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Mining Wmt Journal.
J. BENSON ODER, Editor.
FORTY-FIRST YEAR. NO. .37.
“God, Our Country and Our Order”
WASHINGTON CAMP, No. 41
/ Patriotic Order Sons of America
MEETS EVERY MONDAY EVENING
IN WITTIG’S HALL
Visiting Members Always Welcome
John W. DeVore Jack S. Crow
President Secretary
“HELLO, BILL!”
Frogtburg Lodge, Ho. 470
B. P. 0. S.
Meets every Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock
ELERNOR BUILDING
Visiting Brothers Invited Booms Always Open
H. G. EVANS & CO.
the up-to-date
Livery, Feed and Sale Stable
GOOD TEAMS
Hauling of All Kinds Open Day and Night
Special Attention Given to Funerals and
Weddings. Phone 304
HUNTER & SON
FIRST-CLASS LIVERY
All kinds of FEED for sale
General Hauling a Specialty
Corner Mechanic and Water Street
FROSTBURG, MD.
MILTON W. RACE
Livery and Sales Stables
Horses for sale at all times at all prices and
guaranteed as represented
Mechanic and Maple Streets
C. & P. Telephone FROSTBURG, MD.
RANKIN BROTHERS
TRANSFER
“We Deliver the Goods”
WATER STREET
A. P. HOEY
The Tonsorial Artist
13! E. UNION ST.
FIRST-CLASS WORK GUARANTEED
About your Hair Cuts, Shaves, Massage, Sham
pooing, Hair Singeing and Tonic Rubs. <
He will do them right.
5 Chairs 5 Barbers
PALMER BROTHERS
Tonsorial Parlor
A Specialty of Massage and Hair Cutting
159 East Union Street
B. J. PALMER, Manager
HENRY J. BOETTNER
Fine Groceries
Provisions
Hay and Feed
Phone ioo-i 197 E. Union St.
J. C. WILSON & SON
FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES
Fruits. Vegetables and Country
Produce
Fresh Fish and Oysters in Season
Fine Cigars and Tobacco
14!) E. Union St. Frostburg, Md.
EDWARD DAVIS & CO.
DEALERS IN
Staple and Fancy Groceries
Country Produce, Queensware, etc.
Union Street
FROSTBURG, MD.
A. SIMTZNAS
Fancy and Staple Groceries
!) BROADWAY
Just a few steps from Union Street,
but it will pay you to come.
GRIFFITH BROTHERS
dealers in
Groceries, Provisions, Flour
Feed, Etc.
Corner Union and Water Streets
FROSTBURG, MD.
“GOOD THINGS TO EAT”
C. F. BETZ
GROCER
FROSTBURG MARYLAND
THE CORNER GROCERY
Buy SLEEPY EYE FLOUR
And get a Set of Silver Spoons
Special Grocery offer on cash orders of $5.00 or
more. “See us first.”
HORGAN BROS., 72 Broadway
RIGHT BROTHERS
45 BRGRDWRY
GROCERIES PROVISIONS
HAY AND FEED
MINERS’ SUPPLIES
IPHONE
P. F. CARROLILi
THE BOWERY GROCER
General Merchandise
Fancy Groceries, Country Produce
Corner Rower 1/ and Loo Streets
FROSTBURG, TKD.
W. 11. ANGWIN
Staple and Fancy Groceries
10 East Loo Street
FROSTBURG, MD.
Phone 145-F
Telephone Orders Promptly Delivered.
MRS. MARY JOHNS
Restaurant and Ice-Cream Parlor
68 F. UNION STREET
Ice-Cream sent out in all designs
Meals and Lunches at all hours
Parties, Balls and Lodges furnished
JOE McGRAW
Soft Drinks and Lunches
Cigars, Tobacco and
Confectionery
155 E. Union St. Frostburg, Md.
Phone 20-1 Room 1
BERNADETTE RAFFERTY
Leading Public Stenographer
Wittig Building
FROSTBURG MARYLAND
W. G. HILLER
The Reliable Tailor
10 W. UNION ST.
Order your Suit for Summer now and
avoid the rush.
GEO. H. GUNTER
Clothing and Furnishings
For Men and Boys
Hotel Gladstone Building
)> W. Union St. Frostburg, Md.
