Southern good roads . ys. An instance of the recent adoption of thissystem in the south is (rranville county. North Caro-lina, a special law having been enacted in 1900 provid-ing for a patrol system. .\ similar is beingpraticed in Wayne county. Georgia, and in Alabama, and every count.\- which can pissiblydo so should emulate the cxaniDle of these counties. In i6 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS July, 1911 aLlditioD. various other changes have been made inthe admiuistratijn of county road attairs. The states of Delaware, Georgia, iMaryland, NorthCarolina, Virginia, Louisiana, a
Southern good roads . ys. An instance of the recent adoption of thissystem in the south is (rranville county. North Caro-lina, a special law having been enacted in 1900 provid-ing for a patrol system. .\ similar is beingpraticed in Wayne county. Georgia, and in Alabama, and every count.\- which can pissiblydo so should emulate the cxaniDle of these counties. In i6 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS July, 1911 aLlditioD. various other changes have been made inthe admiuistratijn of county road attairs. The states of Delaware, Georgia, iMaryland, NorthCarolina, Virginia, Louisiana, and Alabama have en-acted laws whereby the states participate in highwaywork. Some of these states, however, have not carriedtheir reforms sufficiently far. North Carolina makes no appropriation from thestate treasury for aid in construction work, but appro-priates $5,000 each year to be expended under the stategeologist in giving advice and engineering assistanceto the counties of the state. This has proven a wise ap-. In the Mountains, Near Old Fort, North CarolinaThe Present Rocky Trail That is Called a Road propriation and the good results of it are reflected inlae enthusiasm which is manifested throughout that(State in the interest of highway improvement, and alsoin the increased mileage of improved roads in 1909 ov-er 190-4, Avhieh was from to per cent. Georgiahas increased its mileage of improved roads during thisperiod from to per cent. This has been donelargely through the working of convicts upon the are to-day -1,618 state and county convicts whowork upon the roads of Georgia, and that state is find-ing this a profitable way of utilizing her prisoners. Virginia works its state and county prisoners on theroads, and in addition makes an appropriation of $250,-000 each year for apiiortionment among the variouscounties, all of which is expended under the supervis-ion of the State Highway Department. If all the stateand county prisoners in the
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