The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-07-18
HIGHWAY COMMISSION
IN ANOTHER DILEMMA
Failure of Ferebee Highway Act May Delay Perrna-
nent Improvement of Road Between
Elizabeth City and WoodviIe


commission is about to face a
d;lemma which it had not antic-
mated. The failure of the Fere-
hee Highway project will mean
that Pasquotank county will be
confronted with the problem of
b,i,ding a permanent road be-
tween Elizabeth City and the
porouimans county line at
voo0ville. If Pasquotank does
MT build this road she will be
oriticised. If Pasquotank does
huild this road it will probably
forever destroy the prospects
for q district highway from Al
ho,,,arla Sound to the Virginia
line via Elizabeth City.
In its road building program Pas
.o+a,t, had not contemplated improV-
~ +I,af important highway between
+-,;rab,-r, City and the Perquimans line.
rT[o ES"aD6e D1Sl11Sl AAASA"~J
1ras supposed to take care of that ana
par,,,o-,nk would spend her approp-
ration on other roads.
P,-- there is no probability that the
District Highway will be built under
tho Farabee Bill. 1t costs money to
h,,i,i roads. The Ferebee Bill does not
nroz-:d4 the money. To begin with, II
11yy Till
in bonds. But the bill didn't proVloe
t4x levy sufficient to take care OF that
ar,orrt Of bonds. The District Com
,,fssion has not been able to get a bid
~ more than s25O,000 of its bonds.
A,; = hasn't sold that $25O,000 yet,
sin-A 10 sale can be considered com
r-ara until the money is in hand.
R-- slDpose the, s25O,OOO is paid in?
Tta proposed road will cost S1,5OO,-
9al according to the estimate OF the
Chairman Of the State Highway Com
mission. With only $250,OO0 to work
vi the District Highway Commls-
SION can not make application for more
-ss- $50 900 of State and Federal AID
xc,r. if the District Highway Com
MISSION gets s250,00O from its bonds
ze1c if il gets then $250,00o State and
Federal aid, it will have only sow
600 with which to build a $1,5OO,Ooo
road.
There is no way in the world the
commission can stretch that S5oo'oo'
to DO three times 100000 worth OF roae
building. 1t has been suggested ina
the Commission go ahead with VIVA
if can get and build as much OF ths
ROAD as can be built with $5OO,OOO. Bu
iris newspaper does not believe ina
tha FIVE counties in the district VII
sts-d for that. Where would tn'
money be spent? Spend it In Pasquo
tan. and the counties of ChoWan' FER
o,,iroa,s Camden and Currituck PROB
ABLY would get out an 1nJunct1oh u
restrain the commission from any suci
fo,Itv. Build a part of the ROAD IN aIis
county without assurance OF conpieI
ing the road thru the other counties
ard those counties not immedlalel.
hanae++ad would make themselves
heard.
AMI so here is the situation clearl!
s-a-al7 The Ferebee District H1gh
VA, viii not be built under the pres
ar- F'arabee Bill. Another session o
the General Assembly will have q
COM around to enable Senator Fereoe
ar lis legal advisers to improve upo'
-n=ir original effort.
B. in meantime Pasquotank VIII
r~r~aae; 70 build her own roads, as ia
a. So can build with her present ap
Drg-,-;4tIon of 100000. The questlo'
w:.:cE. will presently confront the Fas
al.o-a.-E Highway Commission Will %
v.--..a., 10 build the road from Elil
al.=r.. CITY to Perruirnans, wh1ch Is III
PasaI!o.anl link of the proposea LIS
ric. Highway? If Pasquotank olulo
this Ink. will Pasquotank tax payer
come il, on another district hlgn"a
pro-act? II is not hard to answer I'LL
question since Pasquotank Will nav
to Dav four sevenths of the cost
such a. project under the Fereoee plai
This newspaper is frank to. aovls
the several counties embraced III Ill
Northeastern North Carolina H1gn"a
District to bestir themselves ana 100
to their own road building, not eank
ing too much upon a district deVelol
ment that now seems far in the 1utul'