Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-01-26
f. Ill. Hyatt Reviews Situation
in General Way.
THE NEED OF Co OPERATION
Eleventh. Annual Session Good Roads
Association-Many Addresses by
Prominent Men.

was brought ont that the good roads
question in this State is just aeplam,
business proposition, the people will
have to face in the a future. A
highway commission and a highway
engineer were Endorsed in many OF
the addresses before the sessions. a
bond issue for road Improvement was
also approved by many. 1t was the
of the meeting that more in
telligent road building is needed in
South Carolina.
There were present at all the SEES
siens men Of every profession In
South Carolina. They were here for
a purpose, as shown by the great
interest displayed in all of the
|, speeches delivered. From the sentl-
ments expressed at the sessions, it
is evident that there will be no
more good roads talk and agitation,
but good roads work. The delegates
were urged by the speakers to do
something and do it now.
Ever, county was represented at
The meeting. There were a number
of the legislators present.
Col. James Cosgrove. Of Charles
ton, S. c., made an address on drain
age and good roads. DR.. NJ. w.
Twichell spoke on practical Points
on Good Road Material"
The sand-clay road vas discussed
bv Supervisor Owens of Richland
county. Mr.. Owens has a national
reputation as a good roads builder.
Practical talks we're also made by
Fingal C. Black and other engineers.
Possibly the most interesting part
of the programme was the annual
reports of the work done by the
county supervisors. There were q
number of the supervisors In at
tendance.
Eyatt's Review Of Work.
Below is given the report of F. h.
Hyatt, reviewing the good roads
situation.
when I go back ten years ago.
and find the little handful of super
visors and commissioners and q few
public spirited citizens of the State,
assembled at that time, trying to or
eanize and systematic a plan by
which they could establish a method
of BODYBUILDING which would come
within the reach of the supervisors,
with their limited means, to build.
good roads; and then as | have at
tended the different conventions
from year to year, and have seen the
development and the increased in
terest from time to Time; and .es-
pecialIy, the interest that is being
taken all over the State at this
present time, l do not hesitate to.
Say that it is simply marvellous.
"Within the past twenty months
there has been a general concert OF
action between the various States,
looking to the establishment and de-
velopment Of public highways con-
Meeting the various States with hrst-
class roads.
"The Capital City Highway asso-
citation was organized and Mr.: Leon
ard Tufts, of Pinehurst. N. C., was
elected president; and he, with the
assistance Of quite "a number OF
prominent men, have located the
road from Richmond, Cheraw, Pine
hurst, Darlington, Huntsville, Cam
den, Columbia, and on to Augusta.
This road is also being built, and
will soon be open to the traffic OF
the automobile and to the public In
general.
"Another road has been mapped
out, leading from Columbia to
Orangeburg, and on to Charleston;
and this road is also being put In
order.
81 find, in talking to a great
many of the supervisors that M OF
the greatest drawbacks to road
building in this State is the want OF
means. Some suggest special levy;
others advise a bond issue. | an sat-
isied that the general public arc
perfectly willing to be taxed for q
reasonable amount.
The Southern Appalachian Good
Roads convention was organized at
Asheville, N. c., in October Of last
year. The convention opened on the
9Th and closed on the 7th of the
month. This good roads association
was organized in order to create an
interest and concert of action be-
tween the States of Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
and Tennessee. with a view Of CO.
operating with the officers of public
roads of the United States depart
ment of agriculture, the National
Good Roads association, the State
Good Roads association. and other
organizations Of like nature; also to
promote proper legislation in the
different States> Which shall lead to
the improvement of the highways Of
the several States; to encourage and
stimulate the various counties in
these States to locate and construct
good roads advocated by the con-
vention; to assist in the organization
of local good roads associations;
and to do. all things necessary and
possible. to promote the betterment
of the common roads in the several
counties Of the State mentioned.
eve find from actual experience
that macadam roads are very ex-