Milford chronicle., 1919-04-04
sussex COUNTY PLANS
TO BUILD GOOD ROADS
Fiity-eight Miles of Permanent Road
to Be Built Within the Next
Several Months

If the plans of the Sussex County
Highway Commission materialize-
and there is every reason to believe
that they will-SusseX county by this
time next year will have at least 5S
miles of permanent road built. and
possibly more. The Commission which
consists of the three members of the
| Sussex County Levy Court-Frank W.
Holloway of Millville. William f. Val
| liant of Laurel, and William II. Book
! hammer of Lewes-together with Gov
John G. Townsend Oliver A. Newton
of Bridgeville and Charles Mitchell of
Mission, held a meeting at Georgetown
| last Monday morning in the Levy
Court room and discussed plans and
routes. The meeting was known to
but few of the good roads enthusiasts
of the county, Governor Townsend,
who is chairman of the Commission,
springing a surprise on them. The
action of the meeting, however soon
spread and there was much jubilation
when it became known that routes had
been laid out for 90 miles. State
Highway Engineer Charles NJ. Upham
of Dover accompanied the Governor
and together with County Engineer
William E. Hawkins : consultation
was entered into with the Commission
and the routes mapped out While it
was not decided at the meeting the
nature of the construction, whether
concrete, bitulithic or Stag, with a top
coating of some kind of finishing ma
terial, yet it was given out by the
Commission that the best possible |
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would be built and at the minimum |
cost. It is understood that the type of |
road was left to Chief Highway En-
gineer Upham and County Engineer
Hawkins, who Will study the different /
conditions on the proposed routes
within the near future, when they
make an inspection trip over the diff
ferent stretches that are to be built.
and ascertain what material, if any,
may be found along the routes which
would aid in the construction work.
The clerk of the peace, who is clerk
also to the Levy Court, was selected
as secretary to the Commission and
within a short time the bonds will be
printed and 500 900 worth of them put
up for sale. The construction of the
Twelve stretches contemplated by the
dollar bond issue will de-
pend on the progress that is made in
The disposition of the bonds. Il is
believed that there will be little trou- {
Die experienced in selling the bonds.
md if the good roads advocates of the {
county who are financially able will q
,Ome to the assistance of the Com 4
that work on the long looked q
or permanent roads will soon be un- !
Ter way. 1t is stated that if the sale of
he half-million dollars wIrth of bonds l
S made at a lively rate, that after the J.
of the stretches mapped J
'ut the next half-milliOn dollar bond [
ssue will be placed on the market. l
The Commission is acting under the !
uthority granted them by an Act of
he Legislature two years ago, au-
horizing the establishment of a Coun-
Y Highway Commission and the is
uance of one million dollars worth \
f bonds. g
Except the DUPONT Road, which ex- b
ends from a point near Milford to .
elbyville, the home town of Governor I
ownsend, and few short stretches of v
ag road leading from the towns along a
lis route to connect with the dupont 1
odhf lAtCA z di uO pei liidutuL IOduS. =
t the present time in the western j
ectiOn of the county, extending from ;.
elmar to Bridgeville, the State High c.
ay Department is building concrete le
Dads for the State. Two contracts are OF
Ow under way-one from Laurel to II
eaford and the other from Seaford
Bridgeville. "
The proposed routes of the county
ghways are as follows: Laurel east
ward Loves Cross Roads, 6 miles; u
ladies' to Concord, 8 miles; Bridge N
lie toward Georgetown, miles; tn
reenwood, east. miles; Georgetown ca
est toward COkesbury, miles; WI
to Harbeson, miles; tr
via Mission, miles; Sell M
willie toward Millville. miles tn
toward Laurel, 4 miles;
east. miles; Glendale, to
est, 4 miles; Milford toward Shaw va
e, miles. de
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