A. CHAS. STEWART
“Home of Good Clothing”
Citizens Bank Building
KYLUS & GROSS
MODERN TAILORS
WILL FIT YOU
East Union Street
ALL MEN’S CLOTHING
MADE TO ORDER
AND
Guaranteed to Fit or No Sale!
Other work in Tailoring done on same satis
factory conditions. Whether you come early
or late in the season we will try to please you.
GEORGE D. HAMILL, Sr.
Phone 20-1 Wittig Building
W. C. NOEL & CO.
Fire, Health and Accident Insurance
Bonds, Business Brokers
IS E. Union St. Frostburg, Md.
J. S. METZGER & SON
General Eire Insurance
1!) East Union Street
FBOSTBUBG, MABYLAND
Reliable Fire
Insurance Companies
REPRESENTED BY
ULYSSES HANNA
General Insurance
Bonding
Fire
Offices—Citizens National Rank and
Opposite Postotlice.
D. A. BENSON, Agent.
HOCKING & HOMING
Fire Insurance Agents
Frostburg, Md.
Before buying Life Insurance
consult
Arthur T. Johnson
Manager of
The Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.
Room 7 Shea Building
JAS. D. WILLIAMS
THE OLD RELIABLE
Boot and Shoe Maker
East Union Street
Invites a call from all friends
old and new
FIFTV YEARS IN BUSINESS
HENRY N. SCHNEIDER
Shoe and Hat Emporium
97 East Union Street
M. & W. RODDA
Shoes Rubbers Slippers
REPAIRING NEATLY
DONE
93 Bowery Street
GILBERT STUDIO
E. Union St.
Moderate-Price Photos
Post Cards IPiottire Framing
Picture P'inislTirLgr
Jeweler
and
Scientific Optician
FROSTBURG, MD.
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER.
FROSTBURG, MD., SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1912.
nmn speir
FRESH AND SJVEOKTKD
MEATS
13 BROADWAY
HARRG BROS.
ALL KINDS OF
Fresh and Smoked Meats
ON HAND DAILY
30 Broadway Frostburg, Md.
William Engle James Engle
ENGLE MEAT MARKET
Dealers in
Live and Dressed Meats
Butter and Eggs Poultry in Season
66 E. Union St. 19 W. Union St.
WILLIAM HARVEY
Civil and Mining Engineer
COUNTY SURVEYOR
FROSTBURG MARYLAND
CHAS. G. WATSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Pearce Building
Frostburg Maryland
CLAYTON PURNELL
Attorney at Law
Shea Building
FROSTBURG, MARYLAND
y. W. SHEA
THE OLDEST DRUGGIST IN FROSTBURG
Eastman Kodaks Huyler’s Candies
Paints Glass Wall-Paper
WALTER T. LAYMAN
28 W. Union St. Opp. Postoffice
FROSTBURO, MD.
Roofing and Spouting
All kinds of Hand-Made Tinware
Stove Pipe and Elbows
Phone 2S-4
Dr. G. Elwood Urnracost
Dentist
’SnirrT
C. & P. Phone
West Union Street
FROSTBURG MARYLAND
1893 ESTHBLISHBD 1913
Dr. I.L. RITTER,
DENTIST,
19 Broadway, jJ7] Frostburg, Md.
Dr. J. M. PORTER,
DENTIST
First National Bank Building
Broadway Entrance Phone 20-3
.T.Alex. DAVIS BROS. Jas S -
S7vyoKe House
Domestic and Key West Cigars ,
Egyptian and Turkish Cigarettes
Meerschaum and Briar Pipes
Post Cards Pure-Food Chocolates :
Smokers’ Articles a Specialty
20 W. Union St. End of Street Car Line
J. JOHNSON & SON
Contractors and Builders
AGENCY FOR
CAREY ROOFING
WILLISON BROS.
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
Rough and Dressed Lumber
Sashes Doors Laths Shingles Slate
Rubber Rooting Wall Plaster Etc.
FROSTBURG, MD.
JAMES SKEADOS
Manufacturer of and dealer iu
Confectioner}} and Ice-Cream
Dealer in
Foreign and Domestic Fruits, Nuts, Etc.
FROSTBURG, MD.
G. DUD HOCKING
Notary Public
1 OFFICE
Fidelity Savings Bank
Model Lice Spray,
; Quart Can, 35 cents.
