The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-08-24
County Commissioners.

The following proceedings of the
commissioners were not received in
time for publication in our last issue.
On Wednesday the matter of the
private road in the 9Th district.
through lands of w. C. Mullen and
Others, was taken up and argued by
Clinton Mccullough, counsel for
Mrs. Garrettson, and Albert Con.
stable, counsel for the persons OBJ
jec.ing, The decision was postponed
until the regular September meeting.
The clerk was ordered to notify
John McGougan, of the Sixth dist.
to remove bars from private road.
The clerk ordered to notify agent of
P. & B. G. R R. at Rising Sun about
empty cars standing within limit of
public road, complained of. Also
about trains blocking the road longer
than necessary.
The petition for a new road in the
Sixth district, from road to Brick
Meeting House to Pennsylvania line
was laid over.
Eliza j. Little was granted pen.
sion of fifteen dollars per annum,
Samuel M. Brickley was appointed
constable for the Sixth district and
his bond approved. 1t was ordered
that the new road in the Second
district, through lands of Peach es-
tate and others, granted by previous
board of County ssCommissions,l be
opened and placed under the super.
vision of John j. Williams with au.
thority to draw on the sTreasurer for
necessary funds,
The present State road law has
simplified matters very considerable.
Under all the old county road laws
the County Commissioners were re-
quired to delegate their authority to
supervisors, inspectors and other
fifth wheels to the coach. which ere.
ated swarm of petty office seekers
which were invariable conspicuous
for their uniitness, and so besieged
the board at every meeting rs to ser.
iously interfere with business. I'M
der the present law the County Com
missioners retain the control entirely
lin their own hands, appoint whom
they please to do specific work for a
stated price and the work is done as
the commissioner in charge dictates.
This breaks up party favoritism in
appointments and job hunting by in.
competcnts, which is a great public
gain, and if the proper men are Sc.
lected for County Commissioners
will be large saving to the county
and better roads. The roads or parts
of roads requiring ditching orpiking
can be put in charge of competent
men who will do such work for an
agreed.to sum before entering on it,
and in thorough manner, with the
/ Commissioners to look after the work
at every stage. If the independent
voters in future will insist on having
Thoroughly competent men to fill the
office of county commissioner, and
will accept no other, as they did at
the last election, there will be vast
saving in county expense and i'm
provement in public business. Hav-
ing succeeded in SOLDERING up Cecil
county the public business as well as
private, is being mnch better man.
aged, Political bosses are losing
power, and drunken voters being
conspicuously absent at thepolls, the
bosses are unable to trample on the
rights of quiet, sober people through
that element as they used to do. As
soon as Lancaster and Chester coun-
ties can be sobered up and induced
to shut up their grog shops, the i'm
provement will be still more marked.
Our criminal expenses will be lessen
ed still more, and the difference be-
tween rum rule and sober govern.
ment will become still more strongly
defined, so much so that even the
anti-sumptuary and personal liberty
men will have to admit the fact.
Honest politics" is the motto the
Philadelphia Times has placed at its
mast head. SOBER PoLITTcs is the
only open sesame to honest politics.
and the public are falling into that
belief rapidly.
General Harrison's picket fence
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