The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-10-06
PRINCETON ROAD
MAY BE DELAYED
Funds Not Available to Commence
Work at Once. Decision POSTPONED

Hoih at Ohcc. DeclSlOn GOStpOncu
The County Highway Commission,
meeting in session Friday to award
the contract for the top-soil road be-
tween Princeton and the Greenwood
county line at Ware Shoals, decided
that FUNDS were not available for the
project at this time and the work
may be postponed
AS previously published. Dlans had
been made to top-soil this road out of
funds derived from the county's share
OF the state automobile tax, the mill
state levy for road construction and
maintenance and nifty per cont of the
cost to be contributed by the Ware
Shoals Manufacturing Company. 1t
developed at the meeting that only
about $4,000 Of the automobile taxiwas
available for this purpose and that the
funds from the 2 mill levy woud not
be available until the tax money for
this year comes in. With this infor-
ma ion in mind, the highway commits
sion refused to go into contrac, for
the road
a way is being sought, however,
stated Supervisor Watts Saturday. by
which the situation may be overcome.
Mr.. Gco. NJ. Wright, of the highway
commission, and Mr.. y. C. Hughes,
county engineer were appointed com
mittcc to confer with The officials of
the Ware Shoals Manufacturing Com
pany to determine whether or not the
company's half of the estimated cost
of the road could be made available at
once. If the company agrees TO ad
vance this money now the work will
be started and by the time this fund
Is cNhautsed 1t is estimated that the
county's share OF the cost will be avail
able If this plan goes through, the
work will go ahead under the dircc
'ioh OF the supervisor and board of
county commissioners instead of the
highway commission.
Referring to the general road situa-
ton in the county, MIR. Watts said that
with the completion OF the top-soil
road to Owings the funds for road con
struction derived from the bond issuos
would be exhausted and a deficit Of
ABOUT |il 'ooo be left on the highway
commission. This, he said. will ncccs-
sariIy mean the discOntinuancc of tbo
work at the rate that it has bcon
'"'''cd oh' However, he said, work
VIII not be entirely stopped and con
Structlon will be continued on tbo
Original system as laid out from funds
derived from the mill state levy and
tax money. The latter
inhd amounted to around S12 900 This
year and next year il is expected 70
De materially increased throueh tbo
"nuilioh OF cars and the increased H.
ccnSc rec per car. With this monov
a'aiiaDlc every year, Mr.. Watts said
ne hoped that all Of the main roads
oi inc county would be top-solcd with
III reasonable length OF time. Tho
man problem now facing the countv
ne SAID was the maintenancc ~,
'"e cross roads. The tax levy for
road maintenance since he went into
once and since the greatly increased
cost or road work. he said had NOT
oeeh increased but third of Mill
ana that more funds must be provided
II me cross roads are to be mainto;r
ed IN reasonably passablc shane
WIN these provided for, he said no
ielt that the top-soil roads could ho
taken care Of out OF funds osnocio,,,
provided for and above referred to