Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-29
COUNTY INVITES
CITY TO JOIN IN
STARTING PAVING
Plan Work From Court
House While Waiting
On Engineers.

vited, at the meeting of the city coun-
ell Thursday evening of this week,
to join with the county on a $3.50
basis for the immediate paving of
the road from the cours house to
Mayo street ct the point where the
government i.!t in the rural highway
paving program will take effect
This was decided this morning
at special meeting of the board of
county commissioners, called in ses-
sion by Chairman Neill A. RAY to
hear the report of County Attorney
Maynard, who was sent to Atlanta
the middle of last week to ascertain
the exact status of the county's high
way projects and to see what could
be done toward getting the program
Immediately under way. Judge May
nard reported he had interviewed
the engineers in chage of the job,
Thomas & Hawkins, and had been
informed that it would be six or eight
weeks before the county could pos
sibly be in position to award the
contract for the work, after which
it would be some little time before
construction could start. They stat
ed that their part of the work on
the initial project of three miles up
the Dixie Highway toward Ander-
sonville would require two more
weeks after which the project
would have to be checked and ap-
proved in turn by the state highway
department and the federal highway
engineer, and advertisements publish
ed for two weeks calling for bids,
Will Allow Experiment.
1t was the opinion of the commits
sioners that further delay of eight
weeks before a start could be made
might result in little being done this
winter, because of the likelihood of
bad weather by that time, and, being,
inpatient to get start, the plan Of
getting the city end of the highway
completed at once was devised. It
thought this might be valuable for
several reasons, as it would allow eX-
periments as to the best and at the
same time cheapest methods of lay
ing the paving, and of the advisable
ity of the county using convict la
Dor or hired labor under its own
engineer or overseer and doing the
work instead of letting the job to
contractors, etc.
The route of the paved highway
from the courthouse, according to the
plans, will be down Forsyth street to
the intersection of Lamar, when it
will follow Lamar street up Jack
son hill to Mayo street, where the
government aid will become effective
There is a choice of two other routes
which may be exercised in case any
opposition on the part of property
owners because of the necessary
grading that must be done should de-
veIop. The proposal of the city calls
for the city furnishing the engineer
for the propect, and also an engine
for operating the county's rock
crusher; the county to furnish the
convict labor and material, and the
expense to be divided equally, allow
ance being made for the part fur
nished by both the city and coun-
ty,
Believes City VIII Agree.
Commissioner Poole, who is also a
member of the city council, being
chairman of the finance committee
of that body, stated that he believed
the city would be willing to enter
such an agreeemnt.
The commissioners criticised the
delav of the engineers in not get
ting the work under way more
promptly, and instructed County At
torney Maynard to notify the firm
to have one of it's members before
the board at the regular meeting
next Monday for the purpose of max |
ing a showing and informing the |
board just what can be depended /
upon. It is the desire of the board |
that an engineer be placed on the
job to remain here until the work is
finished.