The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-03-16

ANNAPOLIS, March lJ.-Ine Hayes
bill came before the House to day and
was laid on the table by vote of SO
to 81. 1t has very few mourners.
HOW TO SECURE GOOD ROADS.
Mr.. G. Freeman Smith, in the Balti-
more Sun, calls attention to the fact
that many of the counties of the State
possess abundant and excellent ma
terials for the construction of good
hard roads. Mr.. Smith says:
Stone which have the greatest speci-
fic gravity as rule generally possess
es the greatest cohesive strength, alb
serbs the least quantity of water and
disintegrates the least by the effect of
the weather. 1t is the best for road
building. Granite is the hardest of
all and most durable. There are
many varieties of it. The hornblend
gneiss, commonly called niger
head, " is one variety, and they make
the very best of macadamiZed roads.
Some sandstones and limestones resist
the effects of the atmosphere success
fully, are durable and are fit material
for roads. Sandstones absorb the
least water, but they disintegrate
more than the magnetism limestones.
With regard to the resources of Har-
ford county in good road material the
article adds:
There is a belt of "niggerhead,"
lying west of Bel Air and Darlington,
about four miles in width, extending
from the Susquehanna to the Gun
powder. About Havre de Grace,
north to the Susquehanna and south
ward, there is an abundance of the
same. Near Jarrettsville and Coop
town serpentine is abundant, good
for ballast.
A road improvement bill is now be-
fore the Legislature, which provides
that the entire burden of making them
shall not be imposed upon the present
generation, but that those who come
after us and will enjoy their benefits
shall in their turn contribute towards
their cost.
We are indebted to DIR. Robert
Ward, State Veterinarian, for a copy
of the fourth report of the State Live
Stock Sanitary Board, according to
which contagious pleuro-pneumonia
has been extirpated in Maryland, all
impediments to State and interstate
traffic in cattle have been removed
and Maryland is left with a clean bill
of health. Governor Brown is fully
alive to the Importance of preserving
the cattle interests of the State and
along with the Live Stock Sanitary
Board deserves credit for his watch
fulness and care.
The 2Sth anniv ersary of the Mary
land State Teachers Association will
be held at Annapolis, On the 10th,
18th and 18th of July. The head
quarters of the Association will be at
the Maryland Hotel, where reduced
rates for teachers have been secured.
Road conveyance and sailing boats
will be furnished the teachers free of
charge Tickets on the various rail
roads will be sold to those having card
orders at the rate of two cents a mile
each way.
|. Judge Wickes, with the concur
renee of Judge Stump, in Easton
court, last week, decided the sheriff
atty election contest in favor of Dukes,
the Democratic candidate. 1t will be
remembered that Dukes, was re-
turned elected by 514 majority. Hand,
the Republican candidate, contested
the election on the ground of fraud.
The fraud alleged was that the SUI
pervisors of election made the Republi-
can ticket different on the ballot from,
its arrangement on the sample ballot,
by making Lincoln's head, the Re-
publican emblem, show the right face
on the one and the left face on the
other