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mix, N .C.. FRIDAY AFTKKXDOX. SKPTEMHKR is. 1816.
Road Work Item#
Don't Correspond
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Where Road Commission Claim $9,
271 I(or Equipment, Vouchers
Appear to Show Only $8,061
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HAKES ROAD COST ABOUT (1900 PER HILE
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The Washington a township rotfd
commission today makM public Its
statement regarding the work that
ha4* been done to date. Thin state
ment appears clue where in today'*
l*sue.
We had hoped that the commls
bIob would give an ltemlxed state
ni en t of what they classed aa their
- equipment account but failure to do
this leaves ua as much In the dark
as ^before so far as this particular
item 1b concerned.
I -Without nny ulterior motive what
erer except endeavor to get the moat
possible for the money spent wo will
- t*k?up th.lr nUt.meol, ^
First, they say thstrs Is a full and
correct statement of the progress
? made and expenditure*. We take
issue with them On this until such
ttme as they may give to {he public
a- complete itemised statement show
ing of their equipment aocount. They
claim $9,27101 for equipment and
culverts on habd. We are unable to
find 'items amounting to more than
$6,091.70 Which would properly be
classed Into this account. This leaves
. a difference of S1.S99.S1 which
should be added to the 94.SSt.99
which the commlialon admits has
gone into road construction making
a total of $??.9,8. SO and we still con
tend that they get mope Cor
their mone?v1*#tfe' future than they
have In U p past I which we hope
they WllH-ft Will require 9S.000 to
complete thprfour miles of road lead
ing out Market streot. making s
grand total?ot*$8,03ir.30 less $509.00
which they claim to have spent on
the Oath roa4- ,e*Tes * balance
V of 97.5S8.S#, /or approximately 91.
900.00 per mile, after making allow
ance for the 'll.S19.9S spent by Mr.
C. T. Hardtson which we fallod to
do in our former, statement and
which we are Informed was money
well invested.
In attalnlag their figures on coat
U appears that the commission de
sire to take inventory of stock on
hand by referring to amount of fee4
purchased and on hand, claiming
that this should he deducted from
their cost. We are willing that thejr
should do this If it will enabtiT them
to make a bettev showing but if it
Is their purpose to give ? correct
stattynent and show the exact cost of
the road work why not take a com
plete inventory and show the market
Value or sll equipment on hand?
They are not entitled to a credit of
f 477.71 for the feed purchased
which they clsJm will last until Oc
- tober 1st as there only remains about
* IS days of September; the faad for
this time would, be worth about
1115.00. ' V;?
A reference to our article ot Sep
tember 11 and a careful reading
thereof refutes the statement of the
commission wherein they say we
charged that the roadt were costing
H.750.00 per mile. We did say "it
would prbbably require one month to
complete the four miles at sn addi
tional cost of not less than fl.pt *.Qft
which will make approximately $11,
?00.00 for this distance, or about
|2. 780.00 per mile JTOt A DIRT
HO AD. This was has**, on the time
taken on the worlt caiapeltst
only method by which we ooatd cal
sulate. We know of no reason why
we should change these ftgurti ex
cept to make allowances which we
have hereinbefore referred tb, which
Would reduce the average to about
ft.DtO'.M per mile.
tc the Item at 11.188. IS tor In
tel-eel referred to in the etelement
of the cimmiMion. we (tre imp nn
toil. [deration. ?? It *II not Included,
In oar. figure* sor *m It In ?n?t??r
referro* -to. ?. -I '
The Item of' culverts on tvnnd we
the Bath toad we would be glad to
have the commission show us where
J^elr engineer surveyed the proposed
o?:e In a straight lino frocn the top
?f the hUl on tha Washington town
ship side to the top of the hill on
the Lon^- Acre side, connecting with
both road*. We hare been on . tho
ground an (f failed to And any *uch.
4unrey. Wd would aUo^lke to .hare
them show us where tefrtfoot cut 1b
neeeeaary and to tell us how far U
would be necessary to. make a fill of
? feet In order to 'secure a Z% per
cent grade.
The commlslson state that It wj>uld
be .more costly to build thla road
straight and a great deal more cost-,
ly to maintain and that they would
encounter seepage. 1b this connec
tion we desire to propound a few
luestlona which we hope the com
mission will answer for tho benefit
of the public, of whom, they are
trusted servants.
