Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-05-16

field and put another man i'll his place
it was "up to them"
After yea and nay vote it was de-
cided to remove Mr.. Schofield, and
On motion, Martin Hartig was elected.
On motion of Mr.. Griffith, the water
dues of Mary Eisel were declared in
solvent.
Building permits were granted to the
English Lutheran Church, DR.. w. o..
McLane and John Asphalt
On motion of Mr.. Griffith it was or
dered that the Clerk advertise for bids
for coal for the year.
On motion of Mr. Griffith, the hog pen
Ordinance was taken up for second
reading.
The following protest from the town
physicians was presented:
Having been Informed that there is pend
ing before the Council an Ordinance de-
signed to permit under certain restrictions
mentioned therein the keeping of hogs or
swine within the corporate limits, and be-
lieving, as we do, that the enactment of
any such measure will seriously imperil the
health and safety of the people of Frost
burg, we do respectfully, but most firmly
and earnestly protest against the passage of
said Ordinance, or any Ordinance under
which such animals shall be kept in con-
tnemcnt within the town limits.
All experience has shown that there is no
more fruitful source of many deadly diseases
than hog-pens, and in a densely-peopled
community such as this their existence
must prove Il continuing menace to the
public health.
70 establish Il Board of Health and at the
same time sanction the maintenance of the
hog-pens in a thickly populated town like
Frostburg, seems to be wholly inconsistent
with good policy and sound reason.
We sincere hope no such risk will he as
Sumcd. Very respectfully,
r. i. Den NouLEl. W. o. MCLANE.
j. MARSHALL PEIcU. TIMOTHY GRIFFITH.
j. {. CoEEY. &. {. JACOBS.
DIR. Griffith asked Council to kindly
tell the people the reason for passing
tried to show the danger they We're
plunging the town into. He said, i'll
part, that he had heard no great de-
mand for the restoration of the hog pen,
and surely no man would drink polluted
water from the gutter when fresh, pure
water was at hand. SO he hoped Coun-
ell would not force the people to breathe
the polluted and germ laden air from the
hog pens when the necessity was not APP
parent.
DR.. Price also spoke strongly against
the enactment, and was followed by DIR.
Cobey.
Citizens George c. Neville, Walter
w. Wittig and T. G. Dillon asked for
some reasons why the Ordinance should
be passed.
Councilman Griffith said there was a
great many people who could keep hogs
from the waste which otherwise ac-
cumulates around the house. Besides,
the abolition of the hog curtails the
rights and liberties of the people.
Mr.. Johns said he could not agree with
the doctors regarding the hog pen as Il
menace to the health of the town, as
during the reign of the hog i'll town we
had no smallpox, but since the hog was
abolished we have had case here in the
corporate limits.
Citizen Edward Winner spoke for the
hog.
MIR. Rank said few words in favor of
the hog, and asked for second reading
of the Ordinance, which was ordered
The Mayor tried to stop the gentle
men from going clown the toboggan
slide head first, and in a speech asked
them to lay the Ordinance ON the table
till next meeting for more time and con-
sideratiOn.
But, like Banquo's ghost, it would not
down." and
On motion of Mr.. Richardson, the
Clerk was ordered to read the Ordinance
by its title the third time, and every
Councilman voted for its passage. The
Mayor alone voted against it.
DR.. Griffith Immediately offered his
resignation as a member of the Health
Board, saying that under the present
conditions his services would be useless"
On motion of Mr.. Johns, the resigna-
ton was accepted.
Mr.. Griffith moved that water be fur
nished the proposed new sprinkler at the
rate of u cents for each 1000 gallons.
So ordered.
Mr. Richardson moved that the matter
of paving Broadway be laid over till
next meeting.
Citizen Walter w. Wittig said he
thought this matter was more important
and pressing than the hog pen Ordi-
nance; that the committee of Broadway
citizens had been put off before. Would
like Council to act in the matter.
After a vote Mr. Richardson's motion
prevailed.
On motion of Mr.. Johns, it was or
dered that the Finance committee be in
structed to repair the Council Chamber,
and paper and cover the floor
On motion of Mr.. Griffith, it was or
dered that the Clerk issue notice of