The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-03-15


Roads Engineer Crosby, who is always on. tn
| lookout TO save the taxpayers money BY nav
ing stone and shell correctly measured ans
by saving in various other items, does no
lay down rule whereby all supervisors shat
| prepare their road beds to receive the hard ma
terial? 1t is well known and established
fact that the bed of the road should be round
| ed up first and cutters formed before stone Il
| applied, yet this is scarcely ever done.
Mr. Crosby has had charge nearly year
| yet the roads are mended in the same old way
/ viz: The laborers throw the stone into the
middle of the road when it is fiat and lower
than the sides, thus requiring great many
more stone to round it up, for which the tax.
payers have to pay, and besides the road will
not stand properly.
A piece of road in this section made just be-
fore Mr.. Crosby's appointment and left high
in the middle and apparently good, has 50
settled that water now stands on It. proving as
stated previously, that a road will not stand
unless it has proper foundation and the
only proper foundation is one well rounded
up with dirt to enable the water that perculates
through the stone to run off. Another piece
of county road is being stoned and the ma
terial is being put on a perfectly fiat bed. al
though il was commenced at a time when it
could have been properly rounded up. If Mr..
Crosby has not the power to compel all road
supervisors to properly build the roads then
the road law should be amended so as to give
him that power.
The committee of the Taxpayers Conven-
ton, or the County Commissioners, should
have the proper amendment passed at the
present session of the Legislature What is
the use of going on in the same old way when
Mr.. Crosby showed ut Towson that he consid-
cred that rounding up the road bed was the
first thing to do. Many hundreds of dollars
are paid out for stone each year and yet the
taxpayers seem TO take no interest as to the
manner of utilizing this material to the best
advantage.
movement is on foot to sell the parsonage
of Long Green Circuit, situated on the pike a
mile from Fork, and build new one on a
piece of ground at Fork Church, Mr.. J. w. B.
Clayton having offered to- donate the same,
provided 50 900 is expended for improvements
This would enable the minister's family
to attend church and Sunday school more
frequently than they can now do, and would
be otherwise advantageous. The movement
is meeting with favor.
Your compositor made me say last week
that at the sale of Mr.. J. w. B. CLAYTON COWS
brought from S25 to S55, whereas it should have
been $25 to SAL also that SOW and eight pigs
brought SAB, when it should have been $33.
The telephone lines are all in working order
again and the people can appreciate more than
ever its advantages, after being deprived of its
use for more than week. R.
Hyde's, 18th District-The harbingers of
spring including bluebirds. larks, robins,
wild geese, frog concerts, ETC., have arrived,
telling us of the approaching season of seed
time, life and warmth, and in this section
where the winter has been particularly severe
the change will be heartily welcomed
OF all troublesome and perplexing problems
that of the roads appears the hardest to solve.
For generations we have been Flooding
through mire and mud, with thousands of
dollars expended on the mud pIows that run
up and down the side cutters and throw the
clay in the centre of the road every spring,
only to be washed back, leaving the roads, if
possible, in much worse condition than be-
fore The residents of this locality are thor
oughly aroused to the ineffective measures
used in the management in the past of this
question and have called meeting of all per-
sons interested in the road leading to Hydes,
for Saturday evening, March 22d. to consider
and take active measures toward remedying
this perplexing evil. The meeting will be
held at the store of Mr.. H. w. Dilworth, at
SPIN.
Col. s. n Hyde made brief visit here the
first of the month and arranged the prelimi-
naries for the coming canning season, which
gives promise of full and successful results.
In consequence much work will be accom-
plished with the advent of good weather.
Many changes will occur in the near future
among the farmers of this vicinity and numer-
Gus sales are in contemplation. Mr.. Henry
ONelll, who has resided here over forty years,
will make sale on Monday, March oath, and
furniture that will undoubtedly attract many
who have weakness for such things.
Mrs. j. j. Mccarthy, who spent the winter
in Washington, D. c., is at present the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. II. W. Dilworth, of this place.
