Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-07-06
AUGUSTUS GOOD ROAD ASSOCIATION
The Committee Renders Its Report-A
Sketch Of the Proposed Law.

The labOrS of the committee appoint
ed by the chairman of the August
County Good Roads Association hav
been completed. 1t will be remen
bered that when the association wa
organized last spring certain resolu
tions were adopted, part whereof
now published setting forth the OF
ljects and principles of the association
as follows:
1st. The object of this association
to adopt e general system of perma
nent road improvement for August
county.
I'd. Resolved by this association tina
the chairman of this association d.
appoint three members from each dis
trict Or township, who shall be com
lmittee with the chairman OF this meet
ing, who shall be the chairman Of tht
committee. and said committee shall
form plan of general road improve
ment to be drafted into bill to b.
passed by the legislature into law
and be reported to future meeting
of this association.
Sd. That the chairman of this assO
citation be given the authority to cal
future meetings of this association.
4th. That the citizens of Staunton
are invited to become members OF this
association.
5th. That this association is non po-
litical in its character, except so far as
it may be necessary to secure the OBJ
jects of the association.
9th. That the committee be required
to state the rate OF taxation necessary
to carry their plan into effect, and to
report the same to the association.
Pursuant to the above resolutions
Chairman H. Jordan, of the associa-
tion. appointed the following COM
mittee Beverly Manor-H. q. Eich-
elber, H. D. Peck, D. A. Snyder; Riv-
erheads- w. w. Sproul, J. w. Wal
lace. D. s. Condor; South Riyer-W.
F. Brand, J. W. Paul, DR.. w. b.
Dodge; North River-R. E. Borum, J.
T. Hiner, DR.. James Clarke; Middle
River-J. s. Richey, H. G. Barnhart,
l. B. Kagy; Pastures-Dr j. s. Blair,
D. B. Taylor, J. W. Montgomery.
No doubt the public ere viewing the
association as a thing of the past and
the work of the committee as cloves
labor lost" but far from it. The facts
are, there has scarcely been day since
the appointment of the committee,
that labor has not been spent on devils
ing system and incorporating that
system into bill for remedial relief.
Nor has this committee been idle as
may be presumed by some, but they
have been studying with care and
pains, taking the systems employed
and the ways and means adopted by
other States and counties on the i'm
portant subject of better public high
ways The committee beg in submit
ting the following brief synopsis of
their labors that the public will bear
in mind that it is impossible to please
all men, and cover every condition
public end private and conscious of
the fact that human judgement is not
infallable, they have endeavored as
best they could to draft such system
as will best serve the public good with
out fear or favor to any man. Briefly
then you are invited and entitled to
know the radical features proposed
and the changes they ask to be made
In our road laws and something of the
system devised and yet to be reported
to the association.
The bill in itself is too long for pub
lication and is in part as follows:
1st. Be it enacted that all the public
roads in Augusta county shall be un.
der the control. care and general direc-
tion Of the Board of Supervisors of said
county; who shall provide for the erec-
| tion and maintenance of suitable and
necessary bridges and culverts, and
the making. relocation, repair and
maintenance of the public roads within
said county as provided and author
lied by this act.
End. The road boards Of the several
districts, and the offices of road COM
missioner and road director are discon-
tinued. Their powers vesting in the
Board Of Supervisors.
3rd. The Office ofcounty superintend-
ent Of public roads is created and filled
by competitive examination and ap-
pointive by said Board of Supervisors
to continue for two years.
4th. Said superintendent is the exc
cutive officer of said board and subject
to their control. Heshall have charge
of all the road work of Augusta coun'
ty and shall not be engaged in any othel
business or employment. He shall ex.
Iecute bond, etc., fol- faithful discharge
of his duties which are stated in clear
concise terms.
5th. Said Board of Supervisors are
empowered to have the building or re-
pair of bridges or roads Or any part
thereof done by contract, etc.
\ 9Th. 1t is the purpose of this act thai
the Board of Supervisors shall adopt q
jsystem Of continuous road mainten
ance and a system of gradual perma
Inent road Improvement of the principle
Iroads of each district. They shall re
Igulate the number of hours to consti
Itute days labor to be done and per
Horned on the public roads of sait
Ieounty; and pass any ordinance O.
make any provision regulating th
construction, extention and division
of the roads of said county. They ma
Iestablish one or more rock quarries il
each district from which suitable ms
Iterial can be had for macadamlzatio
land may establish rock stations an