The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-07-07
LEXINGTON TO LATRENS.
Temporary Survey and Map Made OF
Newberry Highway From COun-
t. Line to County Line.

A temporary survey and map Of the
road from the Lexington line, below
Little Mountain, to the Laurens line,
at Kinards, which is included in the
movement for the building of per-
manent highway from Charleston
through the upper section of the State
inaugurated by Secretary A. ". Nc
Keand, of the Charleston chamber OF
commerce, was made this week BY
Major F. ". Higgins for the use OF
the executive committee for the pro-
posed highway. which met in Colum-
bia on Thursday.
The surrey by Major Higgins indi-
cafes the places that need especial at
tention, the bridges along the route
tie railroad crossing gs, the points
where the road could be relocated
adyantageously so as to avoid grade
crossings, and several places where
hills could be dug down and low places
filled, and other features of the road
which will aid materially in formulat-
ing plans for the intelligent working
of this section of the proposed high
way
The survey was greatly facilitated
by the use of, Mr.. Fred. H. Dominicks
Ford touring car, driven by Mr.. Wald-
rop. Major Higgins was accompanied
by Mr.. E. H. Aull, who is a member OF
the highway central committee.
From Newberry to the Lexington
line the distance is 1876 miles, and
from Newberry to the Laurens line
the distance is 1872 miles, making the
entire distance of Newberry's section
of the road, from the Lexington line
to the Laurens line, 29.S miles. This
is the main highway from Newberry
via Prosperity and Little Mountain to
| Columbia, and from Newberry via
Jalapa, Garys, Kinards, GoldVllle and
iaurens to GreenVille, and is Of course
one of the county's most important
thoroughfares, and any permanent
work along any section Of the roao'
from whatever source, would be OF
benefit not only to the immediate ser
ton, but to the entire county.
For the most part the road is now
in good shape, From NeWperry 70
Kinards there are some fine stretches
of read. and, in some Of the places
recently worked, bad stretches lave
given way to an excellent road bed.
There are many holes that ought to
he filed, and carly all the bridges
are in bad condition, and there are
several hills which could be graded.
All these points were noted by Major
Higgins.
From Newberry to the Lexington
line the mile of government road be-
tween Newberry and Prosperity con-
tinues to show up to fine advantage,
being a great object lesson in what the
mixing of sand and clay in the proper
proportions will accomplish. There
are several heavy sand beds between
Newberry and Prosperity which could
be made good stretches OF road by
mixing the clay which is at hand with
the sand. Near Prosperity there are
two dangerous grade crossings OF the
two railroads which could easily De;
eliminated by relocating a short
stretch of the road so as to change 1t!
from the right hand side to the lett
hand side of the railroads going to-
wards Prosperity. Between Prosper
ity and Little Mountain there are two
dangerous crossings that could Dej
eliminated with little trouble by re-
locating the road for a short distance,
and there is another very dangerous
crossing near Little Mountain which
could be adTantageously bridged.
Taken as a whole, the road is IN
fairly good condition, and could be
made, without great cost, one OF the
finest roads in the country.
The crops all along the route are
looking remarkably well, considering
the long drought. Both above and be-
low Newberry there are some hne
fields of corn and some fine fields OF
cotton.
It may be interesting to note that
the axington-Newberry line crosses
the Columbia -Greenville road just 10
miles below the depot at Little Noun
tain. The corporate limits of the town
of Little Mountain extend to the line
on the lower side, and on this side as