Milford chronicle., 1911-06-09
TO IMPROVE The ROADS
THROUGHOUT COUNTY

The Kent County Levy Court went
rather heavily into a campaign for good
roads through that county Tuesday
when the court purchased from the
Good Roads Machinery Company
special road machinery for each district
to the amount Of 1898 40, and including
a $3.50 Steel Champion Road Machine
which will 90 at once into Commits
sioner David B loth's MispilliOn district.
The machinery purchased includes
twenty eight ROAD dregs said 10 be far
superior to the split log drag for the
reason that {. ey are steel and are ad
Unstable TO meet any required condition.
They were allotted-twO, three and
four to each district.
These implements are not purchased
out of the State aud county good roads
fund, but are bought from the county
general fuLd and will remain the pro.
perty Of the county. Each commits.
eioner will now take his own district in
hand and will proceed with the work
of improving every mile Of road in his
district, aided by the special good roads
appropriations and taxes
Several complaints Of bad roads
came into the court, one district send
ing an attorney to plead for them, J
Hall Anderson. Mr. Anderson com
pIained OF the condition Of the road ex-
tending from CulleDtOwn to Williams
vile, public road, urging the Levy
Court to finish and put the road in con.
dition for the travelling public.
The sum OF $500 was allowed by the
Levy Court to Bethuel Meredith Of the
Tenth Representative district, to pay
foF the completion OF the road extend
ing from Williamsville all the way to
Donovan's Corner.
Comptroller Luft notified the Levy
Court that he would insist that the
president sign all bills and warrants be
fore they are presented to him to cOun
teTsign. The comptroller will also have
to approve all orders for special good
roads funds heretofore paid out with
out restraint by the several commits
sioneIs.
The work Of making the new as
easement for this county cost heavily |
OF the extraordinary sum OF S4.67S. - |
being disbursed as result Of Tuesday |
meeting, over $1,000 is required to pay |
the assessors.
{ Additional material for good roads
making was procured by the county |
yesterday when, as per the order of
the court, the county purchased the
gravel pit belonging to George w.
Collins at Bakers Landing, for S75
Excellent stone for road making ma
terial can be bad there in abundance
William H. Smith has been appoint
ed by the Levy Court a constable for
the First district Of this county. He il
six feet tall and an athlete
Bids for building a bulkhead ard
wharf or landing at Webb's Landing
in the Murderkill river were opened
and the proposals were as follows:
Franklin Construction Company Of
Philadelphia, s.. $50 Frank X. Jones
Wilmington, 81 84S ; George w. Wal
heater, WoOdside. Del, S2,S2O Horace
Groves Wilmington, Del, $l,995 so.
In addition to Mr.. Groves low bid
he made proposition to the court to
submit a penalty Of S5 q day for every
day be consumed 10 finishing the
bulkhead after sixty days had expired,
on the condition that the court would
pay him IS for every day less than {
sixty required to finish thejOb by him
self and his men and equipment.
The court accepted his bid and his
subject to the approval of
the plans and specification by the War
Department at Washington.