Evening journal., 1894-01-25
TALBOT co. ROAD LEAGUE.
PROPOSES TO WITHDRAW FROM
THE STATE ROAD LEAGUE.

Salient Points in a Paper Read BY Owen
Norris at the Public Meering. which
Was Adopted and Referred TO the Ex-
ecutive Committee for Further Use.
special dispatch to the Baltimore
Sun from Easton tells of a well-attended
meeting of the Talbot County Road
League that was held there yesterday.
Owen Norris read a psper, which was
adopted and referred to the executive
committee for further use.
The salient points in it are these;
Recommendation that the $50 miles Of
public roadway in Talbot county, instead
of being let out to 1O6 supervisors, each
with section of about three miles to
work, be consolidated under one compe-
tent read engineer as the agent
and under the control of the
county commissioners, with pay and per
quisites to be fixed by the count com
missioners, and that this engineer be
given a sufficient permanent force and
material for the construction and main.
teDance of ordinary bridges and cul
verts. and for the ordinary continuous
repair Of existing roads; that no volun-
teer work on the roads in payment of
taxes or for any purpose be permitted;
that al new work or extension of repairs
whose cost may exceed two hundred dol
lars, be let by contract and the work be
passed by the county engineer before the
county commissioners pay the bill alter
natively, when the county commissioners
may deem it advisable the county engi
neer may employ a temporary force un-
der his exclusive control for such con
struction or repairs, and that the engi-
neer be required to make and keep in his
Office a map showing all the roads in the
county-their grades, condition, charac.
ter of construction and detailed state
ment of the cost each year of each road.
Mr. Norris's ideas, as set forth in this
paper, were generally approved by the
league
It was resolved to disass ociate the
Talbot county league from the State
Road League in so far as the county
league was obliged to pay the state
league 80 cents year for each member
and the county leagues dues were
changed from 81 year to % cents a
/ year for each member, but the county
/ icdBut ueoiA0o " htNp up Abo CUTIE
poDdence with the state league. at the
public meeting Colonel F G. Colds
borough, president. aud BENJAMIN f
Parlett secretary of the county league,
were at their stations, and road matters
were discussed by Captain j. q. Morris,
Frederick p Dimpfel, 2. B. Spring,
Edward Woodall Joseph Longnecker
and others.
The corporation of Easton pays an
nually to private corporations 81 272 for
street electric lights and 81, 100 for the
use Of water for the Fire Department. Il
is proposed to introduce a bill into the
General Assembly authorizing the town
commissioners to Issue bonds to the
amount Of $50, 0C0 to buy out the water
works and the gas and electric light
plants OF to erect new ones If the pres
ent owners will not sell at a reasonable
price.
There are a number of obsolete and
unexecuted acts of Assembly pertaining
TO Easton, which it proposed to repeal.
For instance, it is contrary to law to sell
any kind of food on market-day, Other
than in the market, a law that has not
been enforced for many years. An
official wood-eorder aud weigher Of hay
is provided for by an act of Assembly, and
I all who sell hay or wood are c9mpelle
! by law to have it officially weighed Of
measured, butit is never done.
The town has long outgrown these anS
a number of other laws which are no
pretended to be enforced, and it is pro
posed to repeal them all. and then codif.
the live acts of Assembly pertaining T.
the town, and have them, together will
the town ordinances, printed in a nea
1 pamphlet.