The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-05-14
Correspondence OF The Cecil Whig
EOuRrH DIsTRICr- Nav 3rd 30.

"lltS tilS cpiSllc " lOu iiopinS iildt all W no
may chance to pcruse it may profit thereby
and disclaimng at the same time all desire
and intention to be public instructor; but in
tending to deal in facts and truth, and leave
the matters Of which | speak to the Judge.
ment of those who may chance to read this
communication.
As another correspondent has lately given
you the Geography of this District Shall not
speak Of that; and as your readers have been
informed OF the improvements made in this
District Shall not speak of them but
shall speak Of those that have not been made
There has been strong effort, made by the
people of the eastern part Of the district to
obtain some more direct method of transport
ing their produce and manufactures to the
railroad than they at present have, but hith-
e,to without success. Some fifteen months
since two petitions were presented to the
Hon. Board of Commissioners one Of them
asking for road, from the road south of the
hon Hill Switch, TO the road, leading from
Cowantowu to Newark, intersecing the lat
ter near the jackson School House. The
other asking for a road from McKane's cor
ner running south to the switch aforesaid.
Examiners were appointed to view said
proposel road, and report upon the expedi-
ency o: granting the same. They did so, or
rather they met and reported that it would
be proper to make road at about an angle
: Of forty five degrees from the course of the
most direct road prayed for and one that
for all practical purposes 10 the petitioners
might just as well have terminated in the
neon, were it possible to do so.
This being the case the petitioners felt
themselves i'll duty bound to those who should
succeed them upon the stage OF life, to ask
the Hon Commissioners to change the course
of that road, or if they felt themselves unable
to do that, TO refuse it altogether: they refused
TO grant 1t, and the petitioners we're forced to
commence de noro. The result of that en-
terprse is known and will be remembered by
the people Of this district.
Being defeated in obtaining road to the
railroad in the most direc, and proper route,
the same interest asked for the same thing in
Il different form: that is, for a road along the
Big Elk Creek, from SCOTS Mills to Elkton,
there being a road from that point northward
TO the Pennsy lvana line along the creek, con-
Meeting the Mills above with that point.
The result Of the last petition, respectfully
presented to them-was that the Hon. Com.
missioners seen fit in there wisdom. and with
the keenncss of an eagle-like penetration, to
ignore the eXistance of the Fourth District,
and in effect to say 10 the petitioners, what
w Jou l''' pNSS"iIy SSI VI pttlHsto " dIt
with more roads poverty stricken and de-
jccted as you are what right have you to
bother us with petitions for roads, get you
gone to your laurel banks and sedgehelds
. and let's hear no more from you
f Perhaps it would be well to state the
amount of business that is done annually
along the immediate ruut of the road in queS-
ton. And commencing at Scott's say 800 tens
: ofground bark and Is 600 bushels of grain.
much OF which, after being ground is taken
! to EIkton large amount of manufactured
g set stuff and lumber amounting to 300 tons
more. Parkc, Smith d Co., the capacity OF
e whose mill is not less than 400 tons of Iron
= annually beside the coal MAKING near 600
: tons to haul to the mill, and about 400 tons
to haul to the Depot. About the capacity OF
+ Lords mills the has three mills along the
, rout Of the road in question: cannot speak
so accurately, but do know he has at present
no direct road from his upper mill to the lower
ones; and can ONLY transport the yarn man
uiacturcd at the former. TO the latter, by a
very circuions rout. This road, had 1t been
constructed, would have been of great service
1 to the manufacturing interest in the northern
part OF the district Seminars saw and
grist mill and factory, and Strayhorns saw
mill being Immediately above the northern
terminus Of it, and doing each heavy bust
ness.
, Since 1854 when the Fourth District had
a commissioner to represent her interests in
the Board, the eastern part of it has obtained
little, or nothing except short piece ofroad
costing about 500. True the citizens of ;ht
upper part OF 1t darcG to ask for bridge.
and foI change in the location of short
piece of road so as to avoid two difficult and
dangerous fuidS then the Hon. Commission.
crS were disposed to listen to us, snd the
Examiners appointed, reported favoraby. -
But III the face Of that. the road is not made,
the bridge is not built; and why? | know
of no reason only that it is in the Fourth
District. | belivs the Hon. Commissioners
alleged as reason though. that there must
be road built to Elk Neck, Il say built for
! am told the Examiners have to view bart
OF the rout Of said road in boat. End that i,
has not yet been ascerained whether the mud
has any bottom or not.). We know that the
fish trade, and oppole trade. demanded that
road: and that they were clanorons as
brood of half Starved ravens for its construc-
ton: but we have yet to learn that this was
a good reason why the tax payers of the
Fourth District, should in one case be told
that they must wait; and IN another be il.
nored all together. Are these branches of
'""iheeS S'""h ~ SIedt tilat tney eclipse all
others Must every body and everything
snccumb to them If SO Upon what meat
doth this our Caesar feel that he has grown
so great z"
What has become Of the money levied for
the construction of this Giant's Cnuscmuy2
We are parties interested in this natter
the expenditure of the public money mean
AID when | say we speak the sentiments of
this whole community, Mr.. Editor and as
such we claim the right to be heard and
though the Hon. Board of Commissioners
may spurn our petitions respectfully address
scd to them, we still claim the right to make
ourselves heard through The medium of the
Press and may exercise the right of making
ourselves felt in the coming campaign.
In conclusion, Mr.. Editor. hope you will
not conspire with those Hon. Gentlemen Of
whom have spoken so much, to ignore the
existence Of this district that claims to BE- the
birth place of the ilustrious and renowned
General jackson, but that you will hear us
and let Others through the medium of your
paper, hear US also FIDEs.
| ATTACK ON LENT's CIRCUs-AN ATTEMPT