Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-03-17
FRtnAY, Mar II : 1915


bond the County for Sl4O,OOO d
ous,rated plainly that the peop''
in no mood to further Increase =
debtedues, OF the County. TIL
proposition is impraclicable a.
feasible at his time cannot be
,ioae.l by any live business mai
the fact that no live business man in
the County has yet endorsed such
proposition shows it was not bust
nessIk Ian. The loudest shouters
we have yet heard in favor Of the
suggestion 10 bond the County FIR
al additional sum Of $4,000 come
from people who either pay no taxes
at all or do not pay enough to gravel
the ub,ic rolds in front OF their
gales. Good 20 rs, as, we have said
Def r., mean progress and prosperity
and The people as whole are IN
favor Ut better roads but they want
them To be- built gradually so that it
will fall essier on the taxpayers, and
pelm anent and lasting -esults may be
had a. wei rather than large sur
of money spent and probably roads
constructed that will be hard to keep
u,
We have not heard a dis enting
voice in opposition to building road
to the western section Of the County;
al u Que people recognizing the jus
IT, aud equity in the appeal by the
people nf TINT Sc ton favor building
th, road under the plan suggested
by Mr.. r. ]. Mitchell.
The plat will only take ten years
to rid the County of the debt incur
red after building the west county
road aud the road from Hugl esville
to Beue iiei as proposed at the first
meeting
We believe that the people of the
County agree with us that we should
tax advantage of he State Aid law
az far as possible and build gradually
aud at tie same tine have roads that
will be Of lasting go ana benefit
to our people.
We understand that there is every
likelihood that the bill introduced in
the Ilouse of Delegates ny Hon
Oliver Meizerott will pass both
houses providing that hereafter the
State shall maintain all roads built
under the state aid law II this
proves true there is every reason
why we shoull 90 slow in building
our roads, 10 get the advantage Of
the State aid law thus obtaining the
benefit of permanent and lasting
roads and at the san time relieving
the County of the large cost of main
tanning them. Aside from this, as
we have said before, we believe that
whe the present links are complet-
ed, the state will not cease, but con-
time the road building scheme until
practically every important road in
the Counties is connected up with
.he main state roads. We believe,
the Stare has gone too far in the
building u roads to stop after the
cohspletion of the present contem-
plated roais. The first me sting and
the last mole thoroughly demonstrate
ed the sentiment Of the people along
the line of road building than the
secondwhen practically pandemonium
reigned at the time the resolution
passe at that meeting was adopted.
No man can honestly sal that the
true sentiment Of those present at
that meeting was expressed in the
resolutions, especially 10 view OF the
fac: that it was later evidenced that
many present at the time of the pas
rage Of said resolution did not know
what had been done. We, therefore,
urge our representatives, at Annapo-
lis to 90 slow and follow what is
really the sentiment of the tax-pa
ers of this County aad pass a meas
ure such as suggested by Delegate
Mitchell at the first meeting to meet
the requirements cf the State Aid
law We should meet the provisions
of that law and 90 no further at this
time. The taxpayers are willicg 20
bear a smaller Increased tax to build
the roads gradually under the State
Aid law here lasting and perma-
nent results will be hal, ,,ui are OPP
posed to a large increase in taxation
TO meet the obligation Of the propos-
ed bonded Indebtedness of $4,000
to build roads that will leave debt
OF nearly 100000 on our County for
generations to come, without any
lasting beneh, either TO the present
or next generation.