The citizen., 1913-03-28
Our City Fathers Meet.

praled for the use OF the Iuuior Fire
Company, PAYABLE November 13th. 1913.
Captain D, Tohn MarEey, representing
the Army Commission, appeared before
the board and asked permission 10 ex-
tend the pllaSters OF the proposed armory
building upon the ground which belongs
10 the city. The ground will be used
Is 4 grass plot. PERMISSION was given
Charles Rem was before the Board of
Aldermen and asked that residents on
West Patrick street from Court street
TO the bridge be given relief from the
water in the cellars He stated that
nearly all of the residents favored the
putting down of a sewer Practically
every cellar from the property of George
William Smith. to the creek contains
water Upon the motion of Aldermen
Johnson the City Engineer was in
struCted 10 make a survey and ascertain
the approximate cost and then report
back to the board There is but little
fall until the creek bed is reached, and
this may cause some difficulty
Residents of East Fourth street sent
petition to the board asking that the
street be recurbed and that a Tarvia
street be put down No action was
taken.
Mayor Schell brought up the condition
OF Elm street, and the need of giving it
attention at once. Cutters must be put
down and the street macadamized.
Mavor ScheIl was authorized TO advertise
for bids for the necessary work
Oscar p, Coblentz sent letter to the
board calling attention to the number of
the houses on West Fourth street. Be-
cause of the numbering, much confusion
has been caused The city will have
policeman 10 renumber the houses
Water Rent Collector Mr. J. T. Biser,
made a report of the collection of water
rents for the year from April 1st. 1911, to
April ISt, 1912. For the SIX months from
April Gst, 10 October Ist 1911, the water
rent books showed So, $40 as outstanding.
OF this amount he collected So 4oq.75,
leaving balance on account of errors,
vacancies, etc, of 500. IS. From Oc-
tober Ist. 1911, to April Ist 1912 the
books showed SS22 as due. OF this
amount he collected SS,I73.65, leaving
outstanding on account of errors. etc,
S49.3s.
Z. Thurston Grove was paid IS SO for
cab hire and work done about the res
ervoirs. The bill was several years old
and was held over from the meeting
month ago for investigation.
The High Schools were given the tree
use of the Opera House for two nights
in June
The Board decided to offer for sale the
lot which the city owns on West Fifth
street. and opposite Trail avenue The
lot has frontage of 90 feet, and was ac-
quired by the city some wears ago.
The matter of cooperating with the
different wire companies in the removal
of the poles in front of the Frederick
County National Bank was placed in the
hands OF the Mayor. The four parties
will take down the two wooden
poles erect one iron pole to carry all of
the wires.
]. Edward Smith stated that he had
conferred with the Chesapeake and
Ohio 'Teleahone Company with reference
to connecting the city light plant with
the fire alarm system. The plan will be
to blow the whistle of the light plant
whenever a fire occurs. He stated that
at the recent fire. at his home, there was
a scarcity of fremen due to the fact that
many did not hear the bell sounded
He was instructed to proceed with the
plan that he outlined.
The board discussed at some length
the condition of Baltimore and Ohio
avenue. No action was taken
Market Master, c. William Dams
berger, made the following report for
February:
Received from Stalls..................SII SII 90
Received from Stands and Street
Permits. ............................. 4 90
Received from Scaes...........,....... a. so
Total................................ so
The following bills were passed and
ordered to be paid
Lewis A Woodward. IS 96
General Electric Company.".... "a II
II. c. Roberts Electric Supply
Company. ............................ 81 "a
VIM. {. Robinson & Son & Co. is SS
The DePree Chemical Co.. 81 90
M. ]. Grove Lime Company...... 24S o5
N. J. Wilson & Son."............ q IT
Crum and DaVldson............... 3S 10
Morris Iron Company-........... 8 IS
Frick and Company" So 10
WilcoXon and Brown .............. 26 SO
The News. Observation-Disclosures. So
Markell s. Ford...................... 500 SO
CeH Baughman q Son....s"... 79 o5
CeStral Hardware Co............... 5 SIS
Maryland Brick & Supply Co... 522 10
Total................................SI .SI,47S 5s