The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-30
PLAN BRIDGE SYSTEM
TO DEVELOP HIGHWAYS
TO LINK ALL SECTIONS OF
THE STATE
AUTOMOBILE VI! TAX
If Plans Do Not Miscarry Ander-
SON Will Come In For Her
Share Of State Aid
AUTOMOBILE

Anderson county is just awakening
TO the fact that better highways are
indispensable to the country is to pro
grcss and il the cities are to grow
and during the last few months more
interest has been manifested in this
section over tcttcrin,. the highways
and solving the road problems than
1 was ever known before Therefore
the news that the state of Scuth Car
olina is to uid In the work OF linking
together al sections of the common
wealth. through the bridge system,
will be welcomed here.
| The board OF directors of The Co.
lumbia chamber Of commerce, l.. j.
Watson, commissioner Of agriculture,
commerce. and industries, and Gad.;-
den b.. Shand, IL Columbia engineer,
; muc. interested In road building, in
conference last nig:,t in the rooms OF
the chamber. discussed and indorsed
the proposed plan for covering South
Carolina with highways linked ut the
important river crossings by perma-
nent bridges. built In place of inade-
qnate bridges and ferries. by the state
( by means Of an annual tax of S. on
| automobiles.
| 1t is proposed that eight bridges be
built, one - year. Mr.. Shand has pre-
pared q map giving the location Of the
| proposed bridges and showing their
: advantages. The tax of S. proposed
! by Commissioner Watson will h., 81
more than the present county auto
mobile tax and will cntitle the owner
OF the machine 10 Il tag good for intru-
state travel. The tax will provide for
the bridges and highway upkccp.
Location Of Bridges.
| The location of the proposed bridges
as shown on the map prepared by Mr..
! Shand in cooperation with commits =.
! sioner Watson are as follows: Across
the Broad river between Union and
Chester; across the Wateree between
Chester and Lancaster; across tho
Wateree between Columbia and Sum-
| ter; across the Suntee on a proposed
highway from Manning to the old
state road; across the Great Pee Dee
between Florence and Marion; across
the Little Pee Dec between Conway
/ and Geolgetown; across the Snntoc
between Georgetown and Charleston;
and acrosc the Edisto between Char
lesion and Yemassec. New highways
are proposed between Union, Chester,
lancaster and Chesterfield between
Dillon and Marion, between Florence.
Sumter and Columbia, between Flor
ence and Manning, between Manning
and the old state road. between Mar,
| ming. kinsstree and the confluence ii
| the Great Pee Dee and the Little Pee
Dee rivers.
Ask Co.0peratlon.
Rawlcy W., Holcombe, acting secre-
| tary Of the Columbia chamber of conf
mcrce will address letters to the trade
bodies OF the state asking their opin-
ion of the project and urging their
cooperation. a general good roads
rally will, be held in Columbia In Oc-
! tober when steps will be taken to have
the legislature pass bill to carry out
the project.
f! Mr. Sha.d gays in letter TO the
board OF directors OF the chamber OF
+; commerce:
Cur state Is divided by its river
System into sections; highway COM
| munication between which Is depend
ent upon Use or bridges or ferries and
often long causeways across wide
swamps. The Santee, Congaree, Wa
teree and Broad rivers divide the state
into two great sections of almost eq-
ual area, accommodation between which
depends upon the crossing OF these
streams. The rivers are broad and
deep and wide swamps Or bottoms
subject to overflow are often along
their banks. making construction Of
highways across them difficult and ex-
pensivc, and generally beyond the
! means OF adjoining counties to con-
| struct; az q result there ic no crossing
OF the Santce by bridge and only one
! ferry which is near its lower end,
distance Of so miles In a straight line;
one ferry On the Congaree on the road
from Columbia to st. Matthews and q
| bridge at Columbia; on the Broad riy-
er there is the bridge at Columbia and
no other except ono near the state limo
on the road from Gaffney to Yorkvillc,
a distance of IS miles: on the Wateree
and Catawba' the bridge at Camden is
the only ono we have to the upper
part of Lancaster county, q distance
OF 80 miles. The Saluda, the two {ldis-'
tos, Tiger, Enoree and Pacolet are
fairly we'll supplied with bridges. duo
to the fact that many narrow places
| in the river valley afford sites for eco-
nonlical bridge construction. the
Edisto. Santee, the Little and Great
Pee Dec divide the coastal plain into
| FIVE sectlonn. Tho two Pee Decs, the
Catawba, Broad and Saluda divide our
upper boundary country into seven
sections. On the great Pee Dee there
is q bridge at Chcraw and three ferries
below" ~.