Smyrna times., 1910-07-13
MOVE FOR PERMANENT
GOOD ROADS IN KENT
MILFORD ASSOCIATION ASKS
FOR PIKE ROAD TO FREDERICK
Kent Court Votes to Give 5000 to
Start Road.-U. S. Engineer As
signed to the Work

Start Road.-U. S. Engineer AS
signed to the Work
A lively good roads hustle was
made in the Kent Levy Court late
Tuesday afternoon of last week when
the new Milford Good Roads Asso-
citation, formed by nearly 100 citi-
zens of that town to get Immediately
at the good roads problem, appeared
in the Levy Court room bv a commit
tee-Dr. G. Layton Grier, j. B.
Smith, j. Harry Latchum and DR..
W. F. Hoey. DR.. Grier gave sum-
mary of the work the association
had accomplished in having the roads
and natural soils examined by United
States engineers and experts from
the Department of Agriculture. AS
a result, gentlemen, said DR.. Grier,
1--WE have come here to ask that you
let us take the eight-mile stretch of !
road between Milford and Frederick, |
one of the most important roads in |
Delaware, and make of it a perma-
nent pike. If you will the United
! States Government will send an engi-
neer to reach here July 20 and take
full charge of the work. You will
find on this road as we did, excellent
soil right there for road building
and a gravel quarry not far away
These materials, the Government en-
gineer has Informed US, will make as
good if not better roads than per
manent store road.
DR.. Hoey Strong for Good Roads
DR.. w. F. Hoey asked that the
county approve this course aid also
give some financial aid beside $3.50
which Commissioner Carmean of Mil
ford had in his good roads fund and
is ready to expend outright. Dr.
Hoey took occasion to say that the
new road built by Commissioner Sapp
between Frederick and FELTON, is the
finest in Delaware to-day, that it was
practically straight-away pike and
without a flaw. He was applauded
by several Levy Courtmen. DR..
Hoey declared that he had been
riding over the roads of this county
for twenty-five years and in Fact
; knew many of the roads of Della
ware. The proposed road was one of
the most generally used and travelled
. roads in the State and while condi-
tions were improving this road is
getting worse. There are two
! miles of good road on the Milford
end and about mile on the Frederick
end. J. R. Smith believed that with
81, 900 they could make of this road
a pike. Nine split-log drags had
already been purchased at the expense
of the association and would be
donated for the construction and then
the upkeep. "We cannot build
stone roads in this county" added
! President Sapp, without burdening
+: our people to a ruinous extent. We
/ have enough materials in the soil
I here: all we want is labor and syste.
I matte building The Milford dele
CATION agreed to this and further
pressed their appeal on this account,
that the people might see what ex.
perts could do with their own roac
materials.
Levy Court Votes 5000 For Pike Reac
The Lev, Court approved the plar
and voted to advance 5000. Mr.
Carmean agreed to give his $3.50
The engineer was notified by DR.
: Grier to come prepared to build the
" pike. During the Levy Court meet.
is ing there was a rumor about the
70 court that the new Leipsic Bridge
had probably settled because of tht
heavy rains, and Commissioner Trua1
o called on Mr.. Bryan, representative
's of the Canton Bridge Company
builders, to make an appointment
: with a committee of the court to in
spect the bridge and see what tn
trouble was and remedy it. Mr.
Bryan made the appointment for hi
foreman and Messrs. Gooden, Harpe
re and Sapp were appointed committe
y to also inspect Lebanon and Barker
Bridges, which need repairing.
. was a bridge building day in cour t..
FIRST TRY-OUT AT RACE TRAC
Spectators at Gentlemen's Driving Par
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