The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1910-07-29
DOES ROAD SUPERVISION PAYi

Rapidly folio wing in the footstep'
OF Baltimore county, little Carolin'
county with its taxable basis Of only
FIVE and a quarter millions Of dollar
decided TO introduce busiues
methods in the construction and
maintenance OF her roads, and Tot
the past SIX years the system ha'
been carefully watched and thorough.
ly tested.
Mr.. George T Melvin, Of Annafc.
lis, but a native Of Caroline county
thus happily summarized the si,ua
ton in the Baltimore san a few day,
ago:
Il Visited ny former home CUNT
Caroline. last week sni made ia
days automobile run. covering the pin
tipal rca Is and stopping at almoste'tr
town and village. noted pr,su' CO.
ditions II roads and farm lands and "a,
greatly impressed with the wOndrriui
changes wrought sine . moved a1aI y
years ago.
In several sections found sI-silen'
home mf de highway, which bad h>c'
graded, plOWed and rOunde 1 up. grave
or a ~ used On sandy stretches. and bN
these means a hard watershedding sur
face obtained and a dirt road nj sd
entirely adequate to local trhfhc. ano
most satisfactory TO the iirnDe . IN reach.
ing stores. schools and churches The
cost u these roads il but little III Jrt han
was expended under the supervisor
system. when they were parceled out ~
the mile for political reasons and The road
maintenance fund eIpended with htik
regard as TO whether the road had beu
worked or not. As the Caroline road
are under the SUPERVISION Of a BAD tUsi
nter. with the CDun,y COmmissiOutu
holding ne pu' strings and rtC.iyiDJ
certified accounts for every paymen
made, the roads are being gradually ana
uniformly improved. and the laTg,
milesg which must necessarily for year 5
to come b. taken care uf solely by COUNTY
funds and By county workers will b.
mGde satisfactory adj uncts Of State i'm
proved roads"
To supplement this the engineer ,
report for the past year has just been
published in which he states that
during the year various town had
paid 81 ,3G5 for his services, all Of
which he turned into the county
treasurer, so that his services to the
county cost it Just sl3j for the year
With only So 800 per annum to
spend on all the roads in the county
during the past two years, the engI-
neer widened and put into excellent,
condition l3j miles. At cost Of a
little over 500 per mile some
stretches have been placed in tine
shape, rounded and hardened, and
made entirely adequate to the traf-
hc." In the lower part OF Hartford
equally economical results could be
obtained, in the rolling and stony
sections the expense would be great.
er 1t may be added that this little
county, given over to huckleberries
and mosquitoes until few years
ago. is now improving faster than
any other county in the state.
Isn't it pretty nearly time for Ilar.
ford to get into the procession, or
shall we continue to spend 500
per annum for new roads and
$40 600 for maintenance, but con,
tinue to he satisfied with old methods
and existing results,
Will anyone who is familiar with
an industry which handles to advan.
tage $40, 900 per annum without an
efficient executive officer kindly give
the people Of Hartford some informa-
ton about how it can be done The
columns Of The .l;gis are at his dis
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