The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-09-17
Objects To Remarks

of The Republican you make ref
erence to a telegram to the Gov
ernor of Maryland by the Deep
Greek Lake Property Owners AS
ISOLATION opposing the location of
State Park on the lake, and my
interest in that articles arises by
the fact that | was the person that
brought the matter before the
meeting of the Association on Sun
day, August 81.
| am writing to call your at
tention to the ambiguous state
ments of your article to the effect
that the Association is opposed to
a State Park on the lake. That is
not the fact, because it is only
through public land or State owned
property that the public would
have access to the waters of Deep
Creek Lake.
brought to the attention of the
Association the fact that the prop
erty across Meadow Mountain Road
not only lacked the facilities as a
suitable location for a State Park
because ingress and egress is af-
foEded only by two small single
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dow Mountain Run is as yet in
complete. | also pointed out that
because of this condition, Meadow
Mountain Road, on which my prop
erty is located Immediately adj
jacent the bridge, would be a traf-
fic hazard because of the one way
bridge and this road would be
stalled with traffic over the week
ends that would create a nuisance
and a hazard to all of the property
owners along Meadow Mountain
Road.
| have been informed that there
are other large tracts of woodlands
available on the lake that are ac-
cessible by roadways and which
would be suitable for State Park.
Such locations would be less haz-
ardous to bathers and for boating
than the deep and rough waters of
the property across Meadow Noun
tain Road.
| have also read your editorial
in the same issue under the heading
For Selfish Ends" which expresses
your views that certain few are
trying to make a private country
club out of the lake with the gen
cral public kept on the outside of
the fence. That you are mistaken
in this concept is evident by the
petition, a photostat copy of which
is hereby enclosed, addressed to the
Governor of the State of Maryland
by the property owners on Meadow
Mountain Road. These are the
people on the one side of the fence
that are directly involved in a ma
terial way and not just by words.
In my case, for example, | have
been at the lake for more than
twenty years and have spent over
$4,000 on labor and materials in
the construction of my home and
in the improvement of my prop
erty, and so there are others down
the road whose names appear on the
petition. If these investments can
be interpreted as an attempt to
make private country club out of
the lake, | am pleased to make you
the offer of selling you my mem
bership for the amount of money
that | have invested to enable you
to take a definite stand as to the
private and public interests that
may be involved in the particular
location of a property on the lake.
These investments were made on
the basis of privacy and enjoyment
of property under the solemn laws
of the State of Maryland without
any thought of depreciation by
whimsical locations of state parks.
The enclosed petition completely
refutes the statements in your
paper, that the property owners
as such have no objections to the
proposed location of the state park
and that such objections are raised
by few for selfish ends.
am of the view that publisher
should know about the facts before
he undertakes to indict people that
have reasons to voice their Objec-
tons to indiscriminate locations of
public areas, and if you are inter
ested in acquiring such facts before
exposing duly constituted associa-
tions and its members to the ridi-
culc of your September 8 article, |
shall be pleased to enlighten you
further if you will call upon me at
my cottage.
Very truly yours,
William B. JaSpert
P. S. In view of the misstate-
ments appearing in the publica-
ton, it is requested that you pub
fish my letter in fairness to our
Association.