Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-02-08
Council Meeting.

Council Meeting.
All members were present at the regu-
lar monthly meeting Of the Town Coun-
Gil Monday evening.
Collector Hanson reported that he had
collected and paid Treasurer Duggan
during the month $2,O32.72, of which
amount the sum of $9S174 was for the
corporate fund.
Bailiff Fisher reported having col
lected fines, etc, amounting to $S.25.
Water superintendent Jeffries reported
that James Stephens, Mt. Pleasant street,
cut off from town works. no water
pipes frozen up as yet; keep pump going
steadily on account of the awful leaks in
the reservoir; only 81, feet of water in
reservoir on this side of mountain.
Treasurer Duggan made his monthly
report as follows:
CORPORATE FUND.
R~ciptx
Balance on hand last report. 81, pa ~
Henry Fisher, bailiff ............. p p
w. +. q. HitchinS. ........... al 60
James Hanson, collector. 9S7 -
Total...... ............ .......s4, 4ol 81
DiSb"rmme"fS
Bills audited and ordered paid. ..... 491 SS
Balance on hand. ................ $500 %
WATER FUND.
R,rcipts.
Balance on hand last report. .......Sl ,l3l n
W. f. &. HitchinS. ........... $50 b
lOtal ........... ............ .S-,)'p 81
Disbursements.
Bills audited and ordered paid w ,796 90
Balance on hand. $50 81
CASH.
Water ............ so 81
Total. ........... ............ 81 4tD ~
Joseph Bear, chief of the Frostburg
Fire Department, asked that special
patrolmen be appointed on very stormy
nights to keep fires i'll the hose-houses
and be on the alert to detect fires.
He and the Bailiff, with the consent of
the Mayor, were authorized to put Oh no
more than three patrolmen.
Councilmen Knieriem, Jenkins and
Wilson were appointed committee to
meet delegates from the different
churches at the Y. M. c. A. on Tuesday
evening, 4th inst, in reference to the
license bill now before the Legislature.
At this juncture large delegation of
saloon keepers, who had heard that a
committee had been appointed to meet
at the Y. M. G. A, appeared and asked
to have a hearing. One member said
that Council committee had as much
right to hear their side of the question
as it had to hear the Y. NJ. G. AS side,
as the saloon-keepers had the morality of
the town as much at heart The saloon
keepers seemed to be unanimous in the
opinion that they would rather go out of
the business at once than to be pressed
out gradually. They wanted to know
why they should be taxed at all.
Councilman Knieriem explained that
there were several reasons why the
saloon keepers should be taxed, namely
for revenue, to pay for the extra
policemen and to care for the products
of the saloon.
COuncilmen Duggan, Knieriem and
Wilson were appointed to wait upon
the saloon keepers and learn their griev-
ances.
Insolvencies amounting to $29.54 We're
read and allowed.
Collector Hanson, having squared his
account for the year 1901, had his
bondsmen released and his bond re-
turned.
Messrs. johnson and Hitchins, bonds
men for x-Bailiff Samuel Bowen, We're
granted insolvences on water account in
sum of 81.
Bills amounting to $l,37Os4 were read
and ordered paid:
Water. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. NM III
Adjourned 9:30.
The first "shOrt session."
COUNTY NEWS.
Accident.