Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-11
LINCOLN COUNTY PEOPLE INVEST
 IN GOOD ROADS
Many Miles of Modern Highway Are Under
 Construction.

Star City, Aug. lU.-lHe people ol Lincoln county are trying to keep abreast of those ill their nelghbor counties in the movement for better 1 roads. For many years various ways have been tried under the road laws with more or less success, but not enough money or labor could be used at one time to put any one road in proper condition It required about all the money from the 3-mill tax and the free labor to hold the roads at what they were and little was left with which to make permanent i'm provement. The act of the late gen- eral assembly making provisions for the formation of road districts and the selling of bonds has given our people an opportunity to build some good roads and they are taking ad vantage of it.
 District No. 1 was formed last spring to build a road from Star City via Yorktown and Tarry to the Jef- | ferson county line, where it is hoped that the citizens of that county will | extend it to Pine Bluff Work was | begun on this road some months ago and at this time it is about complet- ed to the bayou at Yorktown, dis tanCe of about six miles. It is well graded and is finished with crushed rock and gravel. J. G. Atkinson, A. V. Verdue and w. M. NcGehee are the commissioners for this district.
 At about the same time district NO. was formed for the purpose of building a road from Star City to the Jefferson county line by way of Furth. Meroney, Frosno and Gray This, when built, will connect With the maca dam road from Pine Bluff to Tamo which is about completed. C. s. Bacon, l.. w. Sanders and M. o. Adams were appointed commissioners and bonds were sold and bids re- ceived for the building of it when a decision of tine supreme court made it necessary that all the work of forming the district be done over to make it legal The county judge has given notice that new petition has been filed and that it will be heard on the day of September at which time there is little doubt but that the district will be formed and all legal forms compiled with as. fast as pos sible so that the actual moving of dirt may be begun.
 The greater portion of these roads arc in the bottoms and ill the winter arc almost impossible to- heavily loaded vehicles.
 Some time ago a petition was cir culated asking that district be formed on the west side of Bayou Bartholomew to build road from Star City oa what it known as the 'New cut road" to Flat creek and from there to the pike road from Pine Bluff to NewtOn's store This road is not likely to be built soon as those interested cannot agree oa it's 1 location. Some wanting it built by way of Foonyville instead of over the route as first proposed.
 A petition has been circulated ask ing for the formation of district from Tyro to Dumas but this is not being pushed at present as the coun- ty judge was enjoned from build ing 2 steel bridge across Bayou Bar tholomew at the Garrett place where the road would have crossed that streatm.
 When the road is completed to Pine Bluff an effort will be made to build one from here to Monticello so that there will be a first class road from Monticello through Star City and Pine Bluff to Little Rock at all sea sons of the year.