FOR SALE BY
T. L. POPP,
Dealer in Poultry Supplies,
FROSTBURG, MD.
CAMPBELL’S
FINE MILLINERY
■ 73 East Union Street
A New Line of—
HA.TS
For Ladies, Misses and
l Children at
MRS. P. O’ROURKE’S
ALL INVITED TO COME HOME.
The following list comprises another installment of the names
and addresses of former residents of Frostburg, now living outside
this county, registered by friends here for use of the Centennial
and Home-Coming Committee.
It is proposed by the latter body to supplement the general
invitation, already extended, by one special to each Frostburger, so
that as individuals the) 7 may be assured of a home desire to see
them at home; of a warm welcome when they come, and the tender
of generous hospitality while they stay.
The names, arranged alphabetically, will appear in succeeding
issues of the Journal until all are printed.
Meanwhile, should anyone observe that a name has been over
looked, or an address given incorrectly, an immediate report to the
Journal is solicited, as the Committee is anxious to specially
invite all without exception:
Arnold, George, care Dr. Gundy’s Sanatorium, near Baltimore, Md.
Byrne, Miss Elizabeth, Charleston, N. H.
Brown, Prank F., 110 Co. C. A. C., Port Grebel, R. I.
Briggs and family, Mrs. Annie, Piedmont, W. Va.
Bennett, Mrs. Arthur, Piedmont, W. Va.
Bantz, H. H., care of R. M. Sulton & Co., Baltimore, Md.
Belanger, A. A., Printer, 1231 Seventh Avenue, Huntington, W. Va.
Boyle, Miss Alice, East Pittsburg, Pa.
Brickey, Haden, 215 Ninth Ave,, S. W., Roanoke, Va.
Beckman and family, Louis, Romney, W. Va.
Cleeland, Samuel H., 1341 Divinity Place, Philadelphia, Pa.
Cohn, Harry, Roanoke, Va.
Chivers, I. 1., Bridgeville, Pa.
Davis, William, Co. G, 12 Inft., Yuma, Ariz.
Durst, Mrs. Katie, Levels, W. Va.
Engleby, Mrs. John, 338 Campbell Ave., Roanoke, Va.
Elrick, John E., R. F. D. 2, Federalsburg, Md.
Edleman, Louis, Belair, Md.
Franks, I. E., Bridgeville, Pa.
Franklin, Mrs. Jennie V., 1129 9th Street N. W., Washington, D. C.
Frye, Mont, Donora, Pa.
Felton, John E., Everett, Pa.
Fowler, Mrs. Elizabeth, Gormania, W. Va.
Friend, Mrs. E. E., Morgantown. W. Va.
Gerlach, Joseph G., Sergeant Ist class, Hospital Corps, Fort Terry, N. Y.
Goshorn, George, Postmaster, Piedmont, W. Va.
Gunnette, James Norman, 1129 9th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
Graham, C. S., 201 Beall Avsnue, North Side, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Goehring, Max, Bridgeville, Pa.
Goehring, Ed., Bridge well, Pa.
Gower and family, Thomas, 2122 Sidney Street, S. S., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Hitchins, E. S., Olive Hill, Ky.
Hosack, James S., Bridgeville, Pa.
Hill, Jobe, R. F. D. 1, Eafayette, Colorado.
Hill, Harry, North McAllister, Okl.
Hill, John, Red Eodge, Mont.
, Holt, Charles W., 640 W. Franklin St., Baltimore, Md.
Hartman, Mrs. A. Z., 732 West N. Avenue, Baltimore, Md.
Hawkins, H. 8., New Haven, N. Y.
Hitchins, Owen, Hotel Douglas, Houghton, Mich.
Kitching, Mrs. Walter, Stewart, Florida.
Knox, Clarence, Piedmont, W. Va.
Kearsing, E. Irving, 1017 Hoyt Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Kight and family, Jack, Beryl, Va.'
| Kimmel, Mrs. Jennie, Deer Park, Md.
j Katz, Max, 525 E. Fort Ave., Baltimore, Md.
Kelley, Miss Jennie, 6333 Walnut St., E. E., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Little, Capt. James, Portsmouth, Ohio.
Little, John S., Portsmouth, Ohio.
