Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-08-11
GOOD ROADS.


More convincing argument Is
found in favor Of the expediency Of
building first class roads, in sin
gle practical example where good
results have been obtained, than in
any amount Of discussion where act
ualresultsare often exaggerated, and
BY the disappointmentsw which occur
Fin certain instances. really retard
the promotion Of model highways.
The advantages offered to the coun-
ties Of Maryland by the recently
enacted law for state aid to road
building, are inclining county Off
Gals and residents TO avail them
selves Of the offer and the mention
Of one obiect-lesson in the town Of
Cambridge, demonstrating the orea.
tor satisfaction Of Maeadam road
over other materials will show how
unwise It will be to allow the oppor-
tunity to9secure these State funds to
pass unappreclated.
Street-buiiding and repairing ia
Cambridge had become more ok.
pensive item every year, until final
ly the lately-retired Board OF Com.
missiouers after considering many
plans OF street building, decided TO
put down Macadam road on the
most frequented street 81 the town,
They considered that to meot the
situation in this way would mean
greater initial expense but would be
cheaper in the end, besides giving
much greater satisfaction 10 traffic.
The results havefully justified their
determination. In this work the
commissioners received free Of cost
the assistance OF Mr. A. N. Johnson,
highway engineer OF the Maryland
Geological Survey and we're able 10
put down a road which SO far has
mel every requirement and is a great
Improvement over the she'll road
which il replaced. There is now
about six feet more OF carriage room
than In the old street, the road
drains perfectly, II has q firmer re
sisting surface, II dries out more
quickly after rain, and IL is less
expensive when its lasting qualities
are considered In speaking OF the
great improvements made by The
road, the Democrat News Of Cam
bridge says
The Board decided 10 build
Maeadam road although member
know there was some opposition 10
the new method. It's expense was
pointed OUT It's lasting qualities
we're doubted. Fortunately, the
Board did not allow lhisIopposition,
which was by no means insignifi
cant. 70 deter il from going to the
bottom Of the plan and now the town
is better OH by reason Of the courage
Of the old board. The street.build-
ing and repairing was becoming q
more expensive item every year,
and the Board decided to try to meet
the situation in a method more OK.
pensiye ID the first cost, but cheap.
or In the end All Of which goes to
show that the FIRST step made by the
Board in the direction OF modern
road building was step in the
right direction and further pro-
gress Ia this direction will result la
less expense Of building and repair
ing streets.
It is well TO remark here however
that the work could have been done
better II the county had been ebuip-
ped with steam. roller TO pack the
material. AS ii turned out. IL had
TO be left TO passing teams to pack
the road and in order to hold the
material IN place, q great deal OF
fine stun had to be put on, render
ing the road dustier than would
have been necessary Il a steam-rol-
Ter had been available. In the
course Of time, however the fine
STUFF will pack and disappear as the
road becomes more and more used.
II is also said that the cost Of the
road need not have been as great as
II proved as certain items ofexpense
which may be curtailed IN the III
ture were unnecessarily undergone.
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