Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-03-22
FOR
ROADS FLOOD
COUNTY BOARD
Commissioners, In 4 Body, To
Visit Owings Beach Saturday
In Hope Of Settling Long
Pending Controversy oven
Opening Highway;
OTHER COMMUNITIES
WANT IMPROVEMENTS

~ AAGA WI AVA AVA ~ ~ L 4E0
WANT IMPROVEMENTS
Consideration of number of peti-
tions, written. and oral. relative to i'm
proved highways occupied the major
portion of the time of the Commits,
sioners at yesterdays meeting, and al
together the session was a busy one
Board To Visit OwingS Beach
AS a preliminary to taking final ac-
ton in the matter of opening public
road between Mason's and Owings
Beach, in the Eighth district. the en-
/ tire membership of the Board will
visit that section on Saturday to make
thorough inquiry of the matter. The
/ Commissioners will assemble al
Owings Beach at o'clock in the af-
ternoon, if weather conditions are
favorable. Proposed opening of this
road has been the subject of con-
troversy extending over the last sew
4 eral months.
For Roads In Upper Severn
| The Board received a communica-
ton from Ernest j. Clark, secretary OF
/ the Severn River Association. an or
ganization composed of property own
ers along Severn river, requesting the
early completion of a good road on the
south side of the river, by connecting
up the links in the highway between
Glen Burnie and Annapolis. 1t is also
urged that the entire Severn river be
looped with good roads at the earliest
possible time, in order to relieve the
congested traffic between Annapolis
and Baltimore on the north side of the
river, which has become an element of
danger. especially on Saturdays and
/ Sundays. Enhancement of property
values and bringing additional capital
to the county in building homes and
improving farms is also pointed out as
strong reason for the road improve
ments.
In connection with this request, r
G.. Henry, chairman of the committee
on roads of the association, and Viii
/ liam F. Cochran and delegation, rep
resenting the Severn river COM
munity. appeared before the Board
Mr.. Cochran and delegation spoke in
behalf of the property owners in the
Sherwood Forest section.
! Third District Road
The Board received a petition, sign
! ed by William T. Moore and number
of other taxpayers of the Third dis
trict. requesting the opening of a road
through the lands of Captain George
| NJ. D. Meek and others.
Highway To Brager's Station
Milton d. Routzahn and others filed
petition with the Board for the open
! ing of a public road from Brager's
Station, on the Washington, Baltimore
and Annapolis Electric Railroad, to
/ the Prince Georges county line The
petitioners have complied with the
/ law by having notice of their inten-
ton to petition published in a news
paper for four weeks.
Many Reasons For This One
Allen w warfeld, of Gambrills Sta
tion, and others, presented petition
requesting the county to take over and
maintain road running through from
Waugh Chapel Church on the county
road to a point known as Yarley's Ole
/ Store, on the county road leading
from Odenton to Patuxent Station. Il
is pointed out that this road has beer
public thoroughfare for so years
but that it is now almost impossible
i that it would furnish good access *
4 Francis Station on the w. B. & A. line
for the shipment of freight; that i
would be of convenience to canning
factory at Patuxent. besides benefitins
many adjacent property owners, al
well as churches and public schools
and that it also would pave the wa,
for securing rural mail delivery serv
ice to points in that section.
Another In Eighth
Having complied with the law. Fer
nando Weems and others filed a peti
, ton requesting the county to take ovel
a road in the Eighth district, known a.
Weems Lane, beginning at a point OF
the county road south of Shady Sid,
, and a short distance north OF the col
ored schoolhouse and running Themes
; due west to the properties of Gusta'
C. Heinrich and Mrs E. H. Raine. OF