The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-06-23
ROCKCASTLE
ROAD BOOSTERS
Visit Stanford and Spend a Season
of Conference and Good Fellow
ship With Local Men.

An enthusiastic bunch of good
road boosters came down from Rock
castle county Thursday afternoon
and spent an hour here. The object
of their trip was to get an insight of
the work of reconstruction of the
turnpikes of this and Garrard county
and ideas for road-making that is
proposed and being carried on in
their home county. Some of the
gentlemen had come over the road
from Mt. Vernon to Brodhead, where
they were joined by a number of the
best citizens of that thriving little
city, thence to Crab Orchard, via
Lancaster and then to Stanford.
Their itinerary hao extended over
the almost impossible mountain road
and probably some of the best pike
in the State and when they got here
they were ready to do almost any
thing for the promotion of road i'm
provement. The contrast between
the bad and the good had made them
more determined than ever that
Rockcastle county should have bet
ter highways and thus not only make
travelling much better but open to
the world a way to the wonderful
natural resources of the county.
Stanford people had expected the
gentlemen an hour and half earlier
and had they arrived at the appoint
ed time an interesting program
would have been carried out As it
was there were probably only % or
80 people to welcome the neighbors
to the best little city on the map.
Gathering in the county court room,
Mr.. j. c. McClary, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, welcomed
the gentlemen in true Kentucky
fashion. Born in Rockcastle, he felt
an interest in what was being done
there and he warmly congratulated
the visitors on their work for better
roads.
County Attorney E. r. Gentry, for
the visitors, responded in a happy,
but brief talk He told of the work
being done, of some of the obstacles
encountered, but said that his people
were determined to lift Rockcastle
from the mud and mire and knowing
that good roads would do it, they
would never let up until the end
had been accomplished.
DIR. O'Bannon made a few appro-
pirate remarks, as did Rev. A. ].
Pike and A. E. Albright, the two lat
ter gentlemen being among the Wis
itors. Mr.. Albright said that he and
his friends had looked forward to
their stay here and were disappoint-
ed that it would have to be cut short
by an accident or two to their autos
while coming over the bad roads to
the Rockcastle line. He hoped that
ere many months mad waxed and
waned the trip to Lincoln would be
a delightful ride over good roads; it
would get Rockcastle and Lincoln
people closer together and the
friendlier they became the better it
would suit him. He thanked the
Stanford people for their courtesies
and invited them all to run up and
make a return visit just as soon as
possible.
Judge James P. Bailey did not
make a talk but did all in his power
to entertain the visitors. Sheriff
Weatherford and County Clerk Coop
er, Secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce j. Howenstine were also
most courteous to them.
The following gentlemen compos-
ed the crowd: Magistrates w. NJ.
Hunt, Louis Mcclure, j. L. Arnold,
and Sherman Chasteen, County
Judge Matt Ballard, County Clerk
Felix s. Bowman, County Attorney
E. R. Gentry, w. H. SOwder, John
Robins, A. E. Albright, Rev A. ].
Pike. Prof. j. L. Pilkenton. Rev. A.
B. Porter, A. NJ. Hiatt, r. HI. Hamm,
Logan Bryant, d. B. Albright. j. G.
Firth, Nelson Griffin, c. A. Wheel
don, Walter Roberts, E. C.. Watson.
Joe, John and Charles Riddle. The
Crab Orchard gentlemen who accom-
panied them were: j. Thomas Cher
ry, Morris NJ. Perkins, George B.
Lyme and Morris Adams.
Work of grading the road from
Mt. Vernon to the Lincoln line via
Brodhead was begun Monday morn
ing and it will be pushed to compile
ton. Seven miles of the road from
Mt. Vernon toward the Madison line
are being built, a good deal of the
work having already been finished.
1t is the purpose of the county to
build at least % miles of good road
with the 100000 obtained from the
bond issue and the two years of
State Aid Rockcastle will get.
1t will be remembered that a con-
tract to build the pike from Livings-
ton to Brodhead was let some
months ago, but the contractors gave
up the job before they begun it, pre-
ferring to pay the $1,000 forfeit to
carrying out the task. This caused
some delay in road improvement but
the Rockcastle people say this does
not lessen their enthusiasm and that
better roads all over the county is
the end desired and they propose to
reach that end.