Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-03-07

county papers on the State Road, l
beg space in your paper to make a
statement
II is true chat ] went to see Chair
man Weller OH Tuesday, Feb. %,
but / went to see him on road mat
tiers generally for the county and not
exclusively in the interest Of my
own district as the Md. Indep ndent
seemed 70 infer.
Il may be true that the Chairman
Of the Local Road Committee took
the matter Of correct mileage for
Chas. 20. up with Dir. Cla,k, but it is
not true that he secured the increase
Of $1,000 frem the 100000 fund.
rhe facts IN the case as | understand
them are as follows At tie fist
meeting Of the Local Road Commit
lee it developed that we were far
short on our mileage which was then
PIT at 465 miles, and il vas urged
by al. present that the matt. be
looked into at cnee. When | came
tome that day | wrote to MI. Geo.
VI. Carpenter, l'res. of the Co. CJm-
. issioners urging Rim 20 take the
matter up at once and when ] met
him sat, Feb. IS, al the district
meeting at Wayside, he told me, they
had taken the matter up with the
Geological Survey and on Tuesday
following Feb. Is at The Local Road
meeting ia La Plata the Chairman OF
the Local Committee said be and En-
gineer Hamilton bad seen DR.. Clark
aud that be had pro Missed to get the
correct mileage as soon as possible
which be thought he could do in
about two weeks | then stated at
trat meeting OF the Local Committee
that | telt sa e if could get the cor
iect mileage / could inance the Road
Commission to give us the increase
tnat would accrue from ths peciai
appropriation il not the regular fund.
On Tuesday, Feb. rs, met By
Eresions engagements, Chairman
Weller, Assistant Chairman Zouck
and Chlef Engineer Shirley for the
purpose Of discussing the state roads
generally 10 the county to 6..d ont
low maeh Of the special fund lad
6een spent aud bow mica they had
Oh hand, to ascertain whsn The con
act aou,d be lei for the Indian
Had L ad to Mason Springs, and L.
Il q est what e3nld about The mile
20 and gel Whatever increase |
c amt, the totsoWlng Is the +, uit q
ttat tuse ing Nj. Shirley went Il
s D.: Clark AID he had not quite
brushed the estimate Of miles, but af
tef .Hing short time he got Il
correct lig,s'es 52f mics. | then
u ed Mf. Shirley aud Mr.. Zouck 10
give IS the Ineieas that would ac-
cfne from the SO mites. They could
tell ME nothing definite until Mr.
tNeilsr came back. He having been
away 70 tie Hot Springs for his
health for several weeks but was ex-
Ipect,,d to be at his office that day for
tie first time. called again in the
evening and alter waiting Mr.. Weller
Il laly came. | then TOOK the matter
up with the gentlemen and urged
them TO give - our increase from tile
II gular fund. this they could not do
as the money had been apportioned
and it would make a change in the
v hole system Of book keeping, and
might cause trouble. | then made
tie demand for the Incl ease from the
special fund and told them that | had
gotten that BY my own efforts, and
had treated the other two counties
fairly and thought | had right TO
expect she fair amount belonging to
my county. Mr.. Weller readily
agreed to give it to me and make ga
miles ba is for future apportionment
TO Chas. Co.
The Chairman of the Local Com
mittee had not seen the Good Roads
Chairman with the ether gentlemen
because Friday, Fsb. rs, was the
first day Mr.. Weller had been at his
office for a God long time. | also
got the renewed promised that the
road from Indian Heal would be
started this spring in fact to use Mr.
Wellef's words, he said, 81 promis ID
you 10 tuild that road and am GO
ing to bulid it it takes all the
money and ! have to borrow more"
But this is not necessary as they
have mol spent one haif If cur part
Of the 100000 iund.
asked Mr.. Stone Posey to publish
in his pape last week that bids
would te advertised shortly for the
Indian Head Road, this he failed 10
do for some cause known to himself
but not to me.
/ have never doubted that the
f,om road Indian Head would not be |
built Notwithstanding that aWicked
Rock Point Rder.' The Good |
Roads Commission have always ac-
60. ded me every courtesy and tried
to show their appeecla lou for the |
stand | took in the Senate in The ses-
sion Of 1912 when all the state road
work hung in the balance up to IDl
O'Clock on the last night Of the SEES
sion.
] conclusion ] want to say tina,
this great anxiety and so!icitude on
the part Of some about the Iudiai,
Head road and the special fund is as
musing az il il late. For so Gays
when | worked INCREASINGLY for the
special road fund, not one Of them
raised his hand 10 aid the good work.
The people OF Indian Head were tho
OILY ones who took interest enough
10 send a delegation to Annapolis
and they by ter presence and words
.of announcement spurred me on TO