Evening journal., 1914-05-18
MONDAY MAY Is. 1914.
0rR NEM cnrNrY RnAnS.

THE Levy Court OF New Castle county has shown
commendable enterprise in awarding contracts
Tor The building Of improved roads In the Fourth
and Sixth districts Commissioner Groves and Com
missioner Fouraere continuing the good work of
uoden road building. While the Levy Court Com
mssioners and County Engineer Wilson have brought
the Girt road up to hgs standard, they still remain
dirt roads The object Of President Hollingsworth
the other members Is TO replace those dirt roads
with stone roads The roads to be selected for first
attention those which win be most beneficial to
The traveIins public. Road building Is not hap
hazard business but that demands much deep
thought and substantial hnaneeering
The duty of the Levy Court docs not end however,
with the building Of the stoac roads than the
buiidi-e Of house means more action the
part Of the owner. every the houFe needs TO be
looked attention paid to the roof and given
10 tne woodwork Il Is so in relative sense, with
ne roads
l4as rear the Loyy Court appointed General SUI
perisor whose duty + to that the proper drain
aee maintained. Roads resurfaced and the
stitchn-tima policy was naugurated
There are now 175 miles Of good improved stone
Foa2s "a New Castle county. inclueng the Philadelphia
and Concord trrnpikes Tic patrol system Will be es-
tuAdsh this hi fact it is being established
az the present time Il may be inexpedent to estab-
lish The patrol A Of the outlying districts
aat are sparseiy settled, and plans may be made to
nave rowing patrol, consisting Of gang Of men and
y q mile. Later automobile may Be purchased FOR
this purpose Engineer Wilson says it is difficult to
get men for patrol farmers too busy to do IL
From thirty to thirtyhve miles Of road repaired
last year &C cost Of 36000 about alf Of the main
tenancc fund and there remain about forty to fifty miles
'o be repaired The balance Of the 175 miles only
maintenance. The roads repaired last year will be
sone over again and minor repairs made this year
Only three stretches Of road will be resuraced The
piece Of road leading from Mt Pleasant to Summit
Bridge viii be torn up, raked and resurfaced with
some road oil preparation purchased from an asphalt
company. The piece of road from Middletown to
Odessa is to be in the same manner About
two miles Of the northern end Of the Philadelphia turn
pike need resurfacng and at least half and probably
ALL OF this will be done
The General Supervisor should be busy ane In no
way should the Levy Court handicap him When he
finds stretch Of road needing repairs or resurfacing
ne should report the same promptly and be given di-
rections to have the work done individual commits
sioners should not be allowed to follow patchwork
policy Let the commissioner keep sharp eye on his
district and hold the General Supervisor and the state
Highway Commissioner accountable for the roads
Take. for instance the Hamburg road from New Cas-
tie practically to Red Lion bridge. Anyone who goes
over It will agree at once It should be repaired or re-
surfaced, and the work done at once The road is a
link in the Eastern through the state and is
Travelled extensively
There is, piece Of the State road below Hares
Corner hotel and also piece the road from Farm
hurst 70 the New Castle road that need attention The
roads from Christiana, in Pencader hundred and
one leading into Newark are among highways which
ought 20 be placed the list Of roads for improve
ments.
President Hollingsworth will give attention to the
Concord pike. 1t bought to be sure al a bargain
but it needs patrol to keep in order He believer
in good roads and has hard in his district He
still has much work ahead Of him during the coming
year.
The people satisfied pay taxes, but they hope tc
see the good roads kept in order by wise compre-
hensive policy which embraces an honest and efficient
patrol system