The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-02-06
Communications.
For THE Cecil Hhi;
The E!k Neck Road.

-h'' i'b'l ot III IL 'lcdlS from tc SUR anJ
ilutter Ct certain persons in onr midst, that
the call for new road and bridge, by citizen,
VI ''N -'e|", $40" s..-..- ..--..y, ...'u.......
of this, see the ilnmcnce trouble taken by ,
Jun'o III and about this iowa. to dccciy,
| persons from ltmntc parts of the county. IN
relation 10 the cost of the work and of tn,
benefits 1t gives to many Of our most indus
| tilouS citizens.
! heir plan appears to be, to cXacrcrats
largely the cost Of the work hy represent
tons that it will cause the expenditure Of
some eight or ten Thousand dollars. and hy
lnaNlng this statement to the unwarv and
unlni''rmcd, alarm them upon the subject Of
taxation; and by tins means induce. such As
they can d"Iulc, in,o signing protests n,
'rmonStrancrS against the Improvement -
ms has been prac'iscd to n considerable
extent within the past fortnight upon persons
from the upper and lower portions Of the
-ounty.
1t is not believed that any considerable
number Of persons would have signed such
remonstrance if they had been aware of the
actual circumstances of the case, and par;i.u
laTly as to the expense.
For the information of such as wish to
Know the truth, will state through your
columns, that it Will be shown to the Com.
'nlSSloncrS by the friends of the road that m
no case can the road. including BRIDGE and
embankment, cost the county the sum Of
tour thousand dollars, and PROPOSALS will be
made to do the work upon the bridge and
embarrassment IN the best manner for a sum
considerably less fian ,tou MsonaM doAqrs.
WIN TINS be CONSIDERED by any reasonable
person as an cXtravagant outlay for the
'aci''tics and advantages the road will afford
a population III part Of the county about
twenty miles IN length by an avcrage of
about hive miles in breadth? Will it be
cNtravagant In view Of the circumstance that
inns road opened and this Bulge made, will
ohylate the necessity Of two bridges elsevhcr,
IN future, the aggregate cost of VIII ch will
certainly he far greater than that now
necessary for the york in question:
WIN Ut be considered either unreasonable
or improper when it is III own fact, that for
all the taxation to which the citizens of Ell,
Neck have been subjected since Cecil was
organized into county. not bidgc, culvcrt
or trunk has ever been erected within it, or
Tor Its use, to the value of one hundred
dollars
a wod as to this Renaissance IF the
county Authorities Shall consider it proper
mat portions of the county, highly favored
with bridges and other improvements hereto.
lore erected at the public expense. shall be
allowed IN this instance to dictate in regard
10 an improvement III a portion of the county
Whefc they have no immediate interest and
OF inc propllety Of which they can have but
niue knowledge, when no such course has
been pursued by citizens of Elk Neck with
REGARD TO improvements called for else
where, then such course will be difficult to
defend.
1t is not presumed. however. that under
the circumstances such circumstances will !
carry much weight, or that the Con- missoners |
VIII be unduly influenced by them; for the |
commissioners and every body else, under.
'tana how readily persons not interested in A
matter OF public Improvement will sign their
names to paper. if by so doing they will
hereby avoid n few cents in taxes, and par
licularIy in case Of this kind, when gross
ma outrageous misrepresentation have
been made in order to induce persons to sign
her names. 1t matters not to some, what
he cost may be. or what public utility the
DAD Will be- If to them no Immediate interest
S involved. if asked, they will sign d remon-
'tran~e to save taxes; hut if be made to
'ppear to the Commissioners that the road
VII be advantageous to the people of large
portion OF the county that it will avoid for
hem, dangers and difficulties of serious
nature, that it viii shorten very considerably
heir travel, that 1t will dispense with much
rreater outlay hereafter. if done now: that
move ail, 1t can be done and done treI at a
eusonaofs cost then it is fair to presume that
WIZ os ~ rise policy, and to that
's'-ya = = \ iGR act Of even