The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-03-18
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
What the Frederick Railroad
Asks-An Ordinance Submit
ted-At a Special Meeting
of the Board of
Aldermen.

An ordinance granting to the Frederick
Railroad Company the right to lay and
maintain its tracks and roadbed, to erect
and maintain trolley poles, wires and
! overhead equipments, TO operate cars
motors, engines and all other equipment
! along, through and over Fifth street, and
cross over certain other streets, including
| East street, was read.
| The ordinance as submitted would give
the company the right to lay and main
tain single track. standard gauge road
bed, built of standard T rails, together
; with the necessary turnouts and crossings;
to erect and maintain trolley feed wires
and necessary equipment; to operate cars,
motors, steam locomotives and all other
| equipment, over and through Fifth street
| from the western edge of said street to
the eastern margin of East street, cross
ing the tracks of the Frederick and Penn
! Church street, extended, and East Pat
rick street, extended, at point near the
bridge over Carroll creek.
BY the ordinance the company shall
commence the construction of its roadbed
within four months from the date of the
| passage of the ordinance and complete
months.
The company is given the right to use
steam as motive power on Fourth street
until the completion of its tracks and
roadbed on Fifth street, provided this
shall not be more than twelve months
from the date of the ordinance After
the completion of the road on Fifth street,
the ordinance provides for the taking up
Nf
years. 1t also provides for the paving
with vitrified brick between the tracks on
Fifth street, and IS inches on either side,
when requested within six months by the
Mayor and Aldermen.
The board met in regular session on
Wednesday, the 10Th inst, and trans
acted the following business:
The report of John Francis Smith,
Police Justice from November 18th, Iooo
to February 18th, 1910, showing a total Of
$65.75 was read and approved.
| A plumbers permit was granted to
Thomas F. Allen.
Permission to tap the Market street
sewer by the sceptic system was granted
| to the Central National Bank and the
JUNIOR Fire Company.
Mrs Abbot Morris petition relative to
a scarcity of water on Seventh street,
during the summer season was read
! The petition of Harry Tritapoe to tap
the Silver Spring line OF water pipe
on the Montevue Pike at his farm was
read and both petitions referred to the
! Water Committee.
The Committee on Bridges reported
that they had placed hand rail on the
suspension bridge on Bentz street.
His Honor, the Mayor, Mr. Lowen-
stein, and the City Attorney, were in
structed to go to Annapolis and look
up the city's bills that are pending.
Petitions to lay cutters on North Bentz
street, in front of the new houses of Mr..
c. H. Eckstein, and petition to place
gutter on Carroll street, between All
Saints and South street, and one to
replace the cinder path on East All
| Saints street. between Market and Car
! roll street. Petition to make pa, enent
| on East Church street, at the Lutheran
graveyard were all referred TO the S rect
Committee, with power 10 act.
| The petition of Company A, Fred
erick kiflemen, Captain Marley and
/ Lieutenant Bentz, praying that the cur
rent used by the company should be at
/ the expense of the city, was referred to
| the Light Committee, as was also the
petition TO place an electric light on
Telegraph street and one in Chapel
alley
Bills for the month were read and
passed.
The Market Master submitted his
monthly report, which was read and
approved.
The petition of the Frederick Rail-
road was read, granting franchise to
| lay down aud maintain the tracks and
T rails on Fifth street, with the neces-
sary turn outs, overhead wires, ETC.,
and to use either steam or electricity
as motive power on Fifth street.
| Protests against granting the Fifth
street franchise as prayed for by the
Frederick Railroad Company were read
from twenty-three properly holders on
! Fifth street, and also from McsSrS. Nc
! Cardell, Rohrback and Pro TESS or
! Apple, representing the Woman's Col
lege, and from 1913 residents of Fifth
street, praying that the franchise
be granted. Mr.. o. B. Coblentz elo-
quently addressed the board on behalf
OF the railroad company.
Action was deferred until later
meeting which will be called by either
the Mayor or chairman of the board
One hundred and one property holders
of Fourth street, protested against any
extension to the Washington, Fred
erick and Gettysburg Railroad Company
to use steam after March 3Ist.