The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-12-07
$3.50, 0,690.71
171,341.05
5 S9,349.66
11,441 90
Estimate for over
head expense =.

:" Bal. avail
able for new work 1905. Sc
once asked Mr.. Weller if he regarded
We looked over these figures and at
THAT as informing the people of Cecil
county as to what the Crothers Tucker
Commission had spent in this county in
excess of the cOunty's allotment from
the $5,OOO,0O0 loan. This question we re-
peated to him slowly several times over
and each time received as a reply that
is the balance available for use in Cecil
county To which We finally mada an
Swer that is YOUR opinion of what Is
yet coming to Cecil county; We hold a
different opinion We will discuss that
later; meanwhile it is plain that you
either do not know or refuse to say how
much the Crothers-Tucker Commss ion
spent in Cecil above Cecil's allotment,
although you claim the right to charge
that excess expenditure to our county and
deduct it from our allotment under the
last appropriation" To which Mr.. Well
Ter replied that that was what the Com
mission proposed to do and would fight
for the right to do up to the Court of
last resort. WHICH ATTITUDE, OF
COURSE, PUTS IT SQuARELY UP TO
THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY WHE-
THEIR THEY WILL ALLOW THE COM
MISSION TO MAKE CECIL THE GOAT
OR WHETHER THEY WILL FIGHT FOR
THE MONEY WHICH is THEIRS AND
WHICH OUGHT TO BE USED ON THEIR
ROADS AND NOT ELSEWHERE.
2. Before ending our highly pleasurabls
interview with Mr.. Weller, we felt con-
strained to put to him another question:
which seemed very natural and right, but
which yet remains unanswered. Here it
is:-'Mr. Weller, these figures handed
me by your book-keeper show what you
claim is the amount available for fur
ther road work in Cecil county; how
long have you had the information con-
tained in these fgures?' Ans.:-"Oh,
for months" why, then, sir, if you
knew that at least $4,000 was available
for road work in this county, why did
you cancel the contracts outstanding on
the E.kton Chesapeake City road and
why have you wasted this whole year
without lifting shovel or giving out
contract No answer you told me-
sir, that no work would be done in our
county this year, because you were un-
certain of what, If any, amount would be
available for work in that county, until
you had ascertained definitely how much
the Crothers- Tucker Commission haa
over-spent the original allotment Yet
you now claim that for months these fig
ures have been at your disposal. Why
haven't you been at work in the county?
You have been active enough in other
counties. Why have you been dorm ant
in Cecil?' To that question We are yet
waiting for an answer.
Now We lay this interview before the
people of this county, because We believe
they should be informed of the attitude
taken by the present Chairman of the
Road Commission. Mr.. Weller seemed to
be laboring under the impression that
Cecil should be, for a time at least,
wiped off the map because "Mr. Tucker
spent a lot of money on roads out there"
He several times came over that remark.
TO which our invariable reply was that
we did not dispute it; we entirely agreed
with it; but we did not see why the peo-
pie of Cecil county should suffer further,
or beyond what was actually necessary,
because of Mr.. fuckers former deeds;
that we further could not see why he
1Mr. Weller) should assume an air Of
personal offence because the people of
the county want to get all that is COM
Ing to them out of an appropriation of
taxes which they pay pro rata like the
rest; 1T Is not your money, Mr.. Weller,
and not your roads; the roads are built