The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-31
THE BOND ISSUE


about the so-called good roads II
Greenville County that we have gone
to the trouble and expense OF pro-
curing from the Clerk of Court Of
that county a certified excerpt from
the report of the grand jury made at
the August term of the Court OF
General Sessions, 1919 Qast year,
1t will be remembered that some OF
these roads has been built only two
years when this report was made
The following is so much of the
grand jury's report as pertains to
these roads:
= "We have inspected many of the
roads and bridges over the County
and from general viewpoint work is
very much behind and practically all
topsoiled as well as the unimproved
roads are very much in need of re-
pairs. In many places the topsoil is
cut into holes and the ruts are deep.
The road leading from Greer and
joining the old Spartanburg Road at
the George Vaughn place via the H.
B. Diver place and out Ed Bur
nett's on to ]. P. Vaughn's, known as
Mail Route No. from Greer is in
very bad condition and unless re-
paired it is likely the delivery Of
mail will be discontinued.
Other Mail Routes that may suffer
as result of the bad condition of the
roads are Route No. 4 from Travellers
Rest leading over the Mucklehaynie
Road at the Tom Hunt place; also
Route No. l leadi,..;; up the Bun
combe Road and around Paris Noun
tain. The numerous other roads that
are in bad condition are: The Road
leading from Travellers Rest by w.
F. Casey's place on to Little Texas /;
The Pelzer Road from A. H. Sulli-
vans to Grove Creek, which is cut
through the top-soil and the clay
foundation is boggy; The topsoil on
the Georgia Road is in holes and
ruts, and is very bad from Sandy
Springs to Fork Shoals, the wooden
bridge on this road over Huff Greek
is dangerous to cross; also the
Augusta Road from w. C. Lindleys
to the County line is in holes and
ruts, this road is good from the City
to near Woodville with the exception
of a few holes; The road leading
from O'Neal to Washington Church
is in a fearful condition and at one
place is impossible; also cross Coun-
ty Road from Grove Station via c.
D. Nesbitt's ar1 Chas. Mitchell's is
in much need of attention and the
overhead bridge on this road has
been down nearly a year; The road
leading from the Augusta Road to
Cooley's Bridge has not been worked
in years; The White Horse Road is in
fairly good condition though there
are good many holes worn in the
topSoil; The two Steel Bridges al
Fork Shoals need reflooring.
We understand that the road ap
preparation for Maintenance Pur
poses has been exhausted and tha,
there are no funds available for re-
pair work, therefore, we would re
commend that the County Delegation
be requested to confer with the
County Supervisor and make some
provision whereby the roads ane
bridges may be maintained"
1t is apparent from a reading 0,
this report that all of the roads men
toned are not top-soiled roads, a
least we so take it. But the reader
of this paper will see just what scr
vice is to be expected from the ton
soiled roads. Some of the roads men
toned are stated to be roads of thi
character, and they are also state,
to be in "holes and r11tsn The Auouo