Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-02-23

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Mess. Editors:
In ord-. to call the Commissioners and the
general public's att-atiou 10 the condition Of
the road leading from CsntreviIle direct TO Port
Tobacco station. | beg leave TO crave a small
space 10 your esteemed paper.
II H. Mr.. Editor, almost, and quite. impsss-
able fJr asr kind Of vehicle whatsoever. and
why il is in such ugly and miserable pliis i.
think, very readily accounted for. Last fall
just after il had be~a worked, aud teerahIy
well tone at that. one or two g-ntlsmea 10 the
county were eagsged almost constantly from
rly fali 10 CHRISTMAS in hauling railroad ties
over il; and the loads being unusually weight
the road became cut and p!sughed up so, as II
were that ROW il is nearly botiomless
Is there or can there he no preventative
remedy for the harm done to all those who
are compelled or do use now and then the said
road
II is vel known that when any thing, any
person or set of persons become a suisaRce TO
the general welfare of the people, that il, he or
they can ne made to cease helng troublesome
and This can he affected in this country by Acts
Of the States Legislatures. Ia ease OF this
kind. however. il is not desired, nor may il be
possible TO indict the persons inSolred, but In
accordance with SC me process of law, the injury
done Can. or might he, in the futurs prohibited.
To cite an almost parallel case it will only lie
ment tai principles of political economy, a sum
mary of which is that ono might have Tan
nsrv, Refining establishment. or something Of
The kind located in very desirable place for
the prosecution Of the business ard no other
location might he as acceptable 10 the owners
and managers; but, as soon as il is known and
publicly declared 10 lie detrimental 10 the gen.
eral good, the Stale or local authorities have
the privilege to demand It's or their removal
And hon inii Of he
cOunty's roads cause them to become a disgrace
10 it and dangerous TO its travellers, it can, and
Dug ht to be, forbidden. If there is such a Law
on the statutes, which can be so construed, i,
should. in all reason, lie enforced but if there
has been no such law enacted by the General
Assembly, then il is getting high time it was
An Act Of this kind would not bs coniradic-
tory to liberty, nor would il be Numerically
opposed to the Constitution OF the State. 1t
could not be termed class Legislation, because
aay Act is good and equitable by which the
| Interests of the few are rendered sufservient to
those of the many. If things of this sort are,
from time to time, permitted TO pass by unno-
ticed, We will eventually have no passible
roads, nor vehicles to nse, no good horses, and
I he most valuable moity Of our being will be
harmed. We know from experience that were
a person riding over a bridge in any sc :tion Of
the county and his horse should accidentally
CdVH us Hooi tue'eiu y "iltH Ills iee De'o heS
broken otherwise Injuries himself, that The
county would be forced to pay damages, and
why because ii has no right to be imparsably
unsafe. But now, if the same horse had strain
ed or broken bis tours in the mirs, his owner
would have, in no conceivable manner, any re-
gre.s c. by recovering losses) for serious
damage done indirectly TO him. You Mr..
Editor, have very appropriate. luded to the
i'll usage Of the pnulic roads i'll the columns of
one of The issues OF your journal, and which, |
! think, deserves the endors, ment and will meet
both The approval and commentator of every
fair minded citizen. fpersons do wrong once
but refrain from doing the like afterwards,
they might be reminded of the injustice done,
they should not be too severely censured for
that offelse. This is not as full md expl-
cit as ! would have it, but time and space bid
me 10 curtail, SO suffice it TO say, that hoping
the gentlemen thus implicated may be more
considerate in the future and may re lIize that
ii is wrong to do as they have done.
| | am one who experienced trouble en- route
to the railroad Through that mire) and alss
An occasional user of that soft pike.
| X. J.F.