Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1909-05-28
Formal Notice of State Roads for
this County.
Baltimore, Md, May 20, 1909.

Baltimore, Md, May 20, 1909.
To the Honorable the County Commission.
ers of MONTGOMERY County, Rockville
| Maryland.
| Gentlemen AT the direction of the State
Roads Commission, in order that you may
be advised as to our action in regard to
roads in Montgomery county, and more
particularly to turnpikes in said county,
beg to advise you that as you are doubt
less aware, the State Roads Commission
has selected as a part of the State Roads
System for Montgomery county the follow
ing roads, so far as the funds will permit
their being taken over. purchased or con-
demned, and constructed, and complete the
improvement thereof in such manner as
the Commission shall hereafter determine
in the order named:
L. Beginning at Rockville. to Gathers
burg, Ounce Orchard, Jamestown. Daw-
sonville, Beallsville, via Dickorson to the
Frederick county line.
2. Gaithersburg, via Middlebrook Hen
derson's Corner, Cedar Grove, Damascus
toward Mt. Airy to the Howard county
line.
3. Union Pike to the District line, Sew
enth Street Extended Silver Spring Sta
tion), via Wheaton, Norbeck, Olney, Sandy
Spring, Ashton and the dirt road to Smells
Bridge.
a. Norbeck to Rockville.
S. Norwood Branch to the Union Pike
south from near Sandy Spring.
6. Olney to Brookeville.
We are constrained not to include the
Colesvlle Pike in the above list because it
begins and ends at points on the other
pixies, and because the Colesville Pike offers
al, ,.fst raf.. To
Howard county roads forming a part of the
State Roads System.
The Colesville Pike may in the future
prove most useful in the event of the funds
of the State Roads Commission being in
creased by future legislation, so as to en-
able the State Roads Commission to en-
large and extend the system of State roads.
We, therefore, respectfully suggest that
in order to abolish the toll gates in Mont
gomery county, and with view of being
| in position to turn the same over to the
State Roads Commission at some possible
future period, that it might be wise for
you to proceed to take over at the present
| time the Colesville Pike as well as the
Union Turnpike.
The policy of taking over turnpkes and
maintaining them until such time as the
| State Roads Commission may be in posi-
ton to construct and maintain them has
been adopted in Baltimore county, and
probably will be adopted elsewhere as 0c-
casion arises, and we therefore take the
liberty of suggesting to you that II would
be wise policy for you to adopt
Very truly yours,
j. C. BowERMAN,
Secretary,
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REPLY.
Rockville. Md. May 20. 1909.
The State Roads Commission.
Union Trust Building, Baltimore Md.
Gentlemen II am directed by the Board
of County Commissioners of Montgomery
county to write you in reply to your letter
of May 20th that we have no proposition
before this Board to purchase or take over
| a portion of the turnpike system of this
county, but the petitions which were filed in
| this office request that the whole system,
embracing the Union Turnpike, the Nor
| wood Branch of the Union Turnpike, and
the Washington Colesville and Ashton
| Turnpike, be taken in its entirety, and with
out a new petition calling for the specific
portions which you have designated the
Commissioners would have no authority to
submit the question Of issuing bonds for
the purchase of the said portion.
The Board is undecided as to whether the
citizens and taxpayers would vote to pur-
chase these pixies to be maintained at the
expense of the county until you are ready
to take them over and improve them. We
feel that we should refer the matter to the
people for further expression from them
before giving you any definite reply.
Very truly yours.
ROBERT G. HIToN
Clerk to County Commissioners