The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-12
THE ROAD COMMISSION
MEETS A GREAT NUMBER
OF CITIZENS IN FRED
ERICK.

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Preponder of Sentimen
Seemingly For Road Through
Myersville to Mount Airy.
Friday, June 9th. a large num
ber of representative farmers o
Frederick county and many bust
ness men met Governor Crother,
and the State Road Commission
and discussed with enthusiasm
plans for the expenditure o.
Frederick connty's allotment ot
the So, 600, 600 road appropriation.
The meeting was held at the
court house and was the largest
that has greeted the commission
in Western Maryland. SO many
wanted to talk that but five min
utes was allowed to each
speaker. Speakers were only al
lowed to refer to the highway
which they desired improved.
The commission, accompanied
by Engineer w. w. Crosby and
}. 9. Bowerman, secretary, arriv
ed in Frederick at IL o'clock.
They came over the pike from
Hagerstown in automobiles and
they went direct to the court
house.
JOSEPH d. BAKER PRESIDES.
The meeting was called to order
by DR.. Steiner Schley. Mr.. Jos.
ID. Baker was chairman and stat
ed the object of the meeting and
introduced the Governor.
1.-The spirit of the law" Gov
ernor Crothers said, sis to do
the greatest good to the greatest
number of persons. When the
State builds these roads it will
maintain them, and the money
that would be otherwise spent
upon its maintenance by the
various counties may be spent
upon other roads. There are diff
ficulties to be overcome at every
tnrn and we want the support and
assistance of your people to help
us over the rough places.
"Of the $4,000, 900 appropria
tion 81, ,000,00 goes to Baltimore
City, and the remainder to the
counties of the State. Fred
erick county's portion is 1926, 900.
1t Is the third largest county in
the State and a magnificent
county for agriculture. We should
advertise our State and the best
way to accomplish good results
i'll this direction is to build good
roads,
PROFESSOR JONES' PLAN.
Professor Harry G. Jones, of
the Johns Hopkins University,
and land owner of Frederick
county, backed by large follow
ing. advocated the building Of
the road running east and west
through the county from the vi
cinity of Myersville on the west,
through Shookstown to Frederick,
then eastward over the Gas
House road to McKaIg. From
the latter place this route goes 10
Central Chapel, thence eastward
to Mount Airy, thence through
Howard and Baltimore counties
to Baltimore City. 1t is part of
system now in view from Balti
more to Cumberland and would
connect with "a corresponding
road in Carroll county on the
east and III Washington county
on the west.
II. Claude Dutrow favored the
Improvement of a road from
Montgomery county to Frederick.
Mr.. White made an appeal to
connect Frederick and Mont.
gomery counties with a new road.
Albert Hood. of Mount Airy,
spoke in favor of the road ont
lined by Dr. Jones. He said thai
it would connect all of the i'm
portant shipping towns of the
county and from its location was
the logical highway for the com
mission to adopt.
Douglass Ill. Hargett advocat
ed taking over the old Western
pike. He said that the commits
sion should be practical and il
parallelling the National pike al
injustice would be done to th,
stock holders.
JEFFERSON TO KNOXVILLE.
William Ii. Lakin favored i'm
proving the road between Jeffer
son and Knoxville. tThis road.
he said, lis the only connectin,
link of the road from Baltimor,
to Staunton, down the valley o
Virginia. 1t runs near Brans
wick and passes through a ricl
section of country" He though
that if the commission would q
over this road it would adopt it
Noah Il. Cramer, of Frederick
favored the purchase of turn