The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-04-20
Our County Roads,

Mr.. EDITOR: In the last issue of the Times We
ma ,a an arucle from Darlington, complaining of
what bad roads are. This may be true, but he has
not located the bad places: We know that in
rough the geological formation is not favorable
for good roads, particularly so about Darlington.
Er lne drappe Church, from Dublin and from
Conowingo the roads pass over a belt of very
stony land; and stone, too, that are very hard to
break: The only way to permanently improve
to do this would require such q great outlay of
money that no Board of Commissioners would
we infer that the writer has not been acquainted
with the roads OF this county many years. Could
ne see them now as they were Is years back he
we have pretty fair roads. In Judging of roads,
we must first consider the location the Character
men know that "nigger-head'' stone are hard to
break suitably for road mending; and that where
they are found we have red clay; and in the
spring OF the year this clay will work up and get
very muddy IL travelled over, and no amount of
mending short OF piking will help the case To
| throw this clay in the roads to cover the stones
only makes the matter worse; if we remove the
stones 1t is equivalent to blowing Then, what
i to be done about it? Win grumbllng help it?
fully over such places. When You see a loose
stone In the road throw il out. The roads are
doing all they can, but every citizen has duty to
| perform In the matter. When we know of a bad
| place in the roads notify the Supervisor, and if
us near your own place, when haulingthe stones
| OF the land take a load, or more If needed, and
| mend such place as it should be done But you
| True, but are the taxpayers willing to pay him
| for spending all his time on the roads? Any one
acquainted with the affairs of this district the
I'd district, and resident there's know that COM
| planning was the order of the day.
have found that wherever have called the
| Supervisors attention to any particular place in
| the roads that needed attention, it was looked
atter as soon as circumstances would permit.
| forty years, and to the best of my recollection
but one accident has occurred on Conowingo hill,
ana and i nad the wagon been provided with good
| lock this accident could have been avoided. Be-
tween Stafford and Lapdum drunken man let
a blind horse stumble into the canal and spill his
| an acciSent OF the same Kind occurred about rs
years ago; all attributable to negligence.
creeks have to be so located that dangerous places
will occur But what can be done? Nothing
she 81 sSd SOM At these places viii make
Now, OF what use would rail fence be unless
| built stronger than fences generally are. sup
pose IL would d be SHOW but If danger is ahead
OF Damocles from over us.
We have in life many ills to bear with. We
md them In all the walks of life, and were we to
grumble at everything we don't like, we would be
grumblng all the time. If we had more honest
workers and less grumblers, it might be better
| Instead of grumbling about the acts of our Off
| cas, let us try to strengthen their hands kindly
advise with them and let politics be kept out OF
| sight. We don need to be told of mans poll
| tics The gentleman will stick out through all
your political corruption, and as Burns has it,
| "A mans man for a that"
| We believe our Board of Commissioners to be
honest in their intention to serve the public, Mr.
Dallan not an exception. None of our officials
| are immacul late In all the virtues nor eternal in
| exemption from error 1t is not becoming good
citizen to find fault with our officials because
dame nature created hills and stones and man
made roads over them.
Darlington is not the centre of the universe
consequently cannot be exempt from tho his
| common to mankind. A REPUBLICAN,