The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28
"GREAT ROADS, ]" SAY EXPERTS Montgomery County Pikes
 Praised. GOVERNMENT MEN MAKE TOUR '.Section Ahead of Most Others in Building Methods" More Trips with co.uty Ensi.eer BuI- len win B. Made Tuesday-on- cial l. Congratulated on
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county En8lneer, J- h. ilooBe anu FH Brown. of the office of good roads Of the United States Department ot Agriculture, took a two and half hodrs' automobile trip over the Mont gomery County roads Monday after noon and inspected almost thirty five miles of the county's highways.
 These two Government officials are in Montgomery for the purpose of inspect ing the conditions of the county roads. to ascertain the methods employed, take photographs and gather data from the investigation. MT. Dodge had an audience with Mfr. Bulien in his office at the Court House Monday morning, and asked him~a series of forty five questions in regard to road construc- ton in this county.
 The party left the Exchange Hotel Monday afternooon at o'clock on their Inspection trip. The officials in- spected the Carter HllI Road. the Mat thews Station Road. and pike road to Mt. Meigs. They returned to Mont gomery late in the afternoon via the Line Creek Road,
 En Route, MT. Brown, the Govern- ment photographer, took four pictures, The first two views were taken about four miles from town at. the fntersec- tion of the Carter Hill and Cook Hiii Roads. The third picture was taken six miles out on the Carter Hill Road, and the fourth snap shot was that or A portion of the Matthews station Road, fourteen miles from Montgom- cry.
 MT. Dodge, when seen Monday even ing at the hotel, said that they found the roads which they Inspected on l, the trip in good condition. except for short section Of tifree miles on the Matthews station Road. where practi- cally no repairs had been made for SIX years. He said that the pike road was l now. being graded and under course oi construction.
 In speaking further about the condi- lions of the roads traversed on the trip. he said that all of them had excellent draining, both tranverse and lonsitudl- nal. and were made safe from all proo- able sources of trouble from water. :. Ha especially praised the condition or fine Iane Creek Road, and said that 1t had all the requirements Of wen tieth century road
 Get high Grades.
 The Government men employ sys- tenn of marking the conditions or the roads by pencil legend. the letter A renresenting good roads. B indicates fair. and c poor roads The greater ,,ortion Of the Montgomery County loads inspected Monday will bs graded with the letter A by the Government men, . a,.s
 when asked how the roads In tpis county compared with the hiEhwayse n other sections of the South ana eppe- cially with the Mobile county roaus' MT. Dodge said: .,,,,b tho Montgomery County roads ,vhica we saw Monday. This county IS ahead of most sections in plans, ana methods of road d-buiiding. Besides tnls' the topography, the soil, the climate, Ana fine materials are all favorable to .,he building of good roads in this county. Montgomery has higher class ana type of roads with better nnisn than Mobile County and here also al. the engineering features are attendeo to-
 Tha nhotographs and data, which are now being gathered by Government men in all sections of the country Will he used in a condensed encyclopedia. to he published by the Department Of Agriculture, on general road conditions, The photographs will also be eventually y used in publications and will be made into slides for lectures.
 MT. Dodge complimented MT. Bulien on the complete map or the couhty roads which hN. recently prepared. and his method of gathering and filing data on road construction. such as the ma teriai used, the labor employed. the cost per mile. and the comparative grading of roads by sections. MT Dodge said that in no place on his trip had he found mofe complete rec ords on this subject than in the offtce of Mir. Bullen.
 The County Engineer will show the Government officials some of the other Montgomery County roads Tuesday morning. They expect to finish their work in this section by Tuesday afterr noon They will leave for Troy where ' they intend to inspect the roads of Pike County.
 At a special meeting of the County Board of Revenue Monday the county was divided into nine road districts. Each section will be placed under the supervision of a foreman with road machine, two teams. two wagons and two iaborers for the purpose of main taining patrol system to keep the roads in good condition. The road hands of each district will be subject to the call of the foreman for ten days road labor or $5 in cash. The money collected will be used on the roads in that section.