Henderson Daily Dispatch

GOOD PROGRESS ON ROADS IS REPORTED

Baise Says Every Section of State Sharing in Improvements

Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter Hotel
By J. C. BASKERVILL

Raleigh, May 23—Rapid progress is being made on the county road betterment program in every section of the State, Chief Highway Engineer W. Baise said today. Reports received from Division Engineer J. C. Gardner, in Tarboro, show that many projects are under way or nearing completion throughout his district.

In four counties in the second division, eleven projects are either under way or have been completed.

These include two projects in Tyrrell county, three in Washington county, three in Martin and three in Hyde. (Continued on Page Three.)
Good Progress on Roads Is Reported
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Most of these projects include regrading of roads with tractors and road machines and in most cases resurfacing with sand-clay and gravel or with sand.

Twenty projects are always under way, with others to be started soon, in the five counties in District 3, composed of Carteret, Craven, Jones, Pamlico and Lenoir counties. Three large projects are nearing completion in Carteret county, including the sand surfacing of the Cedar Island road.

Seven projects have either been completed or are nearing completion in Craven county while three more are almost completed in Pamlico county.

Four extensive resurfacing and draining projects are under way in Jones county, the surfacing being of either sand or sand and topsoil. Four more big projects are about half completed in Lenoir county, two of them near LaGrange.

Eleven different road repair projects are under way in the four counties in District 4 of Division A, which includes Northampton, Halifax, Nash and Edgecombe counties. Two of these projects are in Northampton, five in Halifax, three in Nash and one in Edgecombe counties.

In District 5 of this same division, composed of Wilson, Greene, Pitt and a portion of Edgecombe counties, 12 road improvement projects are under way. Four of these are in Wilson, one in Greene, four in Pitt and three in Edgecombe. Other projects will be started as soon as these are completed, Baise said.