Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-02-08
u. S. OFFICIAL
GIVES HIGH PRAISE
TO STATE ROADS

That Georgia Is building some Of
the best highways in the United
States was the verdict by Captain P.
st. J. Wilson, chief engineer Of the
federal bureau of public roads, at the
,pany of officials of the state highway
department.
In the party with Captain Wilson
were H. K. Bishop, general inspector
of federal aid roads east of the Mis-
sissippi river; w. A. Grassland, SEN
roads in Georgia; w. r. Neel, state
highway engineer of Georgia; J. H.
Johnston, assistant state highway
engineer, and z. G. Miner. chief field
engineer
They made an automobile. trip
from Atlanta to the Florida line by
way of Griffin, Macon, Montezuma,
Americas and Thomasville, travers-
ing portions of the Dixie highway,
seeing completed, or under con-
struction, practically every type Of
road being built in this state, as
well as some of the principal bridge
projects.
The trip gave Captain Wilson an
opportunity of examining the sand
clay type of road, the bituminous
macadam road, the sheet asphalt
road, the Kentucky rock asphalt road;
brick road.
In Spalding and Bibb counties he
saw two stretches of magnificent
concrete road, recently completed. In
Henry and Clayton counties he saw
stretches of sand-clay road under
construction and completed, and also
saw the systematic road maintenance
now being inaugurated by the state
highway department on roads of the
state system.
the concrete bridge across the Flint
river, one of the largest bridges in
the state, a splendid piece of engi-
neering. At Albany he saw another
mammoth bridge across the Flint
river, very high and long.
brick road recently completed, and
in Sumter county some particularly
fine stretches of sand-clay road. con-
structed with the red sandy loan be-
ing used extensively in south Geor-
gia for this type of construction.
bureau of public roads, Captain Will
son came to Georgia to find out how
the state highway department has
expended Georgia's allotment of he
federal road fund. His observations
were distinctly complimentary to the
department. He expressed the opin-
ion that Georgia is building some
of the best roads in the United
States.
This opinion, coming from such a
! high source, is all the more s;gni-
ficant in view of the fact. as was
shown to Captain Wilson, that Geor-
gia's cost of road building is among
the lowest in the country. The state
! highway department makes it a rule
to insist upon very close bidding on
contract work, and to take full advan-
tage of home supplies of road build
ing material. The last-named factor
has enabled the department to save
thousands of dollars in road con-
struction.
Captain Wilson expressed the
| opinion that the bituminous macadam
road from Camp Gordon to the Full
ton county line and several bitumin-
Gus macadam roads in Fulton coun-
ty, are the best he ever saw, better
than he believed it possible to build.
He complimented the department
very highly on it's work in general,
and expressed approval of its pro-
gram of future work
In the near future Captain Wilson
will return to Georgia for a more
extended tour of roads, on which he
intends to spend at least a week
and cover several hundred miles.