A History of Transportation in Western North Carolina: Trails, Roads, Rails & Air by Ruscin Terry

Author:Ruscin, Terry [Ruscin, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Published: 2016-10-31T04:00:00+00:00

But as revealed in the following article, there was still much work to be accomplished on improving the road situation.

The Henderson County good roads association met Saturday and discussed fully the best way to proceed in order to give satisfactory results and accomplish the most in the way of good roads in the shortest time.

Those present from various sections of the county stated before the meeting that the sentiment for better roads is now ripe, and that the citizens are ready to support the good road movement. It was clearly shown to the association that the dynamo only needs to be started and then the better roads movement would assume perpetual motion. With this end in view the association adopted the following resolution first suggested by Judge Ewart and amended by G.W. Conner and W.A. Smith.

Moved and passed, that a mass meeting be called on the first Monday in September in conjunction with the county commissioners meeting to discuss the making of good roads, and that a committee of six be appointed to report on the law and necessary machinery.

Chairman C.M. Pace appointed the following to compose this committee, after which the meeting adjourned until the first Monday in September.

Messrs. R.C. Clark, W.A. Smith, Judge Ewart, Judge Blythe, G.W. Conner and W.F. Edwards. (August 25, 1910)

“I believe,” said a merchant of Hendersonville, this morning, “that the Commercial Club ought to introduce a resolution about good roads at their next meeting. Let the resolution represent the sentiment of the Commercial Club, if it is adopted after a full and fair discussion. Then let that resolution be the basis for a good roads campaign, which shall wake the echoes in the mountains. There is no time to be lost. We want good roads and we want them now.” (November 27, 1910)

The Buncombe County Good Roads Association, one of the most effective organizations of its kind in the South, and which has done a work in which is simply invaluable for the good of roads of the county, favors the sand-clay method of road construction to the exclusion of macadam.

Buncombe County has many miles of superb roads, but some of them are getting in bad shape, and it is claimed the cost of repairing them and keeping them in good condition is excessive. After an actual experience with this method of construction, Engineer Toms, in charge of roads in the county, endorses sand-clay in preference to macadam, and the directors of the Good Roads Association have adopted his report as theirs.

If Henderson County is ever to have good roads here, is a point that will require careful consideration—sand-clay or macadam. It is not too early now to discuss the different methods. It is not too early now to try and bring roads agitation to a head in some form or other. (November 27, 1910)

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