The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-03-26
Educational Facilities.

tiles, ranging from the primary school Of
the strictly rural district to Western Nd.
College, where the county has twenty-six
pupils in addition to the two State pupils.
/ There are 40 public schools in the county
and 80 teachers, and the county owns
| 1870 schoolhouses. The attendance at the
schools is 800
/ The Westminster High School is at the
head of the public school system. To this
school some scholars outside of the school
district are admitted In addition there is
a manual training school in Westminster,
and there are graded schools at Nanches-
ter, Hampstead and Union Bridge. Wes-
tern Maryland College has a faculty of
twenty-five professors, including those in
the preparatory school, and last year the
students numbered 226. At New Wind
sor is New Windsor College 1t is the
successor of Calvert College, which was
established very many years ago. Its fac
ulty now consists of ten professors and three
special lecturers, and the students number
about 80. Maryland Collegiate Institute,
at Union Bridge, has completed its fourth
year. Its growth has been wonderful and
It's buildings are ample and up-to-date.
The Institute Is under the auspices of
Dunkards or German Baptists. There are
twelve instructors in the faculty, and the
students numbered in the scholastic year
1923 III. Western Maryland College
is under the auspices of the Methodist
Protestant Church and New Windsor Col
lege of the Presbyterian Church Male
and female students are admitted to all
these colleges Near Freedom is located
Warfeld College, a select educational in
stiJution, under the auspices of the Epis-
copal Church. The Westminster Theo,
logical Seminary of the Methodist Protest
aut Church, at Westminster, edueates stu
dents iur the ministry of that denomina-
ton
With l40 public schools, high school,
, graded schools, a manual training school
and colleges, Carroll is better supplied
with educational facilities than any other
county in the State and no better can be
found anywhere.
Financial Institutions.
No community anywhere is better sup
piled with banking facilities. There are 3
national banks, savings bank and trust
company bank in Westminster, national
bank in New Windsor, and State banks
in Taneytown, each in Uniontowu,
'uiou Bridge, Manchester, Hampstead,
Union Mills and SykesyiIle, besides pri-
waite bank in Westminster and one in Mt
Airy The combined capital Of the banks
Is 1888. 600; surplus and undivided pro-
fits, s3S2, COG; deposits, 81, 904, 968.
The deposits with the private bankers
would probably bring the total deposits up
to SO, 000, coo.
manufactures.
While Carroll is generally known as an
agricultural section, numerous industries
are carried on aud the output is over 81. =
600, coo in value, not counting two whis-
ky distilleries, one Of small and the other
or large capacity, and about so mills which
make -four. cornmeal and feed; nor the
product of saw mills, which turn out lum-
Der and railroad ties in large quantities /;
nor canning establishments. The canning
industry in Carroll is getting quite large,
aud this year new one has been estab-
hshed aud two that have been idle several
years have been put in operation, The
capital invested in plants is probably 1925,
00O and the output is about S275, 600,
The canning season IS short and about
600 persons are employed in the busy
season. About Sl45, 000 are paid in sal
aries and wages.
The largest factory in the county is the
Oakland Wooden Mills, in Freedom dis
tuet. which employs l54 men, % women
and - children, total Of 212 persons,
with an annual pay roll Of $40, 600. Next
comes the railroad shops Of the Western
MARYLAND Railroad at Union Bridge, with
80 employees and pay roll of Sl56, 900.
The tannery Of England 4 Bryan miles
east Of Westminster, comes next in i'm
por,anee The employees number 80 meu !
[ the capital invested is 5000, 600, the out
put $500, 000 and the annual wages s25, :
/ GOO.
Seven steam -four mills have an invested
capital Of Sl0S, 900, employ 81 men, pay
/ s24.4IO in wages, and the value of their
products is Sl72, 500 There are proba-
/ bly fifty mere grist mills in the county, in
/ value s100, 600. and whose products per-
hans reach 5000. 600 Butter and ice
/ cream factories are numerous. Some es-
adjustments make both butter and ice
( cream and others butter alone, while there
are numerous small ice cream factories.
Reports from , of the larger factories show
4 combined capital of s37, 600, an output
Of S97 1856, - employees and au annual
pay roll Of 81, $50
In the three large fertilizer factories
SOL, 900 are invested The value of the
output is sos, 600, the employees number
/ ; and 81, 30 are paid in wages annually.
The cigar making industry Is an exten-
Siye one, and the factories are mostly To-
Gated in the upper districts. In fourteen
Of the more important ones the capital in-
vested is S35, 800, the value Of the pro-
duct Is 1914, 000, and they employ l37
men. S3 women and 30 children, total
of 249, whose wages amount to SAP, 900.
There are a number Of small factories, 10
Gated in villages or on farms, which would
make the whole number OF persons engaged
in the business about 274, and show an
additional capital Of So, 600 and an output
of $50, 000
Ladies wrappers are made at Union
Bridge and mems shirts at Westminster.
The capital Of these establishments is about
SIS, 600, the employees number 1l3,
Sl5, 500 are paid out in wages, and the
value of the product is SlS2, 800.
There are lime kilns, stone quarries,
harness factories, confectioneries, bakeries,
marble yards, broom factories, brick yards
and a great variety of small industries, and
room for many more The various streams
of the county are capable Of turning the
wheels Of great factories, in addition to
furnishing power to many mills now located
on them. and it is a wonder that the excel
lent and never, failing power afforded has
not been availed of. There are numerous
eligible sites for large mills on the banks
of Patapsco falls, along which runs the
| Western Maryland Railroad, which is
now part of the great Wabash system,
and which will afford excellent shipping