Evening journal., 1912-05-28
MARYLAND MILLIONS
PROVIDE GOOD ROADS
Interesting Details Bearing on fhe Legislation Pro-
vidng for Better Highways in Many Counties in
That Stsfe---AmpIe Provision for Funds TO
Maintain the Roads After They Have
Been Built

The following article. taken from
the Baltimore Sun of April 4 last.
shows how earnestly the State of
Maryland is working for good roads
under the leadership Of Senator Gos7
lin of fredericksburg, who has been an
undaunted champion of good roads for
many years:
Now that the Goslin-Percy bill. pro-
viding for the continuance of the
State road building enterprise under
practically the same conditions as ex-
listed under the laws of 1910, has pass
ed, il is expected that Governor Colds
borough will in a few days name the
men he wants to carry on the work.
Until this is done no provision will
be made to push the road building un-
der the new law, although the pres
ent contracts will be carried out and
every effort made to have them COM
pleted in the time specified.
Chairman o. Il. Weller of the Roads
Commission. said yesterday that no
Lew move would be made until the
law had been signed by the Governor
and the new members of the commits
sion sworn iu. He anticipates that
several new members will be put on
the board. AS the road building pro-
ject and the responsibility for il has
been put squarely upon Governor
Goldsborough by the new law, it is to
be expected that the Governor will
want a board of his own selection to
carry on the work
Then to Go Ahead With Speed.
AS soon as the new members are
named there will be a meeting at
which the whole project will be stud
led even to the most minute detail,
and plan of operations marked out.
All the laws on the subject will be
considered carefully and there will
be rigid adherence to them. After a
systematic road building campaign
shall have been marked out it will be
pushed with all possible speed.
To Senator GOslin, who is secretary
; of the Roads Commission. is due much
( of the credit for the enactment of the
road legislation. The Percy bill,
4 which. as an amendment. was substi-
tuted for the Price-Beck Senatorial
conference measure in the House was
H the bill which Senator Goslin intro
Hduced in the Senate early in the ses-
sion. He voted against the Senatorial
n conference measure when il was up
& in the Senate, and when the bill came
Nback with the Goslin bill as a sub
Nstitute he succeeded In having It put
#through. In addition to this he Sc
Mcured the enactment of three other
#important road measures and secured
Nfor Southern Maryland a special APP
propriation OF 100000, to be expend-
n ed i'm Calvert. Charles and st. Mary's
#counties. In his work Senator Goslin
#had the, cooperation of Governor
81 &GOidsborough.
q Provisions Of the Bills.
& The road bills of Senator Goslin are
Mas follows:
l. The State road loan of S3,170,000
81 OF this sum. 100000 will be spent in
81 Baltimore county, S625,00O in Balti-
& more City. 100000 in Calvert
Charles and St. Mary's counties, In
addition to the regular apportionment
n TO those counties from the general
81 *fund 5000 900 to State road No. ! tthe
81 Baltimore Washington road. anc
$40 900 TO the old Philadelphia road