Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
Money in State Treasury Was
Diverted Two Years Ago.
BOARD IS LIVING IN HOPES
Contracts Have Been Let-Up To the
State Treasury Officials To Make
Good the Fund Which Was
Used In a stringeney.
Annapolis

of 100000 which was diverted, while
Governor Harrington was comptroller,
from the roads fund to other funds in
order to meet, in part, the urgent calls
upon the treasury for money appro-
priated to hospitals, schools and
other institutions and for which no
cash was available because of excess
of appropriations by the legislatures
of 1912 and 1914 over the States reve-
nues. After the meeting Chairman
Zouck expressed the hope that the
Board of Public Works would return
the loan to the roads fund at an early
date in order that the commission
might be in position to pay off it's obli-
cations, contracts covering the $780,
900 having been let.
The commission awarded the follow
| ing contracts:
Baltimore City = Bayard street,
Ridgely street to Columbia avenue,
0.52 miles, to American Paving and
Contracting Company, $27,62O.9O;
| sheet asphalt. Pennsylvania avenue,
Fulton avenue to North avenue, OPT
miles, to P. Flanagan & Sons, $19,-
1880; sheet asphalt. Hilton street,
Wesley street to Frederick avenue,
O.67 miles, to P. Flanagan & Son, $685.
523.60; sheet asphalt.
Washington County = Repairs to
Conocheague Creek bridge, to L. G.
Dinlerman, Walkersville. Nd. $1,085.
Cecil County-Bridge over Little
| Elk River, to L. G. Dinlerman & Son,
Walkersville, Md, s14,182.40.
Charles County-Bridge over Ze-
l1iah Swamp, to G. w. Dourz, of York,
Pa, $3,2O4.94.
Dorchester county-Between Church
Creek and Taylors Island, 4.98 miles,
to Holt Coust Company, Denton, Nd,
500 9,265.53; concrete roadway.
The question with the Board of Pub
lie Works is whether the sum of $780,
900 diverted from the roads fund is a
deficit or whether it can be made good
by additional receipts from the tax
levy next year or an increased basis
due to the new assessment of real
estate
That there was ample time to in
clude the amount of its deficit is
shown by the fact that Attorney-Gen-
eral Ritchie on January 19 last noti-
fed the Comptroller's Office that the
100000 in question should not have
been reverted back into the State
Treasury and that the Roads Commits
sion was entirely correct in contract
ing for State aid roads with the view
Of paying for the work out Of the
funds.
Good Team Work
After what was declared by it's off,
cials to have been the most success
full meeting in its history, the Mary
land Week Exhibition came to a close
in ithe Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltt
more. To man, those who engineered
the big show were of the opinion that
no previous meeting Of the Maryland
Agricultural Societies had as far
the State as the one just closed. 1t
was estimated by Professor Thomas
B. Symons, secretary, and on whom
the brunt of the work has fallen, that
between $4,000 and $4,000 persons at
tended the exhibition during the
week.
According to the officials, the show
has been the greatest exhibition and
demonstration of team work among
the farmers of the State ever seen in
this or any other State. Professor
Symons declared that the show had
grown so in popularity and ins interest
that instead of being known as Mary
land Week, the future exhibitions
ought to be known as America Week.
The agricultural interests of no less
than rs States were represented at
the show Just closed. Men from all
over the United States, Mr. Symons
said, had heard of the immensity Of
the Maryland exhibit and were sent
here to note the character and extent
OF it. One feature Of the show that
has greatly pleased all concerned is
the interest it has occasioned in the |
value of the State Agricultural Col
lege at College Park. They claimed |
that the whole affair was due largely |
to the activity of the college, to DR..
H. J. Patterson, its president, and to
the entire college faculty, including |
that Of the experiment station.
Decides On State Bond Issue.
The Board of Public Works decided |
to sell 100000 of the bonds authorized |
by the last Legislature. In the issue
will be State roads, school and armory |
bonds, all bearing per cent The |
bids will be opened the latter part of |
December and the bonds probably will |
be dated as of January l.
The board also notifed the Mary
land, Delaware and Virginia Railway
Company that its lease of Pier 8, Light |
street, owned by the State, would be |
cancelled in May.
Corn and Potato Club Boys.
After tour of Maryland lasting |
nearly two weeks, the. Corn and Po-
tato Club boys ended their trip at the
Fifth Regiment Armory last night in
a blaze of glory. Cheer after cheer
went up as the youthful farmers heard
the verdict of the judges on their
yields, and every mothers son Of them
voted the Home State Tour a great
big success.