The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1915-02-23
EUBANK ROAD WINS
OVER BEE LICK ROUTE
Warm Fight Over County Seat Road
to Pulaski Staged Before the
Fiscal Court Monday.


Judge James p. Bailey, to break g
tie in the Fiscal Court at its meet.
ing here Monday, and prevent the
designation as the road by way OF
Grab Orchard and Bee Lick as the
county seat road from Stanford to
Somerset. Squires Fields and Cam.
den voted to sustain previous order
of the fiscal court, designating the
road from Stanford to Waynesburg
and Eubank as the county seat road
Squires Petrey and Helm voted
against this, thus leaving the court in
a tie, which Judg Bailey broke by
voting to sustain the previous order
of the court.
This vote of the court settled one
of the hardest fought battles ever
known in this section over a road
question. Almost a score of leading
citizens from Somerset and Pulaski
county were on hand at meeting of
the court to urge that Lincoln county
adopt the Bee Lick-Crab Orchard
route. An equally large number of
representative citizens and taxpayers
from Crab Orchard and the East
End of Lincoln were on hand, urg-
ing the same action, and in addition
pledged themselves to raise the sum
of $500 as a donation toward the
building of pike from Crab Orchard
to Bee Lick to meet the pike from
Somerset to that point. They urged
that if the county has not sufficient
funds to build the pike asked at this
time, that the court simply designate
that road as the county seat road so
that the benefit of aid from the state
road fund could be secured. To
these pleas the court however re-
fused, by its action to accede, and the
Waynesburg-Eub road is now
formally the official county seat
road.
Very able arguments were made by
proponents of the Bee Lick-Crab Or
chard road before the court, and the
circuit court room was well filled, a
big crowd having gathered to hear
the speeches.
Judge Bailey, in opening the court
stated, that this was an adjourned
meeting from February 18th, for the
purpose of hearing the delegation
from Pulaski county.
Hon. Virgil p. Smith, an able at
torney of the Somerset bar, made the
first speech for the visitors. He said
that the people who came from Som
erset came not to dictate or make
demands upon the people of Lincoln
but as neighbors to advise concern
ing matters which vitality affect both
counties. He spoke of Pulaski coun-
ty being a daughter of Lincoln and
told of the close ties which bind the
people Of the two counties. He spoke
OF the new state-aid road law and
told how the county of Pulaski had
determined to avail itself of its pro-
visions. He pointed out that the new
law which provides tax of five cents
on each 500 worth of property re-
quires that the first roads which shall
be constructed under its provisions
shall be connecting county seats on
the most direct, practical route. He
said that the fiscal court of Pulaski
had levied tax of 10 cents on the
SlOO worth of property to build
pixies to the neighboring county seats
and that the resolution of the court
provided that the first road to be
built should be the road to which a
fund should be raised by popular
subscription to supplement the sum
raised by the county. He said that
the people of Somerset had subscrib-
ed $4,000 for the building of this first
pike. The farmers and citizens along
the road to Bee Lick raised $4,000
by popular subscription. making
about $4,000 raised for the road to
Lincoln. He said no other road had
at that time made any subscription.
whatever, and the Pulaski Fiscal
Court designated the road from Son.
erset to Bee Lick and via Crab Or
chard as the official county seat road
to Lincoln county. He added that
the 15-cent tax levied would bring in
$12, 200 more, making a total of S21,-
900 available in Pulaski county,
which supplemented by like amount
from the state aid road fund, would
give them $4,000 to build this pike.
He said that now the people of Pulas-
XII came to ask the people of Lincoln
to build nine miles of pike from Crab
Orchard to Bee Lick to meet them at
the border line.
In reply to a question from Judge
Bailey as to whether the pike pro-
posed by the people of Pulaski was
not on a direct route to the county
seat of Rockcastle county. Mr..
Smith said that it was not, but that
the people along the Mt. Vernon
road had subscribed $4,000 for the
building of a pike from Somerset
that way.
County Judge R. F. Jasper, of Pu-
laski, followed Mr.. Smith and made
an able argument also for the Bee
Lick pike. He pointed out how anx-
ious the people of Pulaski were to
get away from their dirt roads, and
how much better off the people of
Lincoln had been with their many
miles of pixies. He said that but for
the work of a few designing politi-
clans Pulaski would have voted a
bond issue for good roads, but with
that beaten twice they had turned
to the state aid law. for help and
he pleaded for harmony between Pu-
laski and Lincoln to get this pike
that would be of such a benefit to
both.
Judge James Denton, of Somerset
followed with short plea for action
on the part of Lincoln county in CO.
operation with the people of Pulaski.
He pointed out that the people of
Lincoln will pay into the state road
fund about $4,250 and will take out
some $4,000.
Attorney Kendrick S. Alcorn, of
Stanford then spoke for the Crab Or
chard people and those in the east
ern end of the county who were in
terested in the pike being built via
the Bee Lick Route. He frankly ad-
mitted to the court that he was
speaking in his own interest as well
as he owns a little farm in the Bee
Lick section, ca the Lincoln-Rock-
castle line, but declared that this
was no reason why he should be
blinded to the best interests of the