The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-15
What The Road Directors Have
Accomplished.
To the Pablo

The Board of Road Directors, having
at last actually launched on the work
of repairing and constructing the roads
of Prince Georges County under the
law enacted by the last Legislature,
. desires to acquaint the public with the
little that has been done, the conditions
under which they are laboring, and
| their and plans for the future.
Since the qualification of the several
| Directors in the early part of Maya
period of rumored uncertainty and
scanty recognition-the Board has
worked slowly toward organization
hampered greatly by a lack of funds
| and the uncertainty of being able to
| meet the obligations they might incur.
In these early meetings MI. W. E.
| Mudd was elected president of the
| BOARD. Messrs. T. Van Clagett and
| Robert w. Wells retained jointly as
| attorneys, and the First National Bank
| of Southern Maryland designated as
| the depository. A ten hour working
| day was unanimously adopted, asystem
| of disbursing and accounting carefully
| devised and the Vulnerable details for
| purchasing equipment worked out.
In the latter part of May Sc, 900 was
turned over to the Road Directors by
the Board of Liquor License Commits
sioners but unfortunately, in the alb
sence of all money for equipment pur-
poses-this latter fund is to come from
the sale of bonds bid in on May 81 last,
but as vet not actually paid for-no
method could be worked out by which
it could be applied on the roads for it
was found impossible to hire stock at
this season.
At present the money derived from
the sale of the bonds is not actually
available but the Board of County
Commissioners at their last meeting on
July S dissolved the atmosphere of I'M
certainty by appropriating to the Road
Board IS, OOO-a small part of the road
levy-and by passing an order author
ling their president and clerk to pay
over to the Road Directors the amount
~accrueing from sale of bonds as soon
as received by them:
On the strength of this tardy recog-
milton The Board of Road Directors has
ordered and contracted to purchase
complete equipment so that when the
cash can be had to purchase the neces-
sary mules, work on the roads will be
in full swing. Much of the harvesting
and heavy work on the farms being
over IOT Tie pISSStit, IL oSOiAo AhSiJ
that q few teams a be hired temper
arily and the numerous washouts &C.
casioned by recent rains repaired.
Small crews of men will be placed in
the several election districts just as
RAPIDLY as they can be formed. This
is for emergency work and obviously
not intended to perfect finished roads.
When the dangerous conditions have
been eradicated more permanent and
desirable construction will also be
undertaken.
It is the desire of the Road Board to
accomplish this repair work as expedi-
tiously and to this end is requests that
all specific complaints be promptly made
by letter to Upper Marlboro. You are
assured complaints will receive more
prompt and effective response than
heretofore but as undoubtedly they
will be very numerous it is desirable
that such reports should not be exagger-
ated.
The Board Of Directors will appreciate
all evidences of a spirit of cooperation
and requests especially that it be in
formed of the location of suitable road
materials, gravel and sand pits. Men
experienced in rough carpentry work,
concrete construction and road shopping
and desiring employment should file
their applications at once. Residents
of the county will naturally be prefer
red. Persons with teams which they
will temporarily put out to hire will
also confer a favor by advising the
Board.
Respectfully,
THE BOARD OF ROAD DIRECTORS
of Prince Georges County, Md.
By LOUIS L. DENT, Secretary.