The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-10-15

This makes the third time that
member of the Hagerstown Club
has been so honored.
Just for the record.
There seems to be quite misun-
derstanding regarding the status of
the extension of Antietam Street as
far as the L'Aiglon Plant, so here
are the facts, exactly as they hap
pened.
Back in September, when the
Mayor and members of the Council
toured the entire city in order to
find out what work on streets etc,
was most urgently needed, they Sc
lected the extension of Antietam
Street as one of the urgent projects.
Then, at a special meeting of the
Mayor and Council on September
10, when the money was appropri-
ated for the projects that were to be
started on Immediately, $4,000 were
earmarked for Antietam Street EX-
tended, to be used to change the
pavement and alley at the inter
section of Antietam Street and Can
non Avenue, preparatory to hard
surfacing the street.
At the regular meeting of the
Mayor and Council, held on Oct
ober l, a delegation Of workers of
the L'Aiglon Plant asked the Mayor
and Council to proceed Immediately
with the hard surfacing of the street.
At this meeting Mayor Burhans, as
well as the members of his Council,
said that they were fully aware of
the urgency of the project, but it
was necessary before the street
could be surfaced for preliminary
work - and this means the relocat-
ing of a section of pavement, for
which the money was already APP
propriated, and also the laying of
curb on the other side of Antietam
Street Extended
On Monday, October S, Mayor
Burhans and City Attorney Oswald
interviewed the lady that owns the
property at the corner of Cannon
Avenue and Antietam Street Ex-
tended and came to an agreement
with her for the relocating of the
1IinaoY1+ 10 hnr,
that, at present, extends out into
the new extension. They then went
down and talked to Mr.. Biberman,
president of the L'Aiglon Company,
and he agreed to be responsible for
the clearing of the snow from the
sidewalks from Cannon Avenue to
his plant.
Notice was then served on the
owners of the land on the opposite
side of the extended street to in
stall curbs. Under the law, such pro-
perry owners are given thirty days
in which to lay the curb and then,
if it is not done by that time, the
City will lay the curb and bill the
property owners for it.
Immediately this preliminary
work is completed, Antietam Street
Extended from Cannon Avenue to
the plant will be hard surfaced. And
the only question that now arises
is whether all this preliminary work
can be completed before the weather
gets too bad for the surfacing to be
done
I make this rather long statement
in f2irness to the Mayor and Coun-
Gil, who some people seem to think
were unnecessarily delaying this
work.
Another step was taken towards
the establishment of a second High
School in Hagerstown last week
when the Board of County Com
miss oners authorized the payment
of $40, 600 for the Doub tract con-
sisting of little better than sixty
four acres fronting on South Poto-
mac Street and the townsville Pike,
as site of the proposed South End
High School.
Payment for the tract will be
made to Emma K Doub as soon as
the deed is passed.
Although it is not yet definite,
it is understood that construction on
the new High School will begin
after the new schools of Clear
Spring and Halfway have been COM
pleted
Congratulations to Miss Carol
Long, one of the co-editors of ''The
Hoo WairNWa the monthly pa
per Ct Hagerstown H gh School, on
her editorial in the October 9 issue,
Freedom Of Information" which
urge you all to read. You will find
it elsewhere on this page.
Approximately four and three
quarters per cent of the men re-