The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-06-29

and me new scarifier working on this
hut, being there two days. 1hoy dug
up sufficient fine rock, dust and clay
to hll up the ruts, and this hill is APP
parently in splendid condition now, but
/ wish to say, that 1t is nothing more
tnan a summer road, as there is moth
ing to keep the travel from going back
into these ruts as above, as the ruts
were not filled with heavy rock but
with clay and fine rock.
also beg to call attention to the
expenditure of the county, last fall, of
about 500, in hauling refuse blue clay
from the Model road quarry upon this
hill to Corners, which l have just de-
scribed above. This refuse from this
quarry as soon as it became frozen and
thowed out again made inches of nico
mud over the whole stretch upon which
It was applied. There are many bal
places on this pike from the top of the
hill to the Mt. Gilead pike and wish
to call attention especially to a stretch
OF the pike from the old Williams toll
gate house to the Mt. Gilead pike.
There has been quite a lot of money
expended in dtching with a grader but
this ditching did not get the water out
of the middle of the pike. There is not
rod of rock being hauled upon this
stretch Of 81 miles, which | am refer
ring to, although there are two parties
at Lewisburg, who have about 200 rod
Of good gray Limestone rock, which
could be had for very small price.
One of the parties, Mr. Jacob Roser
told me he had been unable to sell this
rock to the county although it had
been out one year. He has at last sold
it to a man in the community who is
going to build a turnpike for one of
our county officials, who lives about
one mile from the point where tho
rock is. Mr.. Browning on the other
side of Lewisburg has his rock piled
within so steps of the pike, and | am
told, that he has been unable, also,
to sell his rock. There is no question
about needing it, Rock on this pike
will cost on an average of, at least
$500 per rod, and there should be S200l
per mile applied to the repair of this
road. each year, without robbing any
cross pike.
The Mt. Gilead pike next has my at |
tention. This pike has about 10 rods
of gray Limestone rock broken already |
to apply but have been resting 12l
Water is washing this pike |
badly, although with very little ex-
penditure of money, the breaks, at
present upon the road would suffice to |
carry the water away, but the accumu-
latiOn Of mud has caused them to stop
mp and run over. At the Gilead end
Of this pike. which is 2 lilo miles long,
found a colored man spreading rock |
on the road and doing some ditching
in order to cover the fresh rock with |
dirt. The work he was doing was all
right if ii would only go far enough
This man had a horse and cart with
him but the horse was unhitched and
turned out to Craze in a school house
lot, near by. l asked the man what he
got per day and he said $125 for him
self and 75c for the horse and cart. l
asked, If he charged for the horse and
cart when he had the horse turned out
IN grass like it was, and he said, oh,
res, have to have the horse and cart
o haul my tools to work, (shovel and
nick) This instance is a fair sample
Of what is becoming of Mason county's
money.
| proceeded North on the Mt GARNER
pike from Gilead and the Fleming
'ounty line to VOLTS Run pike. There
vas some rock being broken on this
0retch of pike but the strings were so
small that man would have TO have
I field glass to see them so steps