The Adair County news., 1907-04-17

whereas Tor the past SeVeral years
the clamor for good roads has been
very great from all parts of the county,
and whereas, the taxpayers of the
county have come to realize that mon
ey spent in making and maintaining
good highways, is the most profitable
investment that could be made from
the stand point of a county:
Be it resolved by the Columbia Com
mercial Club that the following sytem
of building and improving the highways
of Adair County, which system has
been carefully worked out, be present
ed to the Adair Fiscal Court for its
consideration at the April term, 1907,
and that committee be appointed by
this Club to present said system to the
Court, and to urge that the Court
adopt and put same into execution.
The said system set out in full was as
follows:
That, the Fiscal Court make the fol-
lowing propositions to the citizons of
Adair county who are interested in
good roads: That in the year 1907,
Adair county will build two miles of
pike on each of three of the follow
ing roads, viz, Columbia and Green's
burg, Columbia and Gradyville road,
Columbia and Burkesville road, Column
bia and jamestown road, Columbia ard
Somerset road and Columbia and STAN
ford road. On account of amount of
traffic and number of peoble accommo-
dated, said two miles of pike to begin
at the corporate limits of Columbia,
and extend two miles, provided that
the citizens or persons directly inter-
ested in each of said roads shall SUBJ
scribe and secure the payment of $500
per mile towards the construction of
same. The first three of the above
named roads which shall file their SUBJ
scription list amounting to the sum
of $500 per mile, with the County
Judge, said list or amount thereof to be
secured and same approved by the
County Judge, shall be awarded two
miles of pike, each to be built in the
year 1907. And hereafter any of the
roads above named having no pike, or
or the ones having the least mileage of
pike shall be given the preference in
building pike, when they shall have
raised their subscription as above re-
quired. And provided further that
said proposition shall be accepted by
the citizens, and their subscription lists,
properly secured, be filed with the
County Judge by the LIST day of May
1907; and that in the event only one of
said roads accepts said proposition by
the first day of May, then the road so
accepting shall be given ten days fur
Their time to file an additional subScrip-
ton list amounting to $500 per mile for
either one or two additional miles, and
if such condition be complied with,
then the County shall build one or two
additional miles of pike for said road
of provided for by said additional SUBJ
scription.
Whereas the kind of pike required
depends on the amount and nature of
traffic that goes over same, the Court
divides pixies into three classes, A, B,
C, and will hereafter classify the roads
to be piked. The pixies of the A class
shall be built according to the follow
ing specifications: The grade shall be
16 feet wide, as nearly smooth as prac-
ticable, and be inches higher in center
than at outside edge of road bed. The
metal on said roads shall be IL feet
wide and II inches deep, placed on road
bed in two layers or stratas as follows:
bottom layer shall be inches deep and
consist of hammered stone broken so as
to pass through a five inch ring, and
spread informally. The second or top
layer to consist of crushed stone five
inches deep spread informally. The
metal after so placed shall be Shout
dered with dirt so as to prevent same
from spreading And said road shall
have a clear right-of-way of at least 40
feet, and all fences and distractions
moved therefrom.
Pixies of the class shall be built ac-
cording to the following specifications
the road shall be 16 feet wide, and be-
fore metal is placed thereon, shall be 8
inches higher in center than at outside
edges, and slope regularly from center
to outside edges. The outside edges OF
said road shall not be less than 8
inches above the bottom of the bitches
at each side of the road, and said
bitches to be not less than two feet
wide at the bottom. The metal on said
sx,ola