Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-03-27
FAV0RS OLD STAGE ROAD
FOR DEFENSE HIGHWAY.
The Following Letter Was Written to
the Baltimore Sun by Mr.. Daniel
B. Lloyd.
To the Editor Of the Sun:
Dear Sir:

~ NAAS A~AAtRA VI Tic sun
Dear Sir:
In the interest of fairness and
II, indeed, truth. / wish you would
kindly grant me few lines of your
valuable spac- to refer to the letter
signed Taxpayer, dated Baltimore.
March 10, which appeared in your is
sued of March LIST, in reference to the
proposition to build THE National
Defense Highway" over the "Old
tage Road from Blsdensburg, Prince
Georges County. Maryland. to Camp
Parole, Anne Arundel Co, Md.
IL is surprising that one whose
statement dicsloses such gross ignor-
lnce of the subjec which he attempts
10 discuss should express such positive
views" and ''beliefs" relative there
%, most seriously impugning the mo-
lives of others, and that, even over
the magic signature of Taxpayer. "
ne should attempt TO advise not only
members of our Legislature but the
Governor of our State as well as to
their duties in the premises. fancy,
however. that those gentlemen under
stand their business well enough to
take their advice from those who at
least have some information on the
subject as to which they attempt TO
advise.
Referring to this writer's modest
effusi on, / wish merely to say that
doubtless the only reason why AN
mother Taxpayer" to whom he refers
Ala NOT rriua ,,avff..l ~ r,,g,ng ,,.b,. - :,
road SD iuld be built was because he
knew the Baltimore Sun could not
spare him the amount of space in its
columns which their statement would
easily fill, and not because they do not
exist in superabundance. The same
reason must now restrain me from do.
ing SO. / shall have to content myself
with briefly but positively denying
the statements made by this totally
uniformed writer
This road was not abandoned years
ago as q county road, but
has been, and is now being used, both
night and day. for the purposes of q
large traffic, and is, indeed, notwith.
standing its chemically bad condition,
one of the most largely travelled roads
IN our county. 1t would not. there
fore. be used almost exclusively by
pleasure seekers" but would be of
Invaluable public benefit.
AS one who has personally been in
terested IN this road and has almost
continuously Travelled over the portion
of it in Prince Georges County for
more than forty-five years, and on be-
half of the great number of its past
and present users (many of them hard
working farmers who drive their mar
ket wagons ont of the county to Wash
ington when often those vehicles sink
nearly sxle-deep in the mud). | repel
as entirely unfounded the view that
our position is influenced by the ex-
pectation Of any increased value which
may come to our real estate hoid ngs
by such improvement. / challenge
the production of reason for such a
view
On the contrary, am ready t. main
tain the proposition that 80 per cent
OF its opponents are those who have
used, are using, and will use the road
for travel, and that those who are SUP.
porting the proposition with any view
of an increased value Of their real es-
tate are absolutely negligible ia num-
Der
beg indulgence to state but one
of the main reasons why the road
should now be constructed 1t was Sc.
lected as a part f The State Roads
System by the original Crother-' Good
Roads Commission after two hearings
by that Commission of citizens Of the
two counties through which the road
runs and a most careful consideration
by them Of the subject Its construc-
ton would be but an act of tardy JUS
tice
/ will not now discuss the advantages
of such road in case our National
Defense should ever become neces-
ssry.
in regard to this gentleman being
Taxpayer, will merely remark
there ar others.
Very respectfully,
DANIEL B. LLOYD.
Buena Vista Farm,
Glendale p. o.,
Prince Georges CO., Md.
March - 1Q16