The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-07-14
Gural uun peraunal
Friday, July IA, 1922
Rally to Usher in New Road Work

The B iltmore Sun of Sunday last
says that Baltimore business men, rep
resented by the Merchants and Manu-
1acturers Association, are arranging
tof celebration to mark the begin,
Mug OF construction on the Southern
Maryland highway next fall. They al
SO are planning for the erection of q
monument In Upper Marlboro as one
OF the features Of the observance.
The road viii b of concrete. 1t will ex-
tend from Benefield. in Anne Arundel
county, connecting there with the State
road to Baltimore, to M lttaWoman.Jin in
Cna, les county, where it will
meet the direct road to Charles and
ST. Mtty's counties. 1t will pass
through Upper Marlboro, where work
Will be begun.
John N Mackall, of the State Roads
Commission, said recently that adver-
tiseinent for bids for the const ruction
OF the first two sections of the road
will be made early In next month, that
he opes 10 award the contracts by
the Litter part of the month and have
construction begin early in September.
For the first lnstaIment of the work
$25). 200 will be available, and $3.50, coo
year will be available annually for
three more years, the total app;opria-
ton tor the road being 81, 900, 900.
Mr. III lcKall s.ui the surveys for the
road are nearing comp npletIon and that
there will! be no difficulty about getting
rights of way. The only stream of
any considerable size that will be
crossed is the Patuxent. sThe new
road Will meet that stream at the same
point as will the Defense Highway
from Annapolis to Washington, so that
one bridge will do for both.
1t has been suggested by the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Association
that actual construction work be start
ed on Saturday. September %, and
that the occasion be celeb ated by d
big -'get acquainted" meeting in Upper
Marlboro, Tor people from all parts of
Southern M Maryiand and from Balti-
m 1re. AT TINS meeting the proposed
monument would be unveiled.
-Chairman Mackall has suggested that
the monument BE- distinctive one.
as is the great stone jug on>fhe old
jug Bridge near Frederick, which has
been the subject of mnumerable maya
zine and new spaper articles; and that
1t should be built of native stone Stone
is scarce in Southren Maryland, but he
thinks a sufficient quantity of red sand
stone, which contains a good deal of
iron, could be found in the>heigb gborhood.
There can be question that meeting
such as is suggested would prove bene-
fetal b lth to the Baltimore City folks
and to Southern M irylanders. In re-
cent. years nearly all of the business
OF our section has zen transferred to
" ashington because of the State roads
leading directly to Washington. This
new highway will put baltimore
within an hour or two's drive of the
whole of Southern Maryland, and no
doubt will be the means of divert
ing thousands of dollars worth
of business annually back to
baltimore again. On the other hand
our farmers will not have to depend
solely on the uncertain Washington
market for the sale of their produce as
Baltimore will be but few miles extra
run. Let's get acquainted, it will be
to the mutual advantage of all.