Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-05-28
PROFITABLE WORK
BY ROAD C0AM|TTEE
Day Spent Inspecting Roads In
Robertson county-sems
Men Worth knowlno.

Nineteen citizens OF Braxos County.
comprising the commissioners court.
the road advisory board. engineers
and few invited citizens, made a
trip through 10 Calvert Thursday by
auto and inspected the recently built
roads Of the Hearne and Calvert dis.
tricis and were well paid for their
time and spent the day most enjoy
ably with some OF the good citizens
Of the two towns.
The start was made from the Com
mercial Club rooms Mt 3 o'clock In
four automobiles. and the first stop
was made In Hearne. From here the
delegation pulled on into Calvert and
met n few of the citizens who have
been responsible for the excellent
roads leading out OF Calvert in all
directions.
After lunch at noon the party was
taken In charge by W. c. Anderson,
president Of the First State Bank Of
Calvert, and forty miles OF roads
were travelled over. much TO the salts
faction OF all. These roads lead out
from Calvert In most every direc.
tion. and are built to the district line.
averaging about seven miles each
way. The visiting men were shown
over the whole system and they we're
completely carried away with what
they saw.
The first trip was made out on the
Owensyille road. leading east towards
Franklin. and II Is a beauty. This
road Is made OF three different kinds
of gravel-two kinds Of native and
one kind of foreign gravel shipped
from Temple. Where pits we're 10.
Gated conveniently the gravel would
be used. which would materially re-
duce the cost OF construction. and
the same excellent gravel work was
in evidence throughout the whole
district.
These roads were about sixteen
feet wide. eightinoh gravel base in
center with six inches thick on the
sides. Care was exercised 10 use
material that would bind or cement
together and are dragged after each
rain. Some OF the roads have been
down now one year and are well nieh
perfect.
These forty miles OF roads cost tho
citizens OF the district $4,000, in
Guiding about 10000 spent for con.
crete culyerts. etc. which are built TO
stand forever.
A committee Of four citizens. com
posed Of Hon Scott Field. W. G. An.
derson. Or. Daniel Parker and A. J..
Henderson. acting with the commits
sioner. r. H. Whatley. wen, out on
the job and have built roads that are
credit 10 the citizens Of Calvert and
a monument to themselves.
Scott Field Jr. won the lasting
friendship OF the party by his oblig.
Ing manners, attention and for the
lunch at the Mosely Hotel-this and
the other many courtesies shown by
him and the other good citizens OF
Calvert we're appreciated by our ci,i-
Zens.
W. A. wilkerson. Or. II. W. Cum
mings and ]. II. Drake OF Hearne
went over the trip with the Bryan
men and were also very courteous
and gave the committee some valua.
Bile information.
This Is the first of many trips
planned by the road committee. who
will endeavor TO give TO the BEazos
County taxpayers the very best con
struoted roads that II Is possible to
make. by making comparisons and
talking 10 those who have been
through the experience OF road build.
ing. II is safe TO say that many mis-
takes will be avoided and when we
get roads they will be source OF
profit and pleasure rather than fair
ure and disappointment
Those attending the first trip we're
J. +. Covey. W. c. Boyett. J. W. Ham
ilton. w. J. Coulter. A. y. Carson.
VI. = Dansby, ID. W. Spence. r. L.
Morrison. w. l.. King. W. II. Cole.
Charles Cole. ]. T. Maloney. W. z.
Graham. A. w. wilkerson. r. +. Cole.
J. W. Doremus. J. J. Cahill. VI. d.
, Casters and one or two others.