The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-03-17

Fear 4iYis.0i;s 6: 3s State Highway ne.
pnrtment. 10 be Established In
Short Time.
According to announcement made by
the state highway engineer, Laurens
has been selected for one of four dis
trict Offices to be Established by the |
state highway commission provided for |
in the last session Of the legislature.
Outside Of the announcement by the
highway engineer, nothing else is
known of the plan here. Yesterday
morning, Sec. Lee, of the Chamber OF
Commerce, wrote a letter to Capt. Pen
nell, the highway engineer, proffering
the assistance Of the Chamber of Com
mcrce in getting located.
The following is the article taken
from The State in which Capt. Penncll
made his announcement of the division
offices:
Capt. j. Roy Pennell, state highway
engineer, yesterday. announced the
names of the four men who will be
recommended to the new highway
commission to be in charge Of the di-
vision Offices which the department
plans to establish within short time
at Florence, LaurensS Charleston and
Columbia.
Captain Pennell said he would rec
ommend j. d. Gregory to be appointed
head Of the division office to be estab-
lished in Columbia. He will recon-
mend w. S. Lewis for the Florence di-
vision; L. NJ. Ieisiger for the Laurens
office, and II. G. Orr for the Charleston
division.
j. ID. Gregory is Virginia Poly
technic institute man and has been
with the DUPONT people and also with
the Norfolk & Western Railway COM
pany as engineer He was with the
Virginia state highwya department and
is man Of wide experience in engi-
neering projects. For the past sever
al months he has been resident engi-
neer for the highway department on
concrete work being done in Charles
ton county. At the present time he Is
in Florence county looking after the
COHStiuCtlOh VI SIN HlilcS Vi ColClClt
work
l.. NJ. Wcisiger, who will be recon-
mended for the Laurens division, is ;
graduate OF the University OF Soutl
Carolina and has been with the high
way department since it's organization
He now has charge Of federal aid worl
in Spartanburg county.
Fl. &C. Orr, who will be recommends
for the head Of the Charleston division
is assistant bridge engineer for tn
highway department. For several year
he was with the Pennsylvania high
way department and for about tw
years was with the American Brdg
company.
W. s. Lewis. who will be recon
mended to the new commission for tn
Florence division, is now engineer {
Marion county. He has been with tt
Virginia state highway deDartme1
and has supervised paving work
Jacksonville.
1t Is planned to divide the state II
to four sections, with a division eng
neer In charge OF each Three er
ployees will be at each division OIL
and all resident engineers in the
vision will report to the division c
flee, which in turn will report to t
head Office in Columbia. BY this sy
tenn, highway officials believe tn
close tab can be kept on the work O
er the state. and that excellent resul
can be secured from the expenditure
the vast amount Of money whi
South Carolina will invest in roa
this Y, The plan for divisions,
mapped out by the highway depa
mcnt, will be submitted to the co
mission for consideration when
new commission Is organized. r
work OF the highway department is
ing steadily ahead, according to of
ials, and there has been no cessat
of activity since the old commss
was abolished
Miss Ruth Bagwcli, stenographer
the office of Governor Cooper, sp
the week end In the city with J