The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-08-12

citizens of that city, including the mayor
and counsel to the city, meetings were
called by the Comfy commissioners at
Level and three other localities to aScer-
tam what amounts could be realized
along the rOutein aid of the work. These
meetings were held with not very ilatter-
ing results, and there came to the Board
| OF County commissioners the first tang l.
bic and authoritative communication
from the city council of IIavrc de Grace
That Il contribution of thirtY-iivc hun
dred dollars he made through the Com
miSsinuers of Hartford county toward
+ piEin9 the public road from liayre dc
Grace to Churchvile, conditional
"FirSt-That said road br finished aud
accepted by the trustees of the WoOlscy
estate.
"Second-That the road be constructed
BY Level postoiiice.
"Third-That the money be payable
upon the passing of IN act nv the Mary
land State Legislature at its session of
| 1906, authorizing the city of Havrc de
Grace to issue bonds of the same kind as
! to form, payment, redemption and all
other particulars rs the floating debt
bonds issued by the city of IIavre dc
Grace i'll 1902"
No Interpretation, according to com
! mon prudence, or business methods, can
fairly construc this as an offer of thirty
five hundred dollars on the part of IIavrc
dc Grace toward the Woolsey road i'm
provement. Who, after the road is fin
ished and paid for (mark this) will be in
tercsted enough to lobby through the
Legislature an act to allow Iavre de
Grace to reimburse the County Commits
6 ! H., Al
face of the interests of the citizens of that
place to escape extra taxation by the
failure or refusal of the Legislature to
act? Also, however much of good faith
may be attributed to the city council, it
is dollars to doughnuts" that a condi-
ton would be imposed by the Legisla-
ture, should it even be induced to act at
all in the premises that no bonds should
be issued to the citizens of Ilavre de Grace
until the matter was first submit ted to Il
vote of the residents of the place, as is al
most invariably provided for in such
cases, and then who for 4 moment sup.
poses that any sentimental reasons about
the good faith of the members of the
council being kept (the individuals now
composing it being then probably long
retired from office would induce the tax
payers of Havre de Grace to shoulder
debt they could so easily avoid And no
responsibility for such reputation could
possibly rest on any individual or set of
individuals. This condition eflectually
nuilifies the pretended offer, as it is a
complete bar to its being practically car
ried into effect.
The condition named as to the Level |
route is likewise plainly an afterthouglIt, |
as must be evident from the petition OF |
SO many of the leading citizens of Havre |
de Grace to the County Commissioners, |
which was published last week in some |
OF the county newspapers.
In view OF its Importance, it q respect
fully submitted that this matter, being |
of such general interest to the people of
our county, should be candidly and fairly
discussed.
The above published by order of the
Board
HUDSON BATEMAN, Clerk.
In reply to the above, The .l:gis takes
pleasure i'll thus laying before the public, !
tor the first time, he true facts respect
ing the actual offer made by the mayor
and city council of IIavre dc Grace. If
the Board would onl Y be frank and give
the public what it has a right to know,
no one would be misled by its partial
statements reluct antlv furniShcd-ED