Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-04-22
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Md. Hudgins Opens up Again ON Road
Question; Praises Supervisor Patton
But Says Sanding Methods Should
/. be EnjOined by Law.
Editor, Democrat:
In an editorial last week you say
mi. Patton was right and his critics
were wrong" and that his knockers
have crawled in a hole and closed the
door behind them.
I have criticised Mr.. Patton to some
extent, which / had a perfect right to
do. Now will you please state in what
particular Mr.. Patton is right, and in
what particular I am wrong? Is it III
1 nh won%%a~ 80 I0rs~~ 80 n~l -.~5s--
roads properly and economically. or
is it in sand-claying them?
Praises MIR. Patton.
For your information and guidance
/ will state once more, as ] have stated
in each previous article, that l do not
and eve have criticised Mr.. Patton in
connection with laying on and build
ing roads, but on the contrary have
cornplimented him repeatedly. / think
he is almost a genius in this respect
especially when you take into accoun
the small cost Of accomplishing what
he does. II is his method Of sanding
the roads, and that alone, that I have
criticised. ] have said sand helps the
roads wonderfully, but that the people
would never get the service out OF
sand clay-rOads, especially during the
winter months, they are being lead to
expect. I said it is a waste Of money
to put sand on the roads in the fashion
generally employed In Henderson
county. / say again most efnphatical-
ly, with strongest approval Of many
good and substantial citizens, that to
continue dumping dry sand on hard
roads In dry weather Is not only Il
nuisance, but aSWapton waste OF mon
ey and that the pf6eeeding ought to be
entoined by law. / say Mr. Joseph
Hyae Pratt never said do Il that way;
and-Isay State Engineer Sp0oR-neper
said do Il that way, Notwithstanding
Mr.: Patton cites both these geptlmen
az authority for his method OF sanding
the roads. In the same identical ar
ticla, to which Mr.. Patton refeErenrmekA
for HIS authority, Mr.. Spoon states uRAA
eQaiRoeaHy that the sand must be Ep-
piled when the road "a ir .proRer can
ditfoh TO receive It IL you even hope
for any thing like satisfactory. results.
: South Carolina ROadS.
Since you spoke Of South Carolina I I
viii ask you IL you knew that state is
growing sick of sAnd-clay, (where
COuUIINOuS arc "SGO A6VOE1D1C Iu0AN II
here,) and that Greenville county is
($950, 000) nine hundred and
fifty thousand dollars in bonds for
building permanent roads, probably
concrete, and contemplates a supple !
mentary issue of another I$950,00O) |
nine hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars: and that S~partanburg county is
considering the same thing? Why. you
published these facts in your paper
not two months ago. /
Has q Big Gun Loaded.
I did not intend to be drawn into
this controversy again if / could hon
remain out of 1t, but Mr.. Holl0-
well, 1 want to tell you right now that
my Munitions of war; are NO ex-
hausted, and that my guns are still
Remember there is a hereafter
and that winter is coming again, and
when the sand clay delusion proves a
to the powers 60 that be, then
I am going to say Il told you so." If
the other hand they ever prove to
be any sort Of success in winter, then
tell IL 70 me- and I'll take my med
icine like a little man." Mr.. Patton
was right and his critics were wrong
ehl II you will remember 1t is sand
and the method of, applying It, and not
the principal work OF surveying and
primary construction, that I have crit
Ecised, and2make your remarks accord
Ingly, you will greatly oblige.
Yours respectfully,
$. III. HUDGINS.
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