone poles twenty
feet from the center Of the Balti-
more and Washington turnpike was
taken up. The Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company was directed to
follow the line surveyed by the county sur
veyOr in placing their poles twenty feet
from the center Of Maryland avenue or the
Baltimore and Washington turnpike, pro-
viding consent be first obtained from the
property owners whose fences project over
line twenty feet from the center of the
pike
Mr.. Clarence y. Walker rendered his
resignation as clerk of the council to take
effect upon the appointment and qualif "a
tion OF his successor
Mr.. Harry Ghout and Miss Laura Flesh
man. both of Washington, and Mr. James
Il Cole and Miss Beatrice R Freeland
both of Baltimore. Md. were married here
Sunday afternoon at the church parsona se
by Rev. E w. Woolf. pastor of the South
ern Methodist Church.