The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-01-25
COLORA ROAD QUESTION.
Colora. Md. Jan. DIST. 1907

valuable paper, that Il petition signed
| by W. O. Rrumfrld. Il. l.. To+h and It
large nuMbcr Of prominent citizrns Of
this district. "huh been received and con
sidcrcd ~ the Honorable Board Of
County Commissioners at their last SEES
sion. relative to having the old Colora
hill graded; now this is IL good move in
the right direction. | think, if | under
stood correctly. that there were about
one hundred and sixteen names upon the
petition. | should have been much
pleased to have had the privilege to sign
it, but it just happened that l was en-
gagged about that time, trying to devise
ways and means to macadamiZc that
little hill nj Bob Loves Spring-housc that
y. H., found. ! know he remembers
that place very well. for | have heard
him call it some big. ugly unhibical name
| many times when he would view his
shoes. while they were elevated on the
| frndcr of Fryrr'S stove. after making one
Of his tlrcr daily trips during those three
wears he worked 80 Faithfully for Road
and Walker. also see that the Com
missonrrS are to visit the seat of road
| 'Hs'T l'l-!ll''EE''N. " i'N''l''~. lIN. Wblll'l
love 10 he there. hut shall not be able to
do SO. as ! shall be very busy This week
and next studying this new hook of Eng
! lish l"ngua&c. that the gentleman ha,
| Just pnt ont: II i" Il dinicult rouglomcra-
! lion th.l sill take time ami much study
to master.
| 1t II somewhat premature to make any
suggestions upon the road question Just
now, in view of the fact. that the Com
misSioncrs will have met, and no doubt
decided the whole question long before
! my remarks shall have come to the no.
| tice Of your many readers. But there
are few points in this question that have
never been ventilated. that | want To
| bring TO notice No person has ever said
anything, about reducing the grade of
| this old hill to onc-hHlf that now exists .
it would not be necessary. In fact we
have never given out any figures in this
direction: hut will do so now. The dist
ancc f.um top of hill (alowing room to
grade hlrkD down to certain point be
tween the crossroads and the railroad
bridge is so feet: the grade in that
| direction is GS and Onc-SiXth feet or SIS
inches Ca tl'tlc less than ono inch to the
foot but this grade is now uniform
some parts Of the hill are less, and some
parts more. Now we purpose to reduce
this grade by digging off at top. and fill
| ing up ut bottom of hill. and make the
| whole distance MS near Il uniform grade
as possible. We never intended to dig
those buildings out of root, on the upper
side of hill. nor cover those up, on the
lower side. We do not expect to do any
| thing to vcX or annoy any one. or bring
about this damage suit. 1t is not ncccS-
| Sary 10 lnJurc any person or property in
grading the hill: but we do maintain that
| the hill can be constructed so that the
| grade will be less than ~ inch to the
| foot, and do ii too M Ome-half the cost of
new road. And now after all the useless
| words that have been written in regard
| to the anticipated damage suit upon the
| hillside, did my worthy friend ever con-
| slider the probable lawsuit that looms
| upon the new road route. If he has not
| let me whisper in his ear. this one little
| fact. If the new road is located upon
| the route that its few supporters have
| in view Just now: then | say unto YOU.
when the case would get out of equity,
| and road completed. and ready for travel.
neither MI Tyson or myself will need Il
| road in e realm. for we will even by
the mfr .reS of age be transported to
| that region whose streets are either
paved with gold or birthstone.
There is not II more public spirited man
i'll our town than Mr.. Brumhcld. He is
| AT the head of the firm of Brumficld and
| Foster, dealers in hay. grain. coal and
| fertilizers; and no man has reason for u
greater interest in good. safe and con
tlDTnnplIf.ilr T. and fr,,,, an.
town. than he. He is always ready to
do anything to encourage trade. advance
the interest. and increase the imports and
exports of our town. lie is sharp.
practical. business man. whose iudg-
mcnt and advice are sought. and accepted
by all those who are in need thereof He
is tn" man who tan and will tell You
that the bulk of the heavy hauling to and
from this town is done. during the sea-
| son when we may expect bad roads.
| from November LIST until May LIST. He
is good authority for this statement for
he buys thousands of bushels of grain
hundreds of tons of hay-and sells coal
and fertilizers galore: and the major por-
ton of the trade comes down. and goes
up Colora hill: and that is the reason he
is now taking such IN active interest in
nav luS ll' STdut improved Oh lnlS MI.
He is engineer enough to know that the
hill is the most available point to work
on, and will make the most satisfactory
road when completed. 1t is Il remark
able fact, but Il fact all the same. that
every patron of this market Except those
few. who expect to be financially bene-
flied by new road with single eXcep-
ton are all i'll favor of improving the old
road, and opposed to opening the new
one. and when the Commissioners meet
and examine these locations, we pray
that their decision may favor the old
road Uno Amino.
And, when the grading is completed.
we feel sure. that even those skeptics
will eXclaim with us "Magnum opus
Mirabile vSu.' And when ! get to
Heaven, | will tell those old transfers
that wagoned and swore on Colora hill
years ago, that the old hill is graded and
converted into pleasant driveway
And if | should find that some of those
old fellows had for some cause failed to
gain an entrance at the Pcarly Gate;
It,.l,, -I,,- II