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$S45,OOO FOR ROADS
Securities Committee Rules ON ST.
100000 LoaD-Eight Items Dis
approved.

The Capital Securities Issue Com
mittee, at Washington. yesterday au-
thorized the Board of Public Works
to issue $1,5OO,000 of the Roads
loan, but only approved the use of
! $S45, 200 for work at this time.
/ 1t disapproved the use at this time
of the balance of the money for the
purposes specified in the Roads Com
missions statement, and also with
/ held approval of the use of any part
of the loan for maintenance purpo-
ses, until the commission shall have
submitted complete budget, at
which time the question OF the tenn
| porary use of part of the loan funds
! for maintenance will be passed upon
definitely.
The committee, of course, APPROX
/ ed the issue of $1,000,000 of bonds,
! to replace the emergency notes is
sued last year, when the 81 100000
| War Loan was authorized, to be used
| by the State Council of Defense.
/ Substantially the work approved
! by the committee yesterday is on the
Elkton, Baltimore, Washington road,
which is used to a very great extent
( by the Government in military work,
/ or in work serving military ends.
! The principal item in this work is
/ for the replacing of the sections of
| the road which have been destroyed.
and for the widening of the road to
/ 20 feet by building concrete should
! ers of three feet on each side.
! The amount approved for this
work is s550,000, which was the
cost originally estimated. In the
! specifications submitted by Governor
/ Harrington and Roads Chairman
Zouck to the committee few days
! ago tn ecost was put at $70O,0OO.
The committee will have its engi-
neers examine the figures to see whe-
! ther the larger sum should be al
! lowed
The other items on this road ap-
proved by the Capital Securities Issue
Committee are: $4,000, for filling
! in with concrete some gravel sec
tions near Elkton; $4,000, for
| building a cutoff to avoid the two
death-trap" bridges over the Penn
sylvania Railroad, near Elkton, and
I fwn NJ
ges in Cecil county with one modern
| bridge.
! The other items approved by the
committee were $4,000 for resur-
! facing the roads over the Allegany
county mountains, which are used by
a large number of army trucks and
which work it is said, has been uh-
der contract two years; and s5e.0sS
for resurfacing a section which will
connect the State system with the
| Valley of Virginia, and eliminate
two dangerous crossings near Knox
vile, in Frederick county.
The items in the Roads Commis-
approved by the securities commit
tee, are given below. The language
used in stating the specifications is
that of the Roads Commission in lay
ing the items before the committee.
The items follow:
3. Reconstructing the bridge ov-
er Bohemia river, which is in di-
lapidated condition, having been out
of commission last winter. This is a
connecting link between the Eastern
Shore and Baltimore, as we'll as be-
tween Philadelphia and the North
Cost, S250,000.
6. Constructing unfinished gap
which is necessary in order to make
complete road from Baltimore to
Emmitsburg. This link is essential
in order that the large number of
army trucks coming from the West,
which are now using the Littlestown-
Westminster turnpike, can be diver
ted to this line when said turnpike
becomes impossible for the army
trucks next winter and spring. Cost,
100000.
Z. Replacing an old iron bridge
over the Gunpowder river, which will
not long withstand the heavy traffic.
Cost, 100000.
8. Making necessary repairs to a
larne wooden bridge over the Mono