Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-04
ROAD TAX RATE OF
80 CENTS ON $1OO
Reduction of 10 Cents Over Pres
ent Year Recommended by
County Engineer Wilson.


Court TO-DAY by County Engineer James
Wilson, who at the same time submitted
his report for the past year. Following
is a summary of the report:
AppouuiniInink hundred y. ". Van
Horn, supervisor Balance on hand April
|, 1917. $l34 50; received from taxes,
5,o5S. SO; total, s., 1882; disburse-
ments, 5000. S4 balance April |, 1918,
81 ,4S6. SIS.
Fifteen mites of roads were put IN
shape with the heavy steel scraper anu
about fifty miles kept IN condition by
road drags Four miles of bridges anu
several culvertS were repaired ana TWO
culverts rebuilt About forty rods OF
drainage bitches were dug Some TWO
miles of r,,sd were top surfaced Win
crawl, threc hills cut down and their
tons surfaced with broken stone.
Rlackhirri hundred George II. BRAD
lev. s,Ifervisor- Receipts s. 90 90; dis
burselnerlts, S2.5o7 -; balance, IS, 363.'N
Eighteen miles of road were reshaped
with the srraper and sixty miles dragged
About two miles of bitches were dug.
Th,rty-ss.ytn wooden bridges were re-
paIred and thirty-three culverts one
hundred feet OF "a "A IN and SIXTY feet
of IL "A In. concrete culvcrt pipe were
nut in plaec and five metal ones
Brandywine hundred " uliam rep
mngton. supervisor Receipts, sly o4' u'''
disbursements, Sit, 2O2o s.; bsiahce' -
44274.
Five miles of road were scraped'
thirty dragged and three mules Of bitches
cleaned out Two bridges and one
culvcrt were repaired. Seven large ola
culvrrts. some of which had fallen down.
and Others which were too small were
enlarged and completely rebuilt on stone
and concrete with concrete floors ana
TOP, beng all OF the best workmanship
making a good appearance and very
durable " clndered a mile ana matt
and stoned one mile OF road. Forinah
road from the Philadelphia turnpike u
the trolley hnc was rebuilt with good
solid talford bottom and macadam stone
road. all the work being done by our own
implements and men We graded Muir
phys road from the Concord pike TO the
Rockland road and rebuilt about halt
mile with stone taken from Mchee
hiI on the new section Of the Concord
pike from the b. & q, railroad 10 Blue
Bail Corner.
John 4. Clark, under great labor diff
cultIes- finished his contract and the
Grub road is now completely macadan1-
lied from the old Practical Farmer Hotel
on the Philadelphia turnpike VIA Grubb
Corner. to the Concord turnpike at
Perry's old tavern.
Christiana hundred-N llham Grown,
st1neryiaor- Raceipts. S.. 300 50. dis
brrsernents. $50. So %; balance, s.. 35S o.
About thirtv-fve miles Of roads were
reshsped with the steel scraper, the same
number ,uIloothad with the road drags,
and miles OF side bitches wldened ana
cleaned. We rebuilt FIVE wooden bridges
and widersed and replaced nve old dry
wall c,Ilverts with good substantial stone
and concrete ones We repianked SIX
bridges and rey,aired five others. We |
rr-sIIrfaf,ed several miles each with |
gravel. Stag, ashes and broken stone, |
some twenty miles IN all, and graded |
several small hills N different parts OF |
he hundred. h F Wlckershiam finished |
his contract on the road from tentrevlne
10 the West Chester road. and we now
have a stone road over this entire con
Meeting road
Mi Creek hundred -Elwood Wood
uari SUPERVISOR Receipts, sl3, 45S.48;
disbursements. Sl1, $3.50; balance, 81
6Io.S5.
We were very short handed in this
hundred. but managed TO do consider
able work and finished maca daInlzIng
another mile or more OF the limestone
road We scraped twenty miles OF road
and dragged over fifty mites Seven
rc.,den bridges and eleven culverts were
repaired and several hundred feet OF side
drainage bitches dug
New Castle hundred-tTeorge W bur-
RS supervisor Receipts. lo,oS9 ~;
disbursements, s., 434 bo; bsLance, s%'@of-
"A. ;,
The roads retained their shape well
during the winter. so that we had TO
only reshape some three miles with the
steel scraper. but We dragged thirty
miles several times over, and dug about
four miles Of bitches We rebuilt three
wooden bridges
Pencader-W X Brooks. supervisor
Receipts. 81. 9S6. 81; disbursements,
81 396 70: balance, s3,592-2l.
twelve. miles of road were shaped up
with the steel scraper, some thirty miles
kent smooth with the road drags and
nearly two miles Of drainage bitches dug.
-Four bridges were rebuilt with concrete
head walls. and ten plank culverts and
ten metal ones were put I'D place FhtY
small bridges and cuiverts were repaired
Red Lion hundred --Htewari j. Beck,
supervisor -Receipts 81 9ZU.4 -; dis
bnrsefnents. s. I2I 81: balance 81 49,
Nc shaped up SIX miles Of road TINS
year with the large scraper. dragged about
twenty-five miles after each heavy ram.
and OPENED up about l 900 feet Of drain
age bitches; SIN culverts were rebuilt and
fourteen repaired or replaced by metal
culvert pipe Of the proper sire One
bridge was repaired.
st Georges handred.-H NJ Pleasanton
supervisor Receipts, SI3,bl1-Z. dir
b,Irsements. s., 40 Of; balance. $4.An 81
The roads have been put IN such good
shape in recent years that We are able to
keep them so by means OF our road drags
~ = minimum cost. and have been able
10 apply quite q good surplus each year
IN the way Of more permanent improve
nents. such as concrete bridges IN lieu
Of old wooden ones, and In Te-surfacing
several miles Of road with stone and Stag.
This wear We redre.ssed some ten miles Of
roads with the steel scraper and dragged
sixty miles over after each heavy rain.
White Clay Creek hundred. Charles
p. Woolaston, supervisor .-Recelpts,
S4.745.53; disbursements, s4,2oO78; bal
ance, $4f4.75-
In this hundred we shaped up by the
scraper about twenty-five miles, dragged
over thirty several times and dug five
hundred feet Of drainage bitches We
rebuilt two wooden bridges and five
wooden culverts &nd repaired some
thirty other bridges and culverts Of yari-
Gus Sizes.
Miscellaneous road account Re-
ceipts.-Balance on hand April ]. 1917,
s3i5.30; received from The ten hundreds,