The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-23
Lon-oviz Road Costs Less Than
State Road. Says Mr.. VIM. J
Grove.
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lf-r5r E1t5r11 .ts citizen:
justice % ourselves a cont actors.
V- -@nc ~ c3---c- a Statement relative
10 ..l@ SOS, 81 -r- one and halt miles
a 81 =nl-srr E1sa luil. Al M0n-oviz
iu 1895 for aB.C1 Sc. the 81. T. Grove
Line Cg1e77v. received SS.S-5 IS
instead . t.=-ap-7 thirteen aHi fourteen
thousand collars. - Gas been stated.
an fa= County comm -sro--TS give the
Cost of lS rs1 a. O r son for .hei-
7-E taxing III money derived rom The
>-l=-1 s-- Road l-aw. have stated
1z'9--. -; u M rpiGio1. T, H-ls g-=a.
ms =Ee. and serious loss 70 our county.
Jlt 90 Tpress t1e ta19asers ITO further
= % Inc great aG1ouG5 d work dor- IN
ms road, '1e paTt Leading from Mex
Market 10 Moa-avla was l0w and very
r'z-S-v. and 30 was Necessary ID 0ur In
Q quantity o. u1derd-aiB pipe while The
pan leading rom N5ur0yia 10 Kemp
t1Nn. which is &c per Cen. grade. was
reduced 90 an ) a-- cent. grade. ard
about coo yards n excavation was nee
-s-s-v 10 lower TINS big hill. which e,z
bed .W1 Iors-S 70 pull a. much as six
had done before Tire road vas graded
and maca6a71fze3 Ne also oa.l, ihrze
concrete bridges and several c1,ve-is.
This work IS Al 1T p-rma aent caar
aCr=-, and the bridges and culre-is VIII
no, need ans repair. preventing osu OF
the expense rf putting down uzE plank.
A. o.- o. lie County Commissioners told
NE several pears ago. il cost tlat wear
,Ju- thousand dollars Tor boards for
floors on tie bridges. This 81. item Of
expense. Of course, VIII be no longer
Necessary.
This road wss built ye-v low. bu. =
q good and substantial uauuer. and
feel sure that tEere Is nor one IN TIA,
section who would have the old road
back a. a-v p.iCe- Ii has been ? boon
% The village Of N3u-ogis since its
corstrg tion a bank. and many other
Improvements have been made. and
t1-r- . ten TDes a. much business as
before I1e road vas bu'. Tbis is an
evidence of what good roads do 70 help
sny section tha- Is fortunate enough To
base them Another illustration Is the
mile of Sl9emak-r Road, between Mount
Airy and 2.dg-yille built the same wear
ny Nir James II Mount Vaich was rec
from any under draining. and had very
H,lie grading. and with one very SINAI,
Cnlvert. Cos. &. 2oS.so. TaiS road was
bulk oy Carroll county. although ID Va,
on the dividing line of Frederick and
Csr-ot c5u1-s@- The road mas CERTAINLY
proved ot A. lr value 60 ihat sec.
ton. and Frederick county did 40,
paw one cent towards It's Construction.
it has derived immense benefits there
from The Improvements made on the
w@st side Of the road which is IN
Frederick county. and the whole mile
between Mount AiFy and Ridgeville.
nave BEEN built up With many tine resi-
denCeS. costing from two 10 FIVE thou.
sand dollars each. thereby largely in
crossing Frederick CouBly's tax bass.
Nv father being an apostle Of good
roads. It was through his influence thar
we went into road building. and in this
way became familiar VAN the improve
ments that are sure 10 follow a good
road That is why am so anxious for
our county to improve the highways BY
modern methods. a We have such ex-
cellent material Tor the work. and 7 be-
lieve that by applying practical business
methods a good road can be built at a
very reasonable cost
WV. J. GROVE.