The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-10-09
Collecting Toll in City Limits.

Collecting Toll in City Limits.
Standing out in strong contrast to the de-
awake prugressiveness which. as a rule. is
characteristic of Baltimore. there are five oper-
aiing toll-gates within the city limits. before
which every wagon starting from the city to-
ward the county along those roads must stop
and pay for the use of the roads, says the Bal
timnre Sun. The location of the gates is as
follows
Reisters:own road, next TO Druid Hill Park,
south Of Park Heights avenue. One mile
within the city limits.
Liberty road. between Walbrook and Forest
Park. More than mile inside the city limits.
Frederick road, at Mount Olivet Cemetery.
More than TWO miles from the county.
| Belair road, at the crossing of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. A quarter-mIle from the
city line.
Hartford road. above Washington street,
Homestead. near the entrance to Clifton PARK.
A mile inside the limits of the city.
| The roads ou which the gates are situated
are combinations of city streets. At the time
OF annexation no effort was made to get the
rights to The roads as far out az the city limits
aud as a consequence the owners OF the turn
pixies are still collecting toll over thorough
fares which should be city streets.
! On the Hartford and Beair roads the only
toll collected is that at the gates inside the city
line, the roads as far as they run in the county,
having been Condemned and acquired for coun-
~ roads. Both of these city loll-gates are in
operation, the United Railways, which owns
the stock of the turnpike companies maintain
ing them.
J At the Office of the Commissioners for Open
ing Streets it was said that the turnpike prob
lem inside the city will in all probability be
settled as soon as the State Roads Commission
is ready to begin its work on the roads around
Baltimore
An agreement has been reached between the
Commissioners and Mr.. Frank Galloway, pres
ident of he Liberty Turnpike Company, under
which the bed of Liberty road as far out as the
city limits will be decided to the city on pay
ment of So 900.
1t was also said that there is probability that
the city and the United Railways can come to
an agreement concerning the Belair and Har-
| ford roads.
In the case of the Reisterstown and Fred
erick pixies different situation is presented.
it being said that both companies would prob
ably demaDd an exorbitant price for the road
beds wanted by the city
The Reisterstown Turnpike Company, it is
understood. will demand $1O0 900 for the pur-
chase Of the entire road, being unwilling to
sell that part which the city desires and thus
give up the toll-gate at the Park Heights
avenue entrance to Druid Hill Park. This
gate is looked upon by the Commissioners for
Opening Streets as means OF revenue de-
rived through use of road built and kept in
order by the city.
This opinion is expressed because of the fact
that wagons which pass out Pennsylvania
comparatively short distance and then. after
passing through the toll-gate, in most cases
use Park Heights avenue, which is a better
and smoother road. The wear and tear on the
Reisterstown pike is consequently diverted to
the avenue.