The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-05-16
WAKE COUNTY AND THE Gen
TRIAL HIGHWAY.

for the value Of these being clearly
apparent. No argument is needed by
the men who use the roads CONNER
ciaIly to show hat they are not alone
money savers, but money makers, n
those who use the roads only Incl
dentally find a value in quicker travel
and in less repairing Of vehicles.
The great value Of good roads to the
State was the moving cause in the
passing of an act to provide for the
construction Of a Central Highway
extending 400 miles across North Car
DINA from Beaufort Harbor to the
Tennessee line, and that this move
ment Is receiving the enthusiastic sup
port Of the people Of h counties
through which it is to pass Is proof
that there was a need for such a great
public highway. The warm recep-
ton given to the Central Highway
Trustees in their initial tour through
eastern North Carolina is a good omen
for the success Of the movement. With
each of the nineteen counties giving
aid the difficulties to be met will be
easily overcome and the Central High
way will be an accomplished fact.
Today the Central Highway party
will be in Raleigh to present the mat
ter to the citizens Of Wake and there
should be a warm welcome given to
these patriotic men who without pay
are giving their time and services for
the public good. Particularly warm
should be the welcome in Raleigh and
Wake county for here was born the
idea Of the Central Highway, the act
providing for it having been passed
ment of the Wake County Good Roads
Association. The good roads advo-
Gates Of Wake county having fathered
the bill they should continue in the
good work and give the greatest Of
aid In the work for the construction
of the highway.
At a meeting Of the Wake County
Good Roads Association in the court
house here the matter of good roads
not alone for Wake county, but for
the State was discussed and by resolu-
ton a meeting Of representatives from
the nineteen counties through Which
the highway is to pass was called. This
meeting was held in Raleigh in the
court house during the session Of the
Legislature, and at the meeting, at
tended by owe two hundred people.
With representatives present from six
teen Of the nineteen counties to be on
the route, the bill to be presented to
N1e Legislature was discussed and
adopted. This measure was put in the
hands Of Senator J.. L. Barham, Of
Wayne, and Representative r. D. Cole
the Senate and House. 1t met with
absolutely no opposition and was made
into a law in the closing days Of the
General Assembly,, the nineteen trus:
tees, one from each county. being
named in the act. At the organization
of the Board of Trustees, the meeting
held in this city, Mr.. H. B. Warner. Of
Lexington, was elected chairman; Mr..
Edward E. Britton, of Raleigh. Sec
Goldsboro, treasurer. :.
The Board of Trustees have gon
actively to work to push forward for
the construction of the highway, and
in pursuance Of this have not alone
secured from the Boards Of County
Commissioners financial aid for pre-
llminary work, but have inaugurated
a our Of the counties on the route.
This week meetings have been held at
Morehead City, New Bern, Kinston.
Goldsboro and Smithfeld, and TODAY
the meeting is to be held in Raleigh.
At each Of the meetings thus far held
there has been great enthusiasm and
it is expected this will be duplicated
in Raleigh today. In June there will
be a tour Of the twelve counties to
the west Of Raleigh beginning with
Madison and coming to Wake. The
news from the west is most
aging for the Central Highway, and