The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-07-14

hard to keep drained. The cutters
have been filled up for years and the
water could not find the cutters for
the most part of this road There Is
no reason why these cutters could not
be plowed out very reasonably. There
was spent on this road, last year, S1O2,
and If this was done annually, II would
be kept in very fair condition. Its
length is 40 miles. Rock should
be had for $3.50 per rod. The fresh
rock that was spread on this road, last
year, was not dirted. consequently, II
will take a long time for the rock to
become solid.
Returning towards Maysville, | took
the Jersey Ridge pike from the Ger
mantown pike over to the Lexington
road. This pike is very hilly and the
drainage is very necessary, and is
lacking. There was quite a lot Of
fresh rock put on this road, last year
but II certainly does not look like 1t
got value received for the $149 that
was spent on II during 1915. There
is one HILL the steepest one on the
pike, that was rocked this last spring,
heavily. but there was no dirt put on
top of the rock to bind it, consequent
ly, the rock just roll around and will
no n Iopo tiu,a hnnop,ipu sot UI O.
work was not done intelligently, and
Mason county did not get value re-
heived for the $149 and in my opinion,
the supervision is most certainly at
fault in that respect
During all the time that / have
been giving attention to this question.
have wondered what our supervision
has been doing during the last five
years. In my opinion. the supervision
Of turnpikes in Mason county should
give us their time, at least hours per
day, days per week and so weeks per
year. The work is not too heavy for
one man to do it and do it right. AZ
ter an organization is perfected, but
there being no organization in the
work in Mason county, the Superin-
'endents have new men to look after 1t
all the time. The work strikes me as
being haphazard in every respect. One
man gets grader and works or 4
lays with an inexperienced hand
handling the machine and by the time
the 3 or days work is finished. the
man running the machine has learned
something about its operation. but by
the time he learns, his job is done,
and the grader goes into the next fell
lows hands to go through the same eX-
perience. We should have a fixed man
to run a grader wherever it is to be
used and Mason county would not be
losing money upon every occasion it
is being operated.
notlcel in some vouchers for work,
where the sum of so per day is paid
for a horse team to operate a
grader. | have done quite a lot of
hiring in time past, and have always
been able to secure first class team
for So per day. | have heard of as
much as SIS per day being paid for a
s horse team to grader. This fact
has not been established. as our rec
ords do not show clearly these expen-
ditures, and | only mention this as be-
ing hearsay, but if we did pay SIS
per day for a 6 horse team, Mason
county was paying too much money.
1t may be that these remarks l have
made are going to hurt someone's feel
ings, but am going to report facts
las | find them and hew to the line
and my chips will have to fall where
they will. | I | make a mis-statement
OF facts, | most certainly want my at
tention called to it and will retract
any statement that is incorrect Get
the water off the road and get plenty
Of rock upon them, is what we need in
Mason county, and to do that promptly
somebody is going to have to get
mighty busy and that right soon.
w. HOLTON KEY.