Is It or is it not a fact, that to
make -a straight road there, would be
1900 cubic yarda. of dirt to remove
from the cut, and place In the All
on the Washington township side? ,
Would not 20 cents per cubic yard
be a fair price for the removal or I
this dirt and placlng.it In the fill?
At this price would not the cost to
| Washington township be for the con
struction of this piece of road $380?
Have ydli not stated that it Would
eoss sbmtt ftl.m 1# *l>ld the *ec?
Hf road which you hive selected As
the proper route? Do you? not,' cut
Into the side of s hill on your route
to a depth of 7 feet and do you not
| have a fill on the opposite side of the
road of more than ? feet, which will
require ah "additional expense for
maintenance? Is there any seepsge
i on the old road near where the- cut
would be made had the straight
course be#D selected?
Ib it not a fact that within about
100 feet of the rlo the nil on the
straight route would be only 8%
feet and within 316 feet from the
run thorp would be no fill at all?
'Would not 600 feet of construction
[complete all the road building nec
essary on the Washington township
side? Are you not building 1660
feet or ro*4} on the route selected?
Is it not a fact that there are fills
in the roads through Ohocowlnity,
made by the county convicts which
will exceed 10 feet in the Mass
character- of sell? Haa there -been
any coru|^aini . of JnMesive mainte
nance on thfcee filWI
Now. ?eotte:nen of (the commission
is It not true" th'atv rffter meeting
with the Long Acre road commis
sioners you would bare adopted the
straight, shorter and lees etpenaive
route but for the fact that your en
gineer and yourselves were not will*
lag to admit that you had made a
mistake and did not want to- accept
the eritlclsm for having spent the,
$400.00 for work done prior to lhat
time?
The News has endeavored at all
itimee to be fair to the road commla
aion and haa boosted them on every
i occasion until inch time as It was
shown that criticism wae necessary.
We get no pleasure from having to
criticise nor db we believe thire are
many other cltlsens who do.. We are
of the opinion that the criticism
which has been made will result in
i gfeod for the township and If It should
j we shall feAl amply repaid for what-'
| over criticism may fall to our lot.
BK KTUHIS NUE
ON SHALL INVtSTMENT
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New York. Sept. 16. ? From an
ortftaal investment of S1600 in Gen
oral Motors, about a year ago. Wall
etfmrt IKTMtW. tOfUy foll.rlwl wtml
la.MM to l>? th? UrgMt Dio#t tnr
in . tr.M.KIon on lh.
Nm. VorH liock I'W
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(By United Pmn)
New London. Sept. 1&. ? The pro
tection of the border wan thrashed
out by Qederal Bliss, assistant chief
of staff, before (be peace commission
here today. Hs described- th?* prac
tical military advantages and disad
vantages of several suggested plans,
assuming that protection should be
accomplished by the fewest possible
IfcttEf-*"". 4
The Mexican members of the com
?nission faror a neutral constabulary
? a sort of mounted poHce, with
broad powers. The Americans con
curred somewhat frith tbis Idea.
The Mexicans also believe that
Villa is still alive. They agreed to
patrol their side of the border snd to
frame up a scheme for keeping Villa
bottled up. It is believed thst th?
plan Includes a neutral sone scheme,
with alternate patrolling and recip
rocal crossing privileges.
After working for an hour or two
in preparing some peppers. Mrs. M.
0. Singleton was taken violently 111
yesterday afternoon. Her condition
gave-ber the most scute pain and
sbs suffered terribly for almost five
Dr. IX T. Tayloe. who attended her
stated thrfl the case was the first of
its kind that had ever been brought
to 'his notice. He believes that the
peppers in some way were drawn
through her hands and got into her
blood. Mrs. Singleton is much bet
ter this morning.
SAYS HE WILL SUE THE
ROAD COMMISSIONERS
?
W. A. Mish Is Detormhwd to Have
Sign PmW Erected at Croes
Roads in the Country.
W. A. Mish, -through his attorney,
has given notice to the road commis
sioners of Long Acre township and
the county commissioners to the ef
fect that if sign posts arfe not placed
at the various cross roads, pointing
the way to the nearest town and giv
ing the number of miles to that
tqwn, he will enter suit against them.
Mr. Miah has been trying to get sign
posts, pat up Tor some time but so
far his worlr.has not met with suc
cess.
