The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1853-01-08
THE CECIL WING.
ELkTON, MD, JAN. 9, 1888.

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NEWSPAPER CnANCEs.-The New
Year was the date OF many changes
among the newspaper fraternity.
John A. Alderdicr Esq, has bought
ont the interest of John B. Porter, Esq;
in the Delaware Journal. which will
hereafter be, as for some time past, edi-
torially under the control OF Mr.. A.,
who is n writer of fine abilities. Mr..
Henry Eckel IS the business partner,
and the style Of the firm is Henry Eckel
& Co.
Caleb P. johnson Esq, formerly of
this town, has purchased the interest Of
Mr.. Chandler,in the Delaware Gazette,
and will hereafter publish ii in his own
name.
Strickland s Bosee, o.! the American
Republican, Yves, Chester, have -nlarg.
ed and improved their paper. AIR. Boz
see, was formerly proprietor Of The Ce
Gil Gazette, published at Elkton.
The Miners journal, Pott>ville, Pa,
has been enlarged to "mammoth" d.
mansions, and greatly improved, by the
introduction of a "Aiinins and Scirn-
t'llc Department, Christopher Little,
Esq, OF this county, who Yields rra-
dy pen, is engaged as its associate Editor.
IHE CO%DlTlON OF ouH STREETS -
The muddy, filthy, and almost imrassi-
bic condition OF the streets of this town,
turiag the wet weather of the last few
weeks, has been a subject of general an
noyance and general complaint; and
the questions have been asked, times not
few, "Can there be no Improvement"
''Must the people Of EIkton from gen-r-
alton to generation. wade on through a
'tribulation' Of mud, with no hope of
ever striking foot upon 4 brick pavement
or ever upon grarcl ~ And these are
fit questions tG b. asked. The sub Jet
is one TO winch the public attention
should be turnc d; Tor ia no II. inor mat
Ter is there more need Of .Rrlor.n' than
in the method Of st,ec1-mendir. 2 and
aax-squ andering practised IN this town.
We do not mean row to say that the
tax-money is not faithfully expended
after fashion; but we do niraa 70 say,
that no permanent improvement, nor
indeed any lasting convenience, IS effect
ed by all the gathering of taxes aad
hauling of dirt which goes on in the
%smle tiresome routine from yea. to
Year.
The to"a tax averages, probably from
three hundred and twenty five to three
hundred and fifty dollars per year, a
darge part of which is expended IN haul
ing dirt on the streets one part of The
year and hauling it off at some other
Zine.
To come directly Of what we have
IN view: We propose to 1he Town Com
lni>Sioners, that they tise 800 of the
$3.50 now colIectFd, for the puspose Of
the temporary repairs, for whieh the
whole sum is now appropriated, and
devote The remaining $3.50 to making
a decent and permanent pavement.
Now. let Us see what can be done
with $3.50 per aanum. A pavement
five feet wide would answer; it would
require 20 bricks to make every foot in
length of such payemeut-10OO bricks
would make 30 feet The bricks can be
purchased, brought to the ground and
the pavement laid for $il0a 1000, or
$ll at the most say the latter; $3.50,
would thus lay 222,700 brick, or 375
yards ct pavement. To begin, then.
at the Court House steps, 1877 yds each
way could be laid the first year, and the
second year we could have good brick
pavement all the way from the Presby.
terrain to the Episcopal chur oh; and in
a few years we could have pavement
on both sides of all the streets where
necessary; the 800 per year keeping
the streets in as good order, in the mean
time, as all The taxes keep them now.
We call the attention of the Town Com
missioners particularly to this subject,
and to the above calculation.