The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, July 03, 1919, Image 3
MAJOR THOMAS TALKS
ON BUILDING ROADS
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Columbia, June 23.?Major IL- G.
Thomas of Charleston, Chairman of
the State Highway Commission, reci
ntly gave a statement to the press
in whit'h he outlined the policy which
the Commission has adopted in cons'ructin{?
sections of the South Carol.na
highway System with the flnanc..w
a.d from the Federal Government.
"The Commission will see", said
Major Thomas, "that the roads in the
State Highway System have the best
possible location with reference to
their terminal points, sufficient width
(not less than 30 feet) to carry
present and prospective traffic, the
IowpqI nnaaihlo frrn/ in nn pqap rvinrn
' than 5 per cent) and that the drainage
structures are built for permanence.
After giving it the best location,
sufficient width, a minimum
grade and permanent drainage structures,
the State Highway Commission
will not attempt to decide arbitrarily
whether a road is to be hard surfaced
or su-faced with some local material,
as this is a factor which must
be controlled by the amount of money
available for use on any particular
B'-retch of road."
Major Thomas pointed out the close
analogy between railroads and highways.
He said that in this sate there
are railroads located three quarters
of a century ago which
occupied the ' same locations
determined by the first engineers who
worked on them. These engineers
nunje the grnde3 low and the locations
the best obtainable, although
they did not provide many permanent
drainage structures. When the railroads
were first laid flimsy crosslies
and light weight rails, some of them
of timber topped by iron strips, were
put on the roadbeds. With the increase
of traffic and heavier trains
the flimsy crossties and light weight
rails were replaced from time to time
until now on all standard railroads
there arc 'JO lb. rails and heavy crosstie
baiiasted by crushed stone. "The
surface of a Slate Highway, built of
some local material, can be compared
nAl nf f r\Ainf 11?1 I U *V? n Atvinll
jsvrtuv AVI. j;wiui, Vf 1111 11IU DIIUIU tlVW
ties and iight weight rails laid on
railroad roadbeds three-quarters of
a century ago," continued Major
Thomas. "The highway surface of
local material can Le removed when
it wears out, and if money is available}
a hard surface madb of imported ma
terial can be laid which will then bring
the highway up to the best standard.
No group of highwuy enthusiasts is
more anxious tfian the State Highway
Commission to see every road in the
State hard surfaced, but such surfacing
is a matter of money, while the
State's need (or roads which will be
dry in wet weather and afford means
for hauling at low cost between sections
of the State now isolated in bad
weather, is a pressing and present one
which we cannot relegate to some indefinite
date when this stale or its
counties have money enough to put
hard surfaces on all their roads.
"The roads in the State Highway
System being built under the supervision
of the State Highway Com?
* mission with Federal Aid will compare
favorably as to permanence o
location, width, grade and drainage
structures with a standard stretch of
ruilroad. We do not consider
that money spent on surfaces of local
materials for sections of these roads
is wasted, although it would afford
great pleasure to the Commission to
have all of these roads hard surfaced
now. On an average the cost of
hauling, spreading and compacting e.
road surface made of local material
is only 30 per cent of the total cost,
the remaining 70 per cent being made
up of the cost of relocation, grading,
grubbing and permanent drainage
structures. A road should be properly
located, graded, given sufficient width
and permanent drainage structures
before any sort of surface is put on
it. The cost of this work is the primary
charge against any good road.
After this work is done and this first
charge met, the type of surface can
be determined by amount of money
available and made a second charge
against the road. Maintenance of
the surface of the road will constitute
a third and continious charge regardless
of the type of surface laid."
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the true, genuine, American made
, a.ul American owned Tablets ar?
i.urkod wiih the safety "Bayei
Cross."
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Tablets of Aspirin" and always
buy them in the original Bayer package
which contains proper directions
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