Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-02-15

they have all been built in some Soc
tions of the world ana accurate data \
has been kept showing cost and serv-.
ices rendered. and II officials in charge
would only accept the recommends.
tions of engineers WHO have made a.
study Of tratnc conditions and recon-
mend q type consiAtsnt Herewith,
many thousands OF aoilars could be.
more economically expended.
To date twenty-elght counties have,
voted bonds aggregatihg almost six mil.
lion dollars, and 1t II fthe consensus
Of opinion that, whore bond issues.
have failed, the people have not thor
oughly understood the Proposition.
Several good roads ia'xs passed by
the 1915 session OF the State Legisla-.
ture have been printed in bulletin
form and have been distributed to the
various county officials, as well as
placed in number! OF libraries in the
state; a copy of sams may be had by
writing the state iofqce Among the
bills passed Is the Convict Labor bill,
which makes 1t possible to work con.
victs on public roads, Bell county was
the first to apply Ter convicts un,ier
the provisions Of this act, and on I\u-
gust 9Th, seyenty-hve men were S S'nt
to Bell county. These men are locat ed
at Pinsville, in one OF the county q
warehouses, which ttas recently be. n
remodeled for that I)urpose.
Due to the fact th n Bell county wa 4
wonderfully equipp ed with all kinds
Of modern road mac ininery, and aABo t,o
the fact that they had exhausted tn,
funds from the bond issue, It was
thought we'll to give this proposi tion a
good try-out in that county. Ac eurat {
costs are being kept Of the wtrk a.
order to compare same with the cost
of other work throughout the stat,
which is being done either by force
account or by contract. It mig ht be
said that the work is progressing rap
idly and the prisoners are we'll pl eased
with the new outdoor work.
Prior to the year 1915 very little
concrete bridge or culvsrt work was
done in the State of Kentucky, except
in three or four counties, but, al ter the
passage OF the State Aid bill by the
1914 session OF the legislature al
bridge and culvert work which has
been done on inter-county.sesl. roid:
in Kentucky has been designed by tn,
Department Of Public Roadi;. AL
structures are designed to canry witt
safety a iifteen.ton traction engine
and, 1t is the opinion of the auti loritis'
In charge, such loadi ng is SUN cienrl!
severe to meet the needs of l,resen
and future traffic on The country roads
Owing to the limit ID head room, the
reinforced concrete OK type of 'culvert
has been adopted az STANDARD, and dur.
ing the year 1915 about four hundred
were built throughout the state Dur.
Ing the year 1916 more than twice that
number will be be b,iilt.
! The slab type OF bridge is usually
built for all spans up to 20 feet, except
where the head walls will permit the
T beam type is, used from sixteen to
twenty feet. From twenty to thirty
feet or more the "T" beam or through.
girder type is bullt, and II is now the
practice to mslSe all drainage struc'
lures permanent at least up to span
Of thirty feet.
County officials throughout the state
are we'll pleased with the concrete
drainage structures, as they realize II
represents a perm Ansnt Investment,
and 1t is = noticeable fact, where such
structurcE are introduced In a county,
no trouble Is experienced in h eving con.
crete structures built, even though In
some csses the cost IL co nsiderably
higher than some other Temporary
type.
Standards have now been prepared
for a culYert up to 6xA. slab bridge up
to twenty.foot span and "T" beams and
through girders up 10 thirty.foot span
Contractors through Iout the state are
becoming we'll Accustomed To their
use
Only recently tho state Office sent
letters to every cormsy Judge, county
attorney and county road engineer In
the state. requesting; that the counties
Immediately apply for state aid ant
designate the roads to be buiIt durint
1917. Ii Is not necessary for count,
that has voted bond 10 again appl.
for state aid II theV have at one tim,
applied since the voting OF the bonC
issue, but y statement should be sen
to the office sho'Ring the amount o
money which has been levied, etc., 10
road and bridge purposes during tn,
year 1916. Such a procedure 10 nuces
sary In order thu n the bond issue conu
ties may be aplIortioned their 1917 a
lotment
It is earnestly hoped that the coun
ties will realiEei the Importance OF az
plying for state aid imm ediately an,