Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-10
ANOTHER GOOD
 ROAD. PLANNED
 WEST OF DUMAS
Propose to Build Into Lin coln to Connect With Ar
 kansas-Louisiana Line.

Another SOOQ rOau lO eAtcHu tIo'i Dumas west into Lincoln county, and which will likely prove another ina portant lateral to the Arkansas Louisiana turnpike. will be built in the near future, following the initia- tive taken by residents of the section involved.
 The steps taken in the matter 50 far are indicated in the following re- port of meeting held at Dumas Fri day last, when Gus Waterman served as chairman and T. R. Jacobs as sec retary:
 It was decided that volunteer committee of the business men of Dumas meet the Lincoln county prop erty holders Saturday afternoon, April 21 at D. m., at Dark Corners schoolhouse at which time such mat ters as availability of different route., and types of road are to be discussed. The business men of Dumas are guar anteeing payment of all preliminary expense of surveys, etc, for the build ing of the proposed road. Land holders along the route are now all most assured of permanent high way running from Dumas to Star City; in fact when this link is built, neople living along the road will be in touch with the Little Rock-Louisi- ana highway both at Dumas and at Pine Bluff
 A meeting the same night, relative to- the proposed good road along the river, extending to Douglas. South Bend and beyond, showed excellent progress in that direction, as indi- cated by the following report by Sec retary Jacobs:
 .The report of the committee upon the river road was heard. MT. Me- Kennon, chairman of the committee, stated that he had talked to ma jority of the property owners enrou e and all favored the building of the highway The right-of-way therefor to be selected by the engineer and said road to be constructed under t.,e Arkansas Highway commission.
 "Col Cross of Little Rock, a large < property holder upon the Arkansas river, was present at the meeting and expressed himself to he in full ac- cord with the proposed improvement district
 Chairman Gus Waterman appoint ed Ed Lee, Chas Dante, c. R. Nc Kennon, J. N. Holcombe, Dr. G. Bis COG and Clay Cross as committee to prepare petition and secure sigma lures of land owners for she propos d road leading from Dumas toS a., point on the Arkansas river. It was moved and duly ordered that T. R. Jacobs be appointed corresponding secretary ;N draw petitions and get in touch with nonresident land owners and to re- ceive reasonable compensation for such work
 ..sThe matter of improving the road from Dumas to Gould was taken up and petition drawn addressed to the county judge asking him to appro- priate sum equal to the amount sub- scribed by the Citizens league for th' improvement of the last mentioned road. This petition was turned over to a committee consisting of I. \ Moore, E. R. Willeford and s. A Banks for, the purpose of obtaining subscriptions in Dumas and along tht road to be improved; said committee to report at the next regular meetinS of thhe Citizens league, and in the meantime to interview the county judge, Hon. Geo. Ewing.
 "The committee for the securing o1 the right-of-way for road up Oat wood bayou reported securing 8 large number of signatures and consid erable amount in donations. Addi tional time was granted and this com mittee will report at q meeting sub ject to, the call of the chairman.
 "A motion was made and carrie. that spur be built leading off thu main river road commencing on thu northeast corner of Section 19, town ship g S., range 3 w., to run du' west -fourths of a mile. Thi spur, when built, the citizens ap peared to believe, will be beneficia to a considerable scope of territory
 "rhe chairman instructed the sec retary to take up with the Stat Highway Commission the feasibilit of getting federal aid for the road contemplated The matter of diggin' laterals into Ditch 19 discussed in th prior meeting was brought up an steps looking to prompt ation taken.
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