The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-04-13
The Egis & Intelligencer
del Air. Md. AprII 10, Isss'
THE BRIDGE AT THE ROCKS ONCE
MORE.
o lie Editor Of Tie 1Egis and Inteaignetr.

TO lie Editor Of he 4Bgis and IRteRigeHetr:
DEAR SIR: / notice IN your issue of March
U,h. another article on the Bridge question at
The Rocks. Mr.. A. b. q. wishes to know how the
for In getting TO the Railroad station from the
opposite side OF the creek by way of the Rogers
yards from the station to the bridge named. This
Is clearly a misconseption Of the distance in
question. II is about as near half mile as there
is any call for in this matter, as the measure
ment of 1t will prove Consequently person
ON foot or in a conveyance Will be obliged to
travel nearly one-half mile in going from OPP
posite the station to get to the bridge, then he
viii be obliged to travel another half mile down
the creek on the station side 10 reach the station
then returning he has the same two half
miles to travel over again, and If four half
miles is not equal 10 two miles there must
be new way of computing fractions with
which l am not acquainted. did not say
the distance Travelled was full TWO miles. used
the word nearly"
Then. again, your correspondent says that
nine-tenths If not the nineteen-twentieths of all
the people who go to the hocksstation come
down the creek and consequently have no use
for a bridge at the Rocks. Now this is another
mistake, AS often those who come from the up
per neighborhood have business to transact at
the railroad and then wish to 20 on to Bel Air or
some other place further down the creek. They,
too. would he obliged to go back towards home
half mile, and cause them nearly one mile more
travel than they would have II there were bridge
at the station.
There are several canning factories in the vici-
nifty of Chrome Hin, and others in contemplation.
also farmers and people generally IN that neigh
tortood who are Obliged TO travel this extra dis
taLce To get to the station vt the Rocks ii being
decidedly their nearest and best point on the
again A. b. G. states that persons crossing the
creek at Preston's Mill would naturally go to
Warmers station, (Fern CtfD IL being the near
est and best station for heavy teams in that
locality. This Is another misconception on the
part OF your correspondent, there is no Dusi
ness done at this station, there being no agent,
and you cannot even buy q ticket there. Those
people whoge OH the cars at this point pay the
conductor.
Now for the store house. In regard to this
matter there is about as much room In front of
IL now as there was before the house was built
The building being much larger than the old log
house which stood Just where the new one now
stands, of course makes the space In front of the
house look somewhat smaller than IL did when
the old house was there. Then the Railroad COM
piny has only thirty feet from the centre OF their
track and there Is over forty feet between the
house and the railroad. And further, the spring
commenced TO bui lid the store house, the Rail
road company was at work blasting out the rock
on the opposite side of the track, preparatory TO
moving the track further away, the object being
to lessen the very sharp curves in the railroad
at this place. which when done will give every
body plenty of room. 1t was in view of the
moving OF the track which caused me to build as
object was that II would be more convenient for
persons who come to take the cars to stop in and
warm themselves while waiting, as the waiting
room of the company at this place is the poorest
Thing of the kind Imaginable, especially for
ladies. Then another object had IN view when
| built this house was TO accommodate the pub
lie generally as well as myself, knowing that
something Of the kind was badly needed at this
Now, Mr.. Editor have few more words to
say in regard to the widening and macadamizinE
the road from the station to Rogers Bridge.
was informed by man who ought to know. That
there was OOallowed at first. This amount not
being sufficient to do more than one half the work.
the Commissioners agreed there should be SlG0
NOR. spent on IT, and there still remains to-day
one third of the road that there was not one dol
lar of this money or any other money spent on it,
and this part is the lowest ground and conse-
quently the worst part of the road, and has
been almost impossible for the last two or three
weeks.
Now wish to give you an illustration in re-
gard to the length of this road, that is the dis
lance from the station to Rogers Bridge. A. Is.
G. says without any reserve that ii is only 200
yards. Now suppose this to be the fact, then
he further says there has been $3.50 spent on this
.OO yards of road and one-third of this 200 yards
still remains mud-hole, not one dollar of this
money being spent on this one-thrd. This ac-
cording to his statement, shows that there has
been spent $3.50 on about 1885, yards OF the road
in question. l ask can any person with good
common sense entertain such an absurd idea as
this?
Now for the Cooptown and Jarrettsville peo-
ple.I refer to the people living between Cooptown
and the Rocks. They all say they would come
cross Ing the Creek at this place better than a
rough fordlng and as for the Jarrettsville people
ridge, and do not think il would be good econo-
my to make another road running parallel with
this one already made, and not more than a mile
from II.
Mr.. Editor, am sorry to trcspass so much on
your valuable space in your excellent paper. But
few words more and | will close. / wish
TO say that the public has been trespassing on my
grounds at the Rocks ever since bought there
in the way OF hauling and driving over. them
when the public road was. as might say, impas-
sable, ana have never as yet prevented them
from so doing, knowing that they could not well
help II under the circumstances.
Now as to A. II. c.. do not know who he is
and care less, but II were ashamed to sign my
name to what write would have but little TO
say. We have a, Board of County Commissioners
elected especially to see after our roads, bridges.
&C., and do not think worth while for myself,
A. B. e. or any other man to undertake to man
aye their business for them, as consider them
fully competent and trustworthy to perform
their duty In fair and impartial manner. and to
the best interests of the county. They have only
promised to come and view the situation at the
Rocks, and II they decide that am the only per-
son to be benefited by bridge here, then for
one will have nothing more to say. can do with
out bridge here as long as any one else can, and
will say let the bridge question drop. and drop so
low that 1t will never be heard of again.
JAMES WILSON GLADDEN..
I'VE think enough has been printed on this
bridge question, and the above letter closes the
discussion as for as the columns of The .Egis are
rOnpprnad