Smyrna times., 1923-01-03
MI HIGHWAY m ENGINEER ]]!,.-
| n MAKES HIS ANNUAL REPORT
..rc COST OF 16-FOOT CON-
'1v"T sHUTr ROADS $4,000 PER MILE
Creating Sinking Fund By
Ii,'is r'lsline Tax-Urges New Speed
'I r:.,it and Recommends Roads

OI'. I:;t and Recommends Roads
,..,rling to the annual report OF
a,. D."gIas Buck State Highway En-
.,.sr' DS'' Just submitted to the State
s'r Ssr,y commission, contracts for
v & niles of paved highways were
,Iad during 1922, the largest pro-
- % carried out since the department
= orcanized. The average cost OF
.i,"+ concrete roads in 1922, includ-
I '.Sssipn. engineering, inspection and
ss;inistratiOn, was $4,000 a mile.
<. @ !. $1,000 a mile less than in 1921.
,.irs, built by the department in
- rost S14S,9GO, or $2,4OO a mile,
! ! ~lverts cost $4,000, or $3.50 a
4. The most notable bridge built
As wear was at Laurel, crossing
1,,d Creek River, where a movable
rice was required. During the year
IN, Of way were secured on ap-
rrlmately IA miles of construction
I total cost of SS7,931.35 or on a
4, Of s1,265 cost per mile. With
|. syceution of two contracts no high
n, we're designed for a right of way
I, than go feet in width. In the
a. 744 miles of roads were actual
Umpleted, few miles being of un-
snDleted work carried over from
nj The mileage built in the yeal
s22 per cent. of the total mileage
Gt BY the Department up to date
MA 81 per cent. of this years pro
ran finished, Delaware leads all 9th
States in percentage of work com
hed Because of the care exercised
its award of contracts the Depart
MI did not have to call on a single
bndsman to finish the work of hi
lnEpal.
iSusses the Question of Salaries Pal,
Discussing the salaries paid tn,
Lef Engineer remarks: "Any or
nzatiOn-instrusted in one yea
tth design and supervision of con
rlciOn work costing approximate.
2DO0OOO00, covering rs miles, ant
sp0nsible for the care and unkeep o
gsem of highways, representing al
Festment of s 1-2 million dollars
tch can satisfactorily function, an
aEe this work to be thoroughly an
5rently performed, with a force q
snen at an average salary of S148.1
p month, will win | think, the conf
sare Of those sincerely interested
Z success of the enterprise" Tn
slarment within the year made SUI
EE prepared plans and designs, an
nlshed engineering supervision ar
4ectlOn for work totaling $2,379
W at cost of $13O,478.67 or a t,
! overhead cost of 51s per cen
agres furnished by the Bureau
aalc Roads for % States in IL
mon places Delaware's cost for FL
T. aeenng and Administration in Mint
'zs, the costs for the % States var,
. nom S.55 per cent. to 1914 p,
"a Delaware was allotted by Il
'seial Government this year $36E
y all of which has been taken I
@ntraet projects let during the We,
oil passed by Congress in Ju
aa'rzed s19O,OOO,OOO for highw;
salructlOn in the next three year
4. salch Delaware's share will
s@ozO, provided the State raises
amount. The State Highwi
a'en was inspected in 1922 by nun
~ parties of visiting engineers al
I -AalS' not only from other Stat
4 from other countries, includil
- raada, Scotland and New Zealar
.I0ut exception these visitors ps
compliment to thes foresight
i, ,uepartment and the permane
y. !. mas done in laying out
"a. N system and securing adequa
II r.. ,~a Oh way before further G
nents ~ were made, the reno,
~ a'a would entail great expen
.s y future. This has become
\. M n problem in many localiti
A. epartment has an example
sss.lG n connection with its work on I
saslp1ia Pike and says: "Soor
! I.sr THIS problem will have to
N y g;., me State or county on the L
\ NJ n lgnway between Wilmingt
AarShallton."
- wore Rigid Laws For TrucI
3 fbo e'1 laws are urged restri
e,Ts,,i " lOaas Is, permitted on impro,
.o,s'iss: ssss. TO illustrate the lack
n ,ass'm nsslCn by some of the Stat
ss,,5" sasS : says the report, our SC
d ggs iOr na the year, of trucks ira,
lsn,ss o. Philadelphia n Pike, show
tngg ~ ,. wnere loads of 18 tons W
sno,,, transformed over this road
a n s,,s,,, a month when heavy To-
n "elally Injurious. "At the cl
sa,,,;s sear 1922, our maintenance
III 0n y will have under care
I he :. r.S roads and the average 6
30 D.s YORK lI, will be slightly less i
& 70 ., I'M NILE Further, in the d;
Nj sa1O' Oaos 80, by heavy trucks. the