The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-12-11
MAY BUY PIKE.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND DELE
CATION BEFORE STATE ROADS COM
MISSION ABOUT PURCHASE OF BAL
TIMORE PIKE TO WESTMINSTER
SPECIAL MEETING OF CITIZENS
FRIDAY LAST.

sentative citizens were notified by
card to be present at the Firemen's
building, this city, at 12.45 p. m. Mon
day and be prepared to go before the
County Commissioners of Carroll
county at l o'clock, for the purpose
of having the State Roads Commits
sion to take over the Baltimore and
Reisterstown Turnpike from Reisters-
town to Westminster.
About 1.30 p. m, the delegation
composed of citizens from Westmins-
ter and Reese and headed by its Chair
man, Mr.. G. G. Gorsuch, appeared be-
fore the board Of County Commits
sioners, consisting of President Jacob
n. Dehoff, John W. Myers and Benja-
min +. Stansbury, and Clerk 0. E.
Dodrer
\ Mr. G. G. Gorsuch in short address,
stated before the board that a meet
ing Of a large number Of citizens was
held at the Westminster Firemen's
! Building on Friday and framed resolu-
tiOns as to the taking over the Balti-
more and Reisterstown turnpike from
Reisterstown to Westminster and pre-
sented a copy to the commissioners.
! Mr.. w. II. Davis, the secretary, was
called upon to read the resolutions
] plCPdICl ny IIC NOLLlLLlIbSCJ
were as follows:
Westminster, Md, December A, 1914.
Whereas, at a meeting held at the
FIremen's Hall, in Westminster, on the
above date, the subject Of the State
Roads Commission securing the Bald-
more and Reisterstown Turnpike Road
for the purpose Of Free State Road
was fully considered.
And whereas, said road being one of
the principal roads Of the state in as
much as it leads from the City of
Baltimore through Arlington, Pixies
VILE, Owings Mills, Delight, Reisters-
town, Finksburg, Sandyville, Carroll
ton, Westminster, Mt. Pleasant, Union
Mills, Silver Run to Littlestown and
Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, necessi-
tating the payment Of toll from any
OF the above places in order to enter
Westminster with a team, which con-
dition does not exist AT any other
county seat in the State.
And whereas, said road runs through
one of the most populDus and fertile
sections OF the State, and being SO 10
Gated for more than one hundred
years, has induced the building Of
many important county roads leading
into it. making it the most important
road Of any kind i'm Carroll county.
Il And whereas, it is the unanimous
opinion that said turnpike road should
be taken over by the State at once
and made a free state road, because
it is unfair to the taxpayers Of the
county who traverse by said road to
pay toll while others in other parts OF
the county and state have the privil-
ege of Free State Roads, now there
fore,
Be it resolved, by this meeting that
a committee be appointed which COM
mittee shall include the chairman of
this meeting, and shall be of such
number as said chairman may deem
proper, which committee shall call
upon the State Roads Commission at
the earliest possible date and urge
them to secure from the owners Of
said turnpike road, for state road,
said turnpike and especially that part
lying within the limits of Carroll
county, and be it further resolved,
that the Board of County Commission
ers are requested TO cooperate with
said committee. Charles @. Gorsuch,
chairman; Walter H. Davis, secretary.
"A resolution passed at meeting OF
citizens of Carroll county, held at the
I1d415 LII w do
follows, Resolved, that the Board of
County Commissioners of Carroll
County, be requested to cooperate
with the Board of County Commis-
sioners of Baltimore county and the
State Roads Commission in securing
the Baltimore and Reisterstown Turn
pike Road for the purpose of making
1t a State Road Charles @. Gorsuch,
chairman, Walter H Davis, secretary
After the resolutions were disposed
of Mr.. Michael F. Walsh, made an ap-
peal to the commissioners, in behalf
of the committee, as to the necessity
Of the purchase Of the pike, and gave
several illustrations about pixies.
I Mr.. w. Frank Thomas, Mr.. Joseph
N. Shriver, Mr.. Frank Magee, DIR.
Charles Billingslea and Dir. William y.
Y Yingling also made interesting talks
why the pike should be bought.
The Commissioners after hearing
what each speaker had 10 say upon
the subject called the State Roads
Commission Office, Baltimore, for a
! hearing before them which was set
for Tuesday.
J The commissioners and committee
from the delegation were picked out
and went before the Roads Commits
sion
4 At the conclusion President Gorsuch
thanked the Commissioners for eDur-
4 tesy extended delegation on the hear
ing.
The delegation present were a.
J follows:
Dr. Charles R. Foutz, O. C- Gorguch.
Milton Myers, Carroll Lockard, T. J.
| Coonan, Harry Hobby, Geo. K. Schaf
\ fer, Reverdy Snader. Joseph l.. Math-
las, VIM NJ Yingling. C Brown, Elias
Shipley, W. Fl. Davis. DR.. J. a. Zepp,
Emory g. Zepp, Jos. B. Boyle, Dr. J.
]. Stewart, Michael Mccartney. Frank
Eckenrode, John <. Nelson, Frank
Magee, John Z. Eckenrode, Wm. p.
Reese, James r. TraEer, Geo. Shriner,
John f. Stonesifer, a. G. Humbert,
David E. Walsh, Geo. Stair, Geo. Hoff,
Henry Klee, W. Frank Thomas, o. ID
Gilbert, Elias n. Davis, N. 2. Walsh,
Nicholas j. Walsh, Geo. wv. Brown,
w. l.. Seabrooke, E. O. Diffendal, DR..
Charles Biflingslea, Joseph ID. Brooks,
\ H. A. Haller, DR. Luther 8. Bare, Dr.
ID. f. Shipley, j. Webster Ebaugh.
Joseph N. Shriver, Benjamin Kemper
and James Haines.
On Tuesday morning the County
ancapor1oviod ~ Holo-