The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-22

G0-foot right Of way, 80 leet IRON
curb to curb. with a 2O-foot crown
or l2-foot gravel sand clay or hare
metal center This right of way
must be secured by easement pur-
chase or condemnation Right here
we would suggest that the county
commissioners and local road Of
fcials. should accept the generous
offer of President Ripley of the San
ia Fe railroad to furnish an en-
eineer to make surveys, plans and
specifications. il takes two things
to make a muddy road-water and
dirt. If the road is properly graded
and drained and the water kept out
or away from the road as 1t falls,
there will be no muddy road. If
President Ripley had made This most
generous offer to the state depart
ment of highways, the department
would have accepted before now,
provided the county commissioners
had consented to this road to be
laid out. but he only makes the
offer to local road officials, which,
indeed. is very generous offer. The
highway through Carter county east
and west will some day and we
believe in the near future, be a
section of the ocean to- ocean, or
the all-year-'- -'-round national high
way. If we will organize we can
get this road, which will be one
of the most important highways that
will ever be built in this country.
This great highway has been ten
tatively planned to run from Little
Rock to Dallas, Tex, by way Of
Texarkana, crossing Red river, Sui
phur river, Black Cypress, Big San
dy and the Sabine rivers, besides
many smaller streams, but by run
ming this road west from Little
Rock, it would run to Hugo, Caddo,
TishomingO. Ardmore and on west,
above the high water mark and at
half the cost per mile and shorter
distance than it would to build a
road alCng the route mentioned. Peo-
pie from the north and east would
settle all along this road, it would
traverse one of the most attractive
countries in the world, ara where
nature has deposited the very finest
road building material. The living
streams, such as the Kiamichi, the
Blue, the Pennington, the Washita,
/ all manner of fruits, vegetables, and
/ flowers and in fact everything that
is reuuirtd to make life worth liy-
ing is found growing along his grea;
ocean tot ocean road, and especially
through Oklahoma. Now, let us get
together and adopt Mr.. Pery's plan
or some better one, and proceed tc
build the section OF road that runs
at least through our county, and
make it the best section on this
great highway.
The board Of county commissioners
and local road officials would dc
well to accept Mr.. Ripley's offer and
begin the survey of this road, taNnt
/ the topography of the country, es-
tablish grades and drainage, and
giving the location and size of all
bridges and culyerts, il We are not
able at this time to build a hard
road, let us lay a permanent found
alton and build dirt road anl keel
/. it dragged so that when the govern
lment or state is ready let us to be
ready to have something to Offer
them.
When This road is once perma-
acnuy located, graded and drained
1 thcr every contributor to its bull l.
ing upkeep will know that theh
money and energy have not beer
wasted. Mr.. Pcrry's suggestion +.
worthy of consideration.