The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-07-15
An Instructive Pamphlet.

The timely and instructive pamphlet
compiled by the Highway Division of the
Maryland Geological Survey as com
prehensive explanation of the principal
features of state aid to road building, and
which has in part been described in pre-;
vious issues of this paper was ready for
distribution last Tuesday and is now be-
ing sent to Boards of County Commits
soners and residents in all sections of
the state. An edition of 5000 copies has
been printed of which 1890 will be sent
at once to organizations and individuals
known to be interested and the remand
er will be distributed to persons who
make application to the Maryland Geo.
logical Survey or the Johns Hopkins Uni
versity for the book.
Two principal features of the pamphlet
have already been described in these col
umns,-namely, the table compiled by
the Maryland Geological Survey showing
the amount of state funds available for
each county, and the method of proceed
ure to be followed by the people in the
counties in order to obtain this money.
There remains to be explained in this ar
ticle the part which the Maryland Geolog-
ical Survey will take in CO operating with
the people of the counties to assist the
work as largely as possible.
As this State Road Law does not be-
come operative until January list, 1905,
there is an opportunity in the meantime
for the various Boards of County Com
missioners to take up the preliminary
work in connection with the selection of
the road to be first built. There will also
be required plans of the road in order to
make proper estimates of the cost. All of
these preliminary arrangements take much
time and if they are delayed until the first
of the year much valuable time will be lost
and but little progress will be made the
first season.
1t is with view to saving much of this
time that the Highway Division of the
Maryland Geological Survey proposes to
make for the various Boards Of County
Commissioners such surveys and plans as
may be necessary to draw up correct
estimate of the cost of construction, and
so have everything in readiness to begin
at the first available moment the actual
construction of roads under the State
Aid Law.
Anycounty applying in seaso to have
its surveys made during the present year
will gain the advantage of having the full
cost of the surveys paid by the State in
the end, while one half of the cost of the
surveys made after January 1st, 1905, must
be borne permanently by the county as
stated in sections and 10 of the act
An important feature of the pamphlet is
a detachable page bearing form of re-
quest to the Highway Division of the
Maryland Geological Survey to make the
required surveys for plans and estimates
of the cost of any piece of road. This
form is expected to be filled in by the
Boards of County Commissioners who
thereby signifed their intention to petit
ton for state aid under the provisions Of
the new law as soon as it becomes opera
tive.
. The pamphle: is published in an attrac-
tive form, similar to the reports of the
Maryland Geological Survey, and will be
sent by request to all persons interested.
A Citizens Association Formed.
A Citizens Association of Prince
Georges county and the eastern section
of the District of Columbia was organic