The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03

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proaches. Another over Ballard creek;
one at Southwest City and three or
four at other points The macadamiz-
ing is expensive, in proportion to the
distance you must haul your rock or
gravel This varies along the route.
Beginning at the other end we have
a little on the east of Rogers that
must be macadamized, then coming
west from there, for possibly nine or
ten miles it practically all has to be
ma cadamized There are places in
Ohio, 80 or 40 years ago, that it cost
$4,000 per mile to maeadamize. 1t will
not cost us that, but it costs money
for 10 miles east of Vinita we have
the same proposition, but about every
so far the road goes up. as it is now,
over knoll, and these knolls are shell
sand stone. Our plan is to blast these
off and blast to the right and left until
we get rock enough to macadamize
the road, and this haul will be compar-
atively short, thus lowering the road
where it needs lowering and macadam-
izing between the knolls. We esti-
For 12 miles east of Vinita we have
| lizing between the knolls. Limestone
makes a better macadam, and we will
put it on later where sandstone is at
| first used. We estimate, in the rough,
that it will cost $4,000 or more to do
the work for which money will be re-
quired.
Organization began last week. The
first meeting was at Grove. I stated
the plan, and there was more or less
commendatory talk, and in little
while after that there were $500 in
checks written and signed and hand
ed to the finance committee. They
guarantee $4,000 and the Horse creek
bridge. Their county commissioners
have no money to help build the
bridge. The county attorney gave his
opinion that the county commissioners
could issue script payable in one or
two years out of future levies, and it
lis confidently expected that they will
do this. Mr.. Doherty, president Of the
Citizens Bank of Grove, arose in the
meeting, just after having signed his
check for his personal contribution,
and said that he would take the paper
of the county commissioners at par,
but that he did not mean by that that
! he would take any other paper of that
kind at par, but to help this great
highway he would cash that at par
Grove will do its duty. At the meet
ing here the following night, we ap-
pointed committees and called this
meeting.
The next meeting we held was We'd
lnesday night at Sulphur Springs. There
were ever $500 in checks signed in
the room and handed to the finance
committee, the next day that was
made up to $1,4O0 During the pro-
gress of the meeting at Sulphur
Springs, committee of seven gentle
men from Noel, Mo-, walked into the
room. They listened to what occurred
in the room, and then the spokesman
of the Noel committee said that they
would like for this highway to come
to Noel, that Noel was five miles south
of an east and west line to Vinita and
south of Grove; that they had the best
route from Sulphur Springs to Grove,
and described their magnificent seen
cry along the Elk river They spoke
of the palisades and other pictures
que features along that route and said
that they would put up all the money
that was necessary and that would be
required of them, and he, the chair
man, Mr.. Perry, said that he would
personally give $500 and that he had
associates that would do likewise
promised them day over their route,
and if it was satisfactory meeting
at noel have since gone over their
route and it is not practical However
they will connect on to the main line,
making a branch road. You have but
to hear these cosmopolitan men, such
as Mr. Perry, to realize the Importance
attached to this proposition
One man, Mr.. ]. H. Nowlin, owns
an orchard said to Mr.. Nowlin, this
present road you have comes to that
corner out there and makes short
turn and comes down here and then
east. I would like to shorten the dis
tance by beginning back on the north
side and come diagnolly through your
field to this point. He said; Through
my orchard?" and said yes, and he
said, "All right, run where you please,