Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-04-11
GOVERNOR DAVIS NAMES ROAD
BOARD.

Richmond, Va, Rpril S.-Goyernor
Davis announced today the appoint
mcnt of a board Of road construction
To advise in the adoption of good
roads program for Virginia. AS chair
man Of the new board, which will be
known as the Governors Advisory
Board OF Road CONSTRUCTION, the Gov
crnor has named Harry Frazier OF
Richmond, who is considered one OF
the ablest consulting engineers in the
State. y
The other members Of the board
are Thomas S. Winston, of Midlothian
Il member Of Winston and Co., conrac-
tors, of Richmond; Senator J. F.. West,
Of Suffolk, II member Of the Senate
committee on roads and internal navi-
CATION; Homer l.. Ferguson, of New
port News, president of the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.;
Fairfax Harrison, of Bclvoir, presi-
dent of the Southern Railway COM
pany; Wade III. Massic, of Washing
ton, Va. Il prominent farmer of Rap
pahannocl; county, and IL member of
the Executive committee Of the Vir-
Einla Goods Roads Association; and
c. l.. Bentley, of Roanoke, Secretary
Of the Roanoke Trades and Labor
Council.
II is understood that Governor Da-
Wis has created this board in order to
bring To the assistance of the State
the best engineering and business abil-
ity in solving the roads problems. The
Governor has stated that "thcrc is no
more vital problem confronting us to-
day than our roads" and he has reit-
Grated his prediction pledge, "leave
no stone unturncd to give Virginia n
al nj tI.gf. a i.,l t.rl,
ways" but he is determined that Il
procedure he adopted which will in
sure the taxpayers getting real roads
built ON the ground and not paper
roads for the money to be spent.
For the year ending February 20,
1920, there are now provided for or
uncypcndcd in the hands of the Audi
tor OF Public Accounts approximately
$i,000000 avaoilable for road con-
struction and naintcnace in this state
Matching the federal aid dollar for
dollar which is available for roads
in Virginia for the three years 1919
1921. thcr will be an additional S10,-
O00,0OO ito be spent on our highways.
Thus. irrespective of whether Il more
extensive road building program, as
thtc nine-ycar $l0,000.000 program
advocated by Governor Davis in his
tI'it.N DclOlt lli' NlElIl1 NIODu
Roads Association, is adopted or not.
the road building organization and
methods of the State are - serious
consideration. a dollars worth of
properly constructed permanent roads
is desired for every dollar spent, and
it is to help accomplish this that thte
Gcovrnor has called into existence the
advisory board on road construction.
The question of whether !; special
session of the General Assembly at
this time will actually hasten road
construction or not has been gone in
to from every angle by Governor Da-
Wis, and he said that he will take such
action MS may he necessary to secure
for Virginia its full apportionmcnt
of Federal lad, and which will actual
~ hastetn the building of good roads
throughout the State. 1t is under
stood, however, that the Governor
wants to save the cost of an extra scs-
sion OF the General Assembly if pos
Sible. and il; opposed tin increasing the
tax budren unless the State is ready
and fully prepared actively to launch
at this time upon IN extended road
budding program.