Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-11

thoroughly with the money you have.
Don't try to build 100 miles with money
enough for only s or 10. Limit your
self to the or 10 miles, do the work we'll,
and don't leave mudholes. Otherwise you
won't get popular approval. Otherwise
people will say, L don't see any differences
between this new method and the old
one
Professor Strahan strongly advocated
the employment OF retention of competent
civil engineers by road building authors
ties and showed where his recommended
ton is sound: Where and how compe-
tent engineers save money for coun-
ty. and how they work toward an effi-
cient system of county roads. They for
mulate the necessary broad plan for COM
petent road Improvement. They act az
an immovable buffer between outraged
property owners and long-suffering COM
missioners when the course of road
is changed. They prevent costly mis-
takes. They are trained to know that
it is never wise to satisfy a macadam
appetite on an earth-road income.
Judge Moore arose when Professor
Strahan finished and commended the
speaker as one of the best he had ever
heard He added to what had been said
about the value of civil engineers by say
ing that the county map they make In
Chatham county is to the tax officers q
thing of beauty and joy forever, for
nobody escapes.
s. w. Kellar superintendent of road
construction for the United States gov
eminent, was introduced as the next
speaker. Mr. Kellar talked with the conf
plete knowledge of his subject that a
long. practical experience gives him. He
touched on a number of little points OF
value to road builders. He dealt princi-
pally with gradings and the construction
of sand-clay roads.
c. C. Buchanan, county road commits
sioner of Ware county, reported on a
system of road accounting which was
inaugurated in Ware county and which
% counties of the state are now using.
At 1 o'clock the morning session adj
journed for lunch, to resume at o'clock
for general discussion, election of officers
and final adjournment
Judge w. F.. Eve will not be candi-
date for reelection as president, as he
has ceased to be an officer in charge OF
| bodybuilding and is. therefore. not ELI
gible.
The following resolutions by W. j.
Fakes, of Conyers. and Frank c. Man
son, will be acted upon Wednesday af-
ternoon:
Whereas, we have for ten months.
under the recent convict act, had tbs
benefit of the convict labor on our pub
lie roads, and opportunity of giving an
intelligent test of comparative cost and
efficiency of said system with free la
Dor, and find that we can work this labor
at less than half the cost of free labor
with more than double\the results:
Therefore. be it resolved, That the
Georgia Federation of Road Authorities.
! in convention assembled, hereby express
approval of the new convict system;
commentator of the efficiency of the
prison department working it, regret ar
the death of Judge Turner: congratula-
| ton on appointment of Judge Hutchins;
and request that the prison board amend
| rule :, page g. OF pentitentiary rules by
substituting daylight and dark for
sunrise and sunset in regulation as
to when convicts shall be taken out to
work and brought back.