Southern good roads . Road Laws and Their Relation to Practical Road Work By MR. W. S. FALLIS, Highway Engineer, Wilson, N. C. The North Carolina Good Roads Association its•\vorli, its iuHuence, and the fact of its successful c:;-istence for the last three years, has done a great workin advancing the cause of good roads throughout tij3entire state; and I believe, its influence has—throughthe ability and untiring energy of its president andhis co-workers, extended far beyond the state lines. There is, however, one of the road problems thatshould receive careful attention. This iDrobleni has
Southern good roads . Road Laws and Their Relation to Practical Road Work By MR. W. S. FALLIS, Highway Engineer, Wilson, N. C. The North Carolina Good Roads Association its•\vorli, its iuHuence, and the fact of its successful c:;-istence for the last three years, has done a great workin advancing the cause of good roads throughout tij3entire state; and I believe, its influence has—throughthe ability and untiring energy of its president andhis co-workers, extended far beyond the state lines. There is, however, one of the road problems thatshould receive careful attention. This iDrobleni hasnineli to do with the success or the failure of the work,and it is the law and organization under which thecounty or township carries on the work. From my own personal knowledge as a civil engi-neer engaged in road work, this is a large factor in thesuccessful prosecution of all road improvement. Thelaw under which the county or township works andthe organization under which the work is done is ofvital Road Scene on the Yonahlossee Turnpike, Between Blowing Rockand Linville, N. C. Some of the laws enacted in connection with the])ond issues of counties or of townships are of suchcharacter that economical organization and prosecu-tion of work is almost, if not entirely, a practical im-p >ssibi] There is to my knowledge at least one county in thestate whose road law, made at the last meeting of thelegislature, is of such nature that no engineer who hasany regard for his reputation or the success of his worlfcould afford to accept a position with the county; forunder the provisions of its law successful work is im-possible. Another county has a provision in its law which iscalculated to render the satisfactory and expeditious prosecution of the work very uncertain. I am satis-fied that a number of the counties have similar provi-sions so far as the organization and prosecution of thework is concerned. These defects as seen from theview-point of the road bui
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