Milford chronicle., 1918-01-11

yariably answered that the matte
was entirely in the hands Of the Gov
ernor. On November Both a meeting
was called by the Governor, at whici
il was proposed by him that the Stat
Highway Department make the sur
veys Of the tentative routes TO be i'm
proved by the Bond Commission
which was accepted. and the follow
/ ing week these surveys started witt
three parties in the field. This action
completely changed all the plans Of
the Engineers Office. but notwith-
standing our surveyor was put to
work on one Of the routes, and has
been at work when weather permit
ted since that time.
In your first article there appear
Ell the statement that "the conditions
OF the roads shows very little i'm
provement." This is a deliberate
Misrepresentation. as quite a number
OF improvements have been made in
each and every district in the county,
IN the way Of drainage, new bridges
and improved sections Of dirt roads.
Any fair-minded and unbiased citizen
will testify TO this. This County. con-
tanning approximately one-half the
land area Of the State. with about g.
emo miles Of roads, several hundred
bridges and culverts, and from $4,000
10 $1,000 10 spend for all purposes
IN the respective districts. one can
EASILY see the proposition the Levy
court and the Engineer have on their
lands to please everybody and give
hem good roads with the poor class
# local material that the County pos
.esses, and the present day traffic that
ye have to contend with. Drainage
conditions on our roads have been
ooked upon as secondary considera-
ion in the past. and as this is the 4
ssential feature of constructing |
DAD, whether Of dirt or Of a perman-
nj Pature. this past year a great deal |
( attention has been paid to this
sature Of the work. Improving con-
itions in this county cannot be ac-
omplished in six months. or year.
ut it will take several years before
can be brought to the
oint where they should be. The CON
tion Of the county roads generally !
re such that it requires the Engin-
It to be constantly on the go from
Orning until night There being ten
stricts in the county. with twenty
to look after, besides sew
al bridge and ditch gangs working
various sections, and attending to
g numerous complaints which are
lily reported to the Office, any fair
Inded person can see the work and 4
ne that it requires TO attend to |
ese many duties. Il is impossible
{ the Engineer to spend more than
e day a week in the Office. and that II
ing Tuesday when his time is taken II
with business of the Levy Court. II
erefore it is necessary TO have a
rk in the Office to attend to general
Ice duties. keep the books attend II
the many needs of the different dis
cts in the way OF shipping machin-
equipment, culvert pipe and small
lis, and to cordially receive the
bic who come in with complaints. III
four first article also stated that III
u one foot of permanent road had iii
n built" This is also a deliberate III
and misleading TO III
people. One half mile of Stag iii
d has been built from Dagsboro III
tion to the dupont Road, in some
riots sections Of gravel and shell
ds have been constructed, and Hi
ere advisable Stag has been used llll
repair old shell roads We were MI
work on 1900 feet of Stag road. 16 lll
wide, from Millsboro to the du- iii
t road when the priority order III
he Government was issued, which iii
sed an embargo to be placed on III
delivery Of all road building mat III
Is. The work had TO be stopped
it is impossible to predict when M
erials will be received again. llHl
Levy Court and this office made Illll
to start on some per- lf
ent roads, but now whose fault EIll
it that these plans did not mater Illl
e? My predecessor had survey lll
about S5 miles of tentative route Nl
Is so that the Bond Commission lllI
d act upon them. This Office has lllI
approximately 25 miles surveyed lIl
still nothing has been DONE This lnl