The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-09-03
ROAD MEETING SATURDAY NIGHT
Was Held Under the Auspices of the
Oakland Board of Trade.


Last Saturday night pursuant to call
issued by the Oakland Board of Trade,
a meeting of the residents of Oakland
and those residing in the county who
happened to be in town at the time,
was held in the court house, the pur-
pose of the meeting being to select a
committee of representative citizens to
go to Baltimore to meet and confer
with the State Highway Commission
relative to the roads to be improved in
this county at State expense.
The meeting was presided over by
Mr.. G. Semmes Hamill, president of
the Board of Trade, and Mr.. W. r.
Offutt was the secretary.
In addressing the meeting Mr.. Hamill
stated that movement was on foot in
Allegany county whereby the residents,
or at least those belonging to an auto
mobile club in Cumberland, hoped to IN
tiuence the Good Road Commission to
eXpend the entire amount apportioned
to Garrett county for the improvement
of its roads upon the Old National Road,
leading from the Allegany county line
on the east to the Pennsylvania State
line on the west, thus giving automo-
blllsts and others touring the country
straight and good road through one edge
of the county that would be of no ma
terlal benefit to the great majority of
the citizens and tax payers in reaching
the county seat or in fact any other sec
ton of the county
Others present at the meeting also
spoke along the same line, the general
concensus of opinion being that the i'm
provements to the roads should begin at
Oakland and work north to the old Ma
tional Road by the most practical route,
thus beneftting the largest number of
home people. The resolutions adopted
at the good roads meeting held on June
Bird, at which time the Good Roads Com
mission as well as residents from every
section of the county We're present, was
referred to and the committee named
to meet the commission in Baltimore
was instructed to urge the Commission
to follow the route as laid down in the
resolution referred to, which reads as
follows:
Resolved, BY the people of Garrett
county Tail the districts beingrepresent-
ed), III mass meeting assembled, that it
Is the sense Of the citiZe OF the said
county that the road to be built under
the direction ui the State Highway
Commission IN Garrett county should be
gin al the northwestern turnpike and
run from thence through me town OF
Oakland, the county at Of said c. an
ty, by The most practical route TO he
National Road, and that tnis cUuciu-.On
OF the people be submitted to the aid
Highway Commission upon the occasion
OF It's visit to OaNland on June }rd, I9 s.
As the committee to meet the Com
mission in Baltimore, the following
were selected; Or. E. Ii. Bartl tt,
Messrs. G. 5. HamiI Z. H. Sincell, c.
L. ElIithorp, d. Z. Otfutt F. A. Thay-
er, Austin Brown, A. {. Mason, S. T.
Jones, William Miller, G S. Hamill,
Jr., T. NJ. Stanton, W. McCulloh
Brown and Dr. W, W. Davis.
At the time the Saturday night meet
ing was held the impression had gotten
out that the Commission in Baltimore
would meet on Wednesday of this week
and would receive the Garrett county
delegates along with the Allegany
county people. A telephone message
from THE REPUBLICAN office to Mr.. c..
NJ. Bowerman, Governor Crothers'
secretary Monday morning, brought
the information that the claims of other
counties other than Garrett and Alleg-
any would be considered Wednesday,
but that due notice would be given the
local people when to appear in Balti-
more, hence the committee is waiting
and will 20 to Ba timore when summon