Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-03-25

iast ViSlt % bne ianu OF my birth
{ Tod s CouHtry | saw q few
things which to my mind, would
bear criticism. and go3d many
things TO be commended The most
n;ltable thing 10 comm md, was til e
small number OF intoxicated citizsns
20 be seen on the streets OF Leonard
town, during one of the largest
ecu 4 days ! over Witnessed, also
The lack OF brawls and disputas.
Whom was boy IL was hardly
sAf- for the school children to pass
through the streets on public day,
as there were numerous case nf in
toxication, and generally several
81 ct fights going on.
The present s. ate Of affairs would
indicate that our citizens are han
pier. thriftier and more cnnsented.
! could On on Jude fuitely expatiat-
ing on the communicable things to
be found ia Dear Old St. Mary s,
but this card isintended more to call
attention to our weak points. than
to praise.
First: Telephone 70. Monday,
March 18Th. dated the 3rd call for
meeting Of Directors at LEONARDO
town On each Of these three calls,
] have made the trip from Balti
more To Leopaydtown in order 70 be
present The tirst called meeting,
was called of by the Secretary, by
order OF the President on account OF
rain. | believe most Of the Direc
tors got a rain check ia the shape
OF phone message before they left
their homes. ! have forgotten the
cause for calling of the second meet
ing. but believe that 1t was a cold,
raw day. and the roads were In bad
shape. The third and last call was
most important one, as every
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
meeting without the books and
knowledge Of our financial condition.
On Tuesday, March 10Th, one OF our
members received letter from our
President, stating that be bad reach
ed MorganZa, on his way to this
meeting, when bis horse gave out,
and 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-
coguiZe the fact that our President
is very busy man, and its 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 It
now requires the constant attention
and supel vision of . man with full
authority to act ia case of emer-
gency, | therefore rec mmend to
the officers and stockholders the APP
pointment OF managing director,
one with push and vim, who would
give the business his undivided at.
teuti0n. the company TO pay salary
which would secure such man. |
will gladly relluquish my position
on the board to make room for the
right man. / would further recon-
mend the appointments Of an execu-
tive committee of three from the
directors to hold monthly meetings,
they to report at semi.annual meet
ings Of the directors, and 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. do not think IN any part
Of the county. there would be haul
OF over two miles to place gravel on
the clay roads. or clay on the sand
roads, and even a 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.
IL seems that Road Supervisor.
in most cases Is appointed because
he needs the job, or becauss'he con-
trolls SO many votes, regardless Of
his capabilities as road maker.
and then the amount OF funds at bis
command are inadequate, regard
less OF whether he is a good road
builder or not. Now don't all Of
you Road Supervisors want to punch
my head, for we all have TO ackpowl-
edge that there are positions which
we cannot fill. because we have not
been trained Ia that line must
admit that In some sections Of the
county. the roads look as II the
Supervisor knew his business, and
is doing his best with his small al.
lowance Of funds.
have heard II said that we have
a l0w tag rate. which IL trua In one