The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-02-06
MORE DEVELOPMENT COMING
Garrett County With Its Promised
Internal Improvements will
Forge Ahead

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The interviews published in this paper
last week from representative people
who are engaged in the development
and are just now giving their best efforts
toward bringing Garrett county forward,
has had tendency to bring out much
valuable and interesting information,
only small part of which has hereto
fore heen obtained by the public
An electric railroad is under contem-
plation this year from Oakland to Ken
dali, which Will follow the water grade
along the Youghiogheny River and will
complete the Oakland and Confluence
branch of the B. & O. to Oakland, which
Will mean great advantages and develop
ment to the entire western portion of
our county, as well as the east and
northeast sections due to the connecting
railroads and macadam highways. 1t
will also bring into prominence most
beautiful. picturesque and interesting
section heretofore hardly accessible.
1t lis rumored that a first class
summer hotel is contemplated to be
located on high point near Swallow
Falls. The seven mile lake heretofore
mentioned in these columns to be con-
structad at that point will also be a
very attractive feature for motor boats,
canoes sailing and other Aquatic
sports, and for ice boating, skating.
curling, etc.
Other macadam roads, some ell sub
scribed for and about ready to take up
with the commission under the Shoe
maker act, others planned and more con-
templated, are in part as follows: A
spur from State road at Sand Flat to
Deer Park, then continued southeast up
the Backbone Mountain Road to or near
Eagle and Bald Rock, then through the
Kelso Gap, Loeb Lynn, Mountain Lake
Park and Oakland, which will make a
ms y-a1ttiitso, circuit for motoring
and tourists in general and it
will develop a section noted for its
grand mountain scenery, as we'll as
great aid to traffic for miles around.
1t will be urged when the new Meadow
Mountain road is constructed by the
county, as laid out last summer along
the water grade of Cherry Creek, to lay
toundatinn for the same so that it may
be macadamized: later without undoing
what is about to be done This could
be connected with the state road at
Thayerville or Deep Creek.
With the above contemplated work
and the ocean-to-ocean highway it is
not to be wondered that spectators,
capitalists, power companies and realty
development companies are taking an
active interest in Garrett county.
Mr.. Fox Of the Moumtain'ToplE Estates
of Garrett County, VINO as-stated last
week, is to organize a, Garrett County
Board Of Trade, Improvement and Bet
terment Association, and a Garrett
County Good Roads Association, states:
I'm conjunction with the Estates the
former association will beautifv miles
of the principle highways by contracting
for the TRANSFORMING Of large and suita-
bic trees along the fence lines, and kept
properly trimmed so as to,afford shade
but not obstructl views, also have some
of the main thoroughfares where traffic
will be heavy, electrically slighted from
shutdown to sunrise, cooperate with the
power company to encourage desirable
manufactures to locate here and use the
economical electric power. The CO.
operation of the B. & 0. Railroad Com
pany will also be secured to improve
conditions at the depots by removing
freight tracks and paving the plazas so
as to have nice approach for pedes-
trians, equestrians and Automobiles,
and to give better live stock shipping
facilities and the running of passenger
trains on time so the advantages of
patronizing the road can be favorably
compared with the other leading roads
of the country.
THE mountain lakes to be formed by
the power company, to be well stocked
with fish, and laws enacted and enforced
as to shooting, fishing and live stock at
large, at least within certain distances
of the macadam roads and towns; also
to keep representative at Annapolis
when the Legislature is in session to en-
cou age desirable and oppose and gather
forces when necessary to prevent any