Talk:Ellicott City, Maryland

Copyvio?
The "History" section (added on March 4, 2005) is basically copied together from (which existed already in 2004 according to the WayBack Machine) and  (also on-line at least since Oct 2004). Lupo 10:02, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

Andrew Ellicott
Furthermore, that copied history section is hopelessly confused about the identity of Andrew Ellicott. The surveyor (1754 - 1820) was the son of Joseph Elliott (1732 - 1780), who in turn had two brothers, John (1739 - 1794) and Andrew (1733 - 1809). The latter three founded Elicott's Mills. Their father Andrew (1708 - 1741) had immigrated from England. The surveyor also had a younger brother Joseph (1760 - 1826). Lupo 10:02, August 10, 2005 (UTC)


 * Oh, and the Joseph Ellicott is the wrong one, too. The one linked is the brother of Andrew (1754 - 1820, surveyor), not his father, who founded Ellicott's Mills. Lupo 10:58, August 10, 2005 (UTC)


 * I solved this confusion between the different Andrews and Josephs, but I'm still worried about the copyvio. Lupo 10:48, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

Counting Crows
I think this is the location that the Counting Crows are singing from in the song "Raining in Baltimore". "It's raining in Baltimore, fifteen miles east" (though it also kind of sounds like "fifty"--it's hard to tell) ... I can't think of any other city they could be singing from. Just a random note. Matt Yeager ♫ ( Talk? ) 20:49, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

More for History section
"In the absence of a state law in Maryland that allows local governments to declare bankruptcy, some have chosen to dissolve. Ellicott City . . . gave up its charter in 1935 and reverted to the control of Howard County."

from ( http://touch.baltimoresun.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-76729745/ ) -- Jo3sampl (talk) 11:59, 20 July 2013 (UTC)


 * It might be a good reference just to document the year, but take note that the article does not actually say why the charter was given up. Even though the context seems to imply bankruptcy, that is not actually stated.--  Pemilligan (talk) 13:11, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

Sponsored district?
Material reads "In 1943, the Metropolitan District was formed to bring water and sewer to Ellicott City, sponsored by newspaperman P.G. Stromberg, I.H. Taylor, Charles E. Miller, Marray G. Peddicord, John A. Lane, and W. Emil Thomspon." 1) What does it mean to "sponsor" a district which is presumably chartered by the state or county and approved by voters or the legislature? 2) Only one of these persons is WP:N. Why have any names at all? Seems like a Wikipedia excuse to name ancestors.

It is important to have water and sewage. The people who bring this about, in whatever fashion, are usually not named, however. Most cities have "water and sewage." Student7 (talk) 18:00, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

This is relevant to Ellicott City for several reasons A)- It was the turning point from Ellicott City's primitive dumping of raw sewage into it's drinking water to a modern sanitary system. B) This modern system was the start of public water for the entire county, which in turn allowed the enormous increases in density and conversion from a farm community to a dense residential suburb of Washington and Baltimore. C)PG. Stromberg played a significant role in controlling the media an politics of the Baltimore region, and three out of the four others that sponsored this project became county commissioners AND land developers who profited from the project which brings up a rare case of a for-profit conflict of interest that somehow benefited the public good in the form of clean drinking water.FlugKerl (talk) 01:52, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I think we can figure out A) from the text. I don't recall any text about B) - first in county?
 * Neither county commissioners nor land developers are "automatically" notable.
 * I don't infer from the current text that the water/sewage was privately (for profit) owned. "Sponsorship" seems a bit vague. Even WP:WEASELy IMO. Can't you change some of that? Student7 (talk) 15:50, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

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Columbia orchestra
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