Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-01-27
HIGHWAY CHANGES
IN "STEWART LAW"
Changing to Be Employed in Con
struction of Three Main Roads
Through the County.

hAooSAi liiS SOOiitC.
The York delegation in the
General Assembly has got to-
gether on the changes which
were proposed in the Stewart
road law" at the meeting of the
township supervisors some weeks
ago and it is certain that the
differences which marked the
consideration of the bill on the
floor of the house of representa-
tives last session, with Messrs.
Wilson and Hollis on the one
side and Messrs. Glasscock and
Sanders on the other, will not be
repeated this year.
Practically all the changes sug-
gested by the supervisors have
been adopted in the new road
bill, which has already passed
the senate and will probably pass
the house during the week. Last
year Mr.. Wilson opposed the
section of the bill providing for
the construction by the county
chaingang of two main high
ways running east and west and
north and south through the
county, but has now agreed to
this section, since it is also pro-
vided In the amendments to the
road law that the chaingang,
after completing the east and
west and north and south high
ways, be employed in construct
ing a third important highway
to run from Fort Mill to Rock
Hill and thence to McConnells-
willie, connecting at Rock Hill
with the east and west highway
for Yorkville.
The principal changes in the
law are as follows: In section 3
the time in which the forces of
the township supervisors are
to be engaged on the roads is
changed from August to July.
1t is thought that this change
will prove beneficial, in that it
will enable the supervisors to BE-
gin work a month earlier in the
summer. This will mean the
collection of the communication
road tax on the first of July
instead of the first of August as
heretofore.
Section 4 of the original Stew
art law, relating to the cost of
bridges, is changed so that in
stead of the provision for bridges
costing $50 and more, such
bridges are specified as of Is
feet in length. All bridges over
Is feet in length are to be paid
for out of the county bridge
fund, and all Is feet or less are
to be paid for out of the town
ship fund, the township super
visors being responsible for
damages growing out of defects
In such bridges.
With the exception of the
Fort Mill-McConnellsville high
way, section II of the amended
bill carries the original provision
of the Stewart bill as to the two
main highways. 1t is now
provided that the county super
visor use the chaingang in con-
structing the three main high
ways through the county. He
is not required to build macadam
highways, but must grade and
repair the highways and use
gravel and clay when practicable,
the supervisors of the townships
through which the highways pass
being required to cooperate in
the work.
Hereafter the annual meeting
of the township supervisors will
be held on the first Wednesday
after the first Monday in the
year instead of the first Tuesday
arter the first Monday.
Senator Stewart expresses the
opinion to The Times that not
more than two years will be re-
quired for the chaingang to
build the east and west and
north and south highways.
Then the chaingang is to be en-
ployed continuously on the Fort
Mill-McConnellsville highway un-
til it is completed.