Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-10-20
OUR BO0NEWAY MAN
Winchester
delayed from last week.

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spector in charge of sixteen
counties. His family is located
at Frankfort.
Winchester attendants of the
circus at Richmond last week
say they met quite a number Of
old grey headed fellows at the
show who were eating peanuts
and popcorn along with the boys.
1t is not believed "H. j. from
Mt. Vernon, was one of them
as he was no doubt too busy
watching the elephants and sea
lions perform
Major @. NJ. Adams, little Mat
several times Democratic Cop
gresham from Bar louisville, is a
resident of Winchester.
There are quite a numbar o
mountain men in Winchester and
many others who own fine big
farms out in the county.
The big three story brick bust
ness building, 100 by 40 feet,
being built by the wholesale firm
of Mahan Grocery Co., on north
main street, is progressing nice
| ly and is to be completed by
December first, by the con.rac-
tors under a forfeit of 500. per
day. This grocery firm are Con-
nected with the large business
houses of the Jellico Grocery Co..
and most, if not all the members
are mountain folks from Whitley
county, with reputation of solid
and enterprising people.
The contract for mar king
Boone Way, the Jackson High
way and the Midland Trail thru
Franklin county was let as Frank
fort last Thursday. All these
highways use the same route
from Lexington to Louisville, and
the telephone poles on which
the markings will be placed
will have somewhat the appear.
ance of barber poles with its
various colored belts on printed
bands in addition to the letter
Jog.
The routing of the Kenton,
Ohio divisions of Boone Way
from Boonsboro north is pro-
crossing.
The class of roads, in Clark
county, under reconstruction is
water bouUd macadam. Their
manner of construction usually
consists of the spreading three
courses, or layers. OF limestone.
The first, or rough course being
of crushed stone, size from three
to three and one half inches, from
pOrts bic c1usher, placed in quar-
ries along the line of road. The
second course is from two to two
and half inch in size. The third
course is of screening and stone
up to quarter and half Inch.
Each course is watered seper-
ately. by sprinkler from a tank
mounted on wheels, and rolled
by ten ton steam roller, every
course is given seperate and
thorough rolling until it is per.
fectly smooth and when finished
the road bed is as smooth as the
traditional "floor," but not so
level, for the reason the road is
made with " crown" higher in
the middle than at the sides, SO
as TO carry off the rains like a
roof. The pitch being in oval
form, and is usually five or more
inches higher in center of road
than at sides, where it is rolled
down to feather edge.
The usual speed made is about
one mile per month by each
force or gang. Two gangs are
engaged on state aid work. Each
gang consists of about % men,
ten teams etc. The county has
other gangs at work on its various
roads.
The amount of crushed stone used
per mile, for a fourteen foot
spread, runs from 1000 to 400
cubic yards, depending on the con-
dition of the old road bed under
reconstruction. The cos: of this
reconstruction varies Oh account
of the varied conditions of road
bed, and runs from $1,000 to 50
$50 per mile.
The county has one force" on
state aid work and a contract"
force on another state aid road. !