The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-08-05
The Sample Road.

The sample p zee of road which has been
built under the supervision of Mr.. Z. e. Har-
rison the government expert, on the ROAD
leading from Fork TO Kingsvlle, Baltimore
county, having been practically completed, a
meeting was held on Saturday at Fork, under
the auspices of the Improvement Association
Of that place, which was largely attended anu
thoroughly successful. y stand had been
erected in the grove adjoining the school
house, from which addresses We're made, the
proceedings being en!ivened with music by
the Long Green Cornet Band, under direction
Of Prof James i. Burgoyne.
The meeting was called to order by Dr. D.
+. Il. GorsUch, who nominated Mr. A. A.
BIakenv, County Commissioner OF Baltimore
county. as presiding officer. His address was
very pertinent and was well received. "Gooo
roads" said he, ''make good people. They
encourage sociabiIity, and advance education,
| Neighborhoods should use united efforts IN
the cause Ii was through the persistent
work Of The Fork Improvement Association
that We are able to see for ourselves what can
| be done in this direction. The money appro
priatcd for this purpose is money well spent
| H. Proves TO NV satisfaction that it will re
ouire a less quantity Of stone to make gool
roads than we have been in the habit of usins
ON our county roads"
| Hon. William Is. Baker said in part: {"
know but little OF road making. But l Ok
know that we need good roads. The farmer
need them to haul their grain and produce
to market, and at the very time when tn
greater part OF this work has to be done, tn
roads are in the worst possible condition
'rher, are two things for which people pa
taxes cheerfully, and they are schools ant
| roads. and in order to have them and keel
them in good condition, money must b
spent"
Prof. Harry Fielding Reid, of the John
Hopkins University, and Chief of the Mary
land Geological Survey, followed Mr.. Baker
He sroke of the disadvantages which arts
from neglect Of road mending or building
and the necessity of spending money for thel
, construction and maintenance. "Ihe MARY
land division is now preparing data TO
presented before the next Legislature SHOW
ing what kind of stone is to be found in III
fereut .ctions of the State which can be use
in making good roads at the least cost"
Mr.. L. G. Harrison, who has the directio
; of the construction Of the sample roads WI
: the closing speaker. He declared that IL
!. road which had Just been remodeled WI
J; neither model or 4 sample one He had on
/. been repairing one of the worst roads in Ba
= ttmore county. The only gutter it had WI
-. in its center and all of the water washed dow
the middle. Mud collected and the farme
q undertook to fill up with the largest ston
Z, they could find. He said, 1.-The thickness
k the road-bed should be eight inches and co
!, structed in three courses and three sizes
stones. Five inches OF rough stones, TO
4 inches of a smaller size and one inch of fl
stone would make the required thickn'
,e when packed and rolled. The preparing
Is the earth foundation and the packing OF ea
6 course are very important features OF mel
I'd in~ roads, Mr.. Harrison described t
machinery necessary and the princll
OF methods in the construction of the road.
Il. The meeting was well attended by the
Irt licia!s Of Baltimore and Hartford countless
others interested in the matter. Amt
d. them were County Commissioners William
Of Durham, Joseph z. spencer and j. Ross SC
ar borough, of Hartford county, A. A. blaki
,se and James y. Frederick, of Baltimore coun
Ivy Professors Il. W. Sylvester and james Is. IL
m iuson, of the Maryland Agricultural Coll
and number of road supervisors OF the