Eitz, Henry E., Printer, Baltimore, Md.
McGettigan, Kaylor, Armstrong County, Pa.
Michael, F. A., Cascade Locks, Oregon.
Michaff, S. K., Daytona, Florida.
Michael, J. C., Oakland. Florida.
Munroe, W. Fred., Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Moore, D. Custer, Franklin, Pa.
Mallery, M. R. Bridgeville, Pa.
Miller, W. G., care of C. S. Graham, 201 Bell Ave., N. S., Pittsburgh, Pa.
McCaffrey, S. P. Bridgeville, Pa.
McGarvey, Dr. S. C., Bridgeville, Pa.
McMillen, R. E., Bridgeville, Pa.
Ockerman, Mrs. M. 8., 314 East 20th Street, Baltimore, Md.
Offutt, D. E-, Oakland, Md.
Patterson, Bruce, Clearfield, Pa.
Petzer, C. A., 2214 E Street, San Diego, Cal.
Page, Charles R., Wildwood, N. J.
Ritleg, George, Bridgeville, Pa.
Russell, W. F., Bridgeville, Pa.
j Richardson, H. E., Drexel Hill, Garrett Ford, Pa.
Reichenbach, Mrs. Tillie, 492 West 136th Street, New York, N. Y.
Rase, John, Davis, W. Va.
Rase, Louis, Davis, W. Va.
Smith, Noble, care of T. H. Vaueman Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
Sadler, Mrs. Louisa and Miss Harriet, 1005 N. Strieker Street, Baltimore, Md.
Sloan, E. C., 930 Seventh St., Parkersburg, W. Va.
Shearer, Mrs. Harris, and Misses Mollie and Martha, 729 Hollis Street,
Baltimore, Md.
Shearer, Abraham, Belair, Md.
Swithyall, L. and Miss Lena, 1628 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md.
Standish, John, Flesno, Flesno Co., Calif.
\ Speigle, Joe, care Roanoke Clothing Co., Roanoke, Va.
Somerhill, Edward, Eutaw and German Sts., Baltimore, Md.
Trinblin, Richard, Bridgeville, Pa.
Tennant, James, Box 15, Bunker Hill, Russell County, Kan.
Tippen, Miss Teresa, St. Joseph Hospital, Baltimore, Md.
Thomas, Kimmel, Donora, Pa.
Tucker, Morris, care of R. M. Sullen Co., Baltimore, Md.
Wilson, James E-, 27 Large Street, Meyersdale, Pa.
Welch, J. Harry, 61 North 2d Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Wilson, Mrs. Mamie, care of H. T. Wilson, Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich.
Watkins, Miss Ruby, 1309 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md.
Wolberg, Joe, 624 Central Ave., Kansas City, Kan.
| Zacks, Meyer, Erie, Pa.
j Zeller, John, 4138 Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago, 111.
Allegany Won Three.
The subject for an essay, submitted
during the winter to the parochial
school girls of the State under 15 years
of age, was—“ Why We Are Taught
Religion in Our Schools.”
Competitors entered from all over
the State, and Friday of last week
the awards of prizes were announced —
the first to Miss Katherine E. Farrell,
of the Mt. Savage school, sls.
The second was won by Miss Loretta
Habig, of a Cumberland school, $10;
and the ninth to Miss Bernadine Anna
Maloy, of Westernport, $5.
Of the 10 prizes, 8 were awarded to
girls, 2 to boys ; schools in this county,
as seen, taking 3.
Six Weeks Hence.
A party of New Yorkers and Balti
moreans, interested in the Western
Maryland Railroad, making an inspec
tion excursion over the new link, pass
ing here Thursday of last week, are
reported as “delighted,” and the pre
diction was indulged that “it will be
come a busy line in furnishing traffic
both east and west.”
“The construction work met the ap
probation of all,” said President Rob
ertson. “It came up to expectations
and it gave me a thrill of pleasure
that at last the Western Maryland had
been joined up as a trunk line.”
Continuing, Mr. Robertson said:
“It has been decided not to open
the road formally for scheduled traffic
until July 15. By that time the road
bed will be In perfect shape for rapid
movement, and the company will be
receiving new equipment.”
The New York Central Railroad,
is reported as having traffic awaiting
the Western Maryland opening, or as
soon as the latter is in shape to move
it. No estimate of the volume of this
business can be given, but it is ex
pected to reach a tonnage which will
test the full capacity of the road.
