The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-04-23
MEETING OF COMMISSIONERS
rlany Delegations Appear From All
Parts Of Garrett County,

Monday last the entire board OF
County Commissioners met in their
Office to make the annual levy and
transact other business. 1t was a wet
and damp day out but that did not in
terfere with general turnout of the
citizensiof Garrett county who wanted
to represent their several districts be-
foreithe County Commissioners. This
large assembling of the leading citizens
and farmers of the county indicated
a healthy condition of affairs in the
county. 1t meant business. They were
an enthusiastic lot of people and pre-
scented in the strongest manner the
claims of their districts. So great was
the interest of the Friendsville and
Ryans' Glade districts that they employ
ed Judge Williams, of Cumberland, to
represent their claims before the COM
mssloners.
Friendsville district was represented
by Messrs. F. G., Fox, J. G. Kolb, R.
M. Holman, Walter Lowdermilk, James
Friend, George D. Browning, Charley
Glover.
Sang Run district, D. o. Dewitt,
J. Arthur Dewitt, Asa B. Friend, w.
A. Smith, Charles Dewitt, VIM. Mat
tingly.
Swanton district, Issac Paugh.
Bloomington district, George War
nick.
Hoyes, Ham Friend.
District No. 7: VIM. Weber, DR..
Ravenscroft, w. H. Landon.
District No. 8, Captain Chisholm.
Mr.. James Friend was very much in
terested in having the Old Legislative
road improvedY and recommended some
slight changes in the location of the
road. This road would connect! Friends
vile with the State road at Hoyes.
Mr.. George Warwick made an earn
est plea that Z the Westernport Water
Company be required to put the county
road from Bloomington to Luke in a
condition that. the public could travel
over it.
The bids for building a section of
State-aid highway along the Oakland
Gortner road, via Webers between
Oakland and Gortner were opened.
There were only two bids, viz: Echart,
Landon & Co.. for $54, SCI 81 and J. E.
Francis.tor $55, 227.55 a difference of
$685.. "a.
Messrs. H. B. Leighton, T. B. Lips
comb, E. E. Kesner and others ap-
peared before the Commissioners to
have the allowance for Loeb Lynn in
creased for the road fund
Tuesday morning a delegation ap-
peared before the Board in favor of the
Shoemaker road from Oakland to Gort-
ner, among the number being William
Friend, Mcclellan Friend, Joseph
Slaughbaugh. D. J. Swartzentruber,
Daniel Orepdorf, VIM. Queer, o.. b.
DOMAIN.
Messrs. George Porter and George
Shartzer preferred to have the road
built on the present county road.
The1County Commissioners went to
Bloomington Wednesday to examine
the county road between Bloomington
and Luke. and found the road in notvery
good order and will at once have it
put in shape for public use
After careful consideration the Com
mlssioners awarded the contract for
building the State aid highway from
Oakland to Gortner, via Webers, to
Messrs, Echard & Landon, of Mountain
Lake Park. for their bid price of $1O,-
1880 per mile for road work and So
5l4.00 for stream and concrete work
The road will be built on the road from
Oakland to Mountain Lake Park as far
as the Weber road, then along the
Weber road as per the survey made
by the State Roads Commission to
Gortner. Messrs. Echard & Landon
will begin work as soon as they can get
the machinery and material together
and they will push it to completion as
rapidly as possible.
This will be the first road built in
Garrett county under the Shoemaker
act. May it be but the beginning of
many sections to be built under this
act. The farmers of Garrett county
need good roads and ought to have
them. The Commissioners are to De
congratulated on letting this contract,
and to Messrs. Echard & Landon on
landing the contract. May they Sc
cure other roads to build in this county.
Counties TO Have Registration.
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