In the early 1960s, I purchased an apartment house at 312, 314, 316 and 318 Washington St. The upper apartments had no access to the area below and behind the apartments for parking and other uses.
I designed concrete stairs going from the first floor at street level to the ground below. This gave access to parking in the rear of the building. The city engineering approved the plans. However, due to the landing at the top of their stairs slightly protruding at the railroad bridge property, I had to get the approval from the railroad.
They sent one of their property engineers out to review my plans to make the stairs and the landing. They found that there was no adverse effect on their bridge property. The engineer approved the plans and placement.
My question is: If they owned the bridge then, wouldn’t they own it now?
Walter C. Growden
LaVale
Editorials
CSX owned the Washington Street bridge in the 1960s
- Editorials
-
-
Memorial Day
A man who had been a U.S. Army medic during World War II once shared what he was the memory he would carry with him for the rest of his days.
-
Logjam
A common complaint among our veterans involves what they often must go through to get the benefits they’re entitled by law to receive because of their service.
-
Walk Smart
Many local residents will be visiting Ocean City this summer, so it is worth noting that the resort has launched a campaign that it hopes will keep pedestrians out of harm’s way.
-
Frostburg’s Bridge Program was important
After hearing rumors of possible changes being made, I just wanted to take a few minutes to put into words what the Frostburg Bridge Program meant to me as a child. Growing up in Frostburg, my parents were small business owners, my mother a teacher, and my father worked for the postal service.
-
Trailer case bound to increase scrutiny on town of Piedmont
This letter is in response to the recent story concerning the guilty plea entered in federal court by Piedmont’s town foreman (“Piedmont town foreman Shingler enters guilty plea,” May 21 Times-News, Page 1A).
-
Fixing community’s problems starts with your young people
I am writing this letter to the editor because I think our community really needs to work on plenty of issues. Some of them are:
-
High priority
Maryland school officials on Tuesday put an exclamation point on the need to take student-athlete concussions more seriously.
-
Cashing in
As anyone who lives in the area knows, economic gains have been hard to come by in recent years. The opening of the Rocky Gap Casino Resort is one of the biggest boosts the region has seen in some time.
-
Why have the media been silent all this time?
When I read the Cumberland Times-News Editorial this morning, Friday, May 17, entitled, “Outrageous,” I laughed like a kid at a birthday party!
-
What are chances this much money will be spent on road?
I was intrigued by cost data summarized in reporter Kathy Mellott’s recent article, “Completing southern link of U.S. Route 219 said to be best use of highway funds,” which appeared in the Cumberland Times-News on Tuesday May 14 (Page 1A).
- More Editorials Headlines
-
