Evening journal., 1910-03-02
NEW ROADS FOR
KENT COUNTY
But Levy Court Will Not BOr-
row Under SOper Law to
Make improvements
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER. Del, March 2.-"Bund good
roads?" said President sarp in his scat
I'm the Levy Court yesterday afternoon
when asked II the Levy Court would do
anything this year with the Soper Good
Roads law.
why certainly we Will build good
roads this year / predict that Il Will
be the greatest bodybuilding year the
county has experienced. We built bridg
es all last year; this year we are going
to build roads.
"Ths court viii have $4,000 Of our own
money TO spend on good roads, besides
the road upkeep tax. and we will spend
it on building roads that everybody Will
be proud Of In my district alone /
will have nearly $500 available within
the next few weeks, and have made some
study to spend this accumulation OF
several years. and the re ,oipts for this
sprlng-so that It will do s3.50O worth or
good There will be no trainloads or
stone brought here from everywhere.
road contractors. engineers. clerical
forces and high Office expenditures to
meet The roads will not be built under
this Soper law which would cost Kent
county $4,000 a mile. AT least. I hope
not. But we will have good roads. that
we can stand on, and run on and that
will please our people and not contract
bonds that the farms of this county
must stand good for"
"Then you do not propose to even build
$4,000 Of experimental road under the
soper law"
The Dover Grange, known as Capital
Grange. recently asked the court TO give
the sopcr law triad with S25,Ooo Of bor-
rowod money standard road built as the
law provides.
81 certainly hope not" added Presi-
dent Sapp. very omphaucally. THAT
would surely be casting money 10 the
fourwinds. It would only build a quarter
OF mile of standard macadam road in
each district have forty miles of used
roads In my district where would 7 Sc.
lect this patch Of quarter Of a mieg
mo sir. we cannot borrow money fol
lany such costly expenditures The coun
ties up the road contain big cities viii
manufacturers. thousands of population
commerce and their own quarries Herr
we are "A big rural district and have onll
farms. Borrowed money here becomes
line on all these iarms and they nee
not expect the state 10 ever pay Of thes
bonds-that is not until after New Cas-
tie county Is we'll provided for along tn
same hne Excuse me from such a
trap"
Yesterday az the first March meeting
the Levy Court adopted the following
motion offered by Commissioner Benja
min Donoho:
"That tho Levy Court would like e
meet and discuss matters concerninl
good roads or any other question of pub
lie policy with the oranges Of this coun
ty or their representatives, and that w
ask them TO set the day"
This motion grew out OF tho fact tha
ueveral oranges have met and either
passed motions or appointed committee
to visit the Levy Court and urge that
trial be given TO at least some part o
the Soper Good Roads law
Tho court takes the stand that $40.
O0O-per-mile stone road system could nov
cr be undertaken In this county, that
could not afford to set M offices for en-
ginocrs and clerical forces. with such
costly system TO apply 10 big rura
county like Kent