The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-28
SENATE AGREES TO $4O0, 900 As
STATES AID TO COUNTY ROA y
PROGRAM FOR RELIABILITY TIlll
SENATE
HIGHWAY. COMMISSIONER
NAY RECEIVE 1880


The house amendment nxing the sal
airy Of the state highway commissioner
to be from $500 to $4,000 was
stricken out by the senate committee
an roads and internal navigation yes
terday and the original text providing
that 1t be from $1,000 to $500 re-
stored The bill was reported after
being most carefully perused and
amended In several minor particulars
The house amendment providing that
the Eve big divisions Of the state be
heard from before the commission
could approve apportionmenta for each
year was also stricken out on motion
o. Senator West.
Henator Conrad offered severa
amendments, all Of which were sdopt-
I'd with the exception of one. Most or
these simply made the bill more lucid
in vague spots, one OF them proyfdtnE
that court clerks notify the proper
county authorities of the location OF
reads as advised by the commissioner
and another requiring the commission
to notify appellants from DECISIONS OF
the date and place set for nearing
the time decided upon.
j Another defect pounced on by sena~
tor Conrad was the startling language
t.yovidtng that the "state convict road
fierce shall be vested with tins powers
cf the sheriff The senator from
Rockingham pointed out that. unnef
this proviso, convtcts would probably
arrest their guards. The words en-
ployes Of were prefixcd to this Sec
tic n. IL was originally Intended.
senator Strobe renewed his fiEnt to
GIVE disgruntled communities the right
81 appeal from the decisions rendered
nv the commissioner In the past, when
Ne was vested with the powers OF abb
.oiutA authority. This was opposed by
Re majors Coolrfck and Robertson. VINO
regarded II as y most dangerous meas
sionAr Coleman has located 1,soo miles
81 roads and in many cases started
construction and let contracts.
senator strobe asked Commissioned
Coleman flatIy whether or not he woaic
object 70 i yeviswai Of hts decisions
~ the cesumisslor which II created os
the hill Mr.. Coleman answered that
I - Nov ~ this evils which would gro~
Sut e9 smkAs = system, he did object Tn
aSa1teS sfeosa Alnhstet exrfessed sur
- a11sAppsinAnsenk that the essm
ENfnei0ner ia not take tlfe "usual posi-
tion .of judges IN welcoming a re
|w1eVtA1s.t
AZ decoration from Pertsmouth ar.
rived To- urge the committee to permit
the }NtroHuctton Of bill by Senator
Ccrbitt amending the state highway
system 20 include stretch of road
thirteen miles In length leading to the
North Carolina line. With the deieEa-
ton was W. IA. Cahocn. Of Elisabeth
City, n c.. who explained that the
Old North state was prepared to cons
strurt twenty-five miles Of road to con-
meet At the line dividing the states.
Although 1t WAS a foregone conciu-
sion that the bill would not be con-
sidereA At this time. the committee lis
tened almost With rapt I n &c e
throughout the iong and really beauti-
fui speech Of the visitor. Expia nins
the close relations OF the two Virgins
seaport cttiAs with. the ten rich counties
% Eastern North Carolina. Mr.. Cahoor
reviewed with enhancing etoauenct
and through familiarity the siste:hooo
which has always existed between the
two states.
The busy committee showed no dis
position to limit his time and he wa.
interrupted several times by burst OF
pplause earned. not by any oppoftuns
references 10 popular topics OF the pres
emit day, but by masterful tributes Il
Alorioue sons Of the Virginia OF Other
days. Several members OF the commit
tee expressed regret at not being able
to accede to the visitors wishes at thi:
time and congrntuiated him warmly OF
his effort =.