The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-04-10

At Last the State Roads Commission
Acts Looks Like a Square Deal for Bal
tinore County.-The State Good Roads Com
mission held lengthy session in Baltimore
last Saturday and finally agreed on the Bati-
more county roads to be improved by State
aid, as follows:
Belair road to Kingsville, thence via the Old
Belair road to the Hartford county line
The Baltimore and Frederick turnpike to
the Howard county line.
The York turnpike to Towson.
Westport and Annapolis road for about II
miles.
Falls road for about two miles to Mount
Washington.
Hartford turnpike to its intersection with
| Taylor avenue, about three miles,
Philadelphia road for about two miles to
| Herring run.
Park Heights avenue for about four-fifths of
| a mile to Belvidere avenue If, however, the
| County Commissioners will improve the road
| by use of tar or oils under the plans of Chief
| Engineer Crosby, the Commission will take
| four miles of this road.
Liberty turnpike for one mile from the city
limits, if this can be secured free of cost to the
| State.
WHERE CITY WILL BE AIDED.
The tentative streets selected for Baltimore
| city were made permanent by the Commission.
| They are the city ends of the Baltimore county
| roads, and the decisions in Baltimore county
| determined the city end. They are as follows ::
Hartford road, from North avenue to the Bal
| timore county line.
Belair road. from North avenue to the Balti-
more county line.
| York road, from North avenue to the Balti-
| more county line.
Falls road, from Thirty. fourth street to the
| Baltimore county line.
| Reisterstown pike and Park Heights avenue,
| from the junction of the city limits
Old Liberty road, from North avenue and
Tenth street to the city limits; on condition
| that it can be obtained free of cost.
New Liberty road, from the Reisterstown
| pike to the Old Liberty road.
| Frederick pike, from Bentalou street to the
| western city limits.
| Besides determining the final routes the
| Commission passed number of resolutions
| which will affect the work One OF these ap-
| points a committee, composed OF Messrs'
| Shoemaker, Hutton and Carville ID. Benson,
| counsel to the Commission, to discuss with
| the County Commissioners of Baltimore coun-
| ty the question to their taking over and main
| tanning such portions of the roads and turn
pixies in the county to which the Commission
accepts title but which it may decide not to
make or maintain, and to formulate with the
| County Commissioners an agreement In con-
| formity with the agreement entered into with
the United Railways concerning the turnplkes
Another resolution provides that the actual
construction of the roads. as far as practical
shall begin on such ends OF all roads to be I'M
| proved as lie cioSesI " 'ne 0enteiS Vi e'
population.
Still another resolution, which caused ami
mated discussion and was finally voted down
there being an even split in the Board was
offered by Mr. Shoemaker 1t was as follows
1.-The mileage of roads to be adopted as State
roads in each county shall be as far as practica
in the proportion which the road mileage O
such county bears to the total road mileage o
the State and the selection of the roads already
adopted shall be revised where necessary OF
this basis"
Messrs. Shoemaker, Remsen and Clark votet
for it, while the Governor, Mr.. Tucker and Mr.
Hutton opposed it.