The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-01
FQR GOOD ROADS
lNDFOREoTRYW WORK
State Geological Board in
Annual Meeting
FOR ADVANCED WORK

With Il Review Of the Past Years
Work the Board Plans For Ad-
yanced Steps This Year For Good
Roads, Forestry Work and the In
vestigation Of the State Swamp
Islands.
The annual meeting Of the Geologic
cal Board of the North Carolina Geo
logical and Economic Survey. was
chairman, Frank r. Hewitt, of Ashe-
Vile; C. S. Vann, Of Edenton, and
Joseph Hyde Pratt, State Geologist,
held in the Governors office WedneS-
day morning. Governor Kitchin,
being in attendance.
The State Geologist submitted his
report Of the work accomplished by
the survey during the past year, which
was read and approved. The plans Of
the urVey work for the next fiscal
year were carefully considered. and
resolutions were passed outlining the
work. The Importance OF the good
road work and the drainage investi-
cations were especially emphasized,
and the Geological Survey will con
tinuc the vigorous campaign for good
roads that they have been carrying
on during the past year 1t is the de-
sire Of the State Geoiogist to have lee
lures and addresses on good roads
S'S IL C'Ci oeh W ~ S@>N >NN
as far as possible give engineering as
Sistance to the counties in the location
and construction OF their roads, and
also information and advice regarding
che localities and type of bridges to
build.
During the past six months the
Highway Engineer, w. L. Spoon, has
given engineering assistance to the
following:
Craven County: Granville County;
ro oanI shs,tv re ?TnnnjPin c 1rana11a
County; Lincolnton, Lincoln Cunty;
Red Springs, Robeson County: Glib
son, Scotland County; Lee County;
kittrell, Granville County; Morven
Township, Arson County; WadesbOro,
County; Andrews, Cherokee County;
Catawba County; Winston. Forsythe
County; Reidsville, Rockingham
County; Smithfield, Johnston county;
Wake County; Guilford County; Alta
pass, Mitchell County; rutherford
County; Alamance County; Wilkes
bOrO. Wilkes County Buncombc Coun-
~. and Jackson County.
He made addresses at Stantonsburg,
Sanford, Morven, Marshall, huntsville,
Spruce Pine, Bakersville, Ienoir, Nor
anton Marion, Fairview, henderson,
Vile, Rrevard, ~Waynesville, Webster,
Franklin, RrysOn City, Murphy, Co
INDUS huI1eII OIulDll, 1JchiilSloI-
Mockstille, Scotland Neck and Ashe-
bOrO.
MIR. Falls assisted US in engineer
ing work at Andrews. Cherokee Coun-
ty. and FranklintOn, Franklin County.
The State Geologist has made ad-
dresses at New Bern, S~tantonsburg.
Sanford, Marshall, huntsville, Spruce
Pine, Boone, Lenoir, Hendersonville,
PreVard, Rntherfordton. Winston-Sa-
lem. Asheville and Raleigh.
The North Carolina Drainage Act,
passed by the Legislative of 1909. has
been most favorably received by those
interested in the drainage Of the
swamps OF Eastern North Carolina.
while the act is Just as applicable to
the reclamation of over-how"6 '"n@s
in Western and Piedmont North Car
olina, 1t has received greater consid-
GRAFTON from the people Of the East,
where the situation relative to the
reclamation Of swamp and overflowed
lands IS more acute. Since the pass
age of the act petitiOns have been
made for 16 drainage districts, which
will include something like $50, 600
acres. AS the Geological Survey has
been the father of the drainage move
ment i'll the State. it has kept in close
touch with all these drainage dis
tricts, and as authorized by the act
mas IN each case anpOinte1 the Drain
age Engineer for the district.
investigation will be continued as
to the sale of the swamp lands and
determine what are capable Of being
prOftahly drained.
The State G~eologist is authorized tc
continue the cooperative traverse
map work with those counties thai
desire such a map made Of thei,
county. Five counties, Beaufort
Pitt, Franklin, Granville and Cleo
land are already cooperating in thi:
work.
Forestry Investigation will include
q study OF the timber of the
State. This has already been done ir
the sixteen noSt western counties ir
North Carolina. and the Investigation
WILL he continued In thf. Piadmnn1