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COMMUNICATION

Dear Editor
| have read with much interest
your several communications re-
garding public improvements, and
while | realize the fact, that ignor-
ance before the subject may be one
of my great assets, however, if you
will excuse me make a few remarks
The paramount issue in my opin-
ion is the improvement of our
school buildings, for while we all
like to enjoy comforts in our homes
we should not forget tina comforts
of our children, in the school
buildings even though the cost of
building materials are high, l stand
for improvements, even though it
necessitates the raising of our tax
rate. Our next question of vital i'm
portance in my opinion is the i'm
prOvement or care OF our county
roads. This is a question in order
to be solved perfectly, will almost
necessitate the use of air planes, as
with the present automobile and
truck traffic, it is in my opinion, an
almost impossibility to have our
roads good at all times, unless we
could have practically all roads built
along the lines of state construction
and that as We all know would be en-
tirely too expensive. We must
therefore look 10 the most practical
means of improving our roads, and
at the same tine keeping the eX-
penses within our means. First and
most important of all things is to
provide a perfect drainage and thaw
ing with the traffic of the present
day, | think in an emergency like
the present, Commissioner Sped
den's suggestion that every male
citizen be required to perform a
certain number of days work upon
the road free, is highly commenda
BILE, as every one should take part
in the road maintenance and it would
be the means of getting a lot of
drainage done, which would other
wise be very difficult, as the care of
the road bed after it has been per-
fectly drained, it appears to me that
the leveing scraper used after every
rain, is all that is necessary. 1t ap-
pears to me that our dirt roads are
already rounded too much there by
lessing the real width of the road to
be used.
Another point upon which l wish
to touch is the distribution of road
improvement by means of shells, is
that there should be some plan of
distribution, whereby each Election
district should receive in the way OF
improvem ents, shells and etc, in
proportion to the amount Of taxes
paid by property owners in each
district.
OF course it is possible there are
some districts, in which this plan
would work hardship, and in that
event they should be cared for as
we'll as is possible. I have always
heard that Charity Begins At Home
and rightly so I think, and for that
reason l wish to call your attention
to the district in which l am deeply
interested namely, Salem.
This district contains some of the
most productive farm lands in Dor
chester county.
A statement [ do not believe any
one will centridict and especially II
they will take a trip through that
section around harvest time Yet
with all of our productive farms and
the taxes therefrom. there mas never
been more than 800 yards of shell
road built in the district. We have
in Salem district as we approach
Chicacomico river, the only cause
way that l am acquainted with in
Dorchester county that has not been
improved by shells. But 1 am
thankful to be able to state that our
present board of County Commission
ers have assured US that this will be
taken care of in the very near future
If our Commissioners can arrange
to give Salem district some shelled
roads, (Which are long past due)
and l am very confident they will, l
should be pleased to have them con-
slider the road leading from Salem
to Drawbridge, which is the main
and most direct outlet from Draw
bridge, and Elliotts to the State roao
This road passes through nne
farming section, has lot traffic over
it and is one of which Is entitled to
be improved. This road and Sec
ton are entitled to earnest con-
sideration of the mmissioners to
the eXten of IA least their pro
portional part, of tax and money
used for the road work.
In conclusion wish to say that
do not believe there is any criticism
due our board Of Commissioners as
I believe they are earnestly trying
to solve the problems that confront
them as best they can. Let us all
cooperate. Respectfully submitted,
FRED w. GORE.