Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-14
n SHARON ROAD

The Sharon people have been do
ing a tremendous amount Of work
with a comparatively small amount
Of money on the road between Sha-
ron and the Pinckney road, with a
view to making Sharon more accessi-
BILE to a large and prosperous terri
tory from which it has heretofore
been cut off, and incidentally open
ing up a better and more practicable
route to Yorkville.
Although the proposed improve
ment had been under consideration
for years, it has been only a few
months since the Sharon people be-
gan an active propaganda in the
matter and within the past few weeks
they have done work that means the
eventual contamination of their plans.
They have relocated and regarded an
old road that led from Sharon to the
Pinckney road, and carried the work
20 temporary completion with the ex-
ception Of a little more grading and
a considerable amount Of surfacing.
People familiar with the topogra-
ply OF the country between Yorkville
and Sharon will not be impressed
with the idea Of exaggeration when
the deep valleys and high hills are
compared with the mountains. There
are no really mountainous elevations,
of course; but over every possible
route there are high hills that are q
source Of dread to the automobilist,
and which make heavy traffic difficult
and expensive. 1t Is so with what is
known as the Pinckney road, espe-
cially at the point where it crosses
Turkey creek, and 1t Is so with the
Sutton" spring road, not only al
Turkey creek, out at the mile branch,
the Graveyard branch and at other
points.
A representative of The Enquirer
went over the new road last Satur-
day in company with Mr.. John S,
Hartness and DR.. ]. H. Sage, in Mr.,
HARNESS. runabout. 1t appears thai
the work Of the past three weeks has
been put on a distance Of about two
miles and a quarter. The operations
have been in charge Of Messrs. j. H,
Sage, j. s. Rainey and w. G. Robin
son, who have been acting as their
own engineers and overseers. Their
available resources in cash and vol
unteer labor, from the beginning,
have aggregated only about 500, GER
tainly not more, and the amount OF
work that has been done, with such
limited means is simply remarkable
Many readers Of this paragraph can
get a very comprehensive idea OF
what has been accomplished, in the
statement that although the surface
Of the road is still soft and in many
places quite rough, the little runa-
bout was able to carry the three men
named above weighing altogether
600 pounds) over the entire distance
without a single choke down. There
was a stop at Turkey creek on the
return trip because Of an incomplete
approach to the bridge; but that was
all.
DR.. Sage stated that the committee
still had of the 500 originally con-
tributed, an unexpended balance OF
about $50, which will be made to 60
a long way in smoothing up the
surface of the road.
The new road, when completed,
will serve the purpose intended bet
ter than the old route between York
Vile and Sharon; but 1t Is not to be
understood that 1t Is by any means
a finished job. In the work so far
done, DR.. Sage and Messrs. Rainey
and Robinson have discounted expert
estimates Of expenditure at a ratio OF
about three dollars to one; but by
rights the road Is still entitled to
about twice as much work as 1t has
already received. Also, in connec-
ton with the actual expenditures al
ready made, it is fair to say that no
account has been taken Of the value
Of the services of the committeeman,
whose fine judgment and good man.
agement have gone so far in the good
showing that has been made.