Southern good roads . powered to do all detail work, to divicie the com-mittee into sections as it may see fit, and that it beempowered to receive all donations for the road. jlr. Royall proposed another resolution that Avasadopted. This was that the Central Highway Com-mission request each Board of County Commissionerson the route to a])propriate .^25 towards the prelimiuaryexpenses of tlie Commission. Many of the board de-clared tliat the commissioners of their counties wouldreadily appropriate this amount. Capt. S. H. \Vel3b introduced a resolution that theGeological and Economic Survey be
Southern good roads . powered to do all detail work, to divicie the com-mittee into sections as it may see fit, and that it beempowered to receive all donations for the road. jlr. Royall proposed another resolution that Avasadopted. This was that the Central Highway Com-mission request each Board of County Commissionerson the route to a])propriate .^25 towards the prelimiuaryexpenses of tlie Commission. Many of the board de-clared tliat the commissioners of their counties wouldreadily appropriate this amount. Capt. S. H. \Vel3b introduced a resolution that theGeological and Economic Survey be recpiested to lo-cate the route of the Central Highway as soon as pos-sible, in order that County Ccuiimissioners might makeappropriations for it. This was adopted. Mr. Thomas J. ilurray made inquiry as to whetherit was determined that the Central Highway wouldpass through ^ladison county; that there was some talkof diverting the line through Haywood. He said thatin iladison county tlie people are enthusiastic for the. Natural Sand Clay Road, near Mobile, Alabama highway, and that they were readj- to vote 50 cents onthe $100 of property for the road; that the Board ofCount} Connuissiouers had appropriated $40 that hemight attend this meeting, and learn of the was told that j\Iadison county had been put on theroute by the legislature, and that unless a county fail-ed to provide for the road it would be kept on theroute. Mr. jMurray stated that Madison county wasready to go to work just as soon as the road was lo-cated in it. Mr. G. D. Canfield introduced a motion that the firstselection of a route be made in the eastern section andafter this in the Avestern section. This motion wasadopted. Mr. J. A. Wellons, of Smithfield, in a most enthusias-tic speech, said that Johnston county was ready forthe road and would fully co-operate as soon as theroute was selected. He declared he was ready to givetime to the work in eastern North Carolina, even ifhis services Avere re(|ui
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