The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1914-12-15
OVER the TRAIL
OF DANIEL BOONE
James Mare. Tells of Boone Way
Pins ard God Roads Meeting
Her, Saturday
(By James Maret)


and Workers for a great hig hwa
from Crab Orchard to Cumberlan
Gap. This movement was starte
.ire years ago at PIneville and lie
viyei by the Nit. Vernon Commercia
Club two wears ago. Since that tim
the Club through its secretary. Jas
Maret. has kept everlastingly at it IL
- publicity. The idea at the outsc
was for national assistance bu
tindin" the time was not yet mp
for Congress t" listen to appeal:
tor highway building and the State
aid road law being enacted. OH
club tur..ed IL attention to thai
line OF work and l. asking the coun-
ties TO take advantage of the oppur.
tunity OF building roads.
The Kentucky Good Roads As
.'ociation. "a volunteer. non-political
organization. with head quarters al
Louisville WAS formed for the pur-
po>e of >eadIn" speakers through
out the state to advise with the
counties and explain the workings
% the Few state road law to the peO-
PIE. Mr.. IL. r.. Woods. former post
;aa-ier of Louisville. was appointed
Stale director. Among the first of
III move, Was to pat on Il campaign
through >outhca Stern Kentucky in
The interest OF Boone May" Two
tril,> were made over the entire route
Il. Mr.. Woods accompanied BY JAS.
Maret. the original Boone Way
booster. of MI. Vernon. The bankers.
professional. business men and Of
fIccr- OF the various counties were
VISITED. conferred and coun>elcd
with. meetings and spcakin"- had IN
the towns and cities of Mt. Vernon.
LONDON. Col'bin. Williamsburg. Bar
b"ur,Iiie, Pineville. MiddIe>b"ro and
Stanford, 1.-THE place having b, eli in
T.'dcd by the good road boo~ters on
SATURDAY. December loth)
In speeches delivered BY the high
way evan"elI>i> ii WAS stated that
for THE first TIME III it, history Ken
lucky has a statewide road law
whereby here can be used unifCrmi-
~ ia the construction and mainten-
anre % public highways and that
tho-e counties which 2Ge , alfarlups
atAy listed in the ''pauper column
stand as eood show in road
building a. the richer and in some
respects "A better show. The new law
place Il tax of five cents on all
taxable PROPERTY within the state to
create :: road fund. In the wear 1918
there will be 1000. 900 placed IN this
fund. where Il county wi>he. 10
"uiid new county seat lines OF road
ANA raises the money either by APP
pl"lriati"E. taxation. bond i>aAe or
private subscription. placed In coun-
~ ROAD fund: >upp"~c "a county
raI-c- >io.0o0 for highway purposes
1t "an then apply for state aid and
"lll Receive Tl2.O00 per wear until
S.'o.""o or amount equal 10 what the
1l'lrant eNpend- on the road. No
county :-'in draw more Than Two per
cent. 81 total of state road fund i'm |
:;nN one wear. jefferson county paws
Si20.uO0 into stale road fund YEARLY
ana can draw ont only $4,000 the |
- "N.Hho "oIh" To other counties |
t1Am" advantage of state aid.
Membership in the Krniucky !
'fp"'i Roads A>-"riaiiom WAS eayer-
L. -"uvhi by business and prnleS-
>!onai men al"n. the route when the
Purposes of that organization were
"Np:a inri. which are simply I" mi
>irlrl The Ndrloli- counties how fol
take advantage of the opportunity
/" PCS State aid and I" g" Ia work
Cor ''rticr roads. SclIool> and church.
= winch quickly follow in the wake
II Improved highways. All the ruun-
iie> mentioned above ar,. now en-
l"n>la tie on the road subject and
taeir workers are i'm the fi.It with
.n'i determination of pushing Boone
Nay on L" Cumberland Gap. 1t isl
gratifying L" note the great appre-
':;'il"r of south eastern Kentucky
- expressing" for the stand the
Louisville papers are taking In this
'"'"nr Way movement not only bvi
space gwen in their columns but cash
l. raii"n~ IN increasing tie f.usdi
-"r paving expenses of publicity.
lhc Courier Journal is especially
for its great assistance
lad >ouih eastern Kentucky is learn
~ tiiai Louisville. i'll papers and
Gl,"lee;le merchants are people with
i'"'n rerIpro"iiy should be practic-
q Ask secretary of Boone Way at /;
~. Vernon what wholesale cities
'a'c contributed to postage or any
'i!irr innd 10 promote the construc- I
ION OF this great highway. The rec
'.'ls snow Louisville only Cincinna-
. AMI Knoxville furnished big
'unch of wind in way of promises
cor aiding the movement i'm exchange
or the trade south of Eastern Ken !
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