The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-02-08

~ Il. oacc. 1t has been
.,,,. for months and months
,,,..,.r. Dme County was pe.-
:. ..,. il Ind no more funds
!. ., . aa5 HAT there was no
/ -. more ro3ds being built in
I ~.,,,r, special legislation.
4. .,.f.>rr -no state Highway
D,,.,,.c nor he Road Commit
/ r,, General Assembly want
,,r,,' read ,cgislation at tbs
/ There is strong sentiment
I road from KITTY Hawk to XII
4 urr, 70 elc the State a high
4 .s.r grra, Wright Memorial
! rro..r. q. a shrine of aviation
l. Hr where the Wright Broth
,r .nr "r,t successful man.
no heay!rr-than-alr flying
wr a quarter century ago. The
[id., Bill would most likely paTS
h-ar-hcs OF the Legislature.
.ra.. what the State Highway
mission the Budget Commission
Al The Committees are afraid
r. would let down the bars for
,.cr:a, road legislation. ana
-+a,a'v it appears that Dare
r.- sneady has 4 credit OF
nro The Etheridge Bill con-
,a.ra an appropriation Of s3O0'-
4 S,ate Highway equalization
Of 81 100000 II be provided by
Gsroral Assembly this month
err 0are another sl2,500.
nj 80 Pcnrescntative EthcrldTe
oiu. .m his bill.
: Br,d.~ Is Waiting
r., a.asns. uoCn the conStruc-
! o, a road 5',wccn Kitty Hawk
Mes Head or Roanoke Is
j Tna Cr~lJuCk-Darc Bridge
o. E.zGbe-h City, having
I~h;-cs ard a War Department
bni' 70 build a bridge across Cur
K Sou&d sr0m Point Harbcc to
|" Hawk. find themselves blocked
lax o: a road from Kitty Hawk.
bridge can not be financed un-
naGcicrS are assured the road
/ DO bG,- The bridge company's
| Department permit expires on
| 18Th. 1920. Something has go.
done. No road. no bridge; no
no road
Fmo.ru.a..~c Ethcridge is hold
r. his D.u If Frank Kugler"
Il,eh~a" Commissioner for
|Fw,- Ds;rlc. will make q COM
fJoc' calling for the paving OF
|c0s,. road work Of construction
.h" bridge across Currituck
+ Hl.' be- gotten under way early
3,@- II Mr.. Ku2ler heSitataS
faE 2 commitment. into the
Fa'"n hopper goes the Etheridge
ji.rn j, the Etheridgc Bill. II
D,.- faulty in that it defines a
" .~ the proposed road; that
f. O.. the Bill would hardly get
tU" legislature without an
lndmrW leaving the route to the
potion o.. the State Highway
mission.
h"' 70 Cooperate with the Ma
fno. G0"cc0nent by Authorizing
E.Hs'rrctiCn Of an AlI-Weath-
&ry[ on the State Highway
'dlGr bv the Wright Memoria.
W- 'ho Birthplace of Avia-
n az Kill Devil Hills Connect
] '.. County Seat OF Da:(
H.. and the Birthplace of tht
ao" m Roanoke Island. witt
o..'r Highway System:
i""r. nc first successful flight
b. nan IL a heavier than air
".-an acrOplanc was made
-1'. end Orville Wright OF
1@2Ina soil. on Decembel
ID. Kill Devil Hills, neal
i--r.. ana
'uas the United States Gov
'N' aas acuuired a tract Of fiv'
."' .cr"S Of land at Kill DeVi
"" IS there creating a grca
l'. Shrine commemorative o
'.a.1c" Of aviation. and
U"r.e his shrine and memOria
".," q towering monumcn
.r"at human achievement
A.:rNal airport involving tn
Tire of a large amount o
.'. .DndS; and
".s North Carolina owes i
.-. "lt.zonS. TO the Fedrea
"H".- and TO Wilbur and Or
-. who made this mos
...- contribution to humal
- modern times. on Mort
... ~"a. to provide the peopl
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