Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-08-06
TOWN AND VICINITY.

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TOWN AND VICINITY.
Town Council
The regular monthly session was held
Monday evening with Mayor John j.
Price and all Councllmen present.
After roll-call, J. S. Metzger, Clerk.
read the journals of the regular July
meeting and two specials-July ii and
26. and all We're approved.
Treasurer J. G.. Yungerman reported
as follows on account
CORPORATE
Cash last report. ..................S l,6l4.94
Receipts
First National Bank-30-
dav note ...............Sl,0 10000
George Krause Collector
taxes. ............ S,o5U.OD
James Hanson, eX-COllect-
Or-taXeS. ......... lOnOO
J. S. MetZger-lCenses.. 22OSO
Frank Spates, Bai lii fl
fines, etc............'.' 3loO -,
Total. .................... .sll, 791A
Expenditures
Orders paid NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1921
Balance on hand ................S SO, 1917 80
Cash last report. ...................s 26.W
Receipts
George krause, Collector
dueS...... .......... Sl,bAo3
James Hanson, ex-COlleCt-
or-dues.... .......... lSoln
Total SoO7O54
Expenditures
Orders paid ................. ........ 5Ii.4i
----
Balance on hand .................Sl ,493O7
Water superintendent Alfred Jeffries
reported the following connections made
to town water system:
Three taps for Savage Mountain Fire
Brick Company property, on McCulloh
street.
J. b. Carter construction company, West
Union street.
DR.. T. Conroy. West Union street
Mrs. Susan Beall, annex to mansion.
W. f.. G. Hitchins, Loo street.
Mrs John Nickel McCulloh street.
Dr. j. NJ. Price new addition, West Union
street.
He reported other work done and sup
plies used. Cost of maintaining the de-
partment, exclusive ofA6uperintendent'
salary, was $426.19, distributed as fol-
lows:
81 tons coal a S305. $3.50; labor for
S25I.12; pumping for month, SAL.
The new reservoir is OVERLOOKING at
this date.
Street supervisor Noah M. Skidmore
reported work done in his department
at a cost of $337.31. which was distribu-
ted over the town pretty generally.
With exception of Building and Ordi-
nance committees, the various standing
committees had no reports to make.
The special committee on investiga-
ting and estimating the cost of widen
ing Beall's Lane, High and Chestnut
streets, through Mr.. Jenkins, reported
the cost of widening Beall's Lane at
about 81, 200, and a petition from IA
number of property owners on that
thoroughfare, read later, asked the town
to widen the street. agreeing to con-
tribute the sum of $500 toward the pro-
ject.
The cost of widening High street
would be about the same. or possibly
little less.
The committee could get no figures OH
Chestnut street, because the property
owners would not sell
Bailitf Spates and the Mayor had Or
dered the street numbers and signs as
they had been instructed at the July
meeting.
The Building committee reported on
cost of site and building for hose house
in east end of town as follows
Site on east side of Grant street $50;
building, 16x30. 10 feet under the caves,
with slate roof, 1898; painting S1450-a
total of S562.5O.
The Ordinance committee reported an
ordinance prohibiting the sale, Offering
for sale, etc., by any merchant or shop
keeper within the corporate limits of
Frostburg of any toy pistol. caps, eX-
plosive fireworks or any such things,
and later the Ordinance was passed
unanimously. 1t provides penalty of
not less than $40, nor more than $50 fine
for the first otfense, and not less than
$50, nor more than 800 for the second
offense, and is effective 30 days after
passage.
A number of citizens being present,
Council suspended business in order to
give anyone or all an opportunity to be
heard, if they had anything to say.
Emery G. Hitchins and a number of
other business men were present to urge
action by Council to secure the most
advantageous location for the new depot
of the Western Maryland railroad, now
under construction. The plans of the
company contemplate the erection of
the depot in the Consolidation Coal
Company's rye-field, several hundred
yards below the Cumberland and Penn
sylvania railroad company's depot.
This would be rather inaccessible for
the majority of the business men, as it
would mean much longer uphill haul
for freight Mr.. Hitchins stated that
the officials of the company would locate
the depot ON more advantageous site,
near the Tenant place at upper end of
Borden, even at an increased cost of
$l5, 000 provided the town of Frostburg
would agree to provide good road with
as easy grade as possible from the
depot to Union street. He further
stated that any action must not be de-
layed, as delay would seriously interfere
with the plans of the company.
Messrs. j. w. Shea, G.. E. Pearce,
Louis Stanton, H. G.. Evans and other
citizens also spoke, and Clinton Uhl, of
Mt. Savage, president of the Allegany
County Board of Road Directors, also
spoke, stating that he thought if the
town would make move in that di-
rection that the county would continue
the road down toward Mt. Savage, and
the result would be to the advantage of