Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-07-02
Work On State Road.
Considerable Filling Being
Done Here and There.

Considerable Filling Being
Done Here and There.
Work on the State Road is progressing
along the line south of Thurmont, much
of the work so far being between Hunt
ing Creek and High Run streams, a lit tie
more than a mile distant. from each
other.
At Hunting Creek the concrete base
on the south side of the stream on which
will rest the concrete abutment has been
put in and also the base for the pier in
the middle of the stream. The forms
for the concrete have been set at these
points. Work is now being pushed on
the abutment and wing walls on the
north side of the stream.
Hundreds of cart loads of stone and
sand have been hauled from this stream
to points along the road, some being used
for filling and some for widening the
roadbed.
At High Run stream the position of
the bridge and road will be changed, both
being thrown east of the present road,
this being done to make straight drive
way.
On what is known as Firor's Hill sew
eral feet of the crest of the hill has been
removed and considerable filling made at
the foot of the incline. At various other
places fills have been made.
Nothing thus far has been finished and
it will be sometime before we can look
upon portion of the good road which
will connect us with Frederick.
Sunday morning considerable water
was flowing down Hunting Creek due to
the rain early in the morning, and sever
al automobiles risked fording the stream.
The engine on one of these machines
stopped in deep water and the driver had
the pleasure of getting out and cranking
up to get away.
In regard to Good Roads construction,
the Baltimore News of June 29tn, says:
with continuance of the favorable
weather for road building which has
marked the first half of the year the
State Roads Commission will, by January
/, have finished or under contract nearly
all the work that can be done under the
loan created by the last Legislature.
ION January last there was under
construction or contract 80 miles Of State
road at an estimated cost of 1890, 600,
and 90 miles of State-aided road costing
$l7S, 900. Since then there have been
let contracts for the construction of 243
miles of State Road, to cost 1881 900.
and 16 miles of State-aided road, to cost
$265, 000
1.-The policy of the Roads Commission
is to push the work as rapidly as posi-
BILE without regard to whether the work
of the two years l9l4 and 1879 is even
ly divided. 1t is considered the greatest
economy to drive the work ahead and to
let the contracts as early as possible,
provided the prices are reasonable. And
that there is money to be saved by let
tihs SohehoSlo carly was obo"i III siis
first part of the year, when many sec
tions were advertised, with the result
that most favorable prices were offered.
Notwithstanding that so much work
is under way, the Commission is proceed
ing with the preparation of plans for
more work, and from week to week the
contracts will be advertised. Work that
cannot be completed this year will be
finished next year, so that when the leg
islature of 1916 meets the Commission
will have fulfilled it's promise to fill in
the main gaps of the l200-mile stem, so
that it will be possible to take an auto
mobile ride over an unbroken stretch of
good roads from Ocean City, on the At
lantic, to Oakland, the county seat of
Garrett, in the Allegany mountains.
And when this is done Maryland will have
a system of highways which in complete
ness and value will be second to nothing
in the entire United States"