Huge Roads Program Planned for 1953 by State SRC
The Maryland State Roads Commission outlined a 15 year 430 million dollar program for 1953, to be presented to the Legislative Council and then the 1953 Legislature. Chairman Russell H. McCain urged planning 25 to 30 years ahead, stressing traffic volume and proper engineering, with aims to elevate Maryland among the nation’s best road states.
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State Roads Commission
Legislative Council
Russell H. McCain
Service Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Frederick Src
Maryland
McCain
SRC
United States
Ohio
California
Frederick roads plan eyed for Route 40 and more
The article notes surveys and bids for a new Route 40 from Ridgeville to the Monocacy, with Frederick poised for a dual highway to Baltimore. It covers the Frederick Washington controlled access road tying to MacArthur Boulevard and River Road, with a 22 month District planning period, and hints at Route 15 improvements and a possible city to Pennsylvania line road in the future. Frederick is called a golden spot for road construction due to major highway intersections, and SRC remains responsible for Patrick and Market streets with $87,000 spent on resurfacing, while policing and snow removal stay under municipal authority. East Street extension plans will be submitted to SRC for approval.
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Chesapeake Bay
Commission
Baltimore City
Baltimore Harbor
National Capital Park Planning Commission
Washington
Prince Georges
Montgomery
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McCain
Baltimore-Washington
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
New England
Carolinas
Ridgeville
Frederick
Baltimore
Frederick- Washington
District of Columbia
MacArthur Boulevard
River Road
Massachusetts Avenue
Emmitsburg
Pennsylvania Line
Patrick
Market
Frederick City
East Street
Charrtman
Route 40 Modernization Plans Stir Up Traffic Hopes
Douglas Wright of Hagerstown noted one way street changes and Route 40 upgrades from the Route 40 intersection across Braddock Mountain will be worthwhile with expected heavy traffic. McCain outlined improvements at the Route 40 Route 40 A junction. Kiwanian guests included Zimmerman Kinsey Hummel Thompson and Clapp Jr with Mes sersmith presiding.
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South Street
Braddock Mountain
McCain
Oon
Douglas Wright
Hagerstown
Melvin Zimmerman
Gwynn Kinsey
Gene Hummel
Byron W. Thompson
Robert E Clapp
James Messersmith
George Smith
Beall seeks land to honor fallen Maryland soldiers in Brooklyn
Rep Beall introduces a bill to allow the Secretary of the Army to acquire a plot in Brooklyn, New York, where 256 Maryland soldiers from the Battle of Brooklyn on August 27, 1776, are buried. The measure aims to honor those veterans by establishing a memorial site.
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Washington
Beall
Secretary of the Army
Brooklyn
N.Y
Maryland
Petroleum Council Questions Coal Gasoline Cost Claim
The National Petroleum Council committee said the Government Bureau of Mines misleads by claiming gasoline from coal can cost 12 cents per gallon. It added that revised November estimates do not lower the 41 cent cost figure, calling coal hydrogenation production “fantastic” and not feasible amid the defense emergency.
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Washington
National Petroleum Council
Committee On
Governments Bureau of Mines
Mines Bureau
W. S. Rodgers
The
Texas Company
Emerg
Economic gas from coal viewed as costly
Rodgers called the plan wasteful and said more research would be required. He argued economic production of gasoline from coal is a long way off. The report cites earlier claims that the Bureau of Mines underestimated plant costs by 47.5 million dollars, housing costs by 55 million, and working capital by 19 million.
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Ency
Rodgers
Council
Bureau of Mines
Waldorf recreation center gutted by fire in relayed water shortage
Fire crews relayed water over a 14 mile round trip to douse a blaze that destroyed the Waldorf recreation center. The cinder block and wood building burned to the ground with damage estimated at 75000 dollars. No water was available at the site, and portable tanks on trucks helped supply water.
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Waldorf
Waldorf Recreation Center
Firefighting Effort Fails To Save Dying Property
In Frederick Maryland on a cold January day thirteen fire companies battled a blaze that spread to seven miles to Zekiah Swamp. Attorneys Sheffield Jr. and Edwin F. Nikirk represented the plaintiff and defendant respectively. No injuries were reported.
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Frederick, Md
Trirtezn ~ Sheffield, Jr
Edwin F. Nikirk
Zekiah
Granted Divorce For Thelma Tomlin In Circuit Court
Thelma E. Tomlin was granted an absolute divorce from John G Taormlin in circuit court on Tuesday. She received custody of the two children and Associate Judge Patrick M Schnauffer ordered the defendant to pay the costs. Wilbur F.
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John G Taormlin
Patrick M Schnauffer
Wilbur F
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