Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-12-16
YORK COUNTY : ROADS
Need for Hard Surface Highways Is
Evident Says Supervisor.
SAND CLAY WILL NOT STAND TRlFFlC

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to Build Supervisor Believes II Most
Economical in Long, Rup-Ths North
Road Will Be Turned Oyer 10 state
Highway Commission in March, AZ
eording to Plans.
That sand clay roads are not sufi-
ciently strong to take care Of the ever
increasing and heavier automobile
traffic in York county and that there
will be no remedy until hard surface
roads are built over the main thor
oughfares, was the opinion expressed
by Supervisor Hugh G.. Brown In an
interview with reporter for The
Yorkville Enquirer. "The sand clay
road simply won't hold up and that Is
all there is. to it." the supervisor went
on to say. 1T has been tried out thor
oughly. Fifteen or twenty years ago
the sand clay road was the very thing.
But with an ever increasing number OF
automobiles and trucks on the roads
carrying heavy loads. it Is plain that
the sand-clay road won't stand up; t6 Il.
"As matters go now We are spending
hundreds and thousands of dollars
each year trying to keep these roads In
repair. AS soon as a repair job Is fia-
ished It, is almost time to start all over
| again. Take the Rock Hill road for irl-
stance. suppose the road from the
county seat to Rock Hill Is the noat
extensively used road in York county.
In fact know It is. ..;
II haven't the exact figures: but I
should guess that something like $1,000
has been spent in dragging and other
wise repairing that road this year. It
has been case Of doing the same
thing over and over again.
lizard surface or concrete roads are
the only practical solution OF the road
problem, Take the Cherry road, forin-
stance, that stretch Of hard surface
road from winthrop college TO tie ca
tawba river bridge, between Rock Hill
and Fort Mil. fltS III h n 81 - u
Several years have elapsed now since
that road was completed, but Il ia
practically as good today as 4twae the
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is expensive, to build much more ex-
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,oin tounsbin limo ON ,,6,c,, the chain
eone 10 no,r ON On ge,dp voo,,a che scom-
n,eted the ,sunervisors said that he
cou,d NOT tel, exactIv. but that Il might /.
no next March before the road is turn
cd over TO the state highway commiss
sion. "We1l probably finish the work
of grading and sanding Jby the end OF
next week." he said; .'but of course we
can't complete the work then. One
can't build road in few days, you
know. There Is much shaping up to,
be done. Then after the road settles
as II were we will have to go back and
fill up the holes and uneven places that
appear from time to time. Don't get
the idea that the chain gang will be-
engaged steadily on that road from
now until next March; but / believe
that It will be that time before the road
is in proper shape to turn over TO the
state highway commission,
Way1Into YorkyiiIe.