The Democratic advocate., 1908-06-12
GOOD ROADS MEETING
THF C0TNTY WELL REPRESENTED and
A ROUTE AGREED.UPON
Committee Appointed to Present Plan
to Good Roads Commission

The committee appointed Dy LII. j
" Herring, chairman OF the citizens
meeting of May 30th, met in the Fire
mems Hall, this city, yesterday, DR.
Herring presiding and w. L. Seabrook
acting as secretary.
In calling the meeting to order, DR.
Herring spoke of the Importance OF the
nrneent agitation in the interest OF
Good roads as one of the most i'm
3ortant that can engage the attention
of the people and worthy of the great
interest it has awakened. He spoke
nf the three classes OF roads-the
county, roads. laid out and constructed
hy the county commissioners OF the
several counties, known as county
roads, and cared for by supervisors !;
the roads authorized by the Shoe
maker law of 1904, for the construc-
ton of which the State pays half the
cost and the several counties half the
cost. The large road system authoriZ-
ed bv the act Of the recent legislature,
n be laid out, built and sustained by
rhe State. He said that in this coun-
Y is spent about $4,000 annually for
roads. each district having its own
commissioners who fix the levy for
the several districts, and said that
100000 annually would pay the inter-
esr on 100000; that there would be
no difficulty in floating the bonds of
the county at per cent; that thus
We could have a complete system OF
good roads without any greater ex-
pense than the present cost to the tax
Dayers. He declared that it would be
good political economy to take advant-
age of the provisions of the ShOemak-
er law. and prophesied that the coun-
ty was about to enter upon an era OF
good road building. He said that
with 40 miles of road in the county,
the proportion of the Shoemaker law S
appropriation of 100000 to which
Carroll is annually entitled is about
$4,000; that on the same basis the
county is entitled to $200,O00 of the
100000 to be expended under the re-
cent act. He then pointed out the
fact that the committee had met to
discuss the subject of how this
amount should be expended in the
county, and said that he was of the
opinion that the State Roads Commis-
sion would consider its duty to estab-
lish system of connecting roads.
The districts were called and found
10 have the following representation:
Taneytown, E. o. Garner ]. D. Haines
and J. D. Hesson; Uniontown, Charles
". Myers. w. u. Marker, Leonard
Zile; Myers,T. Herbert Shriver; Wool
erys. Lester S. Patterson, William l.
Richards, John G.. Hoffman; Free
dom. Dr.. NJ D. Norris, H. n. Devries,
Simon Golibart; Manchester, ]. w
Hoffacker. George Brown; Westmin-
ster. DR.. Charles Billingslea, Fred. D.
Miller. NJ. E. Walsh; Hampstead, Ir-
vim S.Leister, Jacob D. Lester; Frank
lin, no representative; Middleburg, E.
H. Sharretts; New Windsor, L. P.
Slingluff. Chas. J.Peltz; Union Bridge,
Joseph Englar and Dr.. NJ. NJ. Norris !;
Mt. Airy. F. l. Lewis, Harry c. Cor
such and Albert A. Dorsey.
DR.. Charles Billingslea introduced
the subject by requesting Mr.. Fred
D. Miller to state the proposition of
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association of Westminster referred
to this committee. Mr.. Miller read
the resolution of the Association.
Mr.. Garner said that if the commit
tee could have a copy of the law, it
would know exactly what could be
hoped for in the county and be in a
position to act intelligently. He spoke
strongly and convincingly of the i'm
portance of an improved road from
Westminster to Taneytown and be-
yond. Messrs. ]. D. Hesson, Leonard
Zlle and others advocated the same
route, as one of the roads to be built
in the county.
Mr.. F. |. Lewis corrected some mis-
apprehensions and said that he had
attended several meetings of the
State Roads Commission in other
counties, that many questions were
asked and all possible information
sought; that the Commission talked
Vi building main roads, and that 1t
was 1or the counties to build the in
.eFsectng loops under the Shoemaker
law. He emphasized the fact that the
route talked of from Olney in Mont
somery county by way of Mt. Airy
10 westminster passed through four
u4strlcts, and that only about three
n!les OF 1t would be in Mt. Airy dis
trict
Dr. NJ. D. Norris said that he rep
!esented Sykesville, from which point
10 Westminster there is now nothing
Sut dirt road; that meeting was
nn nviu at Sykesville last Saturday and
al Sii agreed that the Liberty road should
e improved to the Washington road
a. ~ Dorsey's and the Washington road
tnence in to the beginning of the Wash
Wrslon turnpike, three miles from
westminster.
MI NJ I. }. Peltz favored the idea of
oT Ious radlating from Westminster for
in,o hnout eight miles on the present un-
tha, oVed roads and made a motion
lnt;o lat une committee endorse the reso-
~, IiuI OF the Merchants and Manufact-
Ms MS Association and make recon-
n,iaHon itiuauon to the State Roads Com
,o4 Wn IN harmony Herewith.
4 tiou n'' j. W. Hoffacker favored the mo-
cbaaAd ana spoke of the road to Man
ciaroe iS.sr' OF its Importance, and de-
n nau noIeu that no road could be built
more cheaply.
- non. 7. Herbert Shriver agreed with
Y tho tasl eI TWO speakers and said that
baJ through roads of which there
q nor, ueeh so much said were very i'm
WeStrl:' out these radiating from
thai inster .t were most important,
now .ne latter would reach the most
fer frt,ous h parts of the county and con-
neor,e Tehent On the greatest number of
favonusse L. P. Slingluff said that he
ster eu the motion to make Westmin-
if Il central and the plan proposed
NJ, NJ could be accomplished.
titndo 'leo D. Miller explained the at
factu,ooI OF the Merchants and Manu-
the MS nie Association, and said that
;r pidn proposed If the, onnronr;otion