The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-10-11
Around Town With
The Editor

ing (see my editorial, "A Disgrace
to Hagerstown," elsewhere on this
page) a petition was read from the
residents of Carroll Heights COM
planning of the, low water pressure
in that section. During the discus
sion that followed, two rather amaz-
ing statements were made by Mr..
Wilson, superintendent of the
Water Department, and here they
are:
y the water department expects
to change the water lines in that
section from 6-inch pipes to 12-inch,
sometime this fall. The pipes have
been out there for sometime but the
LAYING of them has been delayed be-
cause of the Chewsville Pike pro-
iect. In plain words, this means
that taxpayers in the city have been
deprived of a decent water pressure
because of a project outside of the
city limits.
q if the 12-inch pipes do not an
swer the problem it will be neces-
sary to put in new and larger
pumping station for that section but,
Mr.. Wilson added, since that would
be quite costly to the city the res
idents of Carroll Heights section
would have to pay higher water
rate than anyone else in the city.
It seems amazing to me, since
everybody in the city limits pays
the same tax rate, that one section
should be Disseminated against. Mr..
Wilson should be reminded that it
is the duty of the city, whatever the
cost, to provide an adequate water
supply for every section of the COM
munity and since he has stated that,
if new pumping station has to be
put in to give them adequate sup
ply of water at all times, they will
have to pay higher water rate,
perhaps he will agree to reduce their
present water rate until such time as
the bad condition in that section can
be remedied.
In my opinion, What is Sauce
for the Goose is Also Sauce for the
Camden"
Under the provisions of the Zon-
ing Ordinance, the members of the
City Council organized themselves
on Thursday night as an Appeals
Board and Luther Broom was named
chairman. I presume, however, that
when the appeal against the granting
of building permit for a trucking
warehouse on Mill Street comes be-
fore the Board, Mr.. Broom will dis
qualify himself from sitting on the
Board, since he has already made a
public statement in favor of the
trucking warehouse.
AS l told you in this column two
weeks ago, the Board of County
Commissioners have always been 100
per cent behind the building of good
schools for Washington County, and
they proved it last week by approx
ing the low bid submitted for the
new Salem Avenue school after TAX
ing time to thoroughly inspect plans
for the school with the Board of Ed
ucation, during which some adjust
ments were made that, although they
saved the taxpayers some money,
will in no way lessen the appearance
of the new school or its functions.
The County Commissioners before
finally approving the plans thor
oughly discussed with everyone con-
cerned including the P-T.A. and the
result is, that a school the city and
county can be proud of will be built.
The Commissioners at their regu-
lar meeting on Tuesday voted to
finance the IS voting machines, re-
Gently purchased, through the Ha-
gerstown Trust Company, over a
ten-year period.
The compliments on Tuesday
afternoon, in the case against the
City of Hagerstown regarding the
Zoning Ordinance, which is now be-
fore the Circuit Court filed, through
their attorneys, Lloyd R. Kuhn and
Omer T. Kaylor, Jr., an answer to
the petition and motion of the City
of Hagerstown that the case be dis
missed.
In their answer they agreed to
the dismissal provided: y that the
said dismissal be without prejudice,
and p that the complainants believe
that this cause should be dismissed
with costs assessed against the Re-
spondent, since the Court sustained
the contentious of the Compliments
as to the inva1iditv of the said or