Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-01-30
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-.LsratiOn that IS Being ConsiderS
the Gensral.A embfE af5W IN

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Public Rpad
Do,oigh, Jan. There are three
Vol hill thaE have been mA0duAd,
spe tha General Assemby that
IL ,ste to state aid$to eoAnhs Apu
~ road constructions So
liz ono of these relates to Ehe Stats
uoriding for engineering atancBfa
pounties iasthe locations uctidhs
0Od maintenance of their roads This
sipI was Introduced in the 81
TON pln wade HPh4llips enaprfEom
noTidson SbnntYs5andein theH8
Lon NJ. A@Grinn of Walks coun
The second bill relates to
80 If stateseonvfcts on pubs
, md was introduced msthe
- the House BY the
hat introdnesdt
The ~thirdSbill relates
hocoming security for codNty
tSot are issued foEspnblie-
sirnetion, and has AAenIHtr6
fSe House by Hons
New Hanover gssssSENS
All three 81 MSssaVN
- very SERIOUS, ,consid
people of theSstate.a
Engineering Assistance
While somes counties haNeupuOYided
oompetent road Observation-Disclosures
superVisiont of the neutrality-suspicious..
linn. and naaintenancelef fhairfDNblic
roads, the ;majoTitgEhavea paihtbutrIitS
tie or no attention to the needsof the,
employment of such engineers; conse-
ouently there is needlessly wasted
each year in North Carolina a large
amount of money tkatJco a9readsIy,
be saved to the county if it was ex-
pended under the supervision of COM
1etent road e1gineetELor supgrinten-
dents. There s7oVeF$ 5gG,gHg-eEe%e-
nue. that has been raised for the main
tenance and CONSTRUCTION Sdf public
roads, that is expended in such a way
that it does no good whatever to the
road. Nearly all the Stood Roads con-
yentions and meetings. that have been
held in the State for the past three
years have advocated the State giving
engineering assistance to the 1untiesa
Resolutions in favdF Pits o1m Of
State aid have BeeR<passedMdot0hH
by the North Carolina Good Roads As
ISOLATION, but by the North Carolina
Press Association, the North Carolina
Bankers AssocfatioM ndsOthers. The
bill thathas been4intfodnced regard
ing this form of State aid is as fol-
lows:
A Bill to be Entitled an Act Rf0Fiding
Engineering ASistAnca To- G0Hnties
in Highway CONSTRUCTION.
The General Assembly of North Caro-
lima do enact:
Section L. In order to further the
work of the Highway Division She
North Carolina Geological and Eeonok
mic Survey narendering roaden
eering assistant A61HheL Counties "a
the constructions and matntenance &c
their public roads, there isFheteby
levied an anndaEtax of fifty cents p
horsepower on an moteF-driven
hicles, which tax shall be In Aeasa1a1
other taxes on automobiles, aAdsshaA
be collected by the Secretary OfGeafe
in the same manner as the present one
dollar license fee is colleeta
shall be in lieu of this license
this tax, as collects Hhal1
ell in the State
of the North Caroline geological and
Economic SuF4eEfor1he pufP0s9Df
carrying 0nf HEnNiE1UUEeH gWRE
and to be drawn upon as directed by
the Geological Board. Every voucher,
before it shall be paid by the said
board, shall be aaceompaniedy by an
itemized statement OF the account to
be paid. NJ.
Sec. 2. Any county desiring spgin-
eering assistance from the North Car
DINA Geological and Economic Sur
vey shall make application for such
assistance on blanks specially pFepar-
"d by the State Geologise and any
county through its county or road
commissioners accepting such engin-
eering assistance shall agree to carry
out the Instructions. of the Highway
Engineer Of the North Carolina Geo
logical and Economic Survey and
shall furthe rsagrae4toNcdustru and
maintain the roads according to in
structions to be given by the said en-
gineer. Engineering assistance shat
also be furnished to the counties relat-
ing to the best Kind Of bridge TO be
built in connection with the improve
ment of any road, and any county or
township that is contemplating the
construction of a bridge to cost over
i've hundred dollars f$690lwehalkfnot
let the contract for said bridge untfi
the plans and specifications for said
bridge have been approved by the
North gsEotina#G eologiea4zaAaEEesR
omic Survey, and the hna1 payment,
equal at least TO 20 per cent OF the
contract price, shall not be paid by the
county or township officials until the
constructions of SAID brfdge hast6eep
approved blythe engineer fcf the NoEth
Carolina Geological and EcoffCm1c
Survey. The engineer OF the North
Carolina Geological and Economic
Survey shall also furnish to the coun-
ty or township commissioners having
In charge the road work an estimate
Of what the proposed bridge should
cost, and no bid shall be accepted by
said commissioners In excess 3ofsthe
estimate made by the said engineer!
except as herein PROVIDED 1f<no bio
Is received by said commissioners at OF
under the estimate made by the said