The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-02-09
CITY FATHERS IN
MONTHLY SESSION.
Routine Business Transacted at Mon
day Evenings Session.
LOT BOUGHT FOR NEW BUILDING
For municipal Purpose Which Will
Contain Lookup, Justices Court,
Fire Department and Council
Chamber-New Fire Apparatus.

Chamber-New Fire Apparatus.
The CITY Council met in regular
session at the council chamber Mon
| day evening with all members of that
body, Mayor McComas and Clerk
John c. Durham present.
The minutes of the January meet
| ing were read and approved.
Mr.. C. E. Ofutt appeared and ask
| ed Il reduction in the schedule of
charges for weighing coal on the town
scales, said reduction to apply only
Oh coal used at the electric plant
which is dug at the mine owned bv
Mr. D. E. Offutt. The phraseology
of the ordinance being such no reduc-
| tion could be allowed and the matter
was referred to the weighmaster who
was instructed to make satisfactory
arrangements with Mr.. Offutt for the
service.
A permit was granted William j.
Nair for the erection of a six-room
frame dwelling house at the corner of
Centre and Gilmor streets.
Permission was also granted Mr..
Benz. H. S;ucell to erect and main
tain steel tower IS feet high and
tank of 10000 gallons capacity on the
lot in the rear of THE REPUBLICAN
building, the water from SAID tank to
be used in case of fire and for ordi-
nary Office and store purposes.
Mayor McComas, who was appoin-
ted at the January meeting to confer
with Mr.. George w. Legge relative to
the urchase of the triangular lot of
! ground at the corner of Liberty and
| First streets, as site for the propos-
ed new municipal building, reported
that the lot could be purchased for
$1,000. The Mayor recommended that
the land be bought and that a build
ing commensurate with the growing
needs of the town be erected thereon.
Mayor McComas also recommended
that double cylinder chemical en-
CINE and new material to fully equip
the present fire apparatus be pur-
| chased at once.
! Another recommendation upon
which the council took favorable ac-
ton made by the Mayor, was that the
street commissioner be instructed to
clear the sidewalks of snow with the
snow shovel recently constructed the
work to be done on the morning fol-
lowing the fall of snow and before the
activebusiness of the day begins.
Bills were passed as follows:
E. u. Tower, for recording, etc,
| S13.15; Oakland Electric Co, Janu-
airy light, $685.; A. G. Wotring,
work on streets, 5000; Dixon & KEEL
so, nails, lumber, etc, $l5.29; A. g..
Sturgiss, car fare for paupers, $2.32;
/ Oakland Pharmacy, soda and acid for
chemical engine, 1851; j. j. Sweeney.
cleaning uniform, So; A. c.. Wotring
for cleaning snow from pavements, So.
I The bill of d. E. OfIutt & Sons, for
cement, soda and buckets used at the
recent fire, was referred 20 the finance
committee for auditing, as was also
the bill of G. b. Cropp & Co. for
soda.
The report of the weigh master
showing collections of S31 at the town
scales was fled collections for plat
forms of $55.51 and from the tax col.
lector on taxes of 1901, amounting to
$S3.87 were also made.
/ Agreeable to the recommendation
of Mavor McComas an order was
passed authorizing the purchase of
the Legge lot for $1,000, the payments
to extend over a period of four yea RS
with interest on the deferred amounts.
A committee consisting of the May
or and Councilmen Bolden and Law
ton was appointed to draft plans and
submit the same at the meeting of
Council to be held on the night of
the Goth inst for the proposed new
municipal building, the same to con-
tain quarters for the fire department,
police Justices office, lookup and
council chamber and to be construct
ed of material other than wood.
An order was passed instructing
the Mayor TO dispose of the present
municipal building and lot for the
sum of $500.
The question of II more efficient fire
department was then taken up and
discussed at length, terminating in
the appointment of committee con.
sisting of Councilmen Lawton and
Harmed to secure prices for an addi-
tional chemical engine, ladders, and
other paraphernalia necessary. This