The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-04-03
credit FOR STATE
AID ROAD Law.
Those Who Had Part in Enaetng
This Important Legislation.
Honor To Whom Honor.


aLu mouse Din NO. lSh
the Cover nor has assured 10 eTery
county in henLuGKy the ala OF lne
SLaCe IN the DulIolng oil ils roads, 1
TO be supplemented in time by tnat
OF the Federal Government and TO
townships and counties tne use OF
tne labor OF county prisoners in the
actual construction ana malnle-
nance OF roads and oCner pubic
WORKS. AS the Governor had already
signed the Dill declaring roads 70
Dc the pubic works OF The State,
II is not improbable tnat the use
OF convict laDor Will alse be ayaii-
able without the delay OF suubmlL-
ting tne constitutional amendment
TO the people In 191o.1haI question,
however, ~ is for the courts to de-
eide,
Strong pressure was brought to
bear ON the Governor to prevent his
signing the 1irst two bills by men
who look only to present conditions
and selfish considerations, In resist
lag it the Governor has insured 10
hentucky the best system of roads
OIL any state in the south.
In the first session of his admin
istration there was created a bu-
reau OF roads. Ine machinery was
admirable in itself.
In the final session of his admin
istration the Governor has aided IN
supplying the motive power. MOI
oniy is kentucky to have State and
rederal aid in the building Oh her
roads, but under the HUH law
coun.y seat plan every county is TO
receive equal consideration. The
money spent tor roads is no long
er 10 De spent hapnazard. The stan
dard of road construction, of what
ever material, is to be fixed. me
provision for maintenance is to be
uniform. Not until this standard
and provision have been complied
with is State and Federal aid TO be
extended. Kentucky has at last
substituted action for words in the
building of good roads.
In signing these measures the
Governor has done Kentucky ser
vice that more than evens the
score between them.
But the credit is not wholly the
Governors. But for Claude b, Ter
rell the McDyer-Bosworth bill would
never have passed the House. The
fight made for it in the Senate by
Lieut.. Gov. McDermott and Sena-
tor Huffaker prevented it's defeat
in that body. In both houses the
Louisville delegation stood as a man
by their ante-election pledge 10
work and vote for good roads. TO
Louisville, on which the tax burden
falls heaviest, the sections of the
state that are without good roads
owe not the least of their debt OF
gratitude for legislation that will
transform eighty-nine pauper into
eighty-nine prosperous counties.
Louisville Times.
The NEWS would not abate one
lot of honor due Mr.. Terrell for
his labors in behalf of the GOOD
Roads Law, but 1t is very sure that
the credit for the passing OF the
bill very largely belongs to Mr.
] John McDyer, representative from
the Boyd-Lawrence district and ma
tive of this county. Mr.. McDyer
sought and obtained the place Oh
Representative solely for the pur-
pose of getting, II possible, the
enactment Of law which would be
the means Of having a better sys-
tenn of roads for Kentucky. he Is
road builder. knows how they
should be constructed and is fully
aware of their value to the State
During the session OF the Legisla-
ture Mr.. McDyer devoted more time
to this measure than to anything
else. BY his practical good sense,
his knowledge of his subject and
his tactful work and persistency
with his fellow members he secured
votes for his bill which, probably
no one else could have obtained
The measure is better known as
tho McDyer Good Roads bill than
by any other name, and II is emil
nently proper that this should be
SO.