Much of this new traffic will be for im
port and export trade, thus demanding
more big steamers, which will add still
further to the elements which tend to
commercial growth and importance.
Au Editor and His Automobile.
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Russell, of Ban
gor, Michigan, and Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Frye, of Lansing, same State, reached
here Friday evening of last week, en
route to Washington, D. C., after
several days of riding over good and
bad roads.
On tbe summit of Great Savage
mountain Mr. Russell prepared to glide
gently down the eastern side when to
his horror he found that the brakes of
his machine ceased to operate ! Mean
while, over a strange road, the speed
augmented, and there was nothing
left to him but to keep in the center of
the road. Like Schnitzerll’s ride, on
they flew and never stopped until they
reached the summit of Federal Hill!
Even mountaineers would not feel
entirely safe in this situation, but to
people who, until this tour, had never
seen a mountain, it was frightful!
Mr. Russell is editor and publisher
of the Bangor Advance, one of Mich
igan’s sprightliest papers, and a most
intelligent, clever gentleman. “About
20 miles this side of Columbus, Ohio,”
he said, “the hills became more pro
nounced, and, coming farther on, he
finally asked a gentleman on the road
about It. He said that we were just
entering the vestibule of the Appa
lachian range of mountains. ‘Where
will we see the real thing? ’ I asked.
He studied a moment and responded—
‘well, there’ll be something doing in
the real mountain line at Frostburg,
Maryland ! ’ And so it turned out! ”
After a night’s rest at Hotel Glad
stone and repairs of machine, the
party left for the east. “But,” Mr.
Russell assured the Journal, “I’ll
not tell Mrs. Russell that it is over
1,500 feet to the Cumberland level —
until we get there.”
Election of Officers.
At the regular quarterly meeting
Tuesday evening the Frostburg Fire
Department elected the following of
ficers:
President—John T. Hart.
Vice-President—Bernard Hughes.
Sergeant-at-Arms—Charles F. Johns
HENRY F. COOK, Manager.
WHOLE NUMBER 2,122
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1882-1912
THIRTY YEARS AGO
The items below were current
during the week ending
June 17, 1882
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The Baltimore Day announced that
: “Hon. Edwin Warfield, of Howard
• County, had become the business
manager” of that paper, and the Jour
nal pronounced “Mr. Warfield one of
• the rising young men of the State.”
Frank Leslie’s Weekly printed a cut
of Union street, Frostburg, showing
' the business houses of W. B. Spill,
; Edward Donohue, Joseph Jandorf,
Joseph Logsdon, McMillan Brothers,
B. Stern and F. C. Beall.
Another cut depicted a game of
“seven-up” on the side of the National
Pike at Eckhart.
In Rev. Henry Ward Beecher’s “last
Sunday sermon” he wondered “how
are we to hold in unity all this vast
heterogeneous mass of 10 million
foreign-horns in our population of 50
millions?” The great preacher al
ready “saw a storm in the sky.”
Hon. James G. Blaine visited an
Elk Garden (W. Va.) mine and was
“surprised to see that a boy, seated on
a horse 16 hands high, did not touch the
roof by 4 feet.”
Dans and Sir John’s Rocks sites of
daily picnic parties.
At a meeting of the Frostburg Fire
Department Tuesday evening, June
13, 1882, Charles M. Taylor was elected
president and Henry Logsdon vice
president.
The Mountain Democrat of Oakland
wanted to know “whether anybody
had seen its special correspondent in
the vicinity of Bloomington, Grants
ville or Accident?” The Journal re
plied that he had “passed through
Frostburg last Monday, looking hale
and handsome as any French gentle
man from Edinboro town who had
been shot foremost through a barrel
of axle-grease.”
Mountain Spring Lodge, No. 12, I.
O. G. T., held a most enjoyable picnic
in Winebrenner’s woods.
“Children’s Day” was elaborately
observed in the M. E. Church Sunday,
June 11th. Messrs. R. W. Mason and
R. D. Rees were the directors of the
program.
Messrs. Thomas Hill, W. H. Koch,
P. N. Jenkins, George Hammond,
William Thomas, Jacob Keller and
Lewis Skidmore, members of Thoburn
Post, No. 21, G. A. R., were assigned
to the duty of representing the Post
in the great parade in Baltimore June
20 th.
