Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-09


relative to bonding the county for
road building, there we're features Of
The proposed aill thai did not accord
with my views on the subject, - 4
agree with that part Of the 9Th Dist.
Taxpayer objection IN reference 20
creating q new board Of olilce force,
when the present Commissioners
Court and office force could and should
do all that part Of the work, while Il
should be Incumbent upon the road
engineer to give bond and be held re-
sponsible In every way for the proper
and economical expenditure Of this
money, similar TO the manner il which
our public schools are handled
But Il does seem strange that ont
81 the voting population 81 the entire
county there can't Dc found three men
philosophical onoaghand d suiiicient
ability, and yct with such 4 thorough
lack Of interest and activity in pfi-
mary elections 70 make o satisfactory
board Of road commissioners.
OF course MANY u Us know how PEE
cuiiary fascinating primary elections
are, and we could never void The
privilege and genuine pleasure, such
annual affairs give, not even for such
d secred matter as the welfare and
bcttermen, Of The county
Now / do not see Ut to comment on
What is termed the appointing power
behind Mr.. Bnckicr. except 10 40.
mind him that Il was Me road com
mission feature 81 the Garner bill that
made il SO objectionable and caused
hope 81 better roads al that time 10
end 50 disasirously
10 build roads it viii take monca
il @iil take road equipment and u Will
take man who knows the bnsiness IN
a thoroughly scientific way No such
man can be- had ~ the meager sum of
80 per month, and no such scheme
can be entered into without aaIple and
available funds: and the only pracii-
cable way Tor creating fund would
b. through bonded Indebtedness, the
same method under which the State
built the present State roads. Just as
baltimore built Zip her sewerage sYs-
tenn. just as Philadelphia isnow doing
fifteen million dollars worth os under.
ground work on bohd IsSue nst a.
sic counties Of Pennsylvania are
carrying 25 Giiilion dollars ID bonds
The counties ~ virginia upward ofus
million and tho counties 81 ohio -
million dollars ali for highway I'M
provemen; and bridge building
Il does seem prnctlcabie as ID snrc.
~ would bc progressive and business
like Tor the people 81 lhis county 10
couaect up the main port. 81 ibis
county, which can lie done ~ pr,-
siouay outlined, with hundred miles
~ we'll constructed roads, aud lhcy
can. from such information ~ have
bssen able 70 get, be built for The Npu
mentioned si50,USs together wits
what could be made available fram
the Shoemaker fund
Ii Is 70 be regretted very much ihal
those who live along the State road
are loudest In tbeir disapprosai Of =
means Tor more good roads IN tae
county a. this TING, ciaiming too much
Of d burden and too nnch 81 in2 Ga
the future generation
should liko o. asa would ilcs bs
willing VI 20 back 20 tlsc DAYS whea Il
Took tao HORSES from t,rse 90 lour
hours ia haal juror froa satae point
iaenfg miles Into ieohardiosn.
around danger sienals and seross
8elds, Tor the sake q holding "a g
me few dimes additional State iss and
relieving the youth 81 the state VI ~
share Of tho responsibility
From this strenuous plea FOR the
youth ~ the county. am reminded o.
the following paragraph from some Gid
school book
Lads whn from childhood have
been saddlcd with proportional
part Of The family burden pot upon
their shoulders make better men nna
and the hardships 81 sficrllie moor
easy 10 bear, while those mho have
had All troubles lifted irom ihelr
shoulders Is oya-iudaIgcnt paeuss
Gnd every molchliI mountain sind
the safest wind hurricane
For my part believe bond ISSUE
is the only measure by which vs. can
have better roads. and helieYo % the
very host Investment the people v ihls
county can make ut this time neiiar
roads viii mean more people d higher
land value, more investments, mor
enterprise and an Increased iaNable
basis A.