The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-07-09


Meeting of the School Board.-The School
Board held meeting at Towson on Wednes-
day, with the president, Mr.. Thomas B. Todd,
in the chair.
Commissioner Arthur was authorized to
erect an addition to School IL, district Z, at
White Hall. to cost $3.50.
The contract for building new school house
at Orem's was awarded to Henry ]. Pepper for
81, BAT. WV. Foulke bid 81, 500 for the work.
Modified plans for new school buildings at
Highlandtown and Reisterstown were &C
cepted.
The Board declared that it would not estab-
lish additional high schools until May /, 1906.
The Board recommended the following for
scholarships in the State Normal School to
fill any vacancies that may occur from other
counties:
Miss Jennie Thompson Parks, CockeysviIle.
Miss Hester Brooks, Cockeysville.
Miss Edith Cockey, Reisterstown.
Miss Bowen, North Point.
Miss Mary w. Rowel, Sweet Air.
Miss Hannah Scott was awarded o scholar
ship in the Maryland Institute and Miss Mollie
L. Seig, one in the State Normal School, she
having been pay pupil in that institution
last year.
Mr.. Rufus K. Wood was authorized to ar
range for the transportation of pupils from the
West End School at Sparrow's Point to the
main school there at a cost not to exceed $50
school year.
School 4, 9th district, was accepted.
Mrs. Harry G. MARITIME was appointed trus-
tee of the Roland Park school, vice herself,
failed to qualify.
Commissioner Scott was authorized to build
a vestibule at the Foreston school and to have
a well bored at School No. g. 10th district.
New Device for Catching Mail-Bags.-
Between 6 and 10 mail stations are being erect
ed on the line of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road between Baltimore and Washington for
the purpose of testing new invention to be at
tached to the mail coaches. The device is to
take and throw out mail at the same time and
abolish the present system of throwing out the
mail on the tracks.
The invention is very simple. Two steel bars
are placed alongside the door frame with springs
holding them together at the ends A. steel
Jars, and on this hoop the mail bags are las
tened with snap locks. Three bags can be at
tached to the hoop, while only one bag can be
thrown out at one time by the present arrange
ment.
The stations erected alongside the tracks are
somewhat similar to those already in use ex-
cept that long iron bar is placed on the edge
of the platform parallel with the tracks. This
bar catches the hoop on the cars with the mail
bags attached which extends about two feet
from the car On a pole running up from the
platform the same kind of bars as are on the
cars are attached, and hoop with the mail
bags for the coach is there placed and the mail
catcher simply grabs it as the train goes by.
The invention obviates the fear of having the
bags roll under the cars to be ground to pieces
or burst as they touch the surface. Besides, it
has the advantage of taking in and throwing
out more than one bag at time.
Mr.. William Appleby. of Germantown,
Montgomery county, is the inventor He is
about 60 years old and is paralyzed on one side
of his body.-BGltinaOre american.
June, 1904, Was Cooler Than Usual
The monthly meteorological summary of the
Baltimore local Weather Bureau for June, con-
tains some surprises for the average citizen
who has had his own opinion regarding the
weather during that month.
The greatest OF these is that the mean tenn
perature for the month, 71o, shows an average
daily deficiency of Leo when compared with
the average mean for the same month during
the "a wears over which the bureau records ex-
tend. That is, the average daily temperature
during June, 1904, was nearly % lower than
the average for the same month in any other
wear since the Weather Bureau was established
In Baltimore in 1871.
The highest temperature for the month past
was $50, recorded on June 26th. The lowest
was 500, on June 11th On four days the mer-
curry went above 800, 800 being recorded on
both the 9Th and 9th, 93o on the 25th and $50
on the 18th. There were IL days, or more
than half the month, when it was above 800.
Only nine days out of the 30 were clear, and
rain was recorded on 20, the daily fall ranging
from a trace to nearly an inch, the highest
daily fall having been 80 of an inch, ON the
last day of the month. The total rainfall for
precipitation for the same month in the past
"a years is 3.77 inches.
There were IL thunderstorms.
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