The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-19

ically close as Caroline. Foderals-
burg, near which Senator Goslin
lives in Caroline, is in the very
heart of the good roads system Of
Maryland. No little town in
Maryland has better roads than
the vicinity of fredericksburg nor
more OF them.
Indeed, Caroline is probably the
banner county in road work in
Maryland, although WicomiCo IS
giving it close race for this dis
tinction. 1t has mile after mile of
highways as fine as can be found
anywhere, and it is disposed to
continue the construction of these
Improvements, the claim being
made that the roads pay for them
selves many times over in the en-
HANGED value of land adjacent to
them. 1t was the first county on
the Eastern Shore to employ a
road engineer. This was Mr..
Uhler, who is now connected with
the State Road Commission In
der his administration county road
building progressed in the most
satisfactory manner.
Other Eastern Shore counties
have followed the example of Car
oline. Now the only county on
the Shore that has no engineer of
its own is Dorchester.
The people in that section are
demanding that the County Com
missioners act as contractors for
the State in bidding for work I'M
der the State Roads Commission.
The engineer is then a necessity.
When the County Commissioners
undertake road construction it is
necessary for the county to equip
itself with rollers, carts, stone
Crushers and other bodybuilding
paraphernalia. This equipment is
always serviceable. Moreover, the
county officials learn how to build
roads. Governor Crothers believes
this, after all, is the chief good of
the road-building project, When
the S, 900, 900 is spent the people
will have learned their lesson.
They will realize the value of good
roads and know how to build them.
When the County Commission
ers take a contract they do the
bodybuilding work under the
supervision of the State Roads
Commission and its engineering
force. The local engineer may
know local conditions better than
the State engineer. He is helpful
to him. Knowing the art of road
building he knows what the State
expects, and he can see that the
work is done in the proper way
saving a great deal of friction that
would otherwise result.
When the County Commission.
ers accept contract whatever
they save on the work is credited
to the county, and the money can
be used in continuing road con.
structicn. This is a factor in infu.
encing the State Commission in
desiring that the counties them.
selves should be the road builders
1t is not the chief factor, however
The Commission believes wher
the work is done by the agents O
the people, the people themselves
will take a greater interest in it.
The Western Shore Of Maryland
is far behind the Eastern Shore ir
the progressive idea Of road build.
ing. Allegany, Montgomery and
Baltimore counties have road en-.
gineers. None of the others have
Montgomery has brought its Coun
ty Commissioners into the field a:
road builders, and Allegany is go
into the movement in the mos
vigorous way. Here the COmpari
son ends as far as general interest
enterprise and the vim displayed
in carrying on the work are con
cerned.
Chairman Tucker is disposed tC
blame the pixies in Western Mary
land for the failure of the countie:
in this section to get into the felC