The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-29
GOOD ROADS WORK
IN SPOTSYLVAN|A
SPLENDID RESULTS ACCRUE
FROM CAMPAIGN or IDU-
CATION.

Especial to The Richmond Eirgluian9
SPOTS YLNA&IA, VA. July 2S.--
\ three hours ride over the perma-
nently improved public roads in
CORTLAND district Of this county fully
demonstrates the wisdom Of the peo-
pie in that district In the adoption
of the good roads feature their
government
Twelve years ago, when the in
cip!ent effort was made to introduce
the system Of good roads making. the
advocates We're oveTw helu1ed ny
storm OF opposition and that toe by
some OF the best people and largest
property owners. 1t was readily con-
ceded that permanently improved
public roads would be OF imnlea4sur-
attic benefit to- the whole people. but
this was more Than counter balanced
by the thought OF creating d bonded
Indebtedness OF hundred thousand
dollars which would greatly increase
the rate of taxes and thereby impose
an additional burden OF taxation on
the people. and this engendered
serious opposition.
The recent building OF a new court
house, the contemp plated building OF
"a new county Jail, and other puDiIc
taxation and 10 add 10 this by
<toulsksug TAXATION tor good roads
awakened IA grave sentiment OF OPP
position 10 that project
Gradually, however. the good roads
sentiment made advances anu
county good roads association was
formed which put itself IN ciose
t0ueh with the Stare Good Eoa0s AS
ISOLATION, and the two organizations
together worked in harmony bringing
speakers and other CO. cooperative agen-
cIes into use, and assembling the
people together al picnirs harpecue5
and pubic days and thus educated
them along these lines. ana IN this
way public sentiment was moldeI lillo
conviction and In 1909 an election
on the bond Issue was ordered and
it was carried by good majority.
AS q result OF this movement. Nouft-
land district of this county mas IL
ready Tompleted some fifteen miles OF
naryna.nent sand and gravel road. and
u macadamized road from Gayle
Fridge TO the courthouse Is now beng
h,,iit The rock used in this macaaam
road la a dark blue granite with lines
Of white flint rock running through H.
Experts have pronounced TINS granite
~ be of very superior quality, anu
as good as can be found anywhere.
1t makes a beautiful ana SuDstaiIiai
road. Many specimens of gold and
pyrites quartz, rich in both OF these
metals. have been found IN this gran
tie quarry.
Nor is this all. for along the line
of these permanently improved roads,
four large reinforced concrete bridges
have been built. each of twenty
ton strength, and bids are now being
received for the building OF two other
structural steel bridges--the largest
IL hc county--Cne over the 20 rivst
and the other over the North Anna
river. Az these improvements and
enterprises materiaiiZe and are
brought into use the people become
educated in favor of them and indi-
cations point to the building Of per-
manenily improved roads and REIN
forced concrete bridges in the near
further over the entire county. Chan
cellor district of the county has voted
a bond issue of forty thousand dol
lars for good roads, and concrete
bridges and a motion was made before
the board of supervisors to-day to
ask for an election TO be hold in
November next to allow tho citizens
OF the county to vote upon another
bond issue to build roads In the two
remaining districts of the county.