The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-11-02
PEOPLE MUST HELP
IN BUILDING ROADS.
IMPOSSIBLE TO COVER THE COUNTY WITH
CHAIN GANG At ONCE
TO USE A SPL|T-LOG DRAG

TO USE A SPuT-LOG DRAG
Supervisor WayIand Writes Timely
Letter Urging Overseers to Help
Work on Roads.
The great problem before the
road makers of Dillon county to-
day is the same that is before a
great many of the counties through
out the State. This is to build per-
manently good roads, and, at the
same time, give proper attention to
maintaining the rest of the roads.
There are many places through
out the county where attention is
badly needed, and a little work
would go a long way. Some poor
roads have gone very much to the
bad in certain spots, and some good
roads are suffering from wear. A
very little work, done in the right
place and in the right way, would
correct the evil nine times out of
ten. But there are a great many
such places, and a little work in
each place means vast amount of
work in all. The question is how
are we going to get it done.
1t is entirely out of the question
to try to do this work with the
chain gang. In the first place it
would be too enormously expensive.
The chain gang is heavy outfit,
requiring a lot of work to move it,
and to lose a day OF its time would
be wasting enough money to do
the necessary odds and ends of work
over severa: miles of the average
road. We must have some perma-
n oh 70 oh
for the money spent and work done,
or else give up the idea of having
good roads at all. Build good roads
and the money will be permanently
invested to the great good of the
county. Do little work here, a
little there, and the money will be
sunk in the ground. Consider the
results obtained at the end of two
or three years, say. On the one
hand we will have some strictly
first class roeds and be in fair
way to complete a system of them
that will make use of our excellent
native road material and will extend
throughout the entire county. On
the other hand We will have moth
ing to show for what he have spent,
the money sunk in the ground,
and the chances of getting good
roads at all greatly lessened.
A small floating gang, equipped
to travel easily and do such work
as is in it's line, is very badly
needed. But even this gang, pro-
vided 1t was available, would not
be the proper instrument to use on
the work in question. 1t should
be used on work that is too heavy
for the overseerers to tackle alone,
and too light to warrant using the
chain gang. There are plenty of
just such places
Ninety per cent Of the poor roads
could be kept in a thoroughly SER
viceable condition, and all of the
good roads in perfect repair, by
either dragging them or else giving
them the services of one man with
a mule, cart and some few tools
for every section of ten or fifteen
miles, say. But even this cannot
be done in a day, for there are too
many miles to be covered.
So the only alternative for i'm
mediate relief is for us to look TO
the people themselves. With the
cooperation of the people them
selves the county forces can &C
complish a great deal, and make a
wonderful change for the better.
The county will do all within its
power and will gladly render all
possible assistance, but it must have
the active cooperation of the peo-
pie to make its efforts count.
A miniature floating gang in the
shape of three men with a team
of mules, wagon, drag and tools
will be put on the roads at once
to travel from place and do such
work as is needed most Another
one, of similar proportions, will be
put on the road with the sole duty
of looking after bridges.
- These two parties will be able to
do great deal of good wherever
they go, but this good can be made
a hundredfold more If the people
join in the work of getting all of
the roads into as good shape as
possible and then keeping them
there. There is no reason on earth
why Dillon county should not have
roads as fine as any in the state, or
better, and the time is coming when
1t will. The materials are here, the
people are here;g get the two to-
gether and the roads that we can
build will be shining example TO
every other county in the State OF
South Carolina.
Edwin M. Wayland, c. r.
Woman Routs 2 Burglars.