The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-02-08

course would be no Improvement but very
expensive. The average elevation from
break at railroad bridge, which is the
foot of the hill, to crossroads ut Mr..
WilcyS store, is now more than three
quarters of an inch to the foot. some
places more and some places less. This
is where ''TaXpaycr" proposes to fill in.
Will he explain the process by which he
is going to do it ami make the grade on
this portion of The hill to not exceed
thrrc-uuartcrS of an inch per foot? The
average elevation ON that portion of the
hill from crossroads to Mr.. Gray'S rX-
cccdS one and onc-third inch per foot.
consequently there could be no .illing in
here but in order to reduce the grade to
threc-QuarterS of an inch us per Tax
payers proposition. there must be Il
very considerable taken off. From Mr.
Gray'S to top Of hill the average cleva-
ion exceeds one inch per foot. viii ''raX-
payer figure out how he is going back
fifty feet from top of hill and dig off and
MI in between that and the point near
railroad which he mentions and thus
make the grade to not exceed three
quarters of an inch per foot uniformly
from base to summit of hill? If he can
do this he will become far famed as II
greater engineer than even Mr.. Brum-
field. 1t is obvious to any person that IN
order To make this hill compare IN respect
to grade and as "A pheasant driveway
with the proposed road the elevation
would have to be reduced not only TO
| thrcr-qualrerS of an inch but to onc-half
inch per foot. the average elevation i'll the
proposed road being less than onc-half
| inch per foot, and there is no way of
doing this grading without making the
undertaking cost the people thousands
upon thousands of dollars. by the eX-
pcnsc of the work in the first instance.
| and by the damage suits that would in
cvitably follow in the second. If Tax
payer questions my figures as to meas
| urement of hill, let him appoint Mr.
| Brumticld, whom shall be glad To meet
| and in the presence of reputable wit
| lcSScS go over the ground and take the
measurements thereof If he is not will
| ing to thus fairly settle the questions of
| distance. grade, etc, it would appear that
he does not desire that fairness shall pre-
vail
| In one of his letters tn" gentleman says
| THAT in the event Of the new road being
| built the hill in front of Mr.. McNcy' :
| being as steep as Colora hill. would also
| have to be graded. While of course that
| statement is untrue. ! suppose he will
| admit that the hill to which he referred.
| is there mt this writing. Let me ask him
| if his statement were true. How would
the grading of Colora hill remove the
necessity of grading the hill in front of
Mr.. McNcy's: Would it not he there
$tillE Or would it take fright and desert
its base when "TaXpaycr" started in on
his grading crusade! Or how does he
reason that it would he II greater ncccS-
sity to grade this hill in the event Of the
building of the new road than if his plan
be adopted? How would the new road
change the condition: The Equity bluff
of which he speaks is amusing. There is
no place in Equity for suits without
foundation. and even if the gentleman
and the few people who are associated
with him in this matter were to make Il
number of false allegations and thus by
chance get in Il Court of Equity they
would soon find themselves up against a
kerncr sense of reason and justice than
they have ever anticipated.
As to the petition sent in it would not
he difficult matter 10y personal SOlicita-
ton and opportunities on the part of
several people to get two or three humid
red people to sign Il petition praying
most any unreasonable and unjust thing
This petition was carried all over the en-
tire community. | can now take Il
counter petition and get two hundred
sgnerS within less than one week, and
among them more than half who have
signed Mr.. Brumfcld's petition. but it is
unnecessary; the County Commissioners
in their wisdom will decide this question
payers proposition. there must be
and no doubt their decision will be Il
just one.
Respectfully.
JOSEPH r. TYSON