Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-12-11
QUESTION BUILDING
OF DRUM POINT ROAD
Old Issue BObs Up With Lauter-
bach's Claim Of Right of Way
COLLEGE CREEK BRIDGE TANCLE.
Matter Of Repairs to Draw Works to
Be Taken Up With Governor by
Committee.

| bobbed up again. This time it comes
in the form Of contention raised bS
a number of petitioners and acted
upon by the Anne Arundel County
Commissioners, and which will be
submitted to Attorney-General Poe
for his advice.
At their meeting yesterday the
Commissioners decided to put up to
the Attorney-General the question OF
whether the Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Association. of Baltimore, has
the right. under the Act of 1919, to
build the road running to the south
ern end of Calvert county, and MAX
irg connections through to Baltimore.
The Association, it is said, has been
notified by Edward Lauterbach, of
New York, that he still claims the
ownership of the right of way for the
railroad.
Although the Federal authorities
several weeks ago decreed that the
draw works OF the county and railroad
bridges across College Creek should
be widened, as far as the county Off
cials are concerned, they are some-
what averse to taking any action in
the premises owing to the fact that
the State will eventually take control
of the structure, which was fixed as
part of the route of the State boule-
ward from Annapolis 70 Baltimore.
ln other words, the county does not
feel that it should bear the expense
of several thousand dollars for the
improvement under the circumstances.
This matter was freely discussed at
yesterdays meeting of the Commits
sioners, and il was decided to have
committee wait upon Governor Colds
borough to as seertain the proper
method for relieving the situation.
Named upon this committee are MIR.
Ridgely P. Melvin, the Boards coun-
sci, Engineer Harwood Green and
Commissioner James A. Walton, of
Annapolis.
Other business esarRaeted at yes
terday's meeting of the Board was as
follows:
A petition signed by large num-
ber of resident taxpayers of the first
district, protesting against the open
ing of new road in the first dis
trict, was laid before Fthe Board, but
aion was deferred until next weeks
meeting. The road proposed to be
ope ned leads from the mail road to
Annapolis, to Birdsville, near South
River postoffice.
Requisitions of County Engineer
Green for shells for road improve
ments were granted as follows;
One scow load for use on the Mar
ley road, and the same quantity for
spreading on the Teck Neck road, in
the Third district. and thirty car
loads for roads in the Fourth district.
A petition from a numb .r of Fourth
district taxpayers requesting 100 car
loads of shells for the road leading
from 0denton to Baltimore, was re-
ferreG to Commissioner Brown, of
that district and Engineer Green.
Upon certifieations from DR.. Will
lam S. Welch and DIR. Walton H. Hop
kins, Susan Bowie was committed to
Montevue State Hospital, and George
Parker, colored, to the hospital for
Negro Insane, at Crownsvile, this
cunty, as insane patients at the ex-
peuse of the county.
The Board adopted a resolution cali
ing attention to the difference be-
tween the assessments for the Sixth
district (Annapolisl on the county
books. as compared to the assessments
of the city books, and asked the CO.
operation of toe municipal authori-
ties in the premises.
The Annapolis Order of Eagles pre-
ssnted petition The Annapolis Order
of Eagles presented petition asking
for tax exemption on their Home on
West street, the same as was grant
ed to the Order of Elks. The petition
was held over.
The Consolidated Gas Electric light
and Power Company was granted
permission to erect pole on Patap-
SEQ avenue, Brooklyn.