The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-07-13
COUNTY'S WORK PROJECTS
SUBMITTED AT MEETING
Representatives Assert County
Has No MOney-Federal Financ-
ing Is Necessary
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Admitting that the county would
not obligate itself in any projects,
representatives of Garrett county ap-
peared Monday before the Sixth Dis
trict public works committee, at the
City Hall, Cumberland, and submit
ted plans for work needed in this Sec
ton.
F. E. Rathbun, superintendent of
schools, submitted summarized list
of projects affecting the schools of
the county, totaling about $4,000.
He admitted bond issue referendums
in the county had failed to carry in
the past, to secure school improve
ments, and they had no money. The
projects included additions to Oakland
High school and the elementary
schools at Kitzmiller, Bloomington,
Accident, Grantsville and Red House.
Finances Poor
George D. Browning, County Com
missioner, was frank in admitting
Garrett county would not obligate it
self for any expenditures, to the Fed
eral government. He said the finan-
cial condition of the county now was
bad with uncollected taxes and I'M
employment.
Mr.. Browning, however, submitted
a list of county bridges needed at
Sang Run, Buffalo Run, Bear Creek,
Cherry Run, totaling about $4,000.
Representatives Lewis suggested that
these county bridge projects be sub
mitted to the State Roads Commits
sion, since a direct appropriation was
proposed by the government to the
States for roads.
Cites Distress
Miss Charlotte Wilcox, relief ad-
ministrator, working in recent months
in Garrett county, described the work
that had been done in meeting dis
tress in urban as we'll as mountain
families. She said the mining towns
were hard hit by decreased coal mine
operations. In recent months, she
said, 1900 families had been aided,
and the R. F. C. loans for day work
have been staggered, to distribute the
work weekly among a large number
of men.
Grover C. Stemple, mayor of Oak
land, submitted program of streets
in the incorporated limits to cost
$5,284.25. He said Oakland would
finance its 10 percent of the costs.
He said the object was to take care
of unemployment this fall and winter.
Joseph Fahey, councilman, and D.
L. Folk, town clerk, of Grantsville,
submitted complete plan, engineer
ing data, costs, financing and amorti-
cation of $4,000 bond issue for a
gravity water supply to Grantsvill.
They said the present supply now was
individual wells and springs. County
Health Officer DR.. Joseph P. Franklin,
cited some of the sources had shown
pollution. The Grantsville representa-
tives said they had been unable to sell
$4,000 in bonds for the work, the
banking houses asserting the issue
was too small. Their town had no
bond debt and no current expenses,
with a community of 400 people, and
assessed property at $324,OOO
Charles E. Hardesty, of Loeb Lynn
Heights, said he submitted two road
projects there to the State Roads
Commission.
The Statewide publicworks CO.
ordinating committee tentatively ap-
proved a list of projects totaling
more than $35,OOO,OOO on Tuesday
which it will recommend for construc-
ton in Maryland as purely Federal
undertakings.
This figure did not include the cost
of Lincoln Memorial Highway from
Washington to Gettysburg, through
Frederick, which also received the
recommendation of the committee on
the suggestion of Representative
Lewis of Western Maryland.