Smyrna times., 1931-10-07
/ HIGHWAY PUTS BOND BOND.
GVEJ0BLESS WORK

IEIlG|VE JOBLtSS NDBA
.n,y COMMISSION NJ
a11f nai MILLION FOR WORK
poads. a Number Of Side
VIII NH be Built Including
i From smyrna to Clayton
c+ste Highway Department
~ as's $1,000, 600 in road bonds
raride saT5 employment for the
# the three counties of the
dnring the coming Winter
Decision to issue 1000, !
!, road bonds was reached Fri
ftsrnoon at a meeting ST the
Highway Commission, IN
TBe meeting was attended
k.rsrnor c. Douglass Buck,
member Of the commits
i is expected that the ac-
york. to be provided by the
rce of the bonds, will be
Il in about five weeks. The
i has ben planned, will be
Il al over the State, to give
kOyment to the jobless Of the
counties. The following are
teps to be taken:
aHborized the advertising for bids
Zinc Of the first section Of the
sigbwsy to run alongside the DUPONT
srJ from Wilmington to State Road
I'm tbere alongside the Elkton Road
4 the Maryland line.
votad to seIl a bond issue of $1,000
4 IN in the fall to provide additional
for road building and sidewalk
l, nro;ects. when and if needed to
y sosrt the commissions regular re-
which. during the next year, Will
10 about s2.000.O0O.
a kap-borized the advertising for bids
rnstuction Of a sidewalk along the
rsInbia Pike from Holly Oak to Clay
y renainting Of the Market street
across the Christiana river; con-
m of sidewalk from Clayton to
<a distance Of about a mile; con
%ion Of sidewalk from Camden to
4 amden campmeeting ground, a dis
4 If quarter of mile: filling of the
tyay at Barker's Landing on the St.
4 River on the eastern by-path road
4 built in that section and requiring
| 100000 cubic yards Of fill.
EAuthorized the advertising for bids
eyeral projects in Sussex County. in
IL construction of a sidewalk from
KS 10 Blades; a sidewalk from Mills
along the Oak Orchard Road a new
4 from Frankford to RoXanna. about
miles long; improving road for about
files between Georgetown and Milton
Improving the road from Dagsboro to
bait Corner.
be commission will meet again
Ko weeks and announce addi-
b road construction activities
Me fall and winter months. 1t
Etimated that during the next
IN months the highway COM
kHon will spend approximately
10000 on road, bridge and side
4 construction projects. All the
for the projects authorized by
commission Friday afternoon
be received during the first
\ in November. It is expected
actual work will start in two
ks after that date. The first
ion Of the new highway from
ningtOn to State Road will ex-
as far as Farnhurst. The
mission has decided that all
grading is to be done by hand
I with the modern labor-sav-
machinery, excepting trucks
hauling dirt, being banned.
ling by hand labor will cost
State more than grading BY
hinery but it will provide
I for a far greater number Of
SIt is not believed that the
e new highway from viii
ston to the Maryland line will
completed for about three
s It will be done in about
sections and when completed
provide a dual highway from
llngton to the Maryland State
The new highway win in all
mood be used for southbound
Y and the present highway
wilmington A to the MARYLAND
will be used for northbound
'rnor to Deal With Emergency
vernon Buck said Friday that
commission ! will meet about
'"o weeks during the next
u, months to rush as quickly as
pc p al projects that can be
8 this fall and winter. If
'Ne pollcy Of Governor
ana the commission during
'ast three years to pav for
:. obstruction projects as the
,s... y comes 70 hand, and to ri
oon. 'Ona issues as fast as possible.
5s0nnlssion and the Governor
!. i. however that in the pres
: emergency the cornroissior
.,,..l 1 naVe a fund to resort u "A
.rsal The monthly receipts
! !. 7. prove sufficient " pav
i.,.I5 ! projects being authorized
many. ,yaily for relief among tbe
FriSs lg,9yed. The projects author
sboaa;1 ,luay and ones to be author
~,,~r.ly WHY are ones which ordin-
would W not be started ,,ntil nth
,ls suary nus. lst. Within a rea-
a 4 .asIi period construction of tbe
-. : section of the new vii
eOn- MARYLAND