Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-20
WORKING THE ROAD.

Although The Enquirer has not had
an opportunity to make personal In
spection of the whole county, from
what this writer has seen and heard
during the past few days, there is no
doubt of the fact that quite a lot OF
road work has been done In all OF the
different townships and much of 1t has
been very good, especially in compari-
son with what the people have been ac-
customed to.
During Thursday afternoon the
writer took a drive out the Howelfs
Ferry road for a distance Of about
four miles and thence back across to
the Rutherford road, and out to a
point about six miles from the court
house. Both roads show evidence Of
quite q lot Of good work which, though
not up to the. standard the county
must eventually set, is SO much bet
ter than has been seen on either OF
them heretofore, and so generally
creditable, considering the amount OF
labor and money available for each,
as to be really encouraging
The work on the Howell's Ferry
road, in Supervisor Blacks township,
has been under the direction Of w. T.
McClain, overseer The Howell's Fer
ry road from Yorkville to Hickory
Grove, is notoriously one Of the hilli-
est and toughest roads in the county.
It is generally bad even in good wealth
er, and to make a first-class summer
road Of it, would cost quite lot OF
money This road, however, has been
very much improved. 1t has been re-
markably we'll ditched, and the dirt
has been pretty well thrown to the
centre. 1t could have been still fur
ther improved by road scrapers and
rollers; but these were not available.
Altogether the road Is better than 1t
has been for years.
The Rutherford road, although not
naturally as bad as the Howelrs Fer
ry road, has been in a very sorry con-
dition during a good many years past,
constantly growing worse instead OF
better. At times last winter, 1t was
difficult to travel this road with an
empty wagon; it was tedious and try
ing even on horseback. Now the road
is ditched and thrown up in the middle
from the corporate limits Of Yorkville
to the northeast corner of the town
ship, where 1t runs over into Kings
Mountain township.
When 1t is stated that there has
been a lot Of work done on the two
roads mentioned above, 1t Is meant
that there has been a lot Of work only
by comparison. The writer has not
had an opportunity to get figures; but
judges that the actual cost Of the la
Dor has been small. There has been
nothing to make much cost. The most
striking features of the work are the
good judgment and thoroughness that
are evident along the entire route.
Reports from Bethesda township
and from Catawba and Ebenezer are
that the supervisors in those town
ships have all been doing excellent
WOTh, dllHOuSH uOSS
not speak from actual inspection,
from what he has seen he is satisfied
that there has been tremendous i'm
provement in these as we'll as In the
other townships, Bethel, Fort Mill,
Broad River, Kings Mountain and
Bullock's Creek.
Mr.. ]. Meek Pursley, supervisor OF
Kings Mountain township, was In
Yorkville yesterday, and stated that
Overseer ]. c. Pursley had gone on
with the battle-ground road from the
Kings Mountain road to the Goforth
place, within about mile Of the bat
tleground. There was only about $50
available for a stretch Of some five
miles of pretty bad road, and although
the prospect was improved very ma
terially, It was not as good as he would
like to have 1t. He thinks that II he
could have about 500 more to spend
OH the worst part of this road he could
put 1t In very creditable shape.
Mr.. w. B. Keller. the overseer who
worked the Rutherford road, is now
engaged on the Kings Mountain road
from the York township line to the
Kings Mountain township line. He |
said a few days ago that 1t was his |
purpose to try to construct about Il |
quarter Of mile Of sand and clay
road across the swampy place in the |
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