The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-02-13
For The Cecil Ig.
Thc Elk Neck Road.

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"''o ",So writer III '''e l &c" ''s"'s' "ho''
| Prooa"iy one anu lhe same lndAv!dnawhn
appears to be on the " Alert" has last
foupd what tn him onnaors , d,c;d.J ...,
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"'''' a '','N' ','e we" ''"'' anu "''l-l"
truth has had his researches rewarded the
discovery of IA "mres nest in tfact
that so,ne two vcors AGO q, ,nnron,;o,
was made hy the Commissioners fnr,hrnc.
fit Of the rosd from Iart's Mcc,ino Uoc to
YElk,on.
For some wears p,ior to thc time hon
that allowance was granted that roa,w,s
almos, entirely neglected and the sumb,n
levied was lrinriually to have thot,sd
wilencd, having been in not one tcn,h,rt
of its length. the width of county .d.
in truth, in n very consid.ra bic nortionf il
vehicles could not bass and this NJ, ,l,r
case in one Of the oldest and pri,inal
roads in the county about eleven mil in
length. From the narrovncss of that oad
and the utter NEGLECT into which il had hcn
it was in a most wrctchcd and d.n,Illr
condition-washcd into pulles RIM intl6ccn
holes and in many nlaces Of com sid,r.Ls ~.
tent washed entirely ont. All which f,cis
and more are shawn nv l,e rrno,t or n. ~
aminers who hv anno;nt r p'', vioy ''T tho
road and whose rcnort can Mt any finn, he
seen ut the Commissioners room.
That report also shows ,Hat sums allowed
for thc mrndinp or that ro..d for vnrs ma.
yiou,,v even ic uronerIv annlicd wa, totally
and larr.ly inadeouatc 10 The rror,r rcpair
Of road Of such lrnetb and of sucl pney.r
surface.
81 mrch for tho orcpment or e e1 O0(
cytr, ~ which hoe boon co rrcI, ,o,;oa rnon
and wasno EIho ,nnronriat;or At Ill in
Wow IF the fact that fnr years hith"rtn I'll,
.nn,aI Allowance wac .ntireIv foo s,,,I,
Tha ronort of rho oy,mnors rafsrrod -, !;
tb.t If ,hres IF our most rrsnactcd cit;ye,s
no;,hor -, ,rho,, All ,h.n or dn no,,. nos;I
in ,ho Nook il viii he r.coIlocteL ,b.t tbos
ov,,H;nors s,so ,,nar;n,ou,I,. roc,,,','.nJns
Ihat ,ho rood to vi. Ian,l;no no on.naI an,
iii, hr;loo1I,o oons,u,ct.I o, ito WON'T, ovo
p'o Eu, Tioo. -. ,,,s W. wv Wv.
n ,', w. n,,lI;r ;rtorosts "'>' w. Tvs
W NV Wv i :, n'i'al,lo ,,ot ,,o.o oru,
Nv" :. a,,,;t,,a ~ h. nav e o,,,,;n', -.
, "ao ;',l"on,t a,I vrho .no oI,o Ia,sa
49, "a ''n;,lar ar ,r,,a,r Al ,,n,e
10y, nos;d' IN ,ho Noc,. m.oro te,ta" ,iIo :,
iuJeo If The nronrietv Of making tbc roa'
and br,aro its nrnhah,e cost and nrblc NIL;
-, ,h.n thoeo ;d,o nodd,osorno ,rd assc;nn ,,
;antn,s nbo b.vo ,.r, h.om ,non 800 ;,s .o,,
0rS ,l,'raen,n tnnw hnt l;t,ln Of II ,n1 car
loss '' md ,d'1 who ara NO, taxnaycrs "'O N"'
II il remarkallc after the ;,u,ncn~c trorI1
h a",no 81 tbo onnnnon,s nf ~ 80 uon,
in sendi3g INCONSISTENCIES over the county ro
s;,uatura. ord sc.t,orrrn h,oaaone, .o.l.
ssana c,'l;sh ,o,,or,s nf fho ovnnnsn ,on.th
or ,,th a,t;ro ,rever,;nne of;ts ne. md ,dSsn
taco to n large portion of the citizens of tn
conntv that ,bcv cnu,d NOT tote time n an.
near on tuesday last, when thew knew tia
the suh;ec, would he before the Commission
ers thsye to make objections face to face will
H. fr;o,,ds of tho ro.d who would barn hcc,
cratticd TO have heard what they had to otttl