Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-03-25
BERNARD DUKES LETTER.
BALTIMORE. March 20. 1909

! a.. - anu Of my ntrts
200 Country } saw a fev
thinRs which 10 my mind. wnulf
near Criticism, AMI 20 d man,
'nlhg S 10 De commended. The mos,
table thing 20 cImm md. was IN .
small number Of intOxi .a.ed citiz an
% Do seen on the streets Of Leonard
"~n, curing one of the lar0es,
days ] ever Witnessed alsr
re lack OF bra avis and disnutes
Wh"n ] was a boy IL WAS hardIr
al Tor the school children to PASS
''rrugh the streets ON a public dav-
- mere were numsrous case NJ in
'"xlcatlon, AID generally sevsral
Il ct fights going on.
me oreSen s at" Of fairs wouid
indicate that our citiz.ns are bao-
pier. fhrttier aud more con .ented
1 c"u' q 20 on Indefinitely expa,iat.
ing on the commemorative things IN
ne ionnd ia Dear Cd ST. Marv's
out I'd $ card II INTENDED more 70 cali
a'ten'ion to our weak points, than
10 praise.
Frs: Telephone 70. Monday
Marc7 l5'h, dated the 3 d cal for n
meeting 81 Director, AT L.opa-d-
town On each Of these thre. calls
! nave made the trip from RaI,i
more IN LeOna rdtowu i'm o,d.-r m ha
present The first called meeting
was ga led of by tn. SECRETARY hv
ORDER OF the President on account of
ram. believe most OF the Direc
tors got a rain check in the shane
Oh phone message brfore thew left
their homes. | have forgotten the
cause for calling of the SECOND meet.
ing, but | believe that il was cold
raw day. and the roads were in bad
shape. The third and last call was
a most important one, as everv
phone in the county was out of com.
mission. caused by the heavy storm
OF March 4th and 9th, and there was
great need Of the all the brains that
could be mustered at this meeting
There, however was no meeting as
our President and Secretary did not
show up, and we could not hold a
meeting without the books and a
Knowledge Of our financial cond ition
On Tuesday, March 10th, one of our
members received a letter from our
President. stating that he had reach
ed Morgan "a, on his way to this
meeting, when his horse gave out,
ana he was compelled TO return. He
also reported that the Secretary
was unable to attend on account of
sickness.
Now all Of my readers will re-.
cogniZe the fact that our President
is very busy man, and il is a great
hardship for him to leave his duties
to attend outside business. No one
deserves more credit than he,and
his followers, who organized the
company and constructed the line.
But the business of the Company
has grown TO such an extent, that ID
now requires the constant attention
and supeI vision Of = man with full
authority TO act in case Of emer-
gency, ! therefore rec mmend to
the officers and stockholders the ap-
poi tTnent of a managing director,
one with push and vim, who would
give the business his undivided At
tention. the company to- pay a salary
which would secure such a man. l
will gladly relinquish my position
on the board TO make room for the
right man. | would further recon-
mend the appointment IF an execu-
tive committee Of three from the
directors to hold monthly meetings,
they To report at Semi-aunual meet
inRs OF the directors, aud thus run
the Company from an up-to-date
business standpoint.
Roads-lt is degrading for one to
be compelled to drive through our
roads. use through" advisedly.
as one seldom gets over them. We
have tons and tons of good road ma
terial laying at our door, so to
speak. i do not think in any part
of the county, there would be a haul
Of over two miles to place gravel on
the clay roads. or clay on the sand
roads, and even clay or dirt road,
can be made an excellent one, by
simply throwing up the road bed.
thereby turning of the water, and
using a split log drag after the rains
Our present road system is all
wrong.
1t seems that Road Supervisor.
n most cases is appointed because
be needs the job, or because he con-
| trolls so many votes, regardless of
his capa as a road maker.
and then the amount OF funds at his
command are inadequate. regard
less of whether be is a good road
builder or not. Now don't all OF
80, oh
my head. for we all have to acknowl-
edge that there are positions which
We cannot fill. because we have not
been trained in that line | must
| admit that in some sections of the
| county, the roads look as If the
| Supervisor knew his business, and
is doing bis best with his small al.
lowance of funds.
| have heard il said that we have
low tax rate, which is true in one
sense, but we are paying daily the
dearest road tax imaginable The
farmer is making four trips with a
quarter OF load, when over a good
road. one trip would accomplish the
same results The extra feed which
YOU have TO give your horse, in or
der to keep on his feet, aud the wear
and tear on your harness and vehi-
Gle, would allow vCu TO pay a much
larger tax. IL put in the right place.
That old saying that The cheapes /
is not always the best" is applicable
TO this cnse What is the matter
with orr Road Law passed az the
last Session OF the La0isl ature? Com
mmnIcaiinn from Resident is A