The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-02-12
ASK FOR NEW HIGHWAY.

With 10 per cent. of the estimated
cost of the Improvement fully sub
scribed, delegation from the north
ern section OF the county last Monday
afternoon appeared before the county
commissioners and asked for the con-
struction of five miles of road under
the provisions of the Shoemaker act.
This proposed link of road is to be
known as the Lewistownt Creagers-
town state aid road and will open up
almost a virgin section of the coun-
ty. That particular community, like
Brunswick, is surrounded by sys-
TEN of county roads which at some
seasons of the year are barely fit for
traffic.
The commissioners held the mat
ter under advisement County Com
missioner Stevens, who is resident
of near Creagerstown, said that road
was certainly needed in that section,
but he was willing to wait until the
Brunswick road question had been
definitely settled.
According to the provisions of the
Shoemaker act, the county commits
sioners are permitted to annually con-
struct roads to the extent of one
fourth of the road fund. Each year
the commissioners could erect roads
of this character to the extent of one
fourth of the fund. With the many
petitions for the Shoemaker roads
now hanging fire, there is Just some
doubt whether or not the commission
ers have not now taken up the full ap-
preparation.
The commissioners were flooded
with petitions for Shoemaker roads
Monday. One came in from residents
of near Thurmont and Graceham, ask
ing that road about a mile in length
be constructed between these two
points. Another delegation came from
Feagaville asking for a road, one
quarter of mile in length, leading
south from the two churches in that
town. The law forbids the construc-
ton of roads of less than one mile
in length. 1t is likely the commission
ers will improve this road, but not
under the state aid plan. No action
was taken on the road from Thurmont
to Graceham.
Residents of near Monrovia asked
for a road running from Monrovia 20
Hyattstown. 1t was decided to build
one mile of the road beginning at the
end of the present Monrovia and Hy-
attstown pike.
Emory l.. Coblentz appeared before
the commissioners representing the
delegation asking for the Lewistown-
Creagerstown state aid road. He de-
clared that this was one of the sec
tions of the county that really needed
modern highway. He said that this
five miles of road would give the peo-
pie an outlet to two state roads. He
recommended favorable action on the
question.
Among those in the delegation were
H. l.. Gaver. c. G. Waters, Frank NJ
Stevens, J. M. Engle, e. J. Utterback,
Russell G.. Long, George w. Geesey,
w. L. Geisbert, David Bowers, H. i.
Ramsburg, J. H. Putnam. c. S. Shook,
D. E. Shook and others.
The following is an outline of he
route of the proposed road:
'From the State road, south of E.
]. Utterback's residence, running with
the county road to the farm of G. c.
Waters, then leaving the county road
and following a fence on the farm of
G. c. Waters, which runs in the same
direction as the county road to this
point, until the point of intersection
with the d. Earl Miller road; thence
through the land of Harvey e. Rams
burg to intersect the original road,
then following the old road to the
land of Eliza Gaver, through the land
of Eliza Gaver and e. J. Utterback,
to the Frederick and Emmitsburg dirt
road, about one and half miles north
of Utica Mills. From this point of
intersection north on the old Freder-
ick and Emmitsburg road and join
ing the Woodsboro and Creagerstown
turnpike, just south of Creagerstown,
making a distance of about five miles
and to be known as the "Lewistown-
Creagerstown State Aid Road"