Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-26
State Roads System
Is Under Fire Here
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ing at least the part of the road which
would become impossible after a
heavy rain. do not remember the ex-
act words I used in the letter and it
is quite likely they might have Of
Tended very sensitive man. But |
meant the letter to be good-natured
but none-the-less urgent request for
immediate action. l never received a
reply to the letter but about a week
after crew of men worked on the
road laying gravel on the worst spots.
l do not know whether my letter had
anything to do with this or not as my
reighbor had been complaining more
or less regularly and had been prom
ised that the road would be repaired
In the meantime, the road has got
ten bad again (not that it was ever
good) and travel over it has become
more an ordeal than a process OF
transportation. This morning l went
to see Commissioner King to ask him
whether he might be able to put
some prisoners to work on the road
He offered to do what he could, ex.
planning that gravel was the only
material available for use. "GraveI
would be fine," said. He then said he
would have to ask Commissioner Karu
before he could do anything and he
called out Mr.. Karn from the meet
ing. offered my hand to Mr.. Karn
but it was refused. care you the one
who wrote that letter." he asked
eyes," 1 replied. Without word, he
turned and walked back into the
meeting.
Permit me to say that however a
member of the county commissioners
may feel toward someone who writes
him letter which he obviously re-
sents is his own personal business and
1 do not have any criticism of him for
that. That is his privilege. But
should like to submit that if public
officials are going to allow their per-
sonal resentments to prevent them
from giving audience to resident
who comes with legitimate purpose
then the people of Montgomery coun-
ty can't expect much in the way of
service from such officials.
And as a resident who believes his
car and its occupants deserve a de-
cent road to travel on let me say fur
Their that I'm not the least bit inter-
ested in the partisan politics of the
county or the state but that / am in
terested in seeing competent and re-
sponsible men in Office, whatever their
party label. I believe that that feel
ing is shared pretty generally
throughout the state.
Respectfully,
AVERY ROAD TAXPAYER
Editor, The Sentinel:
Rockville, Maryland.
Dear Editor:
My attention has been called to the
dangerous spots in our roads. The
lateral roads in Montgomery County
and Howard County have been more
neglected during the past year than
at any period since the State Roads
Commission was established. The
Shoemaker road law provided that
any mile of road would be improved
by hard surfacing if the property
owners raised 1919 of the cost, the
county 400, and the State 500. BY
means of this law, Maryland excelled
other states in the United States in
good roads and became famous among
tourists for her excellent roads and
interesting spots. Even this good law
has been forgotten.
What is needed now is attention to
farm to market roads so that farmers
may move their heavy crops to mar
ket and bring home materials from
market which they need on the farms.
Let us hope that the gentlemen who
serve on the State Roads Commission
will become committed to a "farm to
market" road program which will
dovetail into the 100000, 900 Federal
fund, which has been appropriated
specifically for farm to market roads
in the United States. Let us hope that
we viii receive the benefit of some
of that money in the very near fu-
ture..
SYDNEY SNOwDEN STABLER,
Ashton. Nd.