Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-29
BOND ISSUE PURIFIERS
CAROLINA ROAD PLANS
Construction Record Attracts
Attention of Highway
Builders Of |. :.
Pennsylvania. Maryland aud Illinois
Engineers. Entertained by Commits
sionCr Coleman. Outline Work Tn
der Why and Projected in These
states


That tho record which North Caro-
!Ina Is making in road construction
through the aid Of the s5oCc OOO
bond issue is attracting attention of
prominent road builders throughout,
tho United States is evidenced by the
Interest in tho North Carolina road
building program which has prompt
Cd many Of tile leading highway
engineers Of the country 10 make
pilrrimages 10 that stat. for an IN
sncction of the work done.
!. delegation OF highway engineers.
including Colonel W. u. Uhlcr. Har-
r!sbure chief state highway euei-
ncer OF Pennsylvania. II. .. Shirley.
Of Baltimore. sanitary and roads en-
rinecr Of Baltimore County and for
ner chief State highway engineer Of
Maryland; George Bartlett, Of Chi
caEo, and Blaine Smith, OF Pitts
burgh arrived in Richmond last
nigh; from Washington en- route TO
North Carolina. The party was en-.
tertained last night at dinner by
Commissioner George /, Coleman, ut
the Wcstmorclard Club. They viii
continue their Journey 10 North Car
olina in the morning. on their ar
taken over the roads recently con-
s;ruc;ed in North Carolina by Frank
Page, chairman of the North Caro-
lima commission.
While in tho city. Colonel Ch,er
took occasion TO compliment the Viz
cinia Highway Department on the
character Of maintenance ~ the
highway between Washington and
i}ichmond. While recognizing that
the traffic needs between these two
cities required more permanent
type OF surfacins than gravel. Colo
mol thler stated that, with the cXcep-
ton OF q very few miles. IL was a.
well maintained gravel road as. in
his judgment. ii would he possible 20
secure. Mr.. shirley voiced similar
sentiments with reference TO tho
maintenance work which has been
done.
Pennsylvania Spending Milliops.
Colonc! Ch'"r, in rcsnoTsa 1. an
inquiry, stated that the Pennsylvania
Highway Department, during 1921,
had placed under contract for mod
crn type OF paved road In excess o:
$4,000, 900. During 1919. 1920, 1921
and the first par; Of 1922 the state
OF Pennsylvania had expended the
entire s5o.oo0,000 bond issue In ad-
d!tIon to other funds, the greater
par; o. which had been let to con
tract in the las; eighteen months or
account Of the difficulty Of ,ce,,!n.
materials and labor and the high
cost Of construction, prior 20 thai
time. The year 1922 was started of
with recent letting 81 2i3 miles OF
modern paving, totaliug n COS; SIC.
100000
OF course. we ara building
higher type o: construction than ma
be required on ViTsinia highway,
FOR some time. and certainly FOR the
greater par; o; The mileage said
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;raffc conditions. we are compelled
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