John, 14-year old son of Jabez Crook,
Ocean, died Friday, June 9, 1882.
Mrs. Jane Cain, aged 26 years, wife
of James P. Cain, of this place, died
Monday, June 12, 1882.
George Jeffries, an old and highly
esteemed citizen of Frostburg, died
Wednesday, June 14, 1882, aged 77
years.
Henry Betz returned from a lengthy
stay in Philadelphia, where he learned
monogram engraving.
S. H. Adams, an extensive' builder
of Baltimore, died Sunday, June 11,
1882. He was a half-brother of Mrs.
Gilmon Wade, of this place.
Messrs. Johnson Collins, Chas. Smith
and John Hocking, of Meyersdale, Pa.,
were visitors to relatives in Frostburg
during the week.
The town tax rate was fixed at 35
cents on each SIOO, establishing a tax
income for the year of $3,601.79;
Andrew Nash, of this place, was
hurt by a fall from a foundation wall
of the new Ravenscroft building, on
Broadway, Monday, June 11th.
Gershon Anthony, inspector of
weights and measures, started on his
first tour of inspection.
Miss Belle C. Wilderman, of this
place, and Miss Ida M. Engleby, of
Lonaconing, graduated from the State
Normal School, Fairmont, W. Va.
The State and county tax rate for
the county was fixed at 88 cents on
each SIOO of assessed property.
Frost avenue was reported as “be
coming a popular promenade and
drive.”
Patrol System For State Roads.
The patrol system as employed in
i France and Germany in respect
of roads has suggested to the New
: State Roads Commission the idea of
1 adopting the plan for Maryland.
> Under the proposed system a patrol
■ will have charge of a section of four
• or five miles of road.
Last and Best.
[ The two paragraphs below are the
• last and best of the article sent a few
! weeks ago by C. B. Ryan, eulogizing
[ the automobile as the greatest of good
, road promoters.
Many people" have probably noted
this fact already, but it will be none
■ the less a pleasure to have it confirmed
. by professional authority:
t “But read what is being done in all
; parts of our country, wherever the
1 motor car is employed. Read of the
. accounts of the progress of the move
; ment for “better roads in Dixieland.”
[ Read of what has been done, and is
; being done in the Middle West and
. along the wonderful Pacific Coast.
. Look at some of the pictures of these
roads, which do not stop for mountains
or glaciers, or any natural obstacle,
, and you will quickly be convinced
that we are at the beginning of a rev
> olution in road-making which will
. place us at the forefront.
. “ This is a work in which every citi
zen should aid with all his force and
l influence. It is as important to the
- farmer—and even far more important
. -—that all our roads should be brought
up at least to the European standard
as it is to the simple pleasure sepker.
In fact, this work is not being done
for the pleasure seeker, but for the
; j whole people, and it is a case in which
: | the instinct of pleasure-seeking ad
• mirably serves the needs of the work
a-day world. We may thank our stars
that we have not had a Napoleon, but
have had The Motor Car to convince
> us of the necessity of good roads.”
1 Town Council.
At roll-call Monday evening' Mayor
and all Councilmen responded to their
names.
The Treasurer reported receipts on
corporate account in sums of $4,983.43;
overdrawn previously and orders paid
$7,763.15; now overdrawn $2,779.72.
On Water account, including cash
on hand, $8,077.61; orders paid, $324.70;
1 cash balance, $7,753.91.
The Tax Collector reported uncol
lected taxes in sum of $817.20, and
uncollected water dues $589.25.
Street Supervisor reported expense
of work in his department, including
pumping, $277.74, and 968,448 gallons
of water in reservoir.
A representative of a wood-pipe
manufacturing company appeared and
explained the manufacture, durability
and economy of wood-pipe as against
cast-iron.
The Water committee has under
contemplation the re-lay of the 6-inch
supply line over Great Savage with
an 8-inch line. It was due to this
proposition that the representative
appeared.
The matter was held open for fur
ther consideration.
Col. T. G. Dillon appeared with a
request from the Fire Department for
the annual appropriation and asked,
if possible, that Council increase the
appropriation from SSOO to S7OO.
Councilmen Arnold and Dufty
moved that Council appropriate SSOO
to the Department.
