Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-07-04
nGRTEV OF BOONE WAY,
RRc6HEgtssANCE MADE By
GOVERNMENT EEGINEER

: Boone WaV, the proposed natlOua
, highway from Grab Orchard t
Cumberland Gap, this week b,
driving over the route. Leaving
Mt. Vernon Monday morning h,
drove to Crab Orchard returnin,
here on noon train, thence OF
South by buggy. Our Commercial
Club thru its secretary and othei
members of the club lookt after
the comfort of the government
representative while here ant
gave him all information at hand
on the subject in which we are Sc
deeply interested in and wish
him a pleasant voyage over tina
highway made famous bv that Ole
frontierSman Daniel Boone the
old Wilderness Road and Boones
Trail, the path over which the
great Indian fighter travelled ISIS
years ago.
The first stop made by Mr..
Vashell, was for the right. aud at
East Bernstadt where he was
welcomed by J. w. Creech, Saml
Basin, Dave Nelson and others
and sent on his way next morning
to London where the Commercial
Club, including H. C.. Lakewood,
L. H. Johnson, Judge Angel, Joe
Young and others did the honors
for the capital of Laurel and
sent the traveller on TO BarbOurs-
vile where be remained over
night under the charge of Judge
James D. Brock, Ben Dishman
and H. c. Faulkner; doctors G.
H. Albright and William Burnside
and the business men of that
thriving mountain city. The
afternoon of Wednesday found
the engineer at Pineville being
looked after by Pineville's leaders
Z. w. Metcalf, John Pearl, D. B.
Logan, VIM. Ayers, Vim. Lave,
Jackson Morris, and others.
Thursday Middlesboro was the
host. Among its citizens who
looked after the comfort of the
Boone Way traveller was R. c.
Ford, Judge J. R. Sampson, H.
G. Chappell and Commercial Club.
Mr.. Vashell left yesterday for
Washington where he will make
a report of hiz observations and
Investigations into the feasibility
Of constructing the proposed /
National highway.
In talks with this engineer it |
was shown that the construction
through Rockcastle would not be
very difficult or heavy and that
Ill the material in way of stone
or the line is virtually lying by
jhe roadside. In Laurel and Knox
here is plenty of sandstone for
the bed of road but the
,op finish. limestone, which would
rave to be shipt from Rock
,astle, whose supply of that ex-
,ellent material is sufficient to
,uild roads cress-crosSing every
state turnout these United States
md then plenty to spare for Canada
nd Mexico. Big stone crushers
n the county are today crushing
nd turning out so car loads or
Iearly 1000 yards daily, which is
Ised by the railroads and others for
'allast and concreting purposes.
This is one one step further in
he progress of the work being
one by the Mt. Vernon CONNER
ial Club in its efforts to secure
government aid in the great work
f putting first class road over
be old Wilderness route. Much
redit is due Senator w. o Brad
ev, the fighter and defender of
leutucky interests subsequently,
f this the South Eastern portion
f state whose people were so !!
,ng misunderstood by those Just
, the north of us. Senator James
collaborating with Senator
'radley in this work backed by :
ne Kentucky delegation and con-
ress men from other states, as
ell as assistance of speaker Clark
nd other notable men of influence
nd Commercial bodies of the
rincipaI cities OF SIX states.