Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-11
anne ARUNDEL IS
SO nice TO BROOKLY LYN
Threatened With Annexation, The
County Gives Town About Any
thing Asked For.
PLANS ALL SORTS OF LAWS
But Big Land Owners Just Out Of
Limits Complain OF Getting
Nothing.


Nothing.
Anne Arundel County officials, says
the Baltimore Evening Sun, are find
ing ii rather hard to keep residents
of the Fifth District, the section pro-
posed to be annexed to Baltimore.
pleased with their conditions Never
before have so many improvements al
one time been undertaken in the sec
ton. First street, the principal thor
oughfare, is being rebuilt; a curb is
TO be laid and the entire street wild
ened for a distance OF 1000 feet; a
new sewer system is planned; Patap-
SEQ avenue is being repaved; Church
street, connecting the boulevard and
Curtis Bay, is to be made a concrete
driveway 20 feet wide. and many other
improvements are planned.
Scarcely any complaint that is now
made that does not receive special at
tention at the hands of the officials. A
single complaint to the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners about conditions at
the Brooklyn pail resulted in award
ing of contracts for the erection of a
$4,000 structure. And so ii goes.
Complain That They Get Little.
The nti-annexationists are none
too we'll pleased with the influx of city
people into the section as a result of
the big sale of building lots just out
side of what is generally considered
the limits of Brooklyn. These people
o,a bn;IJ;nc hondcopaa bop,ac ond
paying big taxes and complaints ga
lore are heard from them. They are
anxious that the section be annexed
to Baltimore City and are lending all
their efforts in that direction. Prom
inent real estate men have come out
strongly favoring annexation, declar-
| ing that it would greatly benefit their
developments and materially aid the
sale of lots. AS it is now they are get
ting no improvements whatever from
the county, and the laxity of officials
in stopping lawlessness has caused
many would-be buyers to locate else
where John Kramme, sales manager
of Brooklyn Heights and owner of sew
eral large tracts in the section, is a
strong advocate of annexation, as is j..
Clinton Mewshaw, owner of 100-acre
subdivision on the Annapolis Bule-
ward.
NJ. l.. Pittman, resident of Curtis
Bay, believes that scores of persons in
the town are for annexation and gives
the following reasons:
"Insanitary conditions of the gut
ters and alleys; rough, uneven and
unattended streets; inadequate side
walks for the safety of pedestrians;
failure on the part of officials to com
pei the residents to connect to the
sewers: suffocating fumes and odors
from a few of the factories which
should be curbed. and various other
reasons"
All Sorts OF Legislation Proposed.
In order to get the well-thinking
and best class of citizens to oppose
annexation. Democratic leaders have
announced that series of bills provid-
ing for better police protection, a
more stringent handling of saloons
and resorts and similar measures will
be introduced at the coming Legisla-
ture, and that then it will be possible
to have conditions they now deem un-
desirable remedied Senator Frank nj
Duyall has announced that he has
prepared a series of measures which
will greatly better conditions in the
] county. He proposes to introduce 8
bill as stringent in its effect as the
| Hartman Liquor law of Baltimore
| County, and also to aid in having the
/ police force increased and better
/ equipped. Most of the members of the
various churches and anti-vice socie
ties are for entering the city, and it Il
| in an effort to secure the support o
these people that the plans ar
| announced
The word has gone down the lin
from party leaders as high as ID
George Wells that fighting and dis
turbances among the Democratic Oh
ganization must cease, or else annexa
tion will result" AS a result Count
| Commissioner Joseph Wilkerson, VIII
for several months has opposed Chit
Irwin. has come out strong for tn
Chief. Just what compromises wer
made is not known. Every attempt !
keen the public from hearing of Law
lessness. fights and riots in the SCI
ton is being made by officials \
public docket is kept at the Brookly
Police Station, and many cases ar
heard privately.