The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-09-22
From Beaver Dam To
GreenviIIe, KY,
10 Be BUILT SEPTEMBER q
This Highway To Be Built Al
most Parallel With
&c. Railroad.
nAKBpcuN INTo A WORK. DAY

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A most seryiceabIe and usefu
fashion has been In vogue by mos
All our sister counties in Western
Kentucky to turn. the. old fashioned
country barbecue into work-day al
well. and to establish for the use OF
the public on snch days a piece OF
model highway Of greater or less
lsAgth by the commendable practice
, OF lending the neighbor a helping
hand. Some Of our enterprising cit
liens in both Ohio and Muhlenberg
counties have been working day and
nSIht for the past fortnight at sur
veying a highway and obtaining
right-of-way at width Of forty feet.
almost parallel with. the Illinois
Central Railroad, from Beaver Dam.
Clio county, to Greenville in Muh-
lenberg county. 1t now remains to
be seen about whether or not the
good people of Ohio county will en-
ter into this enterprise and bring 1t
to happy success by contributing
tB8r teams. tools and labor for the
work of one day. In this way, the
counties of Jackson Purchase in this
state, together with counties involv-
ed on an air line from Kentucky to
Memphis, Tenn, have in one day
built highway one hundred and fif-
ty miles long. The counties of Nc
Cracker, Caldwell, Christian. Hop
-kins and Muhlenberg have in this
way made &,somea fine. d avenues for
travel across their territory and into
neighboring boundary lines. These
roads have all been laid on BY civil
engineers with careful plans for
grades, drainage and directness of
route. We have here almost revolu-
tionized the old fashioned highway
of recent. but we hope by-gcne-timss.
Mr.. Guy stateler is the secretary
of the Good Roads Association of
Ohio County, which is composed of
many hundreds of our best citizens.
He has in hand the management Of
the road proposed to be constructed
on the 27th inst. All persons in
cIined to aid this construction should
indicate their Willingness to Mr..
Stateler in advance so that he will
Know where to direct such parties to
appear on the line. on the morning
Of the 27th. 'y''''7 ~ =
Unfortunately, no highway can be
bull in the county that will please
everybody and do everybody an
equal amount of good. but II We ever
get out of the old rut by commenc-
iag the construction Of model high
ways we will be compelled to begin
And now that the en-
terprise has started in the direction
Of the river. It is only fair TO en-
courage that start BY lending help
lag<hand. by throwing in a full days
labor.
It seems to us that the location is
a wise one; It carries us to the river!
which Is always the greatest high
way for commerce and the cheapest.
Nobody knows the commercial fu-
.ure that Green river has holding out
% US since our Federal Government
s now undertaking to permit sea-
going crafts to navigate the Ohio I
liver and its largest tributaries by
he erection OF locks and dams. as {
Ugh up as West Point. Ky. Furth-
'rmore. good road over the propos-
d route will put us to Central City. l
which Is comparative point with I
he two great railroads of the South.
he Illinois Central and the Louis /
lille q Nashville. s
The fine autumn weather and the
lack condition of farm work at this
articular time of the year will make I
/ afdelightful and profitable occas- t
pfto turn the holiday into work n
az, and partake of the delightful b
arbecue lunch at the noon hour. the D
,hole length of the line. So bring s
our teams. tools and the little boys
'itiJ water jugs, and let the good
eo1ie OF Ohio county realize what
roftable thing Il is TO lend help =
lg hand. to give one days work =
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