The Robesonian., 1909-05-03
GOOD ROADS LEG A
TON.
How Counties May Receive Val
liable Aid in Road BUILDING.

liable Aid in Road Building.
The following from a good
roads circular issued by Joseph
Hyde Pratt, State Geologist and
secretary of the North Carolina
Good Roads Association, should
be of special interest to the peo-
pie of Robson county:
One of the acts of a general ma
ture that was passed by the Gen
eral Assembly Of 1909, relates to
good Observation-Disclosures means
of greatly promoting and stimu-
lating the construction of improv-
ed roads in North Carolina. This
act carries with it an appropria-
tion of IS, 900 and, as stated in
the act, the object and purpose
of this appropriation shall be to
enable the North Carolina Geo
logical Board to advise with the
township and county authorities
in building and improvement of
the public roads, by sending to
the township or county a COM
petent road engineer, who will
assist them in locating their i'm
proved roads, advise them as to
the best road to build and how
to build it, and also give advice
relating to the best kind of
| bridge to he blilt in connection
with the improvement of any
road. The Geological Board,
through the State Geologist,
may make inquiries in regard to
systems of road building and
management throughout the
United States and make investi-
cations and experiments in re-
gard to the best methods of
road-making and the best kinds
of road material, and shall dis
seminate such knowledge by
lectures to be given in the diff
ferent counties and by prepar-
ling, publishing and distributing
bulletins and reports on the sub
Ijects OF road improvement, and
shall also gather and tabulate
information and statistics on
road building in North Carolina
and disseminate the same
throughout the State"
| AS will be seen from the above,
it is now possible for the Geologi-
cal Survey to hire engineers who
are competent road builders and
take up with the various counties
and townships who are contem,
plating the construction Of i'm,
proved roads, where to locate
theirroads, what's the best road t(
build, giving consideration to 10
cation, and how to build it. Or
account of the small appropria
ton, it will not always be pcssi
BILE for the Geological Survey t.
send an engineer into county 0
township as soon as the reques
for such assistance is received
but these requests or petition
fer engineering assistance Wi
be filed as received and the engi
neer sent to them in the order o
the receipt of their petition. Be
sides the engineering service tha
the Geological Survey can Civ
to the counties, the State Geolt
gist or one of the engineers e2
poets to give one or more address
es or lectures in each county du1
ing the next twelve months
While there has been no speci;
arrangement made regardin
these lectures, any county mai
ing special requests for such le'
lures to be given, will receiv
first consideration.
Arrangements have been mac
to employ Mr.. W. L. Spoon ;
road engineer for the Geologic
Survey and he will enter upc
his duties about May 1st. NJ
Spoons home is in Alaman'
county, and he is a graduate
the University of North Carolin
He has been devoting himself
the study and construction
good roads for fifteen years ar
during the past seven years h;
been road engineer for the Off
~ of Public Roads of the Unite
q States Department of Agricu
ture. He is considered
the Office of Public Roads as Of
of the best road engineers in til
country and for some features
road engineering he has no equ;
The State Survey is very fort
nate in being able to obtain /
services inasmuch as he is al
thoroughly acquainted with Nor
Carolina, it's very varied geolo@
cal and Typographical conditio
and also knows how to build n
only macadam, but also sand-cl
and gravel roads. His work t
the United States Office Of Pu
lie Roads has carried him il
many States of the Union a
he has had the supervision of t
actual construction of many mi
of macadam, sand-clay and gra
roads. His experience in |
Won't Slight a Good'Friend
eff ever l need cough medic
again | know what to get" decla
Mrs. A. L. Alley of Beals, Me-, ''for,