4 Yes’ vote urged to save rails ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Voters in at least nine Maryland counties have their vital interests on the ballot in the form of Question 16 which would allow the state to step in and save nine rural rail lines. TRAILERS Trailers for every purpose at low factory outlet prices! Model so? Save now on the best trailers on the market today! Capacities from 1000 to 30,000 lbs. • I, 2 or 3 cycles • Frame 6' 4" x 49" • Two T long cycle rails • 1180 to 1430 lbs • Loading ramp • Extra cycle rail (optional) SALE! SAVE ss! GN 42096 BFR 30 FLAT SED GOOSENECK TRAILERS • Bogie axle/over wheel • Beaver tail • Wt Capacity 30,000 lbs • Overall length 31' 0" • Bed length 20' 0" • Loading width 96" SALE! SAVE ft! The Maryland Agricultural Commission has unanimously gone on record urging all Marylanders to vote “Yes” on Question 16 which ap pears on the November 2nd ballot. 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But, as Commission Chairman William Klein wachter of Preston says, “The question, as worded on the ballot, does not make it clear what is at stake. The legal wording refers to “internal improvements” and does not mention railroads. “What is involved,” Kleinwachter said, “is authority for’the Maryland Department of Tran sportation to spend funds for desperately needed repair work on the nine rail lines involved. At present, the Maryland Constitution forbids the state or its agencies from spending money for such proposes. “The lines, eight on the Eastern Shore and one that comes from the Penn sylvania State Line through Carroll County to Frederick, are presently so badly deteriorated that it is im possible to provide adequate service over them, much less think about providing more service. “If they can not be quickly repaired they will die from not being able to- do the amount of business needed to keep them viable. The state has contracted with the new Federal rail operation, Con- Rail, to operate them and to as low as Model 907 SALE! SAVE ft! help subsidize the operation <on a day to day basis, but no provision has yet been made to do vitally needed repair work. Con-Rdil doesn’t have the funds to do it and unless Question 16 is approved by Maryland voters, the state won’t be able to do the repairs. “The state money involved would not come from bonds but would come from the regular transportation trust fund which is administered by the Maryland Depart ment of Transportation. The long range goal is to get the lines upgraded so that they can be operated at a profit and then turned over to solvent, private rail firms. “Loss of these lines would pose a great threat to agriculture and many related agri-businesses in Frederick, Carroll, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Caroline, Talbot, Dorchester, Wicomico and Worcester Counties which now depend on these lines for heavy movement of bulk goods such as fertilizer, feedstuffs, chemicals, equipment and packaging materials. There are other, non-agricultural businesses which now use these lines and would prefer to use them more if they can provide adequate service at reasonable speed. Condition of much of the trackage of these lines now is so poor that a bare minimum speed F8217968FR-15 HEAVY EQUIPMENT TRAILERS • 8 ft width • Bed lengths 12' 6" to 27' 0" • 6000 to 30,000 lbs wt cop • Pintle eye or (oose neck hitch • Single, tandem or tn axle • Loading or flip up ramps SALE! SAVE ss! 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Katherine Smiley par ticipated in a panel discussion on her function as an advisory committee member in “Designing Programs for the Future.” Trudy Dougherty, Chester County Extension home economist, presented a slide presentation on “Learning to Live With Inflation, It’s Here to Stay.” The slides described the many workshops, newsletters, and multi-county efforts to help families evaluate their financial security. Featured speakers at the seminar included James M. Beattie, Dean of the College of Agriculture and director of the Cooperative Extension Service at Penn State; Thomas B. King, associate Extension director; Helen E. Bell, coordinator of Extension family living programs; Emory J. Brown, assistant director for Extension programming; Mary Allen Jolley, director of public affairs, American Home Economics Association; and Richard C. Hyde, senior vice president of Hill and Knowlton, Inc. 31
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