Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1900-08-10

excuse Is puerlle and contemplate and do
not believe the Mayor and Council will
confess to any such disorganizing pressure.
Are you willing, no matter how danger
GUS 10 the lie and property of the citizen,
or how much Inconvenience it may put him
or her to, to permit railway monopoly To
run its cars through our main thorough.
iares-now hardly wide enough for the
ordinary travel, and where our little ones
from time immemorial are accustomed TO
De, 10 spite OF all endeavors to the contrary
al the rate of 10 miles an hour2 If not, vote
against the ill-adVsed ordinance, or hold
yourselves accountable for life and property
destroyed by such reckless speed Do you
think II wise that any railway company
should have paramount, "a free and unin-
terrupted right OF way at all times" over
about II feet OF your main street, to the ex-
exclusion OF every other citizen, whether
travelling on foot in vehicle or on horse,
and this too-ior all timer If not, vote
against too much-giving-for- nothing ordi.
nance of the Mayor and Council OF Rock
vile, for 1t so provides, IN utter detian CT of
the decision of our Court oil Appeals In S9th |
Maryland.
The Court therein decides that whilst rail- |
ways may be run on a street, vet they have |
no greater or other rights than individuals, |
that II any person be on the road or be load.
Ing or uuloadiDg,in the exercise of the reason.
able use of the public highway, the cars
must STOP" And why notP Is the right OF |
a railway or the rights OF those riding in It's
cars to travel over public road any greater
than that OF those walking or riding 10 the |
usual wayp
The ordinance says Sin addition to taxes
stated"-but none are stated--that the cars
OF this company shall be exempt from taxa
nd NhA., I,r NOD f..r,
exempted by another kindly Mayor and
CounciD pay IS per car-what a princely !
sum 50 car Whence this usurped power
To exempt from taxation Is your carriage
or horse exempted Tor any time or do you
have To pay taxes 80 soon as you get them ?
Should a corporatlan have more iavors than
u citlzenr Ii looks as though this railway
corporation will pay no taxes. 1t will do
the taxing itself, viz, four or five fares to the
District Of Columbia. Where is its prlnci-
pal Officer Upon whom can wrts be served
1t i now you see me Qares please) and now
you don't (can't sue me- The law taxes
personal property where the principal office
IS. Has II not been decided that railroad
tracks and poles are personal property II
the principal Office Is IN the county then the
taxes go TO the county, If in Washington
City then the taxes are paid there. just rs
Washington City IL not assessable here, sim
ply because frequently driven TO and from
this town to Washington City
VIII the railway company ben, lit the
stores or take away the trade Ask any OF
the drummers or resident OF similar suburban
towns How will 1t help the people Of the
town except by making IL easier To get away.
VIII IL benefit hotels by carrying our coun-
ty people, alter through with business, TO
Washington, or by running people up and
down from Washington every hall hOur2
No sojourn, no dinner Where is the town
that has been built pby it? Inquire.
The Mayor and Council has gwen 10 this
railway company "a free and uninterrupted
way Tor passage at all times" over mile Of
the main street, worth at least $5OOOO, Tor
absolutely nothing, with the privilege to
charge our citizens cents mile. IL has
authorized said company 10 wait until the
18th day of October before beginning its
work oil pulling up, tearing to pieces and
grading Tor It's tracks, and until the l7th of
December before completing It's work. Ia
other words, 1t may not commence until bad
weather sets in, and cannot be made TO com
plete It's work until the long rainy spells
and the SHOWS OF winter are upon us, then !
the town can begin 10 shovel the loose stones
and DIRT back on the remaining parts OF the
street, What will be the resullp An abso-
lutte blockade OF travel. Every one knows
that from the intersection OF Montgomery
Avenue and Baltimore Street, at the foot Ol
the Catholic Church Hill, there Is but one
street the continuation Of Montgomery Ave
uue) until you get TO Monroe Street or Car
ter's Lane. Block this and passage from the
upper part of the town to the railroads and
from the railroads up the town is absolutely
lsnR..
from the railway TO be thrOwnr On each
side Of course Then where will people
drive during the constTuction-tho precise
period for farmers TO haul fertilizers, &c
especially assuming bad spell OF weather
sets 10 Besides, the main street, viz, the
entire route proposed for this railroad, 10
the only macadamized portion Of the town.
Tell me ifthe 30-ieet law Is repealed, land
we have been told edit0rially.that il will he,)
where will the farmers travelp Those trav-
cling the Frederick road must use Monkey
Run, a dirt road, now nauseating In lie miry
tiithiness and then becoming impossible;
those using the Darnestown and the Falls
roads must take TO the dirt road, known ~
Jefferson street, leading from the Baptist
church, back Of the Court House, out 10 |
Montgomery Avenue at DR. Fearon's drug |
store The constant heavy travel over these
ulrt ioaus wiz Sppn uahe , ~, ,,' u" - ~,
travel Wne,o 70 '"o "i'H1y W PM s"o",
are npt ',ie "i"yo' ""u keon ~ $500 ,io,1
cohpeheu W sponu t"o p 10 ~, 80 pa
TO pay the interest on the bonded indebted
ness of the Lownp Do not the Mayor and
Councli even now oniIt =" sc. as'no The
$l,OOO LOT .ne slnAlhs Iunu' as Iequ,eu W
Jaw because IL Is comPelleu 70 v, use ~ 70 pay
lor .ne necessay enpenso1 ~ a. J ,ua s ~
plant anu "aVeI "o'AS' anu tne o,ost VI
the Donueu lnueo.euness " ,ne Uown n,o
not our Pavenlen " anu sue' "Dm so,"s w.
P'eccs oISa 't' " w 49, $50 -, |
people nI th's W"h aI.auy "A ,. nV t'.
heaVlly tnan 'nose " Dale,'ois ivy "sn
not one tentn VI .nn san'n' 20"
Iney pay any 'ho'e "l."o ,''.',',P
lhese quesuons ans"e, tno'ioe's '',i anen
why DC so generous why >" Su"so'' ''"'
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