The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11

Up the prime mover among the ,citt-
aens OF the town. and w. S. Falls was
the engineer who layed out the roads
throughth section. which is very billy.
any yet the grades are perfect. He
followed the contours and took advant-
ago OF all the natural conditions and
materials His roads III the typogra-
Phy Of the country and he has not
mode the many, ugly and expensive
cuts and fills that are so common.
James. Mulliganp had the supervision OF
the building, S understand III, and he
certainly knows how to build roads
MT. Fann's son. told me that the
road DIS cost less than. $3.50 mile. We
should all take off our hats 10 Messrs
Nann, Falls and Muliigan
Starting from the Tar River you GO
into Vance county, and whereas the
roads are not bad. they are far from
good, but are slowly being improved
The road passes through Kitrell and
on to Henderson. about twelve miles
Mr.. Cooper, OF Henderson, tells ME
the county roads will be much lmprov-
ed before this winter. From Hendert
son. through Warrenton for the next
twenty7fodr miles, the, roads are not
sood and unless they receive atten-
.tloh pretty soon they will be bad we
Stt. u irris road in a rain storm Ana
we gotlittie pleasure out OF it, but
perhaps the roads are better than
nave given them credit for For tho
NEXT eleven niles however. through
MACON and Vaughan to IIttleton. the
roads are bad, and 1t seems to me they
are getting worse. II There was a man
Gith "a light car head of us. whose
tracks We watched with great deal
Of interest. We counted where he had
gone into the ditch sixteen times, and
then we quit. We were fortunate In
only going in four times
From Littleton rewards Roanoke
Rapids eighteen miles) the roads
nave had some work done on them. and
around Roanoke Rapids they are fair
~. good, but, as said before. the rain
ieft them so wet that perhaps they are
better than have given them credit
Tor. After we crossed the river. we
went on towards Barley. and found
that the roads had received some Al
tention UP to the Virginia State line
(seven milos). There are good many
hoIes and ruts which am told Will
sooi be repaired. From thereto Bar
ley (three milesl the roads are
thoroughly bad, isaac Rainey. Of Bar.
ley, told us that they will be nut In
line shape within the next few months
however. When you come to Barley YOU
strike the kind OF roads you dream,
about and your motor picks up its
head, arches Its neck and goes down
stHe roao ike ytWo-year- old. can
not Imagine anything finer than the
sixteen miles OF road between Barley
and Emporia. II Is sixteen miles Of
gliding. Three cheers for Greenesville
county. and their Board, Messrs. Cato.
Rainey and Murfee. The country is
natter and therefore there wasn't the
engineering difficulty hero that there
was in Frankllnton township, MIG.
but these people haven't only built
good roads. but. they are keeping them
up They have not completed their
road through here to ,Jarratt, although
navy have gone the wrong way. But
after the firet three miles, thore are
three miles Of bad road In this county
From the Sussex county line through
Jarrattftoa Loco. .nine miles. Is a good
fhiri road me FL OF tho way. j. N.
'fyus, OF Loco who has had the super
vision of this district for Some time,
has done more In the last two years
With. the limited money at hand than
any man has done on the capital
highway, In my opinion between Rich.
mond and Augusta. Ga. He only has
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