The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-05-29
GOOD ROADS
State Good Roads Commission
Holds Meeting In EIkton
To Decide Route.
ROUTE IN CECIL is ANNOUNCED.

i Governor Crothers, with the
other members of State Road Com
mission and Chief Engineer Crosby,
were given an enthusiastic reception
at the good roads meeting held in
the court house at Elkton on Mon
day afternoon The meeting was
called to order at two o'clock and
the room was packed with repre-.
sentative men from all sections of
the county.
John P. Wilson was chosen chair
man of the meeting and after ad-
dresses by Gov. Crothers and J. M.
Tucker, chairman of the State Road
Commission, in which it was stated
that Cecil county was entitled to
about $l6O, 900 or enough to build
40 miles of macadam road, a dis
cussiOn of the routes followed.
The representation from the
upper portions of the county was
there in force and advocated road
from Conowingo to Cecilton, via,
Porters Bridge, Rising Sun, CAL
vert, Blue Ball, Fair Hill, Elkton
and Chesapeake City, with lateral
roads to other points to be built
from the funds of the County bond
bill and Shoemaker bill.
| A route from Port Deposit to
Elkton via Calvert or Zion was
also proposed and another from
Perryville to the Delaware line was
discussed but did not receive much
support from the meeting.
The advocates of the Conowingo-
Fair Hill route received assurances
that the Conowingo bridge would
soon be rebuiltssand presented their
claims with convincing argument.
Those favoring Port Deposit as a
starting point extolled the shipping
facilities and ferry at that place,
while the Perryvillians laid great
stress upon the proposed remodel
ing of the. abandoned railroad
bridge for public travel toll
bridge.
After two hour discussion q
vote was taken resulting in 70 votes
for the Conowingo Fair Hill route,
nine for the Port Deposit route and
five for the Perryville route.
| The members of the Road Com
mission left at 4:3O for Chestertown
and other points down the PENN
sula, stating it would take several
days for them to consider the var
ious routes advocated but the pre-
ponderance of opinion indicated the
Conowingo- Fair Hill route as the
one to be selected.
Among those who addressed the
meeting were Messrs. F. 3. Will
liams, A. Ii. Duyckinck, Jos. T.
Grove, B. P. Nichols, DIR. g. s.
Dare, Elwood Balderston, j. Will
son Squier, Joshua Clayton, w. T.
B. R. Robertson, Harvey Mackey,
@. r. Biles, DIR. G. M. Ellis, Geo.
Biddle, Geo. B. Kerfoot, @. A.
Benjamin and others.
| Joshua Clayton in advocating
the Port Deposit route spoke in a
semi humorous derogatory manner
of the section of the county lying
nearer the Pennsylvania line, al
luding to- it as "Tick Ridge"
dotted with tumbledown houses in
briar patches and wanted to know
"what could be raised up there in
the Sth district" In reply to the
latter he was promptly answered
by B. P. Nichols that the Sth had
raised the present governor and it
was made evident that the balance
of the section alluded to could raise
Hail Columbia-or something
warmer-ih defence of the garden
spot of the county, As resuI.
Mr.. Clayton subsidized with the
laugh against him.
After visiting six counties on the
Eastern Shore and giving their
final decision for 81, 200, 900 worth
of good roads, Gov. Crothers and
the other members of the Roads
Commission arrived in Annapolis
Wednesday night.
The route as announced starts in
Cecil county at Conowingo and
runs via. Rising Sun, Fair Hill,
Elkton, Cecilton to Fredericktown,
thence through Kent, Queen
Anne's, Talbot, Caroline and Dor
chester counties.
Next week the Commission viii !
route the western counties of the
State.