The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-14

places need to have attention and in
fact the road all the way snould 'oe
looked after right now, ana the cost
will be very little compared to what
il will be if neglected. The bridge
at Bush River has not been complet-
ed and you have to use the old bridge,
and on the other side from Newoer-
~ when the river is slightly swollen
the water covers the road for some
distance, and the turning into the
! highway has been bad all the time,
and is principally red clay. The wa
! ter on Sunday was all out that SIDE
over the road, but knowing that the
road bed was macadam | tried it out.
Just as we were turning into the high
way. or the little strip of road that
leads up to it, the water flooded my
engine and she went down. But be-
ing a Chevrolet l put the starter to
her and out we went Every one ad-
mits. YOU know, however much they
NAV be inclined to knock the Chevro-
let, that it has good engine, and this
is true, and the water did not inter-
fere with the running at all. we
drove on to Chappells, but seeing the
water out to the railroad at this place
I thought wise to make some inquiry
about the road and the water around
the entrance to the bridge. / was
told that thewater was about three or
four feet deep under the trestle where
you enter the approach to the BRIDGE
and that only Saturday Mr.. Kenneth
Baker of Greenwood had to abandon
his car out there and come back and
walk the railroad to the river BRUCE
and have a car come from Greenwood
to meet him. Not being inclined to
pedestrianism at this time l decided
that the better part Of valor would
be to turn around and come back TO
Newberry, and this l did. The road
from Little river all the way to Chap
pells with a very few exceptions is IN
fine shape, and it only shows the I'M
portance and the value and the econ
omy of using the right sort OF top SOIL
and doing the work as it should be
done while you are at the jco. And
this reminds me to say that 90 SIM
cerely hope that the federal depart
ment of highways, or the state de-
partment or whatever department has
charge of the matter, will soon let
the contract for the building of this
road. It has been nearly year now
since operation on the work here
has been suspended, and if the fed
eral government can ever get through
with all the red tape that is necessary
it would be great relief to have This
little gap built, and it is very i'm
portant gap. Why keep on delaying
and putting off. / saw in the State
few days ago where they were going
to let this short piece along with a
whole lot of other road in the state,
but if they take as long to let the
others as they have this, and then as
long to do the work some of Us will
be too old to use road by the time
the work is completed. That is one
trouble with this federal aid. You
have not only got to wait their own
good time, but when you come to the
work it matters not how much larger
per cent of the cost you put up you
have got to do as they say do and
build according to their plans. Well,
there is one thing / must commend
in all their plans, and that is they in
sist on concrete bridges and concrete
drains and that is the only kind that
should be permitted by the state or
the county when it comes to the sulld-
ing of them, Jecause they are the on
lv kind that are worth the while to
build. If you want evidence of this
look at the bridge over Beaverdam.
Don't you think that bridge is cheap
er even at four times the cost than
most any other that could have been
built, and then it makes such a nice
looking piece of work when it is done,
and it is cheaper. But when, oh, when
will the government he ready to
let contract so that the work OF
building these three miles of road may
be started. / am interested in the
starting of them now and then we can
have. some sort of idea or feeling that
some time, may be the good old sum-
mer time, but at least some time it