Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-06-30

| or three longer won't be any hardship.
II any of Us are about to engage in
new undertaking we go over the situa-
tiun carefully, weighing the pros and
rDus particularly the CONS Let us not
permit ourselves to bc imposed upon by
foolish or spccious arguments but come
To mature Judgment hv careful, lust and
straight reasoning
Nextly tn" public should be- taken
into the confidence Ot the Council. As a
/ rule, the public can be- trusted. from
amidst the chaos of bias aud III reason
| ing, IN the long run, II finds the right
/ side. For those of Us who find IT diff
| hCult to avoid soClalistic lcaningS, it
seems a pity that we do not have the
| initiative and r,trU,ittm. Here is "A
| splendid example II case where the
/ people should be the final judge. In
Switzerland the best governed country
| perhaps in the wOrld-the people vote
| upon all such questions; in this country
| the idea of initiative and r,t,r,uduD, Is
gaining ground yearly. 1t has not come
as far as Frostburg, but we can do what
amounts to the same thing-gct at the
| judgment of the majority Instead of
stare chamber" meetings, gentlemen,
invite the public not here and there Il
man, but the public i'll general 10y public
notice. Let everybody have his say and
discuss the matter among ourselves
then think 1t over, still discuss it, and
| then conclude.
Coming down to the details of the
present case, let's indulge little
analysis:
The franchise as printed, | under
stand, emanates from this foreign cor
| pOratlOn-t the Natural Gas Company
| or course, the idea and motive are patent
| The Gas Company doesn't expect any
such franchise. II merely asks for that
much, expecting to get less. Besides
when the Mayor and Council make Ger
tain restrictions and give the Company
less than they a k for (but in reality
! Just " hat they want it leaves an open
| ing f.n nh" Mavnr aud Council to grace
! fully nee OppuS uOn aud say why we
! dldn'r give them near what they asked
for; we wouldn't tolerate that but made
them com" To time while the fact is
that tn" C"mpany got just exactly what
| it started uut to get.
Nov this company asks the right to
| lay pip" i'll every rect and alley i'll
town. now or hereafter, and maintain all
necessary stations for 30 years.
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