The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-03
food Roads Movement
Throughout the South
CONTINUED from PAGE 81.

s.NSSos'heSa :. StI = We NS'Nl AZ Z
sues since March. 1t has voted Sit
$4,000. No issues were defeated. The
: 1mmlssioners 49, the States! safe
tuard against extravaganza The
4 Srutinyp OF every bid by the highway
@iost spectacular work at present go
sig forward is the eIort for a good
Dad from Richmond ito Washington;
1 ,r; which both Richmond and Wash,
!sston iqaper are pulling; the high!
!, ay from, Alexandria to- Washington,
/, (which. SAT 900; may be spent; the
4 onded debt OF 100000. and The gen.
al activity around Hampton Roads,
iferred 10 later in another conuee.
]; on. Some cooperative features d
iteat interest are going forward In
lie State. and give evidence iof what
4 by later be a common method oEise.
iiring common good.isHe'g9 'tssatn
I z t.Nt West virsiniazni:3 raiE
! The showing Of West Virginia has
ot2been worthy OF the rich possibIli.
.es Of the State. The State Board OF
; rade is striving to arouse good
Dads sentiment and will succeed.
.anawha county will spend $4,000
30 miles, which is the most note
iorthy roads event in the State in the
asst seven months. Pocahontas coun;
y is to build some fine rock roads.
The road laws of the State present
one of the worst features OF road
iorking by unsklled and usually un.
Wiling labor.
To show the spirit striving in West
'lrginia, but not yet visible in the ei.,
orts OF counties, 1t is pleasure .tc
iention the acts of an association
ormer TO construct boulevard from.
arkersburg to Williamstown. This
ssociation OF gentlemen has put vi
10000 In cash fort purpose.
General Remarks
This brief survey OF road improve.
tent in the South must lead to few
eneralizations in conclusion.
rs Money Being Well Spent.
bet no one imagine that The vast fig.
tres mentioned In this paper repre-,
cent an ogry of reckless spending.
'othing is further from the truth. The
Ids rejected during the past aeyen
nonths oppose any such idea. The
are with which some counties, given
over 100000 for roads, have then
made, contracts for short stretches 10
legin with, is evidence OF caution and
y sense Of responsibility TO the public,
whose money is. being spent. One
. ounty is paying $4,000 to a skilled
Van in order that 100000 may be
bent TO the best advantage. In many
counties the officials are looking to the
flee OF public roads in Washington
! or technical guidance. This is a form
[ national aid that Is above criticism
NJ Cooperative Impulses
The cooperative impulse created b.
che good roads sentiment is one o
J he most encouraging features OF TIL
'hole matter. 1t Is cooperation bat
d upon the common.sense view that
Dad well laid out TO the county lin
md then touching one OF WORTHLESS
haracter is largely an effort null
led. In almost all Southern, State
hat are active In the matter OF road
nut particularly In those affected b
he great interstate highways proro
d, 1t is possible to find connties uni
us'with- counties, cities uniting vii
ountics, counties cooperating Wit
ompanles. One of the most interes
ng OF all these cooperative efforts
chat arranged with the Chattanool
ind: Tennessee River Power Compan
The company. will make: an autom
bile road fronl-C hattanooea to itsSlo,
md dam on the Tennessee river, the
cooperate with county authorities
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