Southern good roads . r as road buildingis cmicerned and it can equally as well be applied toother public matters) is to purchase with as much careand secure just as low prices as they would if buyingfor themselves as individuals, regardless of whether thegoods purchased come from local or foreign merchants;of course, giving always the preference to local mer- laiHiary, 191:^ D SOUTl I ERX coon R( )ADS 13 (?hauls, if tlifir wares arc as i^dml and prices as lii\\as those ol iiiitsiders. it is mil Ihe duly (if roadaill liiiril ies to roiidurl coiiiily alIairs so as to iiial<emoney Ior iiidi\i
Southern good roads . r as road buildingis cmicerned and it can equally as well be applied toother public matters) is to purchase with as much careand secure just as low prices as they would if buyingfor themselves as individuals, regardless of whether thegoods purchased come from local or foreign merchants;of course, giving always the preference to local mer- laiHiary, 191:^ D SOUTl I ERX coon R( )ADS 13 (?hauls, if tlifir wares arc as i^dml and prices as lii\\as those ol iiiitsiders. it is mil Ihe duly (if roadaill liiiril ies to roiidurl coiiiily alIairs so as to iiial<emoney Ior iiidi\iduals or to uixc Jolis to political heiiedi-mcii. If a c mipctent man i-annot he found within theliorders of a connty tit hy expeiienci for a position sm-has foicman. it is riuht and pioper that a competentman sllonid he secured fi-om elsewhere . The |-emedy foi these ills is. un(|Uest iona to lia\esonu one in -Inii^e of Ioad huiidniu i|ualilie(| hy eduia-lion and tiauiinc and fice fr nn political A biK loop on Hickory Nut Gap Mountain, Asheville—Charlotte Hif^hway. Oldroad shown at ri^rht of picture who ean he held respmsihlc for results. \ery fewcounties ha\i i-ommissioiiers or super\is(Us who ilevoteall of their lime and alteiilion 1 1 their oftice, and it isself-e\idei]l llial an eii^inccr trainid in Ioad <.:ct heller results than can any set of men wiiouive oul,\ a few days in the yeai to ihcii puhlic otfice.^\s t ) the second division of this Why an ellLliueer is heller titted to super\ise the constructionof roads than a practical road huihler who is not hirsi, an Ili^iiicci- is indispensahle. e\enthouuh lia\c a splendid layman lo supirvise thework. A laryc percentage of all roads to he construct-ed require reloeatioii. profiles made, uiadcs estahlish-ed and if the work is to he c intraeted. the road musthe cioss-sect ioiied and the xardage of cxca\alion andeiuhankmeut calculateil and made to halance as n
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