The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-11-10
DlLLoN BEST AuTo RouTE.
Kepor OF Engineers Favors North
Caroline Route. hut Viftualiy
Admits That Dillon Route

carolina Route. hut Virtually
Admits That Dillon Route
Is Best.
The report of the engineers on
the proposed Wilmington TO Char
lotte auto highway admits that the
best route is by Way of Dillon and
Depnettsviile, but there seems to be
prejudice againht leaving North
Carolina and dropping down into
South Carolina. The report admits
that the roads bysway of Dillon are
better and thas<eaistahce is shorter.
Just what action will be taken by
the committee remains to be seen
The report on the North Carolina
route, SO far as roads and bridges
are concerned, is not very favorable
and che distance is greater. The
pathfinding car that came by Dillon
on the return trip did not follow
the Fair Bluff route, but the car
was detoured by waylof Lumberton.
Had the Fair Bluff route been fol-.
lowed the distance would have been.
about 20 miles shorter Following
is the report OF Mr.. Nv. D. Mcmillan
who drove the Chalmers 80 on the
pathfinding trip:
Return Tour by Alternate Routes.
October 20.-Pathfinder f.. NJ. f.
so left Charlotte at 4:05 p. m. Pas
sengers, w. ID. Mcmillan, owner and
! driver; II. dew. Raphlje, ]. G. Nc
Eachern and w. A. Riley. Took
the same route to Mbnroe as cover
ed by thSsE car on trip out. Passed
Matthews8ht S4:45, tz.1 miles. Ar,
rived Monroe atl6:fp p. M f26.7
Iniles. Stopped here aS minutes and
took on Mr.. Armfield\at Monroe as
guide. Left Monroe at GAS o.. IN.
! l~yil
over Richardson's Creak. At 3O.6
miles turned off to fright from
Marshville road toward Cheraw. At
3S miles crosses LaDe's Creek. At
~ miles crossed South Carolina
line, near Brown Z Creek bridge.
Roads hilly and poorly graded. AT
1855 y. m. passed Ruby, S. c., cr6ss-
ing branch of s. A. l.. r. r. At
1925 p. m, arrived at Chesterfield,
5. C., and dropped guide Intelit
gent grading being done on road be-
tween Chesterfield land CheTaw
some steep hills being cut down. At
12 miles crossed s. A. l.. r. r.,
chesterfield and Gheraw branch.
AT ii:S6 p. m, arrived Cheraw, S.
; G., distance 73.1 miles from Char
! lotto. Stopped five minutes for di-
: rectlons. Crossed branch s. A. L.
Il. R. at 1872 miles, At 1877 miles
crossed. steel bridgN over Pee Dee
j, river aBout 400X feet long. Al
e Cheraw the coastal \plane is enter
ed and road is generally level from
a here to Wilmington. Some bad
n sand just oqkide of Gheraw Cross
= cd branch sotPS.. A. L. lat 1873 miles
a At Ills am, arrived at Bennetts.
5 vile. s. G.. distancet S7.S miles
stopped over night eere.
I October 21.--Left Bennettsville
: at 7:45 a. m, speedmeter readius
e S9:4 miles on start, Crossed two
: railroads sO.2 miles. Good leveI
sand clay roads from this point to
Little Rock, S. CT Crossed a. C. L.
Z Clio and Latta branch, at s8.S
miles. Crossed North and South
/ Carolina railroad 1885, arrived al
q Little Rock, s. c., at 9:0S a. IN.
} distance 1924 miles. From this
r point a detour of 10 miles was mad,
: to Dillon, s. c., and return to OBJ
tain information. Re-route via
{ Dillon, Fair Bluff and. Ghadbourn,
n: g.. hnt:.pafty" advised that
Lamber river swamps near Fair
! Bluff would be impossible on ac-
count. of heavy rains
Left Little Rock at 1908 a. M,
crossed Little Pee Dee. river on. poor
, wooden BRIDGE, HOB miles. One
. mile of deep sand in river flats sub
ject to overflow. AT 10:45. a. M,
arrived at Rowland, N. c., I1S.
miles. Joined by DIR. Smith and
party in Buick car, who acted as
pilots the next five miles. Left
! Rowland at 11:12 a. m. At 126.
miles crossed A. C. l.. railroad, Ell
rod branch. at Raynham, N. C. At
l2:35 p. m. arrived at Lumberton,
". c., distance from Charlotte 1873. l
miles. Stopped for dinner. Joined
by Mr.. A. NJ. White and party, in
another. e. N. F.. 80, who acted as
pilot for the next eight miles. Left
Lumberton at 2.25 p. m, crossing
railroad at 1881 and 1902 miles.
Left WhitevilleI road at 142.5 miles
and took little used road for Bla-
denboro. At 1877 miles crossed
.. A; l.. railroad at Attention: cross
, ed Pole Camp Swamp on cause
, way and several small bridges,
emerging, emerging after about one
mile. At 1881 miles and 1892
miles went throushfs12 inches OF
, water In swamp 700 feet wide and
! arrived at Bladenboro at 3.44 D. m,
! distance 1888 miles Crossed s. A.
IL. at this point AS directed fol-
lowed very wet and little used
,, woods roads for about two miles
, AT 4:12 p. M. 1882 miles crossed
> ;. 2. L.. r. r. at Abbottsburg. AT
1908 entered good, newly built
sand clay roads, extending to Clark
ton. At 4:26 p. m. arrived at
Clarkton, distance 1925. Met by
.. l.. Clark and others and took on
Mr. Currie as guide. Left CIarkton
at 4:39. Crossed Brown Marsh
swamp from 1914 to 1851 miles.
-Four bridges from 20 to 100 feet
long. Crossed s. A. l.. at 167. 9