Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1911-02-11

Expenditures
| Orders paid. ........ 471.95
Balance on hand. 379. 60
SUMMARY
| Balance-corporate fund. 50 657 .06
water ........... 5000
Total cash. .................S',u3 b.b9
Aside from the foregoing Street Su-
| pervisor N. NJ. Skidmore reported work
done on streets amounting to $l39.25.
Water superintendent Alfred Jetfries
| reported several items of repair of town
| lines, and l6 feet of water in reservoir.
Collector George krause reported
| $i,ll5.24 taxes and 81 $50 80 water dues
unpaid. OF West Union street paving
assessments 81, 1924 remains unpaid.
Street, Water, Light, Ordinance,
| Building, Legislative and Finance com
| mittees reported mo reports"
Collector Hanson reported ST. IS col
| lected on Ormand street paving and
| S3.3S interest; on Union street paving
| 1892. l3; total $433.17.
IusolvencieS on Ormand street paving
| amounting to $S0.2S We're allowed.
Water rents of 81 6S for September
quarter and 80 cents for December quar-
| ter, due from Mrs. Frisby, were declared
insOlvent.
Mayor Price reported that Mrs Grimm
asked that Council assume one-third of
| the expense of repairing a drainage
ditch running through properties owned
| by herself and w. +. G.. Hitchins, the
owners being willing to assume the re-
naming twO-thirds, Some discussion
| was INDUCED, but no action taken.
A motion was passed that Attorney ID.
L. Sloan be notified to push action
against delinquents on the Union-street
paving.
w. E. G. Hitchins appeared in the in
terest of repairing the National Pike,
| near the Garrett county line. Mr..
Hitchins explained the advantages ac-
| crulng to the town from such improve
| ment and stated that several contractors
had been asked and had agreed to sub
NIT bids for the building of this road
He said that one contractor wished to
obtain permission from the town to haul
materials from railroad Sidings in town
by traction engines over the unpaved
streets. With such permission, he ex-
planned that his bid could be made lower
and thus be more favorable toward the
accomplishment of the improvement.
After some discussion by councilmen
with the provision that any undue dam
age to the roads should be repaired at
the expense of the contractor.
A committee of Broadway citizens, led
by Walter w. Wittig, complained to
Council of the charges made against
them for connections to a sewer for
which they had paid considerable money
at the time it was laid Several of the
Councilmen and Messrs. d. j. Betz and
Andrew McMannis spoke at some length
ON the subject.
On motion, the matter was referred to
the Street committee and Town En-
gineer for investigation and report at
next meeting.
j. w. Shea, acting for a committee
from the Board of Trade, asked Council
that they keep i'll mind action looking
toward obtaining a better supply of
water.
Bailitf Spates stated that when he
made his quarterly report to the County
Commissioners of bills for $29 for meals
and $3.50 for other town charges, they
were turned down by order of commits
sioner Lelbeck.
Motion prevailed that the said bills be
be placed in the hands of the Attorney
for collection.
uilSCI man punt VI plO-
curing bell for the new hose-h house at
the lower end of town.
On motion, the Building committee
was instructed to ascertain prices of
bells and report at next meeting.
Mayor called attention of Council to
the fact that by actual weight shortage
of 40 pounds was found in a load of
coal taken to the pumping station, and
instructed the Water Superintendent
that he had power to discharge any con-
tractor for giving short weight, and told
him to act accordingly and secure such
dealers as would give full weight.
Council went into the election of Of
ticers of registration for the coming cor
porate election. Messrs. John Footen
and Cloyd Evans being the only nominees,
the clerk was instructed to cast the
ballot for them.
Councilman Morgan called attention
to over 81 400 unpaid taxes from the
term of Collector McCulloh The mat
ter being III the hands of Attorney Wat
son the latter explained that he was
working on the case and had just Sc
cured the books. He asked Council to
grant him permission to have notices
printed to send to such delinquent tax
payers.
On motion. permission was granted.
Bills amounting 10 S2.S7l ,59-corpor-
ate S9l7.55, water 81. 954.03-Were read
and ordered paid.