The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-03-24
The Benefits of Improving Bush River

The Benefits OF Improving Bush River.
MR.. EDITOR: Here are some thoughts on the
value of the navigation of Bush river-what IL Is
worth TO the reople of Hartford county. see by
ports that s3OOOO will give six feet of water to the
Public Landing, and $4,000 additional will give
like depth to the Furnace Landing-makng in all
$5I, 600 cost to the government.
Now what will the safe navigation of Bush
river do for us2 How much of our territory and
how many of our people will 1t serve with cheap
freghts of all they may send TO market, and of
all they may bring back TO their homes. as coal,
lumber. store goods Sep The area of our coun-
~ is 4s0 square miles, or 1900 acres The part
directly benefited would be at least one tenth of
the whole. or SOTO acres. The part making this
Bush river, all of Bush River Neck, and nearly or
quite all of Gunpowder Neck. Three-fourths of
uvation. To simplify. Take grain as a standard,
and for wheat. oats and corn rs bushels per acre,
would give $4,000 bushels. Three-flfths of this,
or 345, 600 bushels would be for market. The saw
ing of freight at present rates would be cents
per bushel. The placing of the crop when want
ed, without further handling and hauling, would
be equal to cents more This would be gain to
oul people OF cents per bushel over the best
they can do now, or Sl3,S24.
The advantage of getting n full supply of lime
alone at a reduced cost, to say nothing about the
Improvement of land and health, would be much
greater than the saving on transportation of
grain. On other things besides lime, as lumber,
Unal, store goods, &C., the gain would be at least
$1,000 annually. None can doubt that if six feet
depth of water were secured to Bush Mill wharf
the Bush Mill and Furnace property would be en-
$50 600 more than they can now.
These are some of the immediate advantages,
tut there are also incidental advantages, as ship
ping your whole crop when the market Is good,
getting sufficient lime at once for lining all the
land you wish, without being forced 10 get It in
detail by carload, and then be compelled to take
IL from the car at once. without these advan-
tages we have sum total saving of S44a2i every
year-more than twu-thrds the cost of the work
q say nothing of the early and easy improve
ment of the land and the consequent increase of
crops. the certainty of starting business again nj
~ Furnace npT iNrif -pfh irai
less of every kind. Better than all, 1t would be
one step towards making all OUR rivers and water
ways navignhle for the free use of all our people.
They are the natural highways, so ordered by the
Great Author of all things.
Let our peoplc act wisely and earnestly requir-
ing those we put in authority to make and keep
in safe navigable order all our water ways around
and through our land. Then. and not till then,
will the industrious and producing class of our
people be safe from the avarice and greed of the
gigantic railroad monopolies that now have the
power to take from the hard earnings of our far
iners and Industrious classes millions, and put
Them in their own pockets
Every man should be up and doing to secure
this small appropriation from the government
There is no interest so great in our congressional
district as the navigation Of the waters of the up
tras, Elk. North East, Bush and Gnnpowder
rivers. There is no better place in broad land
for government foundry or workshop than
Havre de Grace, or its vicinity. being within
short distance of where iron. coal and everything
that is wanted can he had cheaply. Hence the
great necessity of Cecil and Hartford always act
ing together to secure the abiest and most infiu-
entail representative, one acquainted with our
wants. When intelligence. thought and fairness
governed, we sent men TO Congress that were the
peers of any they met there, as Albert Constable
Alexander Evans, Edwin II Webstera and Steven
son Archer. BY our present system such men
have been relocated To their quiet, honorable
homes, and their places are filled by men who are
well trained and skilled in manipulating primary
meetings and ward politics, and the people have
TO suffer for it.
Let us go back 10 old habits and rules of homes
ty, fairness and intelligence, and we will choose
rightly. We have plei ty of good material to
choose from. Let us again move
ONWARD AND UPWARD