Smyrna times., 1916-04-26
aI0R CONCRETE HIGHWAY
WILMINGTON TO SMYRNA
,.e,NsERs co MmlssION RE-
poRr TO LEVY COURT
s,-,sy and Investigation Started a Year
a.o Reveals Present Upkeep of
Roads Expensive and Inefficient

A., Reveals Present Urkeep of
Roads Expensive and Inefficient
The report Of the commission Of ex-
.,,, engineers engaged a year ago by
q .s Wilmington chamber of commerce
], make a survey Of New Castle county
q ,o,ss and an investigation into the
,,.,sm Of road construction and main
,,i,snee in that county was made pub
n \. Saturday by the director of the
& wilmington chamber of commerce.
& ne report recommended an inter state
,,,,k line Of cement from Whining
& =, 10 Newark and Maryland line.
q "A another cement concrete road
q rom Wilmington by way of St.
q csorges and Odessa to the Kent
n roupty line at Duck Creek just above
4 Srvrna. The commission was com
n.ei Of Prof. Arthur Blanchard.
gsrrv G. Shirley and George Tillson,
Il vhO have been at work a year on their
wsstigation AMI surveys. They re-
r,i that the cost per mile of high
ssvs examined in New Castle county
4 excessive snd above the norma
wioes in adjoining states. In some
-stsnces the road construction has
nst sl3 600 per mile as against
5000 per mile Of Maryland s splendid
nats They claim the organization
snot such as TO produce the best
rs1lts, and the roads have not been
Snstr1eted so as to form a satisfactory
system Of highways Contracts have
been 50 drawn TO favor certain con-
tractors. Specifications have been in
definite and proper publicity has not
been gi'en to obtain economical bid
Ding
Highway Commissioner With Authority
The commission would do away with
the antiquated road supervisor system
and place RECONSTRUCTION C. f highways
in The hands Of Highway Commits
soner appointed by the Governor.
who should have proper assistants
nd should have foil authority over
tAhe road work: that this commits
s-sr should name the 100 road su-
lsHisos instead of the Levy court
S''ting them and, that publicity
giVen bids for proposals. The
tiglneers Commission recommends
as iolloWing as specific types Of road
Ways for intra and Interstate trunk
pgnVays and other highways of the
is' and second classes. Based upon
ln'estigation Of the probable traffic
snn Will develop in the next Eve
!'is' We recommend. for the follow
y inuastaie and interstate trunk .
-saEays' the construction on unim .
l.'sa sections and on impovCd sec I
u'n'' when such sections require re- I
N.s'' Of eement-eonerete pavements
luminous concrete pavements on .
elsnt-eonerete foundations. and .
us iurther recommended that such 4
"enents have a width of Is feet
'..os Highway Reaching to Smyrna
laese trunk highways recommended
e Inc Philadelphia Wilmington Bal
|. more trunk highway extending from
= pennsylvania state line to Will
--as'on and from Wilmington to New
~ Newport 10 Stanton Statipn
~.''0h :. Station to Newark, and New.
\ = 70 tne Maryland line on the turn
- !" Baltimore. Wilmington-St
-'''ge'- -Blaekbird-Dover trunk high.
extending from Wilmington on
s'a'e road through New Castle
,-ulrso !. and Red Lion Hundred 10
y, ~ Georges, from st. Georges N
v, V.,''a and from Odessa. through
,u'uo'o' 10 Blaekbird and thence
:. I ,oe u Kent County line at Duck Creek
= : sle state road leading from SMYRNA
VD'er For the other roads of the
,..' ~ 1n' second classes defined in the
- lamentations q under County High.
a. system, we recommend the use
,,.s' s'OAen stone roads with bituminous
= .a,e'' .'. eement-concrete pavements.
..ls''' ls''uninous concrete pavements the
si,s.n s,..On OF specific type for a given
tss,.y a"ay being dependent uuon
h.slsn hssn preliminary Investigations
n. cen case. We further recommend
- ~ On % highways of the hrst and sec
sis,s s'asses' heretofore defined the
ls. ,. o. ~ road or pavement be from
p.s',,l y u feet dependent upon the
's ..,s s.'. Development Of traffic. in
Tor the next FIVE years.
'0OF OF LsIPsIc NAME FouNn
wo...,.al nat Of William Parker Of c.o,
-~4h Crew F. -