Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-24
COMPREHENSIVE
ROAD PROGRAM
IS RECOMMENDED
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materials could be secured for this roai
for several weeks and considerable delay
was eglned. The only materials used ~
this oonetnictipH we're secured while ers-
bargoos were lifted aud during the short
periods that tho demands u ysT wax
allowed materials 10 be soId on the open
market. This sane condition held tsiIs IN
all the down Hate contracts.
Not only was the securing ~ The ma
teriais, labor and Fnnspnrtstion pass1d
by the United st1lter Government, bat
the money 10 pay for the work, II derived
from Il bond issue, WIS secured only after
the bond isRlc had been approved by the
capital issies committee. This eomnittec
was formed Just about the time oar con
structiOn was to commence, and wss o.
gained for the purpose of approving thc
issuance of bonds. and no bonds could ~
gold without its sanction.
MAINTENANCE PRossss.
Concerning msinsenanec tho report
says Immediately after the creation ~
the state Highway Department, no
division IF maintenance was organized
This division is without doubt ore a ttse
most important and essential requisite ~
highway work II vas organized not nniY
to take care of the du Pont road that vas
turned over to the State Highvsy Dopar r
ment after the department was organized,
| but u Was created az an early JseriOd -
! that when the department afded Hasnv
| miles ~ completed road ~ the sys.ss ~
| highways, the maintenance divissoa ~,uN
/ he fully developed and capable ~ ksrprtx
| the Delaware State Highways NJ h~
| highest state NJ maintenance. The div
sion Is in charge a an assistant ensJn.sr
| that has bad several years of T~aeticsi
experience in road building and rosnte1 =
anoe. lie has direct charge ~ the patrol
and bic recommendations arr rDade dlrrrt
| ~ the chief engineer. In order 10 ks~p
| the records NJ costs Is rnsIntensnoe, and 10
order to provide date for studies m thc
economic choice of pev--nent, . syst>no
| waR devised hat will snrv the c1~t ~
each mile sectior, ~ state highvny Farh
| State highway route ~ designated by =
| number preixed with the hr.t letter ~
! each az The counties. The odd Durberr
| rim north and south; and the ev~n nnn-
| hers run east and west. Eera Tn~sse .
| also divided INTO sections Of ore nIls
! and number eoreeritipeiy; thus, earr
section Is quickly designated by uakins
| the route and the ssctiOn number, A sep-
aratc maintenance areotnt " kept igt
each section of the road. This acccnni
| not only shows the total costs for ihe
maintenance of this road, but it also gives
q complete history of the road sectson o.
cludng the crsf of coDs,ructlon. as ueti AZ
stating lust what maintenance treatment
this particular sectIon had.
DEPARTMENTS souTrv.
Concerning euuDpneat tAs report sAvs:
Only sufficient drafting noon and Offlna
ea,lipnnsnt has been serirrd n csyvv ~
the work until such time es permanent
quarters are established. The drafting
room Is equipped with blneprlntIns
machine that has gwen satisfactory
service and has been found IN be very USE
ful and necessary The necessary field
equipment in the form of trsnslts, levels,
rods, etc has also been purchased. The
maintenance equipment consists Ut one
unit, consisting Of tar kettle, light auto
truck, two-horse moving machine, and
small tools. At the time the surveys were
beng made two Ford automo biies for
survey parties were purchased; these were
latter Used by the resident engineers. 4
Buick touring car was purchased tor the
chi ef engineer, TO be used on Inspection
and general duty.
The experience Of TINS season mas shown
that il is quite necessary and economic Tor
e2ch resident engineer 70 have light
rinabout automobile, for the purpose IL
inspecting the work under ms cnsrse.
This not only saves time, but makes the
supervision more efficient and results IN
better control.