The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-12-14

Itle DOdiQ VI OOliity ObunlioSlOit-
ers. at their regular meeting on
Tuesday, considered the applications
of three local Attorneys--Martin v.
B. Bostetter, John NJ Cotton and
Charles c. Grice-for the post of At
torney to the board By vote of
three to two the appointment was
given to Mr. Bostetter.
No applications for any other Of
fees were received or considered.
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The Board also voted the sum of
$500 towards the cost of a new il
Illustrated pamphlet which the Wash
ington County Chamber of Com
merce is publishing.
The Mayor and Council have also
appropriated $500 for the same pur-
pose.
Some four years ago the then
Mayor and Council paid for an il
Illustrated pamphlet advertising the
city and county, but the supply is
now completely exhausted and it
would be impracticable to have it
reprinted, since much of the inform
alton in it, as well as most of the
pictures, are now out of date.
A well illustrated pamphlet is in
valuable to the Chamber of Com
merce in answering the requests of
thousands of people who, throughout
the year, write to the Chamber of
Commerce for information about
Hagerstown and the County, and the
Board of County Commissioners and
the Mayor and Council are to be
congratulated on their cooperation
in this worthwhile civic undertaking.
At the annual dinner meeting of
the stockholders of the Hagerstown
Fair Association, held at the Alex
ander Hotel on Tuesday night, the
president of the Board, d. Eldred
Rinehart, stated that he expected
the new grandstand at the Fair
ground to be completed in time for
the 1851 races.
Mr.. Rinehart informed the stock
holders that the steel for the new
structure was expected to. be on the
grounds by the middle of January.
Since he made no reference to the
recent Government order restricting
building operations, it would seem
that the Board has received a go
ahead permission, which will be
good news, not only to the stock
holders, but to the public as well,
who were led to believe according
to several published reports, that
building of the new grandstand had
been halted on orders from Wash
ington and that, as a consequence,
there would be no race meet in Ha-
gerstown in 1851
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In these days of ever increasing
prices, it is like a breath of fresh air
to find that the Hagerstown Gas
Company is reducing its gas rates.
Even though the saving to the av-
erage housewife will only be a few
cents a month, if all the other com
modities used in the average home
were reduced a few cents, it would
go a long way toward staving off
imitation.
As was expected, the Antietam
Company, developers of the North
End Property that the Council
zoned for residential purposes only,
have taken their case to court and
Judge Mish, of the Circuit Court,
has given the Mayor and Council
until January II to show cause why
an injunction against the ordinance
should not be granted.
1t will be interesting to see what
develops.
While on the subject of City or
dinances, / wonder when those UNI
slightly, uprooted trees on the prop
erty at the corner of North Potomac
and Charles Streets are going to be
hauled away?
AS you will remember, the clear
ing of this property for use as a
parking lot was halted when the
Mayor and Council passed an ordin-
ance prohibiting it being used for
that purpose. 1t seems to me, how
ever, that there is nothing in the
ordinance to prevent the unsightly