The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-07-27
ROAD. DISCUSSION
BEING MAPPED OUT
HIGHWAY Commission PLAN
COOPERATIVE MEETINGS.

New Scheme to Take Over Channels
of Travel by State-Letter
Mailed.
Preparations for the taking over
of roads by the state highway COM
mission in number of counties, as
authorized by the recent highw@ act
and which is now actually being put
in operation, are being completed by
T. H. Thomas, secretary of the COM
mission. and Charles H. Mooreield,
engineer. To take over the roads un-
der state maintenance means that the
commission must have the full CO.
operation of county officials and all
persons interested in better roads.
The commission is able to main
tain these roads only when they are
under the state system, connecting
the various county seats, and will not
give any attention to other high
ways. The plan now is to hold meet
ings in every congressional district
POSSIBLY two or three in some dis
tricts, and to invite all interested IN
roads to attend these hearings. Soun-
ty officials, of course, will be expected
to be on hard fs5n their respective
counties. Members of the state
highway commission and district en-
rineers vii! be en- hand to talk over
the needs of the district and coun-
ties
First at Anderson.
.Afte~ these meetings have been
held all over the state it is believed
that very little trouble will be ex-
perienced in taking over the roads
from the counties iD all sections of
South Carolina. Letters giving facts
about the meetings and calling on all
those who have a desire to see bet
ter roads in this state have been sent
out by Mr.. Thomas and he expects
all the conferences to be well at
tended. The first conference of this
kind will be held in the court house
at Anderson, Monday, August 2,
from 10 o'clock in the morning un-
til | o'clock in the afternoon.
The second meeting is scheduled
for. Greenwood at the court house,
Tuesday, August 8, from 10 a. m. to
/ p. m.
Wednesday. August 4. the session
will be at Greenville and Thursday,
August 5. the meeting will be at
Spartanburg. >s4.-,
Friday, August 6. the conference
will be at Rock Hill, and Saturday,
August Z. the meeting will be held
at the court house at Camden. SINH
lar meetings are being arranged Tor
aHl the congressional districts and a
large number Of county seats. Be-
low is a copy of the letter sent out
to county officials in the Third dis
trict. the others being similar ex-
cept for the dates and places OF
meeting:
Letter Sent Out.
sUnder the recent act of the leg
islature creating a state highway de-
partment, there is contained the fol-
lowing provision:
"sThe said state highway commits
sion shall. under the advice of the
state highway engineer, lay out a
system of connecting highways
throughout the s5ate. connecting
every county seat within the state
and covering such main avenues OF
travel and traffic as the said highway
commission may deem advisable
Before complying with the above
provision of the act the department
deems it advisable to hold public
hearing in each of the seven congress
lision nal districts of the state, to which
will be invited all parties who may be
interested in the matter. A tentative
state system was laid out by the for
mer highway department after long
study. and careful consideration, and
as a basis of. discussion this tentative
system will be used. Maps of this
lay out may be obtained at the office
of the county supervisor of roads OF
every county.
"In pursuance of the above pur-
pose the state highway commission
will hold hearing in the county
court house in the city Of Anderson
on Monday, August 3, 1920, from 10
a. m. to 1 p. M, and anyone in the
Third congressional district who be-
lieves that the roads in that district
as laid out on the said map ought to
be changed is invited to appear at
said times and places and state to the
said commission the change proposed,
giving the reasons therefor.
Inasmuch as the department is
charged with the duty of laying out
state system connecting the coun-
ty seats and the roads Of adjoining
states. only such roads as could
consistently and properly be incor-
porated in such a syz&m can be
taken into consideration.
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