Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1923-01-03
recommendations
BY HIGHWAY CHIEF
Engineer Bush Makes Interest
ing Suggestions for State
Road Work.

Special CORRESPONDENCE Every Evening
Dover. Jan. s.-Ch,cf Engineer G.
~. buck of the State Highway Depart
men;. In his annual report TO Secre-
tary az state Alden X. BENSON chair
man of the board. lave particular
s~r~~~ on the damage that Is being
done 20 the roads OF Delaware by
heavy automobile trucks, AT the
closc 90 the year 1922" he says. "Our
maintenance organization Will have
under lts care 26s miles OF roads and
the average cost % this work will be
slightly i~ss than s2SO per mile" To
Svntiat the dAmsS. that i done by
heavy trucks chief Engineer Buck
f,srommcnds that legislation be en-
acted reducing tho maximum allow
able gross load from $4,000 pounds 20
q 900 pounds with "A further reduc-
Ton o, Is 900 pounds between DcCem-
n.r 1 aud April /. lie also recon-
nent~ a revision Of the motor regis
ira tion fe.s FOR trucks In excess OF
~ ,one capacity making the new
rates not lo~- than those ~ Maryland.
n q n d.~ircd that the highway
program be continued he says. al
dltionA funds must DO provided \
source Tor RAISING funds for highway
PURPOSE which he recommends y a
s.nHolino tax. such az IN fore IN other
s,st~. Oiher recomme nsioti"ns art
made conceruins state al roads and
tho retirement OF bonds.
Active measures toward completing
~ d.ve,pmont - tho philadelphia,
rike. from Marcus Hook. o.. Thirty
third street. Wilmington. are re'~om-
msna.d. Twenty one per cent OF the
prvpsrtios aiong this % ghway have
already been acquired.
\ hridgr - recommended 20 replace
the ono 90 stafford spanning the
Nhnticoke RIVER. which has been d.
.iarsd unsafe. during 1928. \ spccia.
Appropriate - has purposs Is
fecommsnded. 10 - suggested 'ha;
the present .peed law on State high
WAYS permitting 80 miles per hour b,
~ i.cd Co allow 80 miles per hour
because - the long tangcnts and easy
curves.
Do is al-o recommended that ths
hWa cOVeru.ns tho state highway 20
1cv may L. amended 80 that fines i'm
p,'scd Tor viclation- of the state JraiT,
laws may revert hack % the Stat,
2hshway Department 20 offset th'
operating expenses ~ ne pa. g farct
who wsuld then - prac.'cslv self
portnk Nur6c,us other rtc.u.
menda' ,ons arr made. .uc'uGing ;h,
following
To retire in - wears a. i05 che a.
D
o. strucuon. 20 tho auuuD s.nhl0.
flind - safety invested % az -
.oni and this interest compounded D,
similar snnua. Investment q, ths ann
10. % = susgcs.cG TIA. conS.dsra
I'm b. sven ,ls important posi-
\. - BY he sinking fN-nd Comulx
sun.
VIA The safes sysscfu as pov
soasHucted SO an % tn la~ dee ,
safins she genera direcuons q. hes
sSd- should Do Slisht.y amended j
. der o. .nolude many .mpor:an
Siera. rosde yet unimprcvvd ard ~
S.adod from conc iderat.or. because a
tt' phrasng - ne prese 3 .aw.
Visitors Praise Highway system.
'rhe state Highway system" n
report ssys hae Decu .uspec;ed y
numerous psrt.cs oF visiting engineer
sni o-,c.sl. n't only p m o.ht
sai~ hut from other counties. ~
sluding canada scotland AID Ne,
zealand Without e,ceo..cn .hss
visitors have T-ea hirh ocnp' men, Z
the Foresight of n. d.y1 r,nen: an
the permGn.ni work % hA- done 6
having cut the state system and 3,
surins Adequai. r.ghu % way bgfol
Further cnoros ohments we're made. "a
rwnoval q which would entail gr.s
'snense IN ~. future. THIS has p.
como a e.Fiogs pn-bicm IN many q
calitie- Tie d.ps-tmen: has ar o.,
ample ~ thls JOB connection w!.h =,