CAHKANZA I SWIM UfcCRBF,
FOB THK ELECTION OF
OONORKHS BY PBOri.B
Mexico City, Sept. IB.? The- most
Important decref of C a rr ansa's en
OMmbency in ofUce, providing for the
election of members to the national
eontTM ?. pitm the war for
to rwuin* hrr pl?*? HI ? republic In
th? VMttrn horriltphere. Th? rfoefw.
onlllng for tho elMtlon at o conttltu
tionii eongroM imiim tomor
Tipperary Gives
In To New Song
On Rattlefronts
(Br United Press)
London, ifpt. 1*. ? "Tipperary" is
giving way to a new Bong on tho
battle front. tta? theme of which In
"the bullets; always get the other
fellow." .rt'to sweeping over the
army and gqos as follows:
The bells of liell go ting-a-llng-a-llns
For Ypn, fcrnt not for me.
For me the (uigels slng-a-llng-a-llng.
They*T6*'g|>t the goods for me.
Oh. Death, ?here la thy sting-a-llng
? Oh. Grftv^, thyyletory.
The bells of hell go tlng-a-ling-a-llng 1
For Yon, pqt not for me.
foreman on
I ROAD WORK
HASpGNED
It was authoritatively announced
this morning that Mr. Clement, who
has been foreman In charge of the
road construction work on the road
leading out on Market street, had
tendered tys resignation, to take ef
fect a* soon as possible. Mr. Clement
has been actively engaged In super
intending the work since It was be
gun. The reason for his act is not
know**-* '* - v - . . , . . .
MEXICAN ASSASSIN
MEETS HIS DEATH
( Qy United Press) .
Mexico City, Sept. 15. ? Alfonso
SanjihanoH. who assassinated Jesus
Carranza, nephew of Generfcl Carran;
za," and who killed General Rafael
Equilla, waa killed today at Quartel.
Zihuatlan. by AureJIo Hernandez.
AUTOMOBILE HITS BOY ~
ON BICYCLE: UNINJURED
An automobile, belonging to Mr.
Parrott. of Raleigh, this morning
collided with a boy at the corner of
Second and Gladden streets and
passed Completely over his body. The
boy, who Waa riding a bicycle, was
Caleb Bell, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
D. Bell. t
The automobile was going along
Gladden street and the boy waa
coming down Second, riding along
side of a W&JtCT* Neither could see
the other. The wagon turned Into
Gladden, coming toward the automo
bile. The boy kept on down Sec
ond and Just aa he cleared the wa
gon, be collided with the automobile.
Mr. Parrott put on the brakes aa
fast aa he could, but. due to the wet
street," the eaf slid for several feet.
It passed over the boy. but he waa
?o small that the bottom 6# the en r
merely scraped him. He was able
to get up and did not appAr to be
hurt any.
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BIC DEVEL6PHENIS IN
- THE BAIKAN CAMPIUGN
(Br tilted PrMa)
London. Sept 1?. deld Marahall
In auprenw rommtad of
Ik* Teutonic oparatlpna In lh? Bal
kana. arrived on the Uerniu-Biil
?artan front today' to direct tft? d?
fonno L*r*e hodl? or troop* are
ooncMtratod In th. Vardar rail.,
arcordlna to (Ulonlkl d1ap?t*fiea
r ore** In Mac?*onla tiara been tiae
tUr rajruuHd to mart tba r?pwt?l
allied offeoalre. Fighting grown
more violent telly. The rapture of
? salient ol Bulnars Mouthweet of'
Dorlrtn. la the most important British
victory to date %*[
Qr?-e| intervention Id the war in
delayed by flfloniatit negotiation*
In Athens. A premier, to guide
Greece la the war. Is being sought.
At the same Une. it Is hop?d to nftlte
the faction* I* fytftt :
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Claim That the Present Road Being
Built Will Cost Only A ^ o***'
$1,000 a. ^
DEFEND THEIR WORK ON BATH ROAD:
SAY STRAIGHT ROAD WOULD NOT HOLD
To the Editor of the Dally N'ewsi
On account of a statement that
appeared on the front page of your
iaaue of the 11th Instant, entitled
"New Roads Are Being Built Under
Very H?*avy Expense." 1 and another
Item that appeared on your editorial
sheet In your issue of the 12th inat.,
the Washington Township Road Com
mission feels constrained to .request
that you publish the statement below
which wili give to those interested
In the road fund and the work being
done a full and correct knowledge of
the progress made and the expendi
ture of the fund to September first.
We note in your criticism that you
criticise first, the results accomplish
ed from the amount of money ex
pended. stating that the roads have
cost $2760.00 per mile. and. second,
the engineering that wan done at the
hill going down to Runyons Creek
beyond the County Home, oa the
Bath Road.
