Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-09-02
ROAD WORK APPROVED.

o,...;ct Engineer J. St. Clair smith,
g6.;s3,r,o-t L. has been on an inspection
Of The county this week. he
mp ~o.,ert of his visit has been to
enls' w., U The work being done by the
looH ", =, resurfacing the Harper's
- ss-ry p;ke. Earlier inspection trips 70
!ss re- county had been made by W. y.
p.swster p and B. E. Gray, highway en-
nnssrs De-. OF the federal government,
s es,so are looking after federal aid
.I work in several States. All OF
.Ss va ;nsrectors were pleased not only
u,b I.;,b tbe progress of the work in
VIZ V.s.-soH @ county, but with the way it Is
is;n, dome as well. Work in other
semniies Uni of the State has been delayed
oD';no n a number of causes, inability
vS" os, material being the principal
/, some counties where great
O"sn,ities of cement are required al
- ~, M nrogress has been made in
. ma work this season, while in others
~ has been hindered because il
n,os ;mnossible TO obtain crushed Stone
~bsre il had to be shipped by rail to
the projects.
To an Advocate man Engineer Smith
.,Ited freely about the road project in
This COUNTY while he was here Wednes-
S.y I He said more had been ac-
,omplishej in road improvement in
Jefferson this year than in any OF the
zen counties of the State over which
he has SUPERVISION. Moreover, he said
,ba, for substantial construction the
local project was most superior
riece of work, probably better than in
4 his territory.
Another interesting fact detailed BY
the engineer was that the allotment to
This county from State and federal
road funds IS based on the lowest bid
offered hy any contractor offering to
do the work. The lowest bid on the
Harpers Ferry turnpike project was
shout $50 COO Half of this sum meas
4 ures the extent of the funds that the
n State and national governments will
q contribute to this project, regardless
a OF what its costs will be to the county.
4 II the county can limit the cost to S75,-
n OOO. il will he seen that more than
II half of the expense will be borne by
81 the State and federal governments.
Il SchaeHer'S Cross Roads was reach
Il ed the first of the week in road making
on the Harper'S Ferry pike. The pike
4 from that point TO Halltown was then
! closed to travel and work on that por-
< ton of il was begun. The pike is now
4 closed the entire distance from the
intersection of the Keys Ferry road to
Halltown-Advocate.
Speaking of road Improvement,
Berkeley county folks are grumbling a
good deal concerning their class A road
experience. A year ago last Saturday
the COUNTY court let the contract for
the rebuilding of the eight miles of the
81 HWlrcheSter pike between Martinsburg
= ant Inwoot This has long been a good
N road and famous highway, and its
Transformation into Glass A road
would seem to have been a simple
matter. Up to this time, however,
onIy one mile of the road has been fin-
iSnet, and this is said to be already in
reed OF repairs. Four miles more have
feen started, hut the work is not nearly
CmpIetcd. The Berkeley county peo-
PIE heure that at the present rate of
progress II will take eight years to fin
sSh the JOB In the meantime, the pike
closed to travel and a detour that is
I'Nes almost impossible has to be