Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-03-26

Would it not be a great risk to run by
cleCting Mr.. Jones as Mayor:
Taxpayers and citizens of E'rOStburg,
you would have to pay great amount
i'll which You had no say i'll the beginning.
Had the taxpayers i'll general under
stood that the people who now refuse to
pay their bills intended to have this
work done at the expense of the town,
the people living i'll other sections could
have had an opportunity to protest, be-
cause many streets in FroStburg needed
Improvement as badly as Union street.
In reference to Mr.. Jones past record
as Il public servant. perhaps some still
remember that as Mayor he had the
cash road" on Union street completed
at "a cost of s. 900 to TIE town.
AS Il member of committee he spent
$500 on second-h hand lamp posts.
And under his cOunclmanic oversight
the Cfunnett house, on Steyer street,
was erected and thereby shut up a street.
Since Mr.. Jones failed of his duty in
these instances, is his judgment any
better now than at that time: Would
he not likely commit similar errors if
elected again?
Would Mr.. Duggan, another candidate
on 1.-THE Citizens ticket do anything
whereby the town generally would be
benefited by extending the trolley line !?
In the effort made, and which is still
being made, to have the trolley road
make a "loop" of the town, could Mr..
Duggan be relied on to STAY with the
town: Has 1t been forgotten that Mr..
Duggan while a member of council, of
fered the motion which resulted in
permitting the trolley road to stop at
the Gladstone hotel?
The people of Frostburg have had too
many lessons to be fooled so openly, and
now as taxpayers and citizens of Frost
burg we demand that all these respect
i've candidates on all tickets explain
fully where they stand on all these
questions. Where do Mr.. Jones, Mr.
Townsend and the other candidates eX-
pecting election stand in reference to the
trolley road "loopiug' the town? Are
they or any of theirs ready to make
every effort to take care of the town
| against abuse or encrOachnent on the
| part of the trolley company? Will
| they endeavOr to compel the trolley
company to pay its Just share of Union
street paving? Are they willing to hold
off any and all other liberties or privi-
| leges from that Company at lower end
of town until the town and the people
are recognized as being entitled to fair
and courteous treatment: Do they
stand ready to ask the trolley company
why it violated its compact not to sell
any portion of that road and why they
| boldly sold without consulting the town
Will they or anyone of them, if elected,
push litigation against the property
owners along Union street who refuse
to pay for what they promised to pay?
Now, gentlemen, nominees, come out,
everyone of you, and show where You
stand on these questions, everyone of
which Is an important consideration III
this campaign.
Certainly ii man who is too much
afraid to state how he feels and stands
on matters of such great importance as
these is not deserving of the support or
vote Of any citizen i'll the town.
There is yet time for ticket to be
| gotten ont and elected that will meet the
requirements necessary to call for and
protect the town 5 interest first, last and
always. TAXPAYERS.