The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-21
alOD ROADS MEETING.
cruuITTEEs WERE APPOINTED and
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
ldIorrned to Meet at Odd Fellows.
Hall February ) = -I@C

r,o meeting of the citizens OF the
intv i at Odd Fellows Hall last
c'4nrdav cuaId was called to order at 2
saIoh ssIoct hv Mr. Oscar ID. Gilbert, presi-
0ciV0 of the Merchants and Manufac-
asu. rs Association, who briefly stated
tu'lJ tnbiact and asked for nominations
u Chairman and secretary. MIR. IT..
~. Tarhort Shriver for chairman and
Dsr nor Singer, of Uniontown, for secre-
nr to-r we're named and selected. Mr..
Sbriyer :gli, on taking the chair, declared
.hn meeting in order and announced
.so+ the chair was ready to receive
.Dr .-T nroposition relating to the eX-1
aonditure of our share of the State
Mr. r. F. Grouse then proposed that
,rr Guv w. Steele, who he stated had
nranared the resolution, which result
ad in this meeting be requested to
sTnlain the object of it in detail.
Mn Steele spoke briefly, calling at
tan+ion to the fact that Carroll coun-
~ was entitled to have fixed sum of
money from the State Road Loan, to
NO spent on our roads. That very lit
10 work had been SO far done, and
hat he was confident that the County
commissioners could build more miles
NJ road for the same money, following
tbe plans of the Road Commission,
than it would. He spoke of stone on
tbe Aims House farm, that could be
nspd for the road, and called attention
10 the fact that another quarry of hard
stone lay along the road to Manches-
tpr In order to bring the question
10 head, and get the views of the
meeting as to the advisability Of the
county doing the work, he offered the
following resolution
Whereas, The amount Of money Car
roll county will receive from The
State Roads Loan" (Act 1908, ch. 141)
ID apparently uncertain and the man
ner and time when it will be expended,
is indefinite, and s,-.
Whereas, 1t is believed that such
sum of money a. this county
is entitled to receive or have
spent on it's account, can be
and would be, more economic
ally and advantageOpsly expended by
our County Commissioners, who are
familiar with local conditions, and
Whereas, 1t is the sense Of this meet
lg that it il the duty of the County
commissioners Of Carroll county to
take all steps looking to the expendf-
ture of this money as will tend to
the progress of road building and the
reservation OF the County's interest.
Therefore be it resolved, and we do
hereby recommend, m# aH4 ..
1) That the County Commissioners
Of Carroll county should investigate
and have at once decided by the State
Roads Commission the amount Of
money Carroll county l. entitled to re
ceive for the improvements Of its roads
from the State Roads Loan, and the
amount thereof now available for road
construction. -aM#" #. TN-
~ That the County Commission
ers of Carroll county, should at once
discover whether the State Roads Com
mission will allow them to eXpend our
share of this loan, as it has Caroline
county, and if it will, to at once en-
gage to do SO, and if 1t will not, to
have passed blythe present legislature.
a law authorizing it to.
Mr. Michael T.. Walsh spoke at first
In apparent support of the resolution.
He commended the work which was
bringing the road question up for dis
cussion, and stated that. he was To-
favor of good roads. He then found
fault with the Shoemaker Law which
oh
MIR. Frank I. Lewis, of MT. Airy, was
opposed to the repeal OF the Shoemak-
er Law, and stated that Mt. Airy had
found it most beneficial, that they had
built a road 12-foOt wide under IL
which cost about $4,000, and that the
law should be amended if necessary,
put not repealed. He stated also that
ne was a pioneer i'm the good roads
movement and had given the question
considerable thought and believed that
we should bond the county for $5OO,-
vOO and build roads and let the state
Keep on and build the roads 1T had Sc
lected. He urged that We should be
friendly to the State Road Commits
sion and claimed that the tone Of the
resolution was antagOniStic TO lt-
WI. WdlSn CnSu again COOh tAO AOOh
and vehemently, denounced the reso-
ution, claiming that it was putting
700 much work on the County Commits
soners, and that they had not suff1-
clent ability to attend to it anyway.
He however did not offer any sub
stitute for 1t, but called on some OF
The gentlemen in the back of the hall,
10 speak out but they did not respond
N the invitation. H..4HM-
Geo. e. Benson suggested that
action on the resolution be deferred,
put this did not meet with approval.
MrLewis was then asked to point tout
.le language which he considered oD-
-ectionable and finally decided that
ae first whereas" was, 80 MT. Steele
Promptly struck III out The resolu-
aon was then put to the meeting and
saopted by vote of 2 to l.
lr. Steele then offered the following
'esolution
resolved, that a committee OF nve
e eselected by this meeting to call up
Va the County Commissioners Of Car
oA county at the earliest possible
loment and acquaint them with the
leWs Of the people Of Carroll county,
.sfe in meeting assembled, with tull
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