The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-10-28
The HIGHWAY SITUA.
ton In KENTUCKY.


One hundred and four, out Of 100
counties in Kentucky. have taken
advantage Of the State aid road law.
enacted in the year 1915 and are actively
at work. or soon will be, in the con-
struction Of new inter.cornty seat high
ways or the reconstruct on or improv-
ing existing turnpikes. Southeastern
Kentucky, Ms well as the other noun
famous section Of Eastern portion Of
the state has plogded with nothing much
better than trails" siuce Booae passed
this way hundred and forty years ago.
The most important thru highway
proposition, to the people Of Kentucky,
Tennessee. North Carolina and Virginia,
at this time is Boone Way" now be-
ing constructed from Cumberland Gap
northward To connece with the Ken
lucky Jystem Of turnpikes. This road
has been routed from Cumberland Gap
TO Louisville, across the state. dis
tence Of 25O miles. via Middlesboro,
Pineville Barbourville. Corkin. London.
Mt. Vernon, Crab Orchard. Stanford.
lancaster. Danville. HArrodsburg.
LAwrenceburg. (west loopl. Nicholas
villa. Lexington, Versailles, Frankfort.
Shelbyyille. thence to Louisville.
There Is "a turnpike from CIaD Orchard
TO Louisville. n distance Of 1855 miles,
which Is being improved by every
county thru which this highway passes
leaving 60 miles TO be made between
Crab Orchard and Cumberland Gap
This construction now under way. is
expected TO be completed by August
1916.
The East loop Of Dixie Highway.
that portion between Chattanooga and
Indianapolis, will use IS miles Of the
road-bed Of Boone WAY. Dixie Boonel.
between Cumberland Gap and Mt
Vernon. Kentucky. where ii DIVORCES
for Richmond. Lexington. Cincinnati
and Indianapolis. W. j. Sparks. of Mt
Vernon. is president and James Maret.
Of that place, is secretary Of the East
Kentucky. Tennessee Dixie Highway
Association. an auxiliary TO the parent
organization. with duties Of looking
after and encouraging the early com
pletion Of the work on this division or
Eastern loop of this great highway
between Chattanooga and Indianapolis.
Most good roads readers recall the fact
that the Dixie Highway with loops)
Is routed from Chicago TO Miami,
Florida; the west loop DIVORCES at
Indianapolis going VIA Louisville. and
Nashville TO Chattanooga where It con-
verges with Eastern loop.
Yet another route has been located
and named the Dixie Bee Line. Start
ing from Chicago. going via Evansville.
Indiana, and entering Kentucky at
Henderson. thence via Hopkinsville and
Gunhrie TO Nashville.
The Jackson Highway lately put on
the map. is another important move
ment. Peter Lee Anterior, a great
Highway man. Of Louisville. was elect
ed president of this Association at it's
recent convention at Nashville. The
routing Of this highway is about as fol-
lows: One branch beginning at Chicago
going via Indianapolis to Louisville, the
other starting at Buffalo or Niagara
Falls thence across the Western por-
ton Of New York; Pennsylvania across
Ohio and entering tina state Of Ken
lucky at Maysville thence via Lexing-
ton. and from that point will 20 over
the roadbsd of Boone Way Boone
JaeKsonl through Frankfort to Louis
vile where u conyerges with the
Chiesgo division thence to New
Orleans via Bardstown, Glasgow and
Seottsville, Kentucky to Nashville.
Birmingham. Montgomery and Mobile
on to the Crescent City.
Eastern Kentucky counties are work
ing on a proposition to ouIld highway
from Whitesburg. Letcher county. ly-
ing on the border Of Virginia, to Rich
mond Kentucky. thru the counties Of
Letcher, Leslie. Perry. Breathitt. Lee
and Estill. there TO connect with the
Dixie Highway. IL is proposed to name
this road the "McCreary Highway.
in honor of our Governor who has been
n consistent friend and worker in the
good roads movement.
Kentucky has got into the good roads
game for keeps, as is evidenced by the
fact that l0i of her counties have APP
Piled for state aid and gone to WORK.
II is to be recalled that the Legislature.
in 1914. passed road law which allows
any county in the state to draw from
the State treasury an amount equal 10
that expended by aid county upon the
construction of new roads or the recon
struction of old ones. The first ones,
however which must receive attention
shall be inter-county seat roads. Where
county appropriates and uses 500. OOO
upon the roads. in accordance to statu-
ties, the state repays $50. 900 in yearly
payments until that amount has been
refunded to the county. Along with
this bill was provision levying five
cents upon all property thruout the
state. which fund is placed in the treas
ury for meeting these payments. I'm
der this law there has been the great