Catoctin clarion., 1916-03-23
THURSDAY. MARCH 23, 1915.
LeGore Bridge Again.

True to the prediction made that
the LeGore Bridge bill would again
be brought up in the Maryland Leg
islature, on Monday the Goth, Del
egate Kafauver, who was always
known to be the man from Frederick
county favorable to LeGore, intro
duced the bill. 1t is the same old
face with new mask, and from what
we gather from the report of the daily
papers the bill has nice bunch OF
snakes enveloped in its midst. For
instance, it purposes to take away
part of the sting by having the one
half of the cost of the bridge paid by
and through the funds dedicated to
the Shoemaker roads for Frederick
county, and which are not being used
by the county, the other half, a por-
ton of which is to be assessed against
any benefits which Mr.. LcGorc per
sonally might derive from having this
bridge and roads, the residue OF this
half the general taxpaying public will
be called upon to pay for this exploit.
Mr.. LeGore has certain keen advisers
and it is doubtless the result of their
keen minds that this coup is to he
made, but we have our serious doubts
if the general public will be fooled
any, especially, if.the aforesaid public
takes the trouble to advise itself. We
are mentioning no names now, but
later we shall.
Mr.. Kefauver is known to be friend
ly to the LeGore bridge, his father
was quite and ardent advocate OF the
bill two years ago, and spent quit"
some time at Annapolis urging the
passage of this iniqutous piece OF
legislation, claiming the attention OF
the legislature at that time. OF
course, it is "like father, like son. "
The newspapers of Frederick coun-
ty have been singularly silent on the
LeGore Bridge excepting that in in
stances where any comments have
been made it has been rather a lean
ing towards a payment OF sOmeth'ng
to Mr.. LeGore. We hardly think
that the newspapers of Frederick
county would be influenced in their
opinion by the few paid advertise
ments that has been put in by Mr.
LeGore, or that they would become
biased as against the public veal
through the sob stuff" about the
golden rule" and fair play" and
taking his property" etc, which
has been INDUCED in to quite a large
extent by Mr.. LeGore to get public
sentiment aroused in his favor.
With taxes soaring and with the
Tax Commission insisting upon high
er taxable valuation for Frederick
county, and with the State taxes in
creasing on account of State Roads,
institutions, etc., we cannot see how
the public press of the county can
afford to disregard the rights of the
taxpayers, and how they can afford
to remain silent on so vital a question.
This bill as proposed states that so
many engineers are to pass on the
value of this wonderful structure.
The County Engineer for Frederick
county has already given his opinion
and therefore is biased in favor of
LeGore to the extent of his opinion
already given; other engineers which
Mr.. LeGore intends to employ have
doubtless already given to him their
opinion. The County Commission
ers are allowed to name one man, the
two selected by Mr.. LeGore with the
present County Surveyor is to select
the third, so the County Com mission
crs are to have about a four to one
shot" on the valuation. The valua-
ton doubtless would be in line with
what Mr.. LeGore wants, which would
be over $300,O00.OO.
We pointed out in these columns
some weeks ago what the State OF
Maryland paid for about 20 miles of
pike with bridges, culverts, etc, in
cludcd, which amounted to but the
sum of S135, 10000. The County
Commissioners have shown what a
concrete bridge over in West Virginia
cost to construct which is about twice
the length of Mr.. LeGore's bridge,
the cost of which was less than one
half of what Mr.. LeGore wants for
his.
If the County Commissioners feel