The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03

oiyiI pHOInPer as IOd0
= IN have charge Of laying out. 10
ao+ing relocating. changing grades
and otherwise altering the feaas, an ~.
~ nrerare plans and estimates loi
chem The work can be let pE con
tract when the good-rOacS coh!h'ia-
sion may elect. and the STATE Is 70
Ia reauested 10 allow the county 1VV
c~onYicts for q roao o o,I IS
entire convict force Of the county =
70 be used. The commission IS &c
elect a county road supeTlntenueEt 20
nave charge of the road forces n d
in control Of the work directed by the
road engineer, the good roads COM
mission to appoint such guards anu
employees as are E
had arranged tina the bond issue pc
authorized on petition Of a majority
of the voters of the county ms
was later amended on a resolution bs
Mr.. B.. F. Montague to the issulng o.
bonds by legislative enactment.
Wants Work by C%onvicts.
Mr.. J.. T. Broughton, Of Garner.
spoke of the need of having convict
labor to do the road work, saying that
the convicts should not be used IN
f nli11da ; but but in in d buildlnS to roaq Be
essential and said that the farmers
would be injured by having their Ia
Dor quit work to work on the roads.
Views of Road Engineer Spoon
Col. Joseph E. Pogue called on Mr..
w. l.. Spoon, state rOad engineer, TO
speak. and Mr.. Spoon talked OF the
value Of good roads and their con-
struction. He held that the people
ought to be told what was to be done
and favored the use Of convlcts on the
roads and not on the State farm. he
said hat sand, clay and graVel Toads
would be the best thing to have; that
these would cost about 500 a mile,
while macadam roads would cost
$4,000 to $1,000. He expressed the
view hat the next Legislature would
get rid of having convicts DO farm
work and put them on the roaOs.
To Present a Bill.
Judge Winston here moved tina a
bill be prepared and that the members
from Wake, in the next General AS
sembly be requested to pass one IN
conformity with the bill he had pre-
pared, except that the issue of bonds
be BY a vote of the people, that he
had talked with people n this was
thought to be the best %thing<to be
done. He also suggested that there
be incorporated in the bill plans for
a preliminary survey of the proposed
roads so that the people might know
of them before the election. MI.
Spoon favored this idea.
AS to Commission Members.
Mr.. NJ. A. Griffin, of Wendell, ex-
pressed opposition to Raleigh having
eight membe of the commission,
while the other townships, eighteen in
all, had but one each. He favored
one man only from each township.
With Raleigh having eight, he said,
the country people would think it
had more than it's share. He desired
a leo that thara Chnn11 no q nrQ1jmjn-
airy survey of the roads. and said that
perhaps there might be work or 500
of the 1900 miles Of roads in Wake.
Mr.. Spoon said a survey could be a
at about $500 a mile.
Some Roads of Macadam.
Mr.. B. M. Calling, of Raleigh. be
ing called upon, expressed interest in
the movement and spoke of the hard
ships in fixing a road law He held
hat it would be found necessary to
macadamize roads for at least from
four to five miles out of Raleigh, as
the heaviest traffic would be over
these. Further on the gravel roads
might be used. He referred to the
difficulty in securing proper labor and
told of the value of work done by the
contract system, citing Alamance
county. Mr.. Spoon spoke concerning
these roads in Alamance and agreed
that it Woul be best to m~acadamize
roads close in to the city, and that a
binder should be used. Macadan1
roads would cost from $4,000 to IS, 900
a mile.
Eight Members for Raleigh.
Judge Winston stated hat in sug-
gestino eight members for Raleigh on
the commission, he felt that this vas
to give representation in line with it's
precinct votes, these equal to the votes
of other townships, besides this taking
consideration the fact hat if a
vote was to be taken, that Raleigh
would ask for adequate representa-
ton. that some had already said that
with eight members and the
townships with eighteen, was
hardly just to Raleigh. MI. Griffin
ho b0G ri