The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-25
NORTH CAROL|NA'S WAY IN
MATTER OF ROAD BUILDING
Competent Engineers Look After the
Work and See That Money
Is Not Wasted.
INTEHCouNrY ROADS POPULAR
Some Details as to Co-Opcrativc Road
building in the Old Nortl, State.
Means Of Great Stimulation-Somc
Thoughts Worth Considering.


The way they make good roads in
North Carolina, and no Southern state
is making greater progress IN this
line than North Carolina. is set forth
in n comprehensive article by Joseph
HIDE Pratt state Gcologist of the old
North state
Mr., Pratt writes:
. The road work that is now being
done in North Carolina greatly exceeds
amy that has ever before been under
taken at amy one time in this State.
The most encouraging feature of the
road situation is that n considerable
portion of the work that is new being
carried on is under the supervision OF
competent road engineers. lntcrcounty
roads are not only being advocated,
but are being built and the various
counties in planning ,ncir systems OF
roads are trying to connect the roads
OF one county with the good roads of
the adjoining counties. The result is
That at the present time there arc be-
ing constructed in North Carolina the
following intcrcounty highways:
= The Central liiGhway-'rhiS extends
from Morchcad City carteret Count.
across nineteen counties TO the Ten
ncssec lire. Provision has been made
for the construction OF this highway
throu.hout it's entire distance. with the
exception OF one township. Tho road
has been completely graded and sur
faced across Euncomhc. Catawba.
lrcdClI, Rowan, Guilford. .\lamancc.
Orange and Durham Counties and is
nearly completed across Madison.
Wake. Johnston. Wayne and Carterct
Counties. Wori> is in progress in the
balance of the counties, and another
six months should sec the road open
as through state highway. In many
OF these counties special appropriations.
either by special tax or bond issue.
were made by tho counties for the
construction OF their portion OF tn
Central Highway.
Capital Iiighway-This highway.
Whic., travcrsns nine counties. is Gu
tirely completed across Granvillc. Dun
ham, Moore and Richmond Counties.
and nearly completed across Wake.
Johnston. lIarnctt. Cumberland and
flokc Counties. The maintenance Of
this highway is under the supervision
OF the engineers of the United States
Office Of Public Roads. and each county
has provided the necessary funds Tor
maintaining it's portion of the high
way In first class condition.
National lIighway--This highway,
which extends from the Virginia line
81 Rockingham County to the South
Carolina line at Cleveland County.
crosses cieht counties in North Caro-.
gna. and the sections OF il in tho fo.-
lowing counties have been compleicu:
Cleveland. Castor. Mcclilcnburp. Row
an, Forsyth and tiuilford. Caharrus
GAS recently appropriated funds to
complete ny balance OF it's link
Davidson County has nearly completed
hcr link. and has II force working on
plc balance Rockingham County has
graded the greater portion OF heI' link.
Vut little OF IL has been surfaced.
EuROUGH MANY OINTIES
AND HN NUMEROUS TOWNS
Triangular Highway one side
81 this trianular highway represents a
rev road. and that is the side con
Meeting P!nchurst with Greensboro
across Moore. Montgomery, Randolph
and tiuilford Counties The second side
OF the triangle. from Greensboro to
Raleigh, represents = link OF the Cen
trail Highway, and from Raleigh to
Pinchurst. ANA tho third side of the
triangle, from Raleigh to l'inchurst.
extends across Wake. Chatham. Lee and
Moore Counties and has been finished
IN all but Chatham County. OF the
road comprising the first side OF the
triangle, the portions in Moore and
MONTGOMERY Counties have been com
p!cted. and tho portions in Randolph
and Guilford Counties are nearly com
plcted. The line has been survey Ell,
and forces arc now at work TO com
plctc the remain. link
Hickorynut Gap liirhway-This high
way, which is also known as the Char
lottc- Ashcville Highway crosses Neck
lenbniS, Castor, Cleveland. Rutherford,
Henderson and Bunronbc Counties and
with the exception OF u few miles ia
Rutherford. Henderson and I:uncolnbc
Counties, the highway is completely
gtadcd and il will he surfaced as rap
idly as possible. Road forces are now
~ work in each of these three coun-
ufs. and ii is expected that in less than
tsN months the road will be complete
throughout its entire distance. THE
Norton of the highway across ricnticr-
son County is being built by State
IQnNicts, under the supervision OF the
highway division OF tile North Caro-
8,,c Geological and Economic survey
ASheViilc-Grecncville IS. Co. High
Wny--This highway, which crosses Bun
cpmbc and Henderson Counties, North
carolina. has been graded 10 tho South
Carolina line. aud has been surfaced
With sand-clay for nearly its entire
distance.
sFendersonville Sparianburg High.
Way--WIih The exception cf about three
'nilcs, this highway is complete To the
South Carolina line across Henderson
aud Polk Counties. \ force is now at
work on the three miles referred TO-
:cnd this should bc finished in the
course of a couple Of months
= Eoonc Trail Highway. But little
work has been done on this highway.
which extends from Salisbury. Rowan
County. across Davie. Kadkin. Wilkes
and WatauSa Counties TO the Tennessee
tine. From Salisbury. across Davie
County. 10 the Yadkin line. the road Is
nearly finished. The balance OF the
road remains to be built. but its con-
tiruction is being agitatcd, and ii is
expected thai funds viii be available in
these counties for constructing IL at an
early date.
Ashcvillc- Murphy Atlanta Highway.
III is only within tae past few weeks
ikat this >hiGhway has been actively
hgitated, and with most surprising re-
suits. As II passes through some Of the
moot mountainous sections of North
Carolina, considerable difficulty Was eX-
pectcd III arousing the dinccrnt coun.
ties TO seriously consider it's construc-
lon, but the meetings that have beei.
hcid iT each county have demonstrated
coDciusively that the highway will he
Quilt. The portion Of the highway from
AshevilIe TO WaynesNille. across Bum
combe and Haywood Counties. is al
ready completed, and Haywood County
il building the remainder OF her nor
ton TO the Jackson County line. Across
Jackson. Swain and Macon Counties.
none Of the road has yet been built cX
ceDt small norton I'm Franklin ;ov.,