Messrs. McUuckie and Sullivan
moved an amendment to make the
sum S7OO. The amendment prevailed
and the sum of S7OO was, therefore,
granted.
John Farrady appeared to introduce
a petition from several citizens resid
ing on Bowery street asking Council
to lay a sewer on that thoroughfare
to connect with the contemplated
sewer to cross the street at Charles
street.
Councilmen Dufty and Arnold moved
that the matter be held for Council
investigation and power to act.
James H. Fuller presented a lengthy
petition of citizens asking Council to
assume the expense of lighting the
town during the Centennial Home-
Coming Week. The committee having
this end of the decoration in hand had
made an estimate, with the help of
the Frostburg Illuminating and Man
ufacturing Company, and, taking the
Firemen’s Convention illumination as
a basis, figured the expense to be S6OO.
The Lfight company has promised to
furnish the current free of charge
and the S6OO will be for the wiring
alone. The plan, as laid down briefly
by Mr. Fuller, prepares for a thorough
decoration. The matter was, on mo
tion, held for Council consideration,
with power to act.
The Clerk read an opinion furnished
by the Attorney-General of the State
in regard to the tie vote on the elec
tion of two Councilmen, holding that
if the Town Charter makes' no pro
vision for such a condition, the posi
tion must remain vacant.
An order was granted for a sum
sufficient to obtain a relic from the
Battleship “Maine.” The Junior
Park committee wished a relic, but it
could only be obtained through the
municipality; hence this action.
The coal bids were opened and read.
On motion, the contract was awarded
to C. O. Workman, lowest bidder, at
$2.84 for 2,240-pound ton, Big-Vein
coal.
Bight bids were opened from Frost
burg Illuminating and Manufacturing
Company and the Maryland and West
Virginia Gas Company, and consider
able discussion was indulged by
several Councilmen and citizens.
Councilmen Sullivan and Arnold
moved that both bids be laid on the
table for one month.
This action was caused by the fact
that the Frostburg Illuminating and
Manufacturing Company had placed
no specific bid, simply stating that
they would renew the existing con
tract at the prevailing rate.
Councilman Sullivan contended
that the majority of Council, especi
ally the new members, were not con
versant with the provisions of the
contract, and he also stated that
Council did not know whether they
were getting the candle-power called
■ for in the contract. Under these con
. ditions it was thought best that each
company be notified to submit other
bids, requiring the Illuminating Com
pany to state their contract in detail.
Dr. T. Griffith, representing the
Board of Health, and the town physi
cians asked Council to repeal the Or
i dinance requiring physicians to report
to all schools in town all cases of
contagious and infectious diseases.
Dr. Griffith stated that he thought the
notices unnecessary, as the State law
i requires that the attending physician
: in such cases report them to the Sec
retary of the Board of Health, and he,
: in turn, reports to the school which
the child attends.
[ The matter was laid on the table for
■ reference to the Attorney.
Walter W. Wittig appeared as
spokesman for the Board of Directors
of the proposed hospital, asking Coun
cil to meet with them on Tuesday
; evening to decide, if possible, upon a
suitable, site for the institution. The
' request was granted.
Wesley L,. Schofield was named by
the Board of Health as Plumbing In
! spector, and the appointment was ap
! proved by Council.
Upon recommendation of the Street
committee, it was ordered that practi
cally all the uncurbed and unditched
: streets of the town be curbed and
ditched.
The election of Street Supervisor,
laid over from last monthly meeting,
■ was taken up, and on the 11th ballot
the incumbent—Frisby Folk, was re
elected.
: On motion, the election of extra
; Night Policeman was taken up, re
sulting in the election of Tally Hanna.
Bills amountingtos3,7o9.3B—corpor
' ate, $3,126.81; water, $582.59 were
read and ordered paid.
Adjourned, 12:35 a. m., Tuesday.
State Normal School.
: | Prof. Frank E. Rathbun, County
. | Superintendent of Garrett county, will
j deliver the Commencement Address
: I this year. He was lately principal of
: | the Piedmont (W. Va.) High School,
and is reputed an up-to-date school
• i man.
■ I Teachers and pupils alike are mak
; | ing much preparation for the Cora
: mencement and probably the most in
: teresting occasion in the School’s
history will be the result.