The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11
IMPROVEMENTS
ARE NOT MAIN &c AIMED
Leonard q ufts, Of Capital Highway Association
Tells Of Conditions BetW cen Pinehurst
. . and Richmond s

/ Leonard Tufts. president Of 6 the
Capital yfAssociation, recently
made trip from Pinehurst, II, Gu to
Richmond. a distance. of ga miles. Mr..
Tufts, In letter to- The Times Dis
patch, describes the condition OF the
various roads road: over which he travelled
and gives Information valuable to
those who. contemplate tour, either
from North Carolina to Richmond or
from Richmond to North Carolina: I
In summing up Mr.. Tufts shows that
Of the 273 miles. 200 miles ofithis road
Is In good condition. and OF the
seventy-three miles of bad road only
ocne-third Is in Virginia and two thirds
In North Carolina. He calls atten-
ton to the fact that much of the,iroad
which has been improved has not
oeep Kept up, and is rapidly returning
to Its first condition. Mr.. Tutts.s let
ter follows: $" ,,s,ftst',ti
Meredith. N. H, June 3, toi1,
Managing Editor The Times -Dispa tch
M Dear Sir,-It occurred to- me that
you might be interested%i In afreportE Of
my recent trip from Pinehurst as Ii +
as Richmond, / Will give you ROUGHLY
the conditions OF the roads from Pine
hurst as far as, .Rtchmcud. From
Ptnehurst the first seventeen miles OF
the road is good the next four, mile S
10 Cameron the road Is ;deteriorate ted.
as It has had little attention. From
Cameron to Lemon Springs. IN. q, a
distance OF six miles. the sand Ia
deep MS ever. From Lemon Springs to
Jonesboro. sixmiles, there has been
some improvement Jonesboro town
ship. however, is TO sell its road bonds
this month, and viii then put its pa ri
of this In first-class shape. The people
In. Cameron and Lemon Springs have
promised to improve their section TIL. 81,
however. VIII be much slower work.
The road from. Jonesboro to Sanford Is
In fair shape although Ii tteeds re :
pairing. This covers the rstwthirty.
five and a half miles ,8
From Sanford 10 Rockville (thirtee1i
miles) there has, been little or nothing
done on the roads In the last six
months. and. in fact, I thing. they have
deteriorated This is the easiest sec
ton to build good roads In that I know
Of. as most all Of the distance the up
per six or eight Inches Is gravel. but
the road is almost impas Bile In sec
lions where this gravel has been worn
through and the ,ruts' and holes seem
ed almost bottomless. 1, Il.
From here on to Bonsal tnine miles,
through Moncure and Hayward. the
roads have been hlmprovei slightly, but
there Is much left to be desired, II,
however. they keep on they will gel
out Of the mud In time. From Bonsal
to Apex (nine miles, the Wake, county
people did considerable a year Or two
ago, but unless they spend more money
on Its up-keep., 1t will. soon I 90 to
pieces, and"it is pretty rough now The
road from Apex to Cary fseyen miles)
Is good. and THE road from here to
Raleigh (elght miles) Is fair, but It,
too, needs a good dealof attention. TN
fortunately II was unable to go to Dur
ham and. Oxford, but T. am told this ia
much improved. and Durham roads, as
We all know, are always good. "a
t; The road from Raleigh. TO a mild be
yond Falls (th!rteen miles) lis pass
able. but 1t Is badfyiin need Of repair,
Then .thereiis g stretch of ;flye miles OF
good road tofthe county line. The next
four miles Is very bad, and although
lt,,was only four miles. felt as though
Il was, forty. This is,'in Youngsvilla
township, and they recently voted for
bonds, So the road will soon be as fine
as Franklintin township roads, which
you strike after this st
The.nexttnine miles through Frank
lintoniis, Think. the best road thai t ]
know of anywhere, 81, g.. G. Yam