Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-19
.|CHWAY WORK IN LOUISA
SAVES COUNTY BIG SUMS
itizens Do Grading, Filling and Sur
facing, Which Is Worth
$1,000 Per Mile.
AND DONATED FOR PROJECT
LENDERS OF Rural Road Improvement
League Show Result OF Community
Labor on the Hollins Store Cuckoo
Section Of Mountain Road.

Labor on the HOllins Storc-Cuckoo
Section Of Mountain Road.
. The Mountain Road, traversinr Hem
: leo. Hanover and Louisa Counties. con-
betting Richmond with Staunton, Char.
ttesville and other important towns
I'D cities. is receiving the attention of
he Rural Road Improvement Leaeue
h!ch Is stimulating sentiment for bet,
roads and assisting I'm the work
here county funds are not sufficient
carry on the project. Tho most i'm
prtant piece Of road Improvement has
zen done by the members Of the Louisa
punty League on the six-milc stretch
highway between Hollins' Store and
lckoo. Not only have the property
*ners and citizens in that section con-
louted their time, teams and money
the proper grading and filling Of
Re road. but several Of the more en-
Uprising landowners gave property
that the roadbed could be widened
many places. making II possible for
ans and vehicles TO pass at points
nich heretofore have been barely wide
'ough for a single wagon.
Worth 81 900 Per Mile.
AZ the lowest estimate the improve
tents made from HolIins's store to
ickoo would have cost the county
bSi iii'c' Dut as the Work was
me By the citizens individually tho
unity Will not be to any expense. ex-
pr 10 give the highway the proper
fporessing Of gravel and sand This
Articular piece OF work has attracted
ose Interested in good roads from
ahsemond. Goochland, Charlotte and
her counties and almost daily visits
Re made there By people Interested
highway development
me Times Dispatch to-day shows
cures OF this work. Picture No.
ows the hill back OF Hollins's Store
oehed 70 twenty-five feet. bad
ash out hlled in. and ditch properly
o~s F. y. Hollins, superintendent
me work In that division. and ].
eppard Potts, president, OF the Rural
'ad Improvement League standing a !,
point where Hollins's HIll has been
aHen down and the roadbed widcncd.
NO s shows w. F. Lacy. super
'ehoent OF the work In another d.
Hsion ton the lefD and n Tirnes-DIa-
zen rePrese ntatlvc IN center of road
space from his right foot TO the
sioe or road marking the dis
nee the roadhed has been widened
cture No 1 shows how the hin I'm
oh' OF George Russeils home has
sin"ea the tree trunk on the left
"'hs the spot where there was q
Yep oppression. which has been filleo
ana made an excellent stretch or
40. Picture No. 5 shows hin in
'nt OF the residence Of J. 3. child
#'cn mas been graded from two 70
rect. giving the traveller a clear.
from either side of the hilI NJ
'iid gave two feet of soil fro,, III.
'ht YARD FOR the topping of this niece
Work from left TO RICH, are NJ
Mrs Child. ". F. Lacy, r Sbnn.
"a Potts. +. y. Holl!ns and the Times
spatch representative
oence OF Grent Apple Crop.
ne apples in the road indicate thu
'mendoas crop OF fruit with which
uisa and other counties have hacn
essed this year. Picture No 6 shows
grace made In front Of Gilboa Church
S'!ooa Hill This section OF the
lac IMPROVEMENT is In charge OF Dr.
s.He fena!eton, who is shown at
left OF the picture Anothe, co..
Pm OF the road is In charge ~ II
i'sen berry, who has yet TO do milo
SO or work before the highway Will
complete In it's Improvement.
HAutomobilists and other travellers .,
Mountain Road vie with each Other
compiimcnting the work done. ali ~
'oh comes under the supervision of
VI. Mcclure, cc-presidcnt OF tho
iral Road Improvement League. and
@airman OF the Mountain Road Con-
ttee, emora cling the counties of HIM
eI, LOUISA, Orange and Albemarle.
From Richmond to LouIna Linz
through Eenrico County the citv NJ
edmond Is repairing from the city
: ing macadam. From Yellow Tavern
point where the patrol system
Rrts the road is rough The patrol
stem lnsures the upkeep OF the high
hys. Every twenty feet or SO there
pile OF sand and gravel on the
lie or the road, and when n bad place
q pears IL is promptly filed and rolled
y rough Glenallen and on TO Chica-
miny bridge the roadbcd is good. A
IN VIII be placed at this bridge TO
!dc travellers.
n Hanover County IL Will be neces-
Fy TO reduce the hill from the bridge
ST f0r quarter OF a mile. Gravel is
needed for considerable dis
hce. a hill east Of some red barns
!! have to be graded. as will also a
west OF Goodalls. both stretches OF
road needing gravel. From Mont
Ter west TO the Louisa line there is
FL OF considerable work
Entering Louisa County the white
road from the county line to Hol-
SIS residence is in fair shape. but il
T. too narrow and rutted. A road drag
- needed most.
f8rhe notations as to the work need
in the counties mentioned are in
hands of Chairman Mcclure, and
work will be carried along prompt
so as TO have the highway in con-
ion TO withstand the heavy winter
vel.
I Is probable that whom the General
sembly meets in January an ar
hgement Will be made for the NOM
rs of both branches to visit Louisa
unity and view tho work done be-
seen Holltns's store and Cuckoo In
ery way the work compares favor
2fy with tat done by the State forces
vond Pendletons. and 1t only needs
proper dragging and surfacing to
Ike 1t complete. The most signal
ture OF this stretch Of road improve
mt Is the careful attention given to
Image. which all experts say is "the
of the road.