The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1866-03-24
Letter from Rising SUN.

Rising Sun, March Goth, 1866.
Mr.. EDITOR An important era has taken
place in our village. From being a quiet,
old fashioned finished Maryland village, we
have been changed into an important rail.
road terminus, having daily connections with
Philadelphia. As consequence. property
has become in great demand and prices have
increased enormously. Thus, at the vendue
of Mr.. Cooper. few weeks since. the old
tavern stand sold for over seven thousand
dollars. with only two acres of land attached.
Building lots, $50 feet deep sold for So a
foot; front and corner lots, in public places,
double this price.
Two new warehouses have gone up since
the railroad has been opened, and grain is
now bought and manures and fertilizers sold
after the most improved fashion. We have
now daily train Of cars for Philadelphia,
leaving here at >? clock in the morning.
and returning at clock in the evening.
giving passengers some six hours in the city
Also, a market train twice IA week. A nun
Der OF new buildings are under way in the
village and several more are expected to 90
up in the Spring.
Our mail arrangements for some time have
US on Mondays and n. Y. papers just one
week after printed Letters come and 20
pretty much rs they please. requiring five
days from Elkton. unless there should be
money in them, tlen they are not heard of
afterwards. Whose fault 1t is that our mails
are so outrageous do not know. but the
fact Is undeniable. Some inquiry should be
made, and the guilty parties punished
noticed, some weeks since, communi-
cation in your paper on the subject of the
public roads. Ibis is an important matter
and the Commissioners should give it serious
consideration. think the system advocated
by this writer would be somewhat impracti.
cable and where practicable, expensive
Supervisors heretofore have found it very
difficult and sometimes impossible to get any
person to take certain roads, and hence |
infer ii the roads were to be sold out by ven
due to the lowest bidder, there would be
many that would not be let at all. Those
that were taken, the parties having to obi.
gate themselves to keep them in good repairs
for the year, and hence to run the risk of
storms and foods, would bid such prices as
would be likely to cover all loss, and thus
the county would have to pay exhorbitant
rates. believe in some of the Townships
in Chester county, where this system has
been tried, after few years it has been
abandoned.
The system | would suggest is that which
has been in use in the lower Townships of
Lancaster county for life time, and which
there produces good roads at small costs.
The Commissioners should subdivide the
election districts as may be deemed neces.
snry, and appoint supervisor in each.-
These supervisors give bond and security to
keep all the roads in their several districts
in good repair. The Commissioners should
fix the rate of wages for hands and teams,
and appropriate small sum of money for
the use Of each supervisor. When any road
is to be repaired. let the supervisor 60 to
the farmers in the vicinity and ask them to
furnish what hands and teams he may need,
which he will credit them with and return
to the Commissioners to be credited on their
tax for the current year. Thus, hands could
be obtained without trouble, as farmers
would be very glad to have an opportunity
to work out their tax, the roads kept in good
order, just what was needed done, and the
expense go over to the end of the year and
be settled through the tax collectors. The
small sum which would be appropriated
might be used to hire hands when it was
found to obtain them in the way have indi.
Gated Where this system has been in oper-
alton, no difficulty as to hands has been ex.
perienced, and am sure, if put in opera.
ton here, it would both save money and i'm
prove the roads. SIXTH DISTRICT.