The community continues saddened upon
the unfavorable reports coming from the bed
side of Mrs. Philip 7. George, whose physical
condition is considered precarious by the
physicians in attendance. Both Mr.. and Mrs.
George were always held in highest esteem by
everyone and their places will be hard to fill.
Mr.. Lawrence Ady, of Washington, D. c.,
was recently the guest of his cousin, Mr.. Ben
jamin w. Ady, of this valley.
During the season of Lent the services at st.
Johns Catholic Church every Friday evening
are especially impressive. The usual celebra-
ton will take place at Easter and preparations
for it are now in progress. HOWARD.
Jacksonville and Sunnybrook, 10th Dis
trict.-Mr George G. Shriver, who has been
keeping store at Jacksonville for some time,
will sell out his establishment and shortly
remove to Baltimore to engage in business
there. His patrons and friends regret very
much his determination to leave the neighbor-
hood, as he had built up prosperous business
here. He will also sell the store stand.
The sale of Mr.. ]. W. McAbee, which took
place on the farm of Mrs. Agnes Emory, on
the Jarrettsville pike, last Monday, was large
iy attended and everything sold brought ex-
cellent prices. Mr.. Jack" Richardson, of
Belair, was the auctioneer.
A lecture will be given in Fairview M. E.
Church South, Sunny Thursday even
ing, March Goth, commencing at 73O O'Clock.
by the pastor, Rev. Linwood Hammond.
Subject, Love- Courtship and Marriage"
Mr.. Hammond is considered fine speaker
and no doubt his lecture will prove interesting,
instructive and amusing. Admission Is cts.
Miss Minerva Foard. of Lauraville, Hartford
road, has been visiting her cousin, Mrs. James
Jackson, of Jacksonville.
Mrs. w. Harrison Curtis, who lives near
Sunnybrook, and Mrs. William Wesley, both
of whom have been sick, are again able to be
out.
Miss Virginia Ensor, of Verona, Baltimore
county, is visiting her cousin, Miss Grace
Ensor. of Sunnybrook.
The Y 2. Christian Endeavor meeting at
Chestnut Grove Church last Sunday evening
was led by Mrs. James Jackson who had for
her topic 1.-THE secret of endurance" upon
which she made an interesting talk. M.
Marble Hill, 9Th District.-A number of
people from this neighborhood went to see
the play "Ben-Hur," which has been running
at the Baltimore Academy of Music for the
past three weeks
Rev. John R. Edwards, of Towson. preached
a very acceptable sermon last Sunday at Jes
sop NJ. E. Church. He is an impressive speaker
and can but do good wherever he goes.
This community regrets very much the alb
sence of Miss Florence Hood, who, after a
residence here of about fifteen years. has re-
moved to Baltimore. She was engaged in
millinery and dry goods business and made
many friends.
1t is said that Miss Letta Jessop and Mr.
Edward ]. O'Donovan will be married next
month at Ashland Presbyterian Church. The
occasion is looked forward to with much in
terest. Mr.. o. Donovan is young farmer near
Sweet Air and Miss Jessop is daughter of
the late Charles L. Jessop of Vaux Hall
Our people are hoping for the extension of
the Maryland Telephone line to this section of
the county. as the Chesapeake and Potomac
rates are higher than many can afford. Cock
eysville would bea good centre for an exchange
Mr. Cockey Pearce has rented the John d.
Matthews farm, at Oregon which was occu-
pied last year by Mr.. G. D. Price. who has re-
moved to the former home of Mrs Price, at
Philopolis.
Mr.. Vincent F. Caples will leave his farm at
Cockeysville with 90 head of stock with which
to begin operations on the Dover farm of the
late Richard Johns, in the 4th district
Maryland Line, 18th District-Mr STAN
ley McCubbin, of York. is visiting his mother,
Mrs. W. F. McCubbin, of this place.
Mr.. William H. Hendrix has purchased the
old hotel property in this place for S625. He
will lSp il as dwelling