In answer to the first criticism we
beg to submit this statement:
Of the $50. pOO. 00 bond issue voted
in Washington Township for the
improvement of roadH therein. $16,
680.46 had been apent to September
first in the following manner:
Equipment and expense Incl
dcra4ai--to bond lasua ?... $7 .62 9.08
Amount spent on convicts for
two months while at work
on Uaidlaon school houae
road under supervision of
C. T. Hardison 1,316.93
Interest on bonds (which will
be refunded out of taxes
when collected) 1,253.13
Culverts on hand 1,641.93
Total $11,851.47
Balance on road construction
under Snowden, engr. . . 4,828.99
Total expenditure $16,680.46
Itemised statements showing to |
the cent each of the amounts above j
mentioned can be found in the Reg- 1
ister's Office and In the office of the|
Chairman of the Road Commission
and we will take pleasure in going
over them with any one interested
in ascertaining the facts. I
With the expenditure of this $4,
828.99. and depreciation to equip
ment added work has been done for
five mll"a on the road leading out of
Market street. Between $500.00 and
$1,000.00 will complete thin Ave
miles. In addition' $E>60.00 of the
above amount waB spent on the Bath
Road by the County Home. In ad
dition out of the above amount
$477.73 worth of mule feed was
purchased last month, on account of
the r!?lng market which gives enough
on hand to run to October 1st.
It will, therefore, be seen that
the ro&d work to present Is coating
Ground 1 1000.00 per mile, and not
M750.00 per mile, as stated in the
items above referred to. Thla. how
ever, Ig too great a coat. We are
got, and Ijave not been satisfied with
the cost. They should be built for
not more than $76?. 00 per mile, and
we will not be satlafled with any coat
above that. it must be borne in
mind, however, that this covers th#>
organisation period; that for two
wblta the<fe<iul?rnant was com
4nn and w? irjf re getting Jabor. 18
ftulea were eating -and a man was
attending to them; the team was
fh*n ?oit. ? nd tifh weather hot, and
?everal,"' from tlrrte to time, w?re out
j of commission on account of alckneas
and medicine apd doctors bill were
!char??d ngAinst the fund; no ?o1l
jnear by could be found for the red
''ftlll by the cemetery and sand had
fo b^ v.-ught and hauled from the
wharf In Washington; ther* has bee*
ah oxceastve quantity of' rain during
this period that makea coad build
ing mor* costly Jost as it.doea farm
ing. These are some of the things
Utat W9 Imit# been up against that
we hope are now over come and lead
ua to expect cheaper roads per mile
Hereafter.
As lo the engineering In reference
to the Bath road beyond the County
Home going down to kunyons Creek,
we have thin to say:
?When thia Commission -was first
formed the Individual members as
laymen desired to see the road
straightened from hill to hill and
sent Mr. R. E. Snowden. the engi
neer. to this place as his first work,
to make survey and profile of the
proposed straightened route. After
muking same, he reported to us that
it was inadvisable to build the road
straight, and made a survey and
profile of the route now being con
structed. He reported the other route
necessitated a nine foot cut in the
deepest part and a six foot (111 to re
duce the grade to three and a half
per cent: that this would be more
costly to cdhstruct, and a great deul
more costly to maintain. He fur
ther reported that we would encoun
ter seepage water In this heavy
through cut which would still add to
the costs of maintenance. After we
had commenced the work on the
other route, the Long Acre Town
ship Commissioners requested th*l
we meet with them and consider the
proposition of making the roud
straight. We held up' the work. l??d
our engineer to come hack and tlxed
an engagement with the Long Acre
Commissioners to go further into the
matter. After the hearing and after
the Long Acre Commissioners had
presented their views to us and our
engineer, he still advised against a
straight road, and we were still of
the opinion that to ms're the road
straight was unjustlflai ae good
engineering. Of course we realise
that it is desirable to straighten
[roadH, everything else being equal.
! <?pntlnued from p ;e 3)
ROAD MEN
TO HOLD
MEETING
Members of the advisory commit
tee have been notified by the Wash
ington township road commission of
a special meeting, which la 1o be held
Saturday morning at 1 1 o'clock In
the office of E. A. T>aniel. The pur
pone of the meeting is not stated in
the notices. but It la mentioned that
Important business la to be brought
up and the attendance of every menv
ber of the committee Is urgently re
q nested.
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