French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-24
.FAvORS SAND
CLAY ROADS
co COMMISSIONER JOURNEYS TO
" OiiSHEVILLE AND HENDERSON,
VILE FOR INFORMATION.
FIGHT BOND ISSUE
1 Strenuous Campaign by Sylvan VAL
lev News for Better, Roads Results
in Political Wrangle.

Editor Noah M. Hollowell of the
Sylvan Valley News has plunged into
. campaign for good roads in Transyl-
vsnia county since taking charge ot
hi. new paper In a recent issue os
hic paper he has the following to say
IN reference to Henderson county
roads and road builder P. F. Patton:
County Commissioners Lyday and
Wood made road inspection tour in
Henderson and Buncombe counties
last week.
In his interview with the News,
Commissioner Wood made it plain that
he found exactly what he was seeking
He expresses himself as heartily in
favor OF buying a rock crusher despite
the Overwhelming sentiment here
arouts for sand-clay roads.
Commissioner Wood went exactly
to the rght place to get all the thun-
de1 he.wanted against sand-clay roads,
He informs the News man that he
went to the HendersCnville postoff1ce
anG consulted Postmaster Bryson and
Assistant Postmaster Hudgins and the
route men, feeling sure that they
would be we'll informed on the condi-
ton of the roads. Mr.. Wood got all
the sand-clay information he was look
ing for, but he didn't have to inform
the News that Sam Bryson and Hoke
HudgiD5 have been among Henderson
yille's two bitterest opponents OF sand
clay roads. They favored concrete or
bitulithic roads and bitterly fought
sand-clay. They say sand-7clay is a
failure.
The rural route men Left the i'm
preston with Mr. Wood Fhat the roads
we're. almost impassabl blez7-saItd be says
&c didn't take the pains to travel over
them
There are six rural routes out OF
Hendersonville and since the govern
ment requires that the same route be
not covered twice by the mail carriers
during any one day the six mail car
riers have to travel insignificant trails,
to make up their routes, some of whicn
Eave not been repaired with sand
clay.
About year ago when Mr.. Hudgins
and Mr.. Bryson were fighting with all
their strength the building OF sand
clay roads, Mr.. Hudgins took the pains
to use good deal of thunder handed
out by the road engineer of Buncombe
county. By some means Mr.. Wood
consulted man building a very eXpen-
sive road from Asheyille to Weaver
vile who talked up his methods OF
road building, and there got what he
was seeking, information to show thai
sand-clay was not the stuff.
Commissioner Wood came back with
the impression (not the proof that
some Of the sand-clay roads in Hen
derson county were aXle-deep in mud;
that they were in much worse condi-
tiOn than those of Pennsylvania.
Numbers Of people in Transylvania
have Travelled the roads (rather than
60 to the Hendersonville postoffice fol
road building informat1on) and they
report having found them in excel
lent condition. A
J. R. Hamlin informs the News thai
1oT the past several weeks he has fire.
quently Travelled the principal reads
OF Henderson county and didn't finG
any at any time that horse could moi
travel over in a trot.
commissioner Wood says that he
mas not inspected the Henderson coun-
y roads nor has he consulted Engineer
ration. one of the champion road
builders Of the South, whose expert
opinion of sand-clay roads was pub
ASEed in the News on Feb. 4.