Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-02-10
COUNTYCOMMISS|ONERS
WARN PAVING COMPANY
Concern Which Some Months Ago
Wanted Road Contract at High
Price is Told to Repair
Immediately.
WORK IN FIFTH DISTRICT.
Bridge Keeper Makes Statement
Board Offers $40 Reward for
Conviction OF Persons Dumping
Garbage On Highways.

AT the regular meeting of the Board
of County Commissioners for Anne
Arundel COUNTY held Tuesday. there
was an interesting development bear
ing on local state road building con
tract, following the adoption of an or
der OF the Board.
The tilt was over recent efforts to
have local State-aided road-building
contract awarded to the Hassam Paw
ing Company at a bid considerably in
excess of the lower bidder who got the
contract-upon the ground that this
concern furnished an iron-clad guar
antee of its work, which should be
worth the difference in price The
order concerning the matter was
adopted as follows
Ordered That the Clerk notify the
Hassam Paving Company that the con
crete pavement near the United Rail
ways and Electric Company's tracks
on Pennington avenue which was built
by the Company under a live-year
guarantee, and which was repaired in
the fall of 1915, is again in very bad
shape and caused the breakdown of an
automobile in the past few days. and
again notify the Hassam Paving Com
pany to repair this place without de
lay, and that the Board of County
Commissioners will hold them respon-
sible for the accident which has al
ready happened near the railway
tracks and any further accidents on
this section of the road, caused by the
broken sections Of the concrete pave
ment"
During the meeting there was re
ceiyed from Joseph A. Lee, keeper of
South river bridge. a letter explain
ing the circumstances under which
Capt. William p Kelly was delayed
for over two hours in getting through
the draw on the evening of January
2S. and Offering to pay out of his own
salary the demurrage claim put in
Tgaiust the eoenty by Captain Kelly
The bridgekeeper explanation was
that he oversight himself.
The complaint of MIR. Harry Joyce
and other residents of the Fourth dis
trict of the condition of the road lead
ing from Odenton to Severn, and ask
ing that some Of the steep hills on this
route be cut down. was referred to
Commissioner Friedhofer and County
Engineer Hayman.
A petition signed by Thomas f.
Simmons, and about thirty other resi-
dents OF the Eighth district. complain
ing of the condition of the county
wharf at Chalk Point and requesting
the construction OF a new wharf at
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sioner Webb and County Engineer
Hayman
The Board determined to offer re-
ward of $40 for the arrest and convic-
tion of persons found guilty of dump
ing garbage or refuse along the county
highways. There is county regula-
lation against this practice. but not
withstanding this, there have been nu-
merous complaints from the more
thickly settled sections of the county.
The Board received and opened. but
determined not to award. the contract
for removing garbage from the Fifth
district towns. This award of the
contract will probably be made on
Tuesday next.
The request of the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company for per
mission to attach a submarine cable
to the South river bridge was granted
by the Board
Upon the certificates of DR.. J. O
Puryis and VIM. s. Welch, Eliza How
ard, colored, was ordered committed to
/ the State Hospital for Insane Negroes
at Brownsville as a patient from this
county.
A large number of bills were passed.