The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-05-09
CENTRAL HIGHWAY EEh.

This week in North odFOllfid Is pioP
erly to be named the Central HighWa.
Week." for in 1t is to be taken tn
first active steps for constructing II
North Carolina the greatest single
stretch Of good roads of any state II
the Union, a public highway that vii
extend from the Atlantic coast u
where the mountain section Of NORTH
Carolina meets the Tennessee line.
This project for a stretch Of gool
roads 400 miles long appears to be {
p~retentious one at the first glance, anl
it is pretentious, but not more Sc thar
is to be met by North Carolina. The
law under which his road is to be con
structed is plain, direct and simple. i
puts the work Of construction on eacf
| county and it provides easy means FOL
this, only asking for $50 a mile yearly
for the length of road through each
each county the road forces may be
| used in the work and that donations
may be made for it, authorizing cities
to donate 500 a mile to the road, and
$500 additional for each thousand OF
population above one Thousand.
Six counties in Eastern and Central
North Carolina are to be visited this
week by a committee Of the Board OF
Trustees Of the Central Highway, with
Chairman III. B. Warner, Of Lexington,
DR.. Joseph Hyde Pratt Of the North
Carolina Geological and Economic
Survey, the Highway Division of that
Survey being required to lay out the
route of the Highway, which in each
county is afterwards to be under the
direct control in construction and
maintenance Of the Board of County
Commissioners. This makes the Cen
trail Highway a matter Of county work
and as there are nineteen counties
through which the Central Highway
passes its success depends upon CO.
operation. With thai prevailing the
project can be carried to success.
The Central Highway is to be a good
road for all the people. 1t is not
meant to be a road simply for automo-
bile pleasures, but it is meant as much
for the man with the ox-cart
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vehicle Of today. It is to be
a road hat will link the counties in
n great highway from east to west, it
being the expectation that the modern
methods Of oad building to be en-
ployed will serve as an object lesson
and h a the highway will so prove its
value that many roads will b. built
1aaGln~ infn IT cnG fhof - ui1y -,
an impetus for good road building the
State over
There will o o be set by the Board
Of Trustees a Road Day for each sec
ton through which the Central High
way passes, and on these days it is ex-
pected that all the people along the
line Of route will contribute voluntary
and material for road work.
donations from various sources are
also expected, as the highway will
prove of value to individuals and b1s-
mess enterprises. But back Of all this
must be the full supper of each
county on the route, the meetings this
week TO be to secure this and To view
possible routes in each county. Ea-,v
in Jun there will be meetings hold IN
in the west and when the en-
TIRE route is determined work is to he
begun in linking together the counties
at all points where there are bad roads
TO be made into good roads.
Inc work is a great one and - do
serves d full support Of every countv
"hich can do no better service for the
cause Of good roads at this time than
20 invest in h construction Of this
great Central Highway. It's connie
non VIII mean a new day in road
Doiidihs IN North Carolina, and it's in
1iuence will be feat not alone in III.