Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-04-20
HIGHWAY MATTERS
ARE DISPOSED OF
NUMBER OF ROAD PROJECTS UP
BEFORE STATE HIGHWAY
COMMISSION.
JASPER COUNTY GETS AID
Federal Aid Requests Granted, Dele
aations Heard and Much WORK
Done at the Meeting.
Columbia.

Columbia.
Allotment of federal and state aid
to a number of road and bridge pro-
iects over the state and the consider
alton of numerous requests from dif-
ferent delegations were the more I'M
portant actions of the state highway
commission at it's meeting here. A
number Of requests were turned down
by the commission, as 1t was impos-
sible to grant them.
The commission acQuiesced in the
request from Bamberg county that the
requirement of $4,000 to be appro-
priated for the Salkehatchie bridge be
waived as the county has no funds
10 apply to the bridge and is very
anxious to proceed with work on the
Bamberg- -Branchville highway. The
commission agreed to waive the re-
ouirements heretofore placed on the
bridge, but only with the understand
ing that the county shall provide
funds for the bridge as soon as 1t can
lawfully do so.
A request of $4,000 Of federal aid
from Greenwood county to be used on
q bridge at Puckett's ferry on the Sa-
luda river was not granted as the
commission thought other bridges, es-
pscially the Laurens-Greenwood con-
nection, could be constructed first.
The commission expressend interest
in the matter of bridging the Saluda at
this point but could not offer federal
aid at this time.
Jasper county was allotted $4,000
federal aid for the road from Ridge
land to Almeda, this sum being avail
able from a former allotment Of S25,-
900 to Saluda county, which Saluda
did not match.
The commission agreed to give s10,-
900 Of state aid to the Wateree river
bridge approaches il Richland and
Sumter counties each raise $4,000,
this giving a total Of 100000 for the
approaches. Sumter is prepared to
give it's $4,000, 1t was stated. and
Richland county is expected to fur
nish its $4,000.
In connection with the Wateree
bridge the commission definitely fx-
ed the state highway to the bridge as
the direct route to the structure,
branching of as the II mile-post OF
the Eastover road and not going to
Eastover.
A request from Sumter county that
IL $4,000 Of federal aid would be
pledged to that county out Of any
new appropriation. the county woult
make the Wateree river bridge road
and the Mayesville road IS feet wide,
was granted. These are two import
ant roads and the commission was
anxious to have them IS feet wide.
F. H. Murray, engineer for the Sum.
ter Permanent Roads association, ap-
peared in the interest OF this request
and other matters.
DR.. W. NJ Riggs, president OF
Clemson college; Prof. S. B. Earle, di-
rector OF the engineering department,
and Prof. E. L. Clark, appeared be-
fore the commission and told OF the
enlargement of the laboratory at the
college, especially the machinery for
testing road materials. The labora-
tory facilities were offered the high
way department for testing road ma
terials. DR.. Riggs explained that the
college was anxious to emphasize road
construction in its engineering cours-
es. Engineer Moorefeld was asked
to go to Clemson and address the Sc
nior engineering class on road mat
ters and he agreed to do so.
Senator T. B. Pearce, ]. NJ. Bates,
M. D. Keller and H. G. Hammer ap-
peared in interest of aid for the bridge
across the Congaree at Bates ferry.
The commissioner some time ago alot-
ted $4,000 of aid to this bridge and
approaches and the secretary was au-
thorized to turn over the fund as it
was available from the motor vehicle
license fund