The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-01-20
For Tic Clcil Uhig.
For Tie CfcH Wig.
SHALL A BRIDGE BE BUILT AT
BOMEMi. FERRY!

L U ''tt 'H'-FHS " mr. Is! it''T'G.- HIS Is
y question which existing circumstances, at
this time. brings forth With peculiar force,
and i; is for You to make the response.
The opening Of a direct road from Bohemia
Ferry to the head quarters of ne county APP
pears to lie u fixed fact. Bohemia Ferry is
now within five miles of Chesap, axe City. the
| mouth ol one o! the nv at national highways,
aid within Il few months by the opening Of
he Mar Direct Ford from that town to Elk
;on. ii will be within ten miles of the county
scat. This being the case. your solution of
the ainrlgoing question is alixiously Locke d
for, by all those who feel an interest in the
general prosperity of the County, and pride
themselves on that spirit of enterprise and
improvement berg amongst us which the
completion of such work would cvnce
When you bear in mind that after having
tiavcrSed tie length and breadth of your dis
trIct, to its extreme north west corner, and
after leaving that corner some miles, and ar
rived at the head If Bohemia, Murphy $
mill dam, IA place subject to Interruptions
and lnconyrnirnccS of crossing from trcShets
as Was the case this last sunmcr,) you are
then no nearer to the county scat, and the
public highways. than you would be at Boz
hemla Ferry, which is nearly in line with
the centre Of your district. 1t is easy there
from 10 make lhe calculation Of the time lost,
TIE fatigue of horses the wear and tear Of
vehicles and all tie Inconvenience attending
the travel Of those extra miles which a bridge
would save
Snail Bohemia river, a shallow stream.
with narrow channel and at the Ferry not
over two hundred and forty rerches wide,
mud and all, continue to isolate district Of
country. which, although Ca, able Of supporting
iloursing towns and manufGtorics, has not.
from Tie fact Of her present retired position, n
single town or mandatory OF note within her
boldcrs, yet under all these ,lntoward circum-
Stances presenting for taxable purposes prop
eriy to the amount Of 81 POO 900. outstrip-
ping IN valuation any other district in the
county. To this assessment one fourth may
be safely added, and thcn be much within its
present market value. If then. this district
Of country i'll It's present isolated position, de-
ncndent alone Oh It's agricultural resources.
is worth y 400 600 what, may We suggest
will he lis enhanced value, whenty is opened
AMI becomes the centre of travel down the
Peninsula viii amy calculating man set it
down at less than 800 900, and will any
"alclla.ing man say that it will require one
zenith Of tllat sum to effect this vast improve
mcnt.
These are facts, undcniablc facts, and pro-
grcSSlNe events are making them so evident
rs to attract general attention towards you.
In that period Of our history, when an as
ioni>hrd world heard the rights of man pro-
rIain,d and Uur then infant country brav,d
die mighticst power Of the alth, the sons of
he FIRST District we're prompt IN joining
thcir fellow countrymcn Ill the pcrluuS en-
coulter, and some olth,m became distinguish
I'd as leaders in the fight. AT more recent
c"!"ds thry have unf,nlcd the starry banner
III almost every sea and i'll II fJvticn cline
dared to chaSliSc inSoicnCc though robe d with
| Tic mission OF Il throne and the hcirtlom of a
coron,t And now shall it he said that YOU
who inherit the blessings which the valor and
enterprise of your iorciathrrs secured for YOU
will hesitate TO come forward and join that
great army, which, thanks to our forcfa,hcrs,
no longer needs the sword, except to be
'bcaten into the share and the pruning ho,k
but whose object is equally grand, whose
moral elect will he equally great, in present
in? to The world the noble spectacle Of the
rapid strides CT Improvement that free and
| enlightened people can effect.
| would sn@ge>t that general meeting Of
| Tic citizens Of the First District he held at
tecilton, on Saturday February the 3D. 1858,
at 3 o'clock p. NJ, to take into consldcra ton
the bridging Of the bohemia. At a general
meeting some more light may be thrown on
the subject, and measures taken to ascertain
the support that it would receive from persons
interested, who reside in other parts Of this
and the adjoining county.
Respectfully, Pro BoNo PUBIIco.
GJ~A correspondent of the BALTIC. Sun of
Tuesday says:
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