Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-09-08
LOWER FOUNTAINS ASK
ROAD IMPROVEMENTS
Numerous Residents Of Cumber-
stone And Vicinity File P.eti-
ton With Commissioners
BAD CONDITIONS TOLD OF

ment of the county road from Quaker
Burying Ground 10 Birdsville, in the
First district, was submitted to the
Board of County Commissioners at
their session yesterday.
The petition is signed by numerous
residents OF Galesville. Cumbersome.
Shady Side. and vicinity. who state
that they will be totally isolated from
outside communication If relief is not
granted They point out that the con-
dition OF the new State road from
Quaker Burying Ground to Walnut
Tree Tea House is in such condition
as 10 be impossible even at this time
OF year after rain; that when the
winter closes in it will be indescrib-
able; that such was the case last win
ter and that no relief in this quarter
is in sight
This condition OF the State road
makes the road via Birdsville the only
means of exit. and this road cannot
stand the additional traffic. The re-
cent rains have so washed and work
ed il up" that unless immediate string
emit measures are taken the richest
SECTION of the lower part of the coun-
ty will be entirely cut off from COM
| munication.
Farmers in that section claim that
tobacco and produce. which should be
marked with A haul of not over miles
to the steamboat and Galesville, now
have to be hauled by truck to Balti-
more, a distance of over so miles.
The petition reads as fellows:
ITO the County Commissioners of
Anne Arundel County.
Gentlemen:
I'VE respectfully protest against the
condition of the county roads in our
part of vour county. We are all prop
trty owners, taxpayers. or voters, liv-
ing in the vicinity of Cumbersome.
On account of the great increase in
mileage of State roads and roads for
which State aid is given, the mileage
of the roads for which you are respon-
sible, and to which the monies you re-
ceive are applicable, has of late years
considerably decreased.
I'm the meantime our county road
taxes have steadily increased so that
now we are assessed 80 ceats on every
500 of our property for said road
work.
I'm spite of all this the roads under
your supervision have steadily deter
iorated so that they are now in a
worse condition than at any time
within our recollection, and most OF
the time are mpassable--exeept by
horseback or the highest kind of road
wagon.
Now that the new State road from
the Tea House to Quaker Burying
Ground cannot be used. our only way
of reaching Galesyille, Annapolis, Bal
timore and Washington and, in fact
our only means of getting anywhere is
over the road known as the Muddy
Greek road.
I'm past years this road has always
been in good condition, except for a
short time in the winter, and has
proved entirely adequate for getting
our produce to market and for all
| other purposes.
"Since the increase in our taxes and
| the decrease in your road mileage be-
gan, the condition of this road has
gone from bad to worse Now it is
most of the time Impossible to use; no
work has been done on it and 1t seems
| to have been forgstten; yet it is our
only road. and it is the road for the
care of which we are taxed
within the past week part of the
road between Galesville I'd Quaker
Burying Ground has been torn up for
the purpose of constructing few
hundred feet of narrow (ten. feet wide
concrete road. This part of the road
is about the only part from Galerville
to Quaker Burying Ground which has
been passable the whole summer. and
about the same amount of road be-
ginning at the Quak - Burying Ground
up last spring to connect at grade
with the new State road. ever since
which time the said piece of road has
been almost impossible lii fact at one
time being so bad that teamsters broke
open the gates OF the Quaker Burying
Ground and drove through there to
enable them to get to the wharf.)
We are informed by the State
Roads Commission that they have not
authorized the aforementioned piece
of concrete road, nor are they respon-
slole for the replacing of the part torn