The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-07-22
Our City Fathers.

At special meeting of the Board o
Aldermen, held on Friday night last
the 18th instant, for the purpose o
taking action relative to granting the
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
| Company a franchise to lay conduitS
&c, throughout the city. Ex-senator
Rohrback, counsel for the company, ad
vocated the passage of the ordinance.
City Attorney Smith pointed out several
Objectionable features in the ordinance,
which in the franchise as asked for con-
talnS. The members after a careful pc
rusal and discussion of the several
Objectionable features, referred the ordi-
nance to the city attorney with instruc-
tons to erase such items as are objection
able and submit new ordinance for the
approval, both of the Board Of Alder
men and the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company
MeSsrs. Frank c. Norwood, J. Travers
Thomas and Solomon, ID. Hedges, rep
resenting the citizens of West Third
street and others, were before the board
and presented petition asking the board
to condemn the pond known as "Ty-
ler's Pond, Just west OF and adjoining
the old Reformed burying ground, as it
was menace to the health and comfort
of many of the residents of Frederick.
and recognized nuisance all of the year
through, and particularly through the
summer months.
Mr.. Reno s. Harp, representing Mr..
Newton M. Zentz, who owns the water
right of the pond, protested against the
condemnlng of the pond, and asked the
board to protect the easement owned by
Nv hot
not the desire of Mr.. Zentz to stand in
the way OF anv public Improvements, and
that he is willing to sell his right for
price TO be determined on.
The matter was referred to the whole
board as a committee.
1t was the desire of the Frederick
Railroad Company said City Attorney
Smith, to have changed section of the
ordinance passed by the board on March
18th, 1910, regarding the paving between
tracks to be laid on Fifth street, which
required the road to pave with vitrifed
bricks. the space between the tracks and
IS inches on either side.
The section was changed by the board
AS it now stands it requires that the
railroad company shall regrade and re-
pave at its own expense, all of that por-
ton of Fifth street, between East street,
and the western limits of the corporation,
throughout the entire width of the
said street from curb to curb with stone
macadam, and shall use in the regarding
and repairing OF said street an asphalt
binder, and the regarding and repaving
of the said street and all materials used
in the construction thereof, shall be sub
ject TO the approval of the Mayor and
Aldermen.
The said railroad company, after the
completion of said work, shall keep in
good repair the space between the rails
and eighteen inches on each side thereof
in manner satisfactory to the Mayor
and Aldermen.
AS the section formerly was, it re-
quired the company to pave with vitrifed
bricks the space between the tracks and
IS inches on either side This it was
held may be improper material to use in
case steam is the motive power. Besides,
as the section now requires, the street
will be free from dust and that the ma
terial will be ali the same from curb to
curb. In case the residents or the city
decides to put down the bricks the ordi-
nance requires the railroad to pave their
portion.