The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-07-20

three miles of this road next to South
Ripley should have, at least, $500 per
mile, spent annually, and the road tax
paid in this vicinity justfies the ex-
penditure of that much money. Strange
to say, member of the Advisory
Board of the Fiscal Court. lives on this
turnpike. Now, he is not getting the
benefit of any of Mason County's
money, and the roads in his vicinity
show that he makes no effort in that
direction. l suspect his argument is,
that the G.. & o. maintains the best
road from South Ripley to Maysville,
and he is liberal in his spirit with the
rest of Mason County, but is he fair to-
his own constituency? Is he getting
for the Taxpayers in Dover Precinct,
what they are deserving? There are s
bridges on this 2-1O miles, all appar-
emily in good repair.
The road from South Ripley to Dover
is / $40 miles in length, and is all
bottom road and is in fairly good con-
dition. There was spent last year
$96.35, and this much spent Iuulclous-
ly, annually. would keep this road in
good condition. There are bridges
in this IL mile of pike, but ! should
remind our turnpike management, that
they have overlooked bet One OF
these bridges is in bad condition and
needs repair, and it is wonder, that
broken stone is not already on the
ground to replace this bridge in bad
condition, with a concrete one.
From Dover, | pursued the Dover
and Tuckahoe pike, which is $40
miles in length The $40 miles next
to Dover is hard to take care of. owing
to the mud washed down from the hill
sides, but | am glad to say, that this
$40 miles, is 4 credit to the average
turnpike in Mason County. The man
agement of Mason County has ar
ranged, in fact, a neighbor told me,
that a contract had been let to Mays
Vile Contractor, to put in concrete
bridge, near the home of Adam Pbast
Did any one see any bids advertised
for on this job, and | beg to ask, now,
how many times have bids been asked
for, for the construction of concrete
bridges in the last five years? The
Kentucky Statutes plainly state, that
the Road Engineer shall advertise for
bids for the construction of roads or
bridges.
From the top of the hill on this pike
to Tuckahoe. the road runs entirely on
the ridge, and, of course, needs little
repair and gets very little. There are
many places that have never seen rock
since the construction of the road
about 40 years ago. The bridges on
this $40 miles are three in number,
one OF which is q large 20 foot bridge
over Lees Creek, just outside of Dover
This bridge needs some repair. which,
if done at the present time would pro
badly save Mason County. new
bridge, as it is one of the old time cow
cred wooden bridges.
From Minerva, | took the Dover
and Minerva pike. which is entirely a
ridge road with the exception of the
long hill, one mile in length. at the
Dover end This road is very sadly
NEGLECTED. The expenditures of last
year do not show any repair work on
this pike. at all. For the FIRST two
miles next TO Minerva, the yellow clay
Is showing through the bed rock, In
fact. bed rock seems to have disap'
peared i'm many places, and there Ii
no disposition to put new rock on the
places where II is needed most There
is not load of rock that has been
hauled ON this entire road of 1-1C
miles. Rock is scarce and hard to gel
In this vicinity, ana probably Is al
expensive as most any other place il
the county.
neglected TO say, that rock on the
Dover and Tuckahoe and Tuckaho'
and South Ripley pike are plentiful
and should be had for S2.25 per rod
From the appearance of the Dover and
Minerva road, the Road Engineer mol
the Advisory Board have seen this roaC
for year or more, and you eanno
wonder at that. as there Is not a bridge
ON the whole 1-1O miles
AT the top OF the Dover hill, tool
the pike leading over into Breaker
County which Is one mile in length
ana Is practically a new road, having
been built Is o. 20 years. doubt the
our road management knows that lhil
road belongs to Mason County. as lher'