The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-04-08


streets, alleys, sewers, or water lines.
Something different happened,
however, at Thursday nights regular
Council meeting (see story of the
meeting elsewhere on this page).
when a group of young men rep
resenting the Surrey School PIT. A.
attended the meeting for the sole
purpose of thanking the Mayor and
Council for providing the school with
a woman crossing guard. In adj
dition to thanking the Mayor and
Council, they also commented on the
courteous treatment they received
from the various city officials whom
they contacted when they first re-
quested that the crossing guard be
appointed.
AS Mayor Winslow F. Burhans
said, ct is nice to receive a compli-
ment now and then"
Once again the question of i'm
proving road and providing sewerage
and water for the residents of Not
tingham Road, from w. Washington
Street to Church Street, is before the
Mayor and Council This bad stu
alton is not a new one -- it has come
up every now and again for the past
few years at the Council meetings,
but nothing has ever been done
about it.
When the matter was discussed
again at the Council meeting on
Tuesday night, city engineer Claude
Williams estimated that it would
cost about 100000 to grade the road
and run the sewer lines through to
the property. l realize that this is
major project, but also realize that
the health of these families is being
jeopardized by the lack of sewerage
and over-running cesspools.
This same situation went on for
too long on Devonshire Road, but as
soon as it was corrected the homes
on that street almost doubled with,
of course, increased revenue to the
city.
The Mayor and Council have
promised to 60 out and examine the
Nottingham Road section and l sim
cerely hope that they will see their
way clear to at least provide the
graded road and city sewerage.
Sixty thousand dollars, is, of
course, a lot of money but, in my
book it is peanuts when compared
with the health of the fourteen fam
lilies who are now forced to live in
the heart of the city without decent
sewerage facilities.
1t seems to me that it would be
much better for the city to correct
the situation now, while there is
money available, than to have the
State Health Department crack down
and order it done at some later date,
when most of the available major
projects funds have been spent.
The request of the committee of
the Alsatia Club Mummer's Parade,
that the parade this year be held
on Saturday, October 80, is causing
quite bit of talk.
The latest group to discuss the
matter is the Board of Directors of
the Hagerstown Retailers Bureau
who, in a letter to the Alasatia Club
officials, pointed out some of the
problems that will arise if the Satur-
day date is adhered to.
There has been some talk that the
parade might be held in the after
noon and needless to say the retail
ers are opposed to that, as it would,
of course, not only keep customers
out of the stores during the time the
parade was in action, but it would
also mean closing the stores if the
employees were to see anything of
the parade.
If, on the other hand, the parade
is held on Saturday night, that
would, of course, entail not only
erecting the stands in the public
square in the day time, but it also
would entail the placing of chairs
on the line of march during the day
time hours, with the result that
parking on all those streets would be
impossible and that, of course, would
hinder trade at the retail stores be-
fore closing time at 500 o'clock.
. The retailers have shown fine
spirit by advising the Alsatia Club
officials that they will go along and
cooperate as they have always done,
but I think that the Mummer's pa
rade committee should think twice
before definitely deciding on Sat
urday date.
While it is true that the last We'd
nesday in October would be couple
of days before Halloween, 1 think it
world he hetter for all concerned "A