Southern good roads . cutting down the old hedges along theIoadside. clearing up the front yards and beautifyingtheir lionies in general. He further stated tliat garages, gasoline and watertanks were now conveniently situated on the NationalHighway, and this alone was a great inducement forthe tourists to travel this route. This division of theNational Highway is the only road in the United Statesthat the government has a road engineer in charge, andthat it was the grave intention to make this a sampleroad which would be a guide for the people to buildand maintain other thoroughfares. The work
Southern good roads . cutting down the old hedges along theIoadside. clearing up the front yards and beautifyingtheir lionies in general. He further stated tliat garages, gasoline and watertanks were now conveniently situated on the NationalHighway, and this alone was a great inducement forthe tourists to travel this route. This division of theNational Highway is the only road in the United Statesthat the government has a road engineer in charge, andthat it was the grave intention to make this a sampleroad which would be a guide for the people to buildand maintain other thoroughfares. The work now being done by Captain Winslow isvery creditable work, and the people are well pleasedwitii the results of his etforts and within a short whilehe will have our roads in excellent condition. McKinney, Tex., received bids on July 29 for 15,000feet combined curb and gutter. 23,000 square yards as-phaltic concrete pavement and 6000 square yards brickpavement; estimated cost $62,000. August, 1915 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS 11. PROPOSED ROAD SYSTEM FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, N. C. The above map shows the road system mapped out for Davidson County, North Carolina, by the Davidson County Road Com-mission. It covers approximately 220 miles. The county has a bond issue of $3C0,O0U with which to build the commission has adopted the policy of building roads only where the jieople will give right-of-way andtop soil surfacing and hopes to be able to construct the whole mileage with $oOO,000. Onlythe top-soil and sand clay roads are being built. 12 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS August, 1915 The Road Doctor By J. D. CLARKSONPresident 365-Day Road Club, Cartilage, Mo. A> A RESULT of our article on the subject of goodroads, published in Southern Good Roads, wohave received numerous letters asking for details ontiie various branches of road building from five statesbut none of our correspondents g;) sufficiently into de-tail to enable us to handle the subject physical part of road b
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