The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1910-12-30

aud two steel vehicular bridges es-
tablished at Havre de Grace and
onowingo across the same river.
This means the expenditure ofscveral
millions of dollars, much OF which
has been disbursed for labor among
our own citizens, and large increase
to our taxable basis. Add to this
the erection of the electrical trans
mission line passing across the north
ern belt Of the county, heavy i'm
provements made in undermining the
Maryland and Pennsylvania rail-
road, the construction Of the Ameri-
can Telegraph and Telephone Con-
duit, now well under way, the $780,
600 development of the Bel Air Elec-
trio Company. and no five years in
the County's history have ever made
such a favorable showing in the
growth of its Public Utilities.
Still more important has been our
permanent improvement of public
highways during the same period.
There have been built from Iallstonto
Waters Cross Roads, from Church
vile to IIavre de Grace, from Church
vile to Aberdeen, from Aberdeen to
IIavre de Grace, from Bel Air to and
across Deer Creek, from IIolloway's
Corner to Darlington and from
Samuel Wilson's Cross Roads to
Pylesville an aggregate of not less
than 30 miles of road at a total cost
of $500, 900 with considerably more
contracted for to be built with the
opening of spring; besides this up
wards of $50, 900 has been spent in
the same way during the past year
on the streets af IIayre de Grace and
Bel Air.
The Court House has been rebuilt =,
and desirable high school facilities
extend ed to large areas of country
by the erection of excellent brick
buildings at Aberdeen and Highland
and a frame building at Youths
Benefit, the total cost of these build
ings being about $4,000. Five
churches have been built: st. David's
{ ,apel at Creswell, the Prince OF
Peace at I'allston, the NJ. +. Church
at Bel Air, the Catholic and the Re-
formed Episcopal Churches in llavre
de Grace, at an aggregatecost Of not
less than sixty thousand dollars.
In permanent improvements the
same pace has been steady and per-
sistent. We will not enumerate
acknowledgements to real
estate, although healthy number
have been made, but any observant
citizen will freely agree that the up.
ward trend to buildings generally
to the face and general fertility o.
farm lands and towards more i'm.
proved methods of husbandry has
been steady and conspicuously i'm
proving, so that the value OF assessed
property in the County will probably
be increased at least $3,OOO,O0O by
the general listing now being made
Frequent public sales of personal
property prove that it is much more
valuable than it was few years
ago, an increase of fifty per cent ii
the market value of live stock not
being excessive. But this increased
investment is reaping its reasonable
reward for the value of our market
able products almost exclusively
AGRICULTURAL is healthier than it hal
been for many years with every like
lihood that present prices have COM
to stay; and it is generally conceded
that farm properties too low
as compared with other sections
are selling more freely than ever be
fore at an advance of from twenty
to twenty-five per cent over price,
which prevailed five years ago.
In short there is every reason fol
our people to take courage and tt
enter upon lile's business struggle FOL
the y ear 1911 with higher hopes an,
better spirits than ever before.