The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-03-16
One WetzeI County District
Prepares to Grade All
It's Highways.
IBIe HIGHWAY AeITATIoN
State Road Engineer Reports
Increased Activity in vari-
GUS Parts of State.

IA. Dennis Williams, state road en-
gineer, was in the city Monday on
his way from his headquarters at
Morgantown to Jacksomburg, where
sentatives of the Wetzel county
court, county and district road en-
gfneers and others for the purpose
of drawing plans and specifications
for Improving all the roads in Grant
district, of which Jacksonburg is the
principal town. He was accom-
panied by Blake Taylor, senior OF
the engineering department. of the
West Virginia University, who is
making a special study of road en-
gineering and who is ass sting Mr..
williams IN his work.
TO Grade All Roads
Grant district, Wetzel county, is
making ready to spend $3.50, 900,
authorized by a bond election held
last fail, in improving all its roads
1877 miles altogether. Unusual m
terest is being taken in this work as
1t Is in the nature of an innova-
ton. All Of the roads are to be inn
proved as dirt roads and neither
composition, maeadam, brick, cement
nor any other kind OF permanent
construction Is to be attempted. the
roads are to be graded, drained and
made ready for surfacing later on
with a substantial material.
This is believed to be the best
method of improving the roads there
and the cheapest in the long run.
with any kind OF permanent con-
structiori, the grad,ng alone costs
half aud sometimes more than MARI
the total cost of the work. The I'M
mroyed dirt roads viii last a lonB
time, especially when they are prop
erfy cirainad; and before they are
cut up it is hoped to SURFACE them
in a permanent manner. AT any
rate, the people OF Grant dlstr1ct De.
Ife,ve they win be getting the most
for their money By this method OF
Improvement.
Campaign Bearing Fruit.
Mr. williams speaks in enthusi-
astfc terms Of the road improvement
campasgm throughout the state. In
addition to the -Wetzel county work
he is inters ted in a contsnapt tea
bend. issue 5000 600 IN tayelLe
county. q speciEi4 tec8fon TOT ~ ~
Il 10 be Gained at the April term OF
the Fayette county court upon a Pc
tftton signed by $500 citizens. Mr.
Williams spent last week there ana
will go there again in the near fu-
The improvements proposed in
Fayette county embrace the perina-
nent Improvement of the James RIVER
and Kanawha road, forty-seven m1les
in length, and the Giles, Fayette anu
Kanawha road, forty-two miles IN
length These roads are to form
part of the Pittsburg-Bristol hlgn-
way which runs north and soutH
+hroueh the state. This great high
yav is already macadamized from
bristol. Tenn, to Bluedeld, ohls
state. Mercer, county has ar
ranged to improve twenty-tnye m MES Ies
of this thoroughfare as part OF eA
tensive road improvements 1t unoet-
took last summer. Strong eHorts
are being exerted to have the lew
remaining counties in central ana
northern West Virginia complete the
long highway with permanent i'm
movements. These counties are
Raleigh, where the Improvement agl-
tation is already we'll under way
Nicholas, Braxton, Lewis, Harrlson'
Marion. two districts of which have
construction; and Monongalla 4ns
hiehway is finished from Pittsburg
to Waynesburg, Pa.
Much Work This Spring.
Other road Improvement to pc
done this spring in West Virginia IN
Guides the expenditure of $50. 600 TOT
new roads in Washington dlstrlct -
Pleasants county, of which ST. MaISs
Is the seat; the improvement OF the
roads in the Williamstown district OF
Wood county. for. which a bond ISSUE
of $4,000 was authorized at spe-
cial election held last Tuesday; the
expenditure of 100000 for brick
roads in Cabell county; and half
million dollars wirth of Improve
ments in Mercer county, when WAS
Road Improvement sentiment IS
ranidiy growing in Kanawha county,
according to Mr.. Williams, and It Is
likely that an election will be held
there soon on big bond issue.