The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-02-08
C0LORA ROAD QUESTION.
Colora, Nd, January 9th. 1902.
Editor Cecil Whig:-


Editor Cecil Whig:-
The rigmarole by "raXpaycr''
in last issue of the WING" cannot he
regarded as n serious discussion of any
thing. The author thereof started out
in his first letter. as we had right to
suppose. to honestly and seriously dis
cuss II public question. Under the pre-
tense of such discussion he has gone
out of his way to vent his spleen by rdi-
culing persons having nothing to do with
the controversy. and such positions as he
did take relative to the question he has
rcceded from when confronted with rr;,-
son rs would Il Snow-bank rcccdc from
the rays of Il July sun.
For instance. he has been driven from
his position in respect to damages. it hay
ing mt last dawned upon him that that
position is absolutely indefcnsible. He
makes no attempt to defend his asScr-
ton that there is not one foot of dirt
road within Il mile of Colora. He could
not do otherwise in the face of the
knowledge on the part of the entire COM
munity of the fact that there are dirt
roads all around Colora on each of the
different roads divergng therefrom. and
within II mile thereof, and the proposed
road would not need matchmaking more
| than does any one of these roads. He
makes no answer To the questions con
| corning the hauling to and from Coora
but calls Mr.. Rrnmticld tn testify in the
! matter, which is neither argument nor
answer. OF course. Mr.. Brumfield' :
| opinion. like that of other persons. is
| entitled to respect. but To what degree is
II matter of Judgment the discussion of
which has no place here. Ii will not be
contcnded that anybody is bound to ac-
cept the opinions of Mr.. Brumtield on
questions concerning which other people
may he permitted to think. ! do not
know that that gentleman'S opinions have
ever been regarded as of such high au-
thorty as to he considered an exact
science or conclusive settlement of any
question: therefore. in dissenting from
his opinion | owe him no apology what
ever | know and most people also know
that Mr. Brumtield is very much inter
"St"7i in this question. He has Il right
To j" 50 interested. hut he is not the
only man having such right. nor who is
qualified to intclligently deal Herewith:
nor does he possess greater knowledge on
amy paint of the controversy than do sew
Cral hundred other persons in this i'm
mcdiate community. and ] am sure that
Mr.. Brumtield would not be so cgotiSti.
cal rs to so claim.
AS to comparative distance which
would be required to be macadamizcd
Taxpayer" is driven ont root and
branch. On this point he gave figures
and then changed them and then changed
thnu nv.iD and in hiG last haitian b, !.
out with n brand new set of figures rs to
length of Colora hill; and he says il is
Eight Hundred and Twenty-Five feet
from some certain unknown point be-
tween top Of hill and Korncr Kctch. To
some certain unknown point between
Colora crossroads and Mt. Pleasant
This statement is disingenuouS indeed be-
cause nobody, unless il be "TaXpaycr"
and those who perhaps aided him in its
preparation. can tell anything about the
location of the points referred TO. hence
there can be no conclusion deduccd there
FROM Such Il statement is II very sleek
evasion of the truth of the distance of
the hill which | presume is II source of
genuine pleasure to the gentleman who
stands sponsor for it. When he said it
would cost five dollars per lineal foot to
open and macadamize the new road. he
took II position which he has abandoned
without Il word of defense. Thus |
might continue to 20 over the whole dis
cussion pointing out position after posi-
ton which he has taken only to abandon.
the reason for all of which is that in not
Il single instance has he taken Il stand
upon tenable ground.
BY exact measurement the hill from
the break ut railroad bridge to the top is
Eight Hundred and Forty-tive feet The
average elevation is one aud onc-tfth
inch per foot. Now if we make this ele-
walton uniform rs 'TaXpayer" proposes.
Of course we will then have an elevation
on each foot of the hill of just one inch
and one-ifth of an inch. or in other
words. the average elevation, which Of