The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-08-28
HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER
COMPANY TO BUILD ROADS
Several Miles Of Highway to Be
Constructed Under Supervis-
vision of State Commission


ers Of Garrett County and represen-
tatives of the Youghiogheny Hydro
Electric Corporation, which concern
now owns the water rights and a
large scope of territory bordering on
Deep Greek in this county where the
General Construction Corporation by
its agent, Charles B. Hawley & Co., is
engaged in erecting a dam that will
cover nearly six thousand acres of
land and consequently put out of COM
mission several reads leading off the
State road in the vicinity of Deep
Greek, have entered into an agree
ment, after negotiating for a week
or more, which will give to the county
several miles of present century high
way without the cost of a dollar to
the county and at the same time af-
ford as good if not better facilities
to the residents of the county who are
personally interested or who have oc-
casion to use the roads in question
which are to be closed.
To give to the residents of the
Glendale section of the county, the
agreement provides that certain roads
named therin are to be closed and in
lieu thereof the power corporation
will build, under State supervision,
four miles of road leading from the
State road at Sand Flat toward Deer
Park. This section of road will reach
within two miles of Deer Park and
will accommodate the people of all
that section Of the county in the
Swanton, Glendale and North Glade
communities in closer touch with i'm
proved roads.
The Rock Lodge road, under the
terms of the agreement between the
Commissioners and the power cor
poration will be closed from the Jonas
Knox place, south of Rock Lodge to
the State road at Thayerville and in
lieu thereof the power corporation
agrees to grade the old Wilburn Lane
road from the Knox place to the
State road near the present Deep
Greek bridge at the Wilburn store
and pay in cash to the County Com
missioners the sum of $4,000 to be
used by them in surfacing a modern
highway the entire length of the pro-
posed road.
The agreement as entered into be-
tween the Commissioners and the
power company is in substance as fol-
lows
In the matter of the applications
of the Youghiogheny Hydro-Electric
Corporation, heard by the Board of
County Commissioners of Garrett
county on August 18th and August
10Th, 1924, and numbered from to
II, both inclusive, it is ordered by
the said Board of County Commits
sioners as follows:
l. That application No. 8, to close
a portion of the Glendale road at
"The Narrows" be rejected, and in
lieu thereof the said applicant shall
be allowed to change the course and
grade of said road, with the approval
of the County Commissioners, and to
erect across Deep Greek at "The Mar
rows" a steel bridge, IA feet in width,
at its cost.
2. That the applications Number
ed l, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and II, to close
certain portions of the roads therein
mentioned and shown on the plat
filed with the Board be granted, and
that said roads be closed, and in lieu
thereof and in consideration therefor
the said Power Corporation shall ma
cadamize under and by direction of
the State Roads Commission so much
of what is known as the Sand Flat
road as extends from the State road
North of Oakland to the intersection
of said Sand Flat road with the cross
roads at Mrs. Mary Pysell's, about
two miles from Deer Park, the said
Power Corporation to build, or cause
to be built, at its cost, road accep-
table to the said State Roads Com
mission.
8. That so much of the Rock
Lodge road mentioned in application
No. 10, as extends from the State
road to the line of Jonas Knox's land
be closed, and in lieu thereof the
road of width of not less than 80
feet, Tor such additional width as the
said Road Commissioners may re-
quire) extending from said State
Road at point North of the present
Deep Creek bridge on said State road
about 10 miles North of Oakland to
said Jonas Knox's line be accepted,
the closing of said Rock Lodge road
and the acceptance of the road in
lieu thereof to be subject to the fol-
lowing conditions, to wit:
The Power Corporation shall cause
a good and sufficient deed to be de-
livered for said new road to the Co.
unity Commissioners.
The Power Corporation shall grade
to width of "a feet said new portion
of said road to be graded to maxi
mum of per cent, said grading to
be done to the satisfaction of the
County Commissioners. The Power
Corporation to pay to the State
Roads Commission S15,000.00 toward
the cost of a State road to be con-
structed by the State on said new
portion, said new road extending
from point about 800 feet North of