Newport daily independent., 1918-07-08

When the work is completed in the. three districts already formed in Jackson county she will have a sys- tenn of good roads equal to that of any county in Arkansas.
 l This is broad statement when the fact is taken into consideration that many of the counties of the state are awake to the importance of good roads and are forming improvement districts and building roads and
 some of the counties have been build l ing few miles of good roads each year for several years past.
 Four road improvement districts have been formed in Jackson county. Districts One Two and Three were formed in the county court. Districts | One and Four have been in litigation, the center of some hard fought legal battles, which were carried to the su- preme court where their legality was sustained.
 l Listrict No. Three, from Newport to Tupelo, formed by act of the leg islature of 1917, also had it's round in court and was knocked out by a decision of the supreme court, which declared the act creating it invalid. There is a movement on foot now, however, championed by the citizens of the lower part of the county and the advocates of good roads every where to resurrect this district and form it in the county court, where it will stand the legal test. When this district is organized and the inn provements made it will give Jackson county network of good roads con- meeting all the principal towns of the county with the county seat and ex- tending to the county lines on the north, east, south and west.
 District No. One is known as the Newport and Grubbs road; it runs by way of Diaz, and interesects the Grubbs road four miles from Grubbs. This road has been strengthened out, drained and graded and is now being graveled. About two and one-half miles of this work is already com lpleted and the remainder of the ten and one-third miles will be completed in about three months. These im- provements will cost $70,000 and the bonds have already been sold
 1 District No. Two runs from New port to Grubbs, Remmel, Johnstown and Amagon to the Poinsett county line, and by way of Bowen's Ridge to Washburn Bridge, Eight Mile, AL goa annd Beedeville, total distance of fifty-five miles, and estimated to cost $305,0O0.
 The right of way has been cut and cleared out on all except about five miles of this road and most of the grading done. The commissioners are making the assessments now This district has never been in liti- gation.
 District Mo- Four runs from New port to Tuckerman, thence to Elgin by way of James Store and to Battle Axe by way of Deckers' Store, dis tance of twenty mine miles, estimated cost being $18O,0OO. This district is already formed and assessments are being made. This district will use the same road as Mo- One to Diaz, .and is practically complete except I for the gravel as it has already been graded.
 l Four and one-half miles of new q road has been allowed in Bateman township, which will straighten the old road to Oil Trough and will form a part of North Arkansas Road Inn
 provement District No. One, Bates vile, Newport and Little Rock High
 way. This road has already been surveyed and improvement will be started at an early date.
 ,l A Road Improvement District is contemplated and surveys have been made in Glass and Bird townships running, south. west and east from |Swifton about twenty miles, total mileage. This system would connect , |witn the other districts and establish IT r1