The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1915-02-16
LINCOLN COUNTY ASKS
PART OF STATE ROAD FUND
Fiscal Court Takes Necessary Action
AT Meeting Friday-Riffe's Work
Highly Commended

Lincoln county's Fiscal Court at its
meeting last Friday took formal ac-
ton to secure a portion of the state
road fund to assist in recOnStructing
roads in this county. Formal steps
will be taken in the matter this week,
when Squire w. NJ. Fields, County
Attorney W. S. Burch and Road En-
gineer Mckee Rife go to Frankfort
to lay the action of the Fiscal Court
before the state Road Department,
and put in formal action for portion
of the road fund. This fund is ac-
cummulated from the five cent ad-
ditional tax, and from the licenses
from automobiles owned in the state,
which are diverted directly into the
road fund. 1t is estimated that Lin
coin county's portion of the fund will
be something like $1,000.
The Fiscal court went over the
road situation in Lincoln pretty thor
oughly at its meeting Friday and
Road Engineer Mckee Rife made a
report of conditions as he has found
them. The court greatly pleased
with the work which the new Road
Engineer is doing. He is on the Job
all the time, and answers every COM
plant about conditions, and gives his
personal attention to seeing that re-
pairs are made to bridges, culverts.
and bad places in roads, just as fast
as he can get to the
A delegation from Eubani;. Pulaski
county, went before the fiscal court
in the interest of piking of the road
from Eubank to WayneSburg 50 as to
connect with the pike which the peO-
pie of Pulaski are to build from Som
erset to the Lincoln county line. In
the delegation were Edgar Goocn ard
Tod Mclaughlin.
A prominent citizen OF Euhank
writes to the /. j. concerning this
proposed pike and says:
The Fiscal Court of Lincoln nav
ing made appropriation, and asked
for State Aid on the Somerset and
Stanford road from Waynesburg to
county line near Eubank establishes
this road as the county seat road.
The Importance of this road don't
seem to be realized by the business
men, and the stockmen of Stanford.
Should the Somerset and Grab Or
chard road win and secure State Aid
for that road, Stanford would be ig-
nored largely by the stOckmen con-
tlnuing direct route from Crab Or
chard to Lancaster, and other north
ern points in blue grass section. In
my opinion Stanford from a bust
ness view point would be damaged
greatly financially if the Crab Or
chard road Is piked nd rattle divert
ed (as it would bel from Stanford
road to the Crab Orchard road. |
want to assure you of a mutual in
terest of the people here with the
citizens of Stanford in securing State
Aid and piking Stanford road from
Somerset to Waynesburg.
Liberal Appropriations for Roads.
That the fiscal court intends to do
its part toward improving the roads
of Lincoln county and has absolute
confidence in its road overseer, j. L.
Mckee Rife, was clearly demonstra-
ted at the meeting held Friday. 1t
ordered the purchase of 81 900 worth
of culvert material, a fourth of
which is to be ued vi the dirt roads
of Lincoln county and the rest on
to repair the bridges and culverts OH
the pixies and 1880 for those on
the county roads. An appropriation
VI cO was Will WHICH W
buy eyebeams to be used in bridges
and to put concrete floors in the
bridge over Cedar Greek and the one
over Dix River on the Lancaster
pike; $1,000 was appropriated for
the payment of hands for working
on the pixies of the county and S4,-
900 for operating road machinery.
An automobile truck to cost not ex-
ceeding $1,750 was ordered pur-
chased. This will be used in hauling
bridge, eulvert and other materials
over the county. Mr.. Rife was or
dered to purchase most of the above
and is in Cincinnati today looking
after them. The fiscal court also
bought the vacant lot of about 120
feet frontage on Depot street of j.
C. Eubanks for 1900 and will build
upon it workhouse.