French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-03-09

Como Convincing EacIS anu E1SuEoS
rnrpiSbed-Repairs Carried on
throughout the Winter-Increased
ro~ce at Work in Country Now
-PrepareH For Heavy Summer
Traffic.
As spring approaches the matter of
rood work claims an increasing
amount of attention in this section.
IN clay country, such as this IS
the question of travel becomes more
49, 1nes accute at certain seasons OF the
~ %roor especially in the cold months.
1Tb. mast winter has been a mild one,
-, the whole. marked by no extremes
~ +nmnerature or in rainfall. hence 1t
hos afforded a good opportunity for
ctTdving the whole question of the con
dition of the types of roads in use
bereabouts in winter weather.
Work has been carried on during the
o,,+irn winter on some of the highways.
The drag has been called into use IN
manv places. and the use OF sand has
bcpn limited only by the difficulty III
seeming workmen to distribute it. IN
come niaces washes have been repair
nd as soon as found, preventing serl~
ore injury to the road. bitches have
hnpn oDened up, and the surface otthe
roads graded whenever possible TO
take care of the drainage. AS spring
advances the opportunity for doing
more and better work Will increase
AID it is planned by the road superVl-
sol to push improvements as mucn d.
possible.
Ii is believed that Henderson county
will have no apologies TO make TINS
summer to the hundred OF motorists
who having learned of the excellence
Of her roads will make this town and
county their headquarters again TINS
summer. Complimentary remarks
were heard on every hand last season
because of the excellent condition OF
the roads of the city and county, at
being possible at all times to make
fast time on them. No feature OF It's
advertised attractions has done more
to make friends for this section tnan
the good roads found hereabOuts, anu
this is becoming generally known and
appreciated.
Henderson County Roads.
When asked for an expression OF
opinion about roads in general, anu
Henderson County roads IN partlcu-
lar, citizen who is as well posted on
these matters as any other person Al
the county, said recently:
This subject has always hao
warm spot in my heart and L Will De
mere than glad to see the work con-
tinued The county already mas
reputation for good roads and TINS
should not be allowed to lag. with the
proper push and energy and the COM
pietion of the work which has ALREADY
been started this reputation can not
only be kept up but much improved.
Tie county can be made an eXaHpie
OF what can be done with smaIi
amount of money, which 1s-the most
essential thing for poor and sparsely
settled communities. If she can oulld
and maintain good roads with very
limited amount of money she VIII not
only derive all the benefit that &C
crued from good roads, but she Will
receive much advertisement and ac-
ccmplish much good by her example
to other similar communities.
The Natural Outlet
"Hendersonville is the natural outlet
from the mountains to the low coun-
try There are no roads by winch
the mountains can be reacneu
except through Henderson County.
She should let the Worlc
know this fact and should Keep
i'll good condition the roads leading
from Hendersonville to Charlotte, VIA
Bat Gaze, to Spartanburg, to Green
vile, aid to Asheville, and should en-
courage Eransylvania couniJ TO 1oin
her at Tie line and open the ROAD
through tneir county to intersect WITH
the ASH yilie aud Atlanta highway.
In this way Hendersonville VIII De
directly Oh or connected with every
road or proposed road at this time en-
tering tie mountains.
How Roads Were Built.
- Road work under the bond issue
started in Henderson County January
1st, 1914 The following townships
voted bonds:
HendersonYille township. 800 ,0OO
Hooper's Creek. :. :. -. zO,0OO
EdneyFille.. ..-..-.. -. 1z'OOo
nuAAls RlVer. - to'O"o
OIdD creek. -. ..>a.. " wv
100000
Character of Roads
''Mr. ?. F. Patton, the present super
VISOR, had personal charge only OF