Evening journal., 1912-01-09
10 MORE
MILES OF new
COUNTY ROADS
Improved Highways Cost
COuRty From $6,O5O to
$l3,74O Per Mile
MUCH WORK UNFINISHED
COMMISSIONER REPORTS

Francis A. Price, New Castle County
State Highway Commissioner, sub
mitted his report Of the State appro-
priation money expended during the
year 1911 for tho construction Of i'm
proved roads in the county to the Levy
Court this morning. According to
this statement there were 1851 miles
OF roads accepted during the year Of
which 1851 miles were included in
the mileage given in the third bi-en-
nial report of the commissioner as
being nearly completed. This leaves
4.30 miles to be added at the present
time, the total number of miles given
in that report. That report stated
that there had been built and accept
ed 110.23 miles of roads previous to
December 81, 1910; adding to this the
4.30 miles will make 114.53 miles of
road accepted by the Levy Court since
the passage of the first state good
roads act of April IA, 1908. OF this
0.73 miles has been resurfaced and
counted twice in the mileage; deduct
ing this leaves net length of 1880
miles of improved county roads, 1851
miles of which are still under the
care of the contractors.
According to the report the high
est price paid per mile for road was
s13,740.07. This was for the Paper
Mill road in White Clay Greek hum
dred The next highest price paid
was for the Baltimore Turnpike i'm
proyement in pencader Hundred which
cost S11.S26.72 per mile.
The road from Boyd's Corner TO-
wards Port Penn, in ST. Georges
hundred cost less per mile than any
other, the price being S6O50.71
The roads constructed we're as fol-
lows: Baltimore Turnpike, White
Clay Greek hundred, limestone, cost
per mile, S9,152.42; River or Hamburg
Road, New Castle hundred. limestone
cost per mile. S6,559.92; Baltimore
Turnpike, Pencader hundred Annie.
site. cost per mile, $11 ,S26.72; st. AIMS
toward Blackbird, No. /, Appoquini-
mink hundred, limestone, cost pei
mile, Sc ,449.73; Mt Pleasant to Mary
land Line, st. Georges hundred, traI
rock, cost per mile, S7,4S2.I6; Boyd.
Corner, towards Port Penn, ST
Georges hundred, trap rock, cost PEI
mile, SG050.71 New London Road
White Clay Greek hundred. trap rock
s964S.44 State Road, north of Ken
county line, Blackbird hundred, lime
stone. S7,4S772; Paper Mill Road
White Clay Greek hundred, trap rock
sl3.7iO.07; Hillside Mills. Christian;
hundred, trap rock and local stone
cost per mile S9,352.57; Telegraph
Road, White Clay Greek hundred tral
rock, cost per mile, 11,506.05; pela
-warc City, to ST. Georges, Red Liol
hundred. trap rock, s6.592O6; Depo
Road. Pencader and White Clay -Creel
hundreds, resurfaced with bituminou
top. s6,652.6O; Creek Road, Mill Creel
hundred local stone, $7,32195; Naa
mans Creek Road. Brandywine hun
dred, local stone, S10,333SS; Newark
Elkton road, White Clay Creek, tral
rock -0Ss miles long, cost per mile
S9,337.43.
Among the roads not finished arr
Lancaster turnpike, Mill Greek hun
dred. trap rock and local stone; Ken
nett Square Road. Christiana hundred
trap rock Philadelphia and Baltmor
Turnpike, White Clay Creek hundred
trap rock; Cldyton towards Cypress
Bridge. Blackbird hundred, trap rock
Newark, 1lktOn Road. Pencadcr, ira
rock; State Road south from Hare
Corner, New Castle hundred trap rock
Not yet commenced. Philadelphia an
Wilmington Turnpike, Brandywin
hundred. bituminOus mdcadam.
The roads surveyed and planned TO
are West Chester Road. Christian
hundred; New Castle to Hare's corne
road and the Marsh Road, Brandy
wine hundred. The Pike Greek road il
Mill Greek hundred has been surveyed
Oftho -four roads not yet completed
the funds for tneir> construction vii
be taken from the $4,000 appropriate
by the State, Mr.. Price having charg
OF construction of roads under
State law entirely separate from tn
county law under which County I'm
gineer Wilson has charge.