Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1913-02-28

by July LIST. Being constructed through
funds raised by special district bond ISSUE
and private subscriptions.
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
A section of the Brookeville- Mt. Zion roa {
has been completed. This road is substan.
TALLY constructed out of granite eneiss quar-
ried Immediately on the road, the drain.
age is good and the work economically
done. This short section required five pipe
culverts and two open culverts with wooden
superstructures 1t is an important road
carrying large traffic between Brookeville
and Gaithersburg and Derwood, and it is
to be hoped the districts interested will
ultimately provide for its extension tC
Redland. Built by Mr.. j. j. Hutton from
permanent improvement funds allotted tc
the first district.
In addition to the foregoing, the Com
missioner from the fifth district, Mr. Cashell
has extended and repaired the piking on
the roads from the Norwood pike to Nor
beck, Colesville pike to Brookeville pike
via. Layhill, Colesville to Brookeville pike
via. Rays Mill, Four Corners to Brookeville
pike at Wheaton and the District line road
to Takoma,
REPAIRS To COUNTY STONE ROADS.
Systematic repairs were made on Coles
vile pike. the MISREPRESENTATION road
and the Beallsvlle- Poolesville road, and
some minor repairs on other pixies. | again
bring to your attention the advisability Of
some effective plan to resurface the Coles
vile pike and bring it up to standard con-
struction. The present system of repairs
in patches, while necessary, will never
make this road anything but rough pike,
while if resurfaced, say in mile sections,
yearly, eventually it would be made a good
modern road.
REPAIRS To STATE AID ROADS.
During the past season there was ex-
pended, not including some stone and
roller charges, five thousand and forty-two
dollars in repair on State Aid Roads.
They are now in pretty good repair, with the
exception of the Laytonsville road, which
is to be resurfaced; Bradley Lane east of
avenue, and part of the Old
Georgetown road, the Blair road, each side
of Sligo Branch, also needs repairs to the
macadam.
The amount allotted to this county April,
1912. for the repair of these roads from
the automobile fund for 1911 was $2,792,
which was paid on old accounts, leaving
the greater part of our expenditure for
1911 still unpaid. 1t is estimated that
the amount available April, 1913, will be
$4,000.
STATE ROAD CONSTRUCTION
Under our agreement with the State
Roads Commission we completed the road
from Neelsville to Cedar Grove. about three
miles, and quarried out and hauled to
crusher stations stone sufficient to con-
struct the road from Jamestown to Daw-
sonville. as planned by the State Roads
Commission, and which we had been given
to understand we were to construct while &C.
stone to carry forward the road
from Cedar Grove to Damascus. The road
to Cedar Grove having been finished in July
1912, we moved the equipment to the
Darnestown-D Jacksonville road, when all
construction work in this county was
stopped by the State Roads Commission
although there was still a large sum OF
the allotment to Montgomery county unex-
pended. This change of plan by the State
Roads Commission was based on the
grounds that they desired to bring the
work in Montgomery county under the
methods they had adopted in all othel
parts of the State, ignoring the statute
and our contract under which construc
ton in this county was being done anC
overriding our plain equities in the exist
ing contract. To bolster up their conten
ton they appointed a committee who's
Fictitious findings we were not permitted
to rebuff. They declared their policy to b,
the completion Of roads connecting u
with other State roads and refused to con
slider the fact that the extension of tn,
Jamestown Jacksonville road was but es
tablishing a temporary terminus of roat
already connecting with the State system
at Gaithersburg to Rockville to the UnioT
pike system and which through the con
struction of road connecting with the
State roads in Howard county would en-.
able large and pOpulOus section to reach
Baltimore by the most direct route. lr
the meantime this county is being charged
for administrative and other charges dur.
ing whole season Of inaction with nc
apparent effort being made to proceed with
work. The road machinery purchased Out
of this county's allotment for use in this
county in construction of State roads has
remained idle. 1t has been put in good
condition and is parked at Jamestown
and some of il stored in other places unit
such time as it is decided what work is Il
be done in this county.
If the State Roads Commission would
proceed with the construction of the road
from Jamestown to Jacksonville, where
the stone has been accumulated at mucl
cost. this work could be done while STONE
is being accumulated between Cedar Grow,
and Damascus and the equipment coult
be used instead Of remaining idle unit
late in the summer, as il will If no work Il
to be done before the Cedar Grove exten
sion. This plan, to my mind. would be o
the greatest advantage to the State ant
county and would permit our people Il
participate 10 greater extent in our pro
portion Of the funds to which our taxpayer
contribute their full share. When the ston'
was accumulated at Jamestown arrange
ments were made with the property own
ers to use land adjacent to the road OF
which TO store material and set up ma
chinery. Unless some definite time is Sc
when this stone will be crushed and useC
the property owners may require its re
moval.