The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-03-06

by the Johns Hopkins University. With
regard to the discretionary power resting
with the County Commissioners he would
make it obligatory upon them to appoint an
engineer.
John Moores said the engineer should
be appointed by the County Commissioners
who are responsible TO the people for the ex.
penditure of money on the roads.
Brinton 81. Warner suggested that it might
be too much to ask for an engineer for the
whole State and Il would be more easily ac-
complished if confined to the county.
Mr.. Hull said the engineer ought to have
power to enforce the laws against throwing
brush in the water-courses. $50.
Mr.. Moores said there are already laws to
prevent that.
Mr. Hull replied that if the County Com
missioners fail to enforce the road laws be
was opposed to giving them any more pow
er. f. .. "a H.r F
Ira r. George said the County Commits
sioners ought to have control of the money
expended and he was in favor of repairing
the almost impossible places on q road in
stead of attempting to put the whole road in
order
The chairman, Mr.. Silver, said if we want
good roads we must begin to make perma-
nent improvement on them, by constructing
solid pixies from one end of the county to the
other. The cost would be considerable, but
it would be wise economy Farmers in Har-
ford labor under great disadvantage in
hauling out their crops in competition with
the West. which has the advantage of rail-
roads. You can ship freight by rail or wat
er thousand miles for less than you can
haul it ten miles over dirt roads.
We should have stone roads, especially
here, where stone is cheap and handy. The
law gives our Commissioners the power to
appoint an engineer but they are timid, being
afraid of increasing our already burdensome
taxes. If the tax were increased temporarily
and the roads made permanently good, the
tax of wear and tear of horses and wagons
would be reduced. Every farmer should
take personal interest in the improvement
of the road which borders his place.
r. John Rogers said he commended the
resolution, which was then adopted.
The chairman appointed as the committee
to draft suitable law embodying the spirit
of the resolution the following: VIM. l..
Amos A. P. Silver, John Moores, Geo. R.
Stephenson and W. Beatty Harlan.
The convention then adjourned
Among those present were the following :
John Moores, Isaac Wilson, Joseph Live
zey, John b. Wysong, Henry G. Preston, B.
s Cutler, William s. Preston, Harry W..
Whistler. j. s. Richardson, John ]. Alexan-
der, W. Beatty Harlan, Jos. E. Bateman,
County Commissioners Edward G.. Hooker
and Thomas Poole, N. Meter, VIM. H. Grey,
Ambrose Cooley, Geo. r. Stephenson, John
M. Blake, Judge Walters, Walter P. Reckord,
B. H. Warner, A. P. Silver, Ira R. George,
Charles A. McGaw, Frederick Nelson,
Charles L. Vail, Joseph Parry, Milton E.
Bosley, Thomas H. Robinson, Rev. Edward
A. Colburn, Septimus Davis, Walter
ter W. Preston, Joseph Parry. G.. w. Rich
ardson, Charles Creswcl, A. Preston Gilbert,
VIM. D. Lee, W. T. L. Taliaferro, B. F.
Wakeland. ]. T. z. Hopkins, George F. Wal
ker, John S. Dallam, VIM. II. STREET., VIM.
l.. Cooley, Jas. NJ. Reynolds. J. s. Richard
son, Jr., William Michael, VIM. O. Hughes,
A. Haviland Hull, John Bauer. James W.
GLADDEN., ]. Wilson Moore, W. S. Forwood,
Jr., R. John Rogers, Corbin Grafton, of M,
VIM. It. Sawyer, VIM. ]. Keen.