Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-07-19
TELL CONDITIONS ON
DIXIE HIGHWAY
Official Touring Party Makes Re-
port on Road From Cincinnati
To Knoxville.

officials Of the Dixie Highway
Association together with their guests
which included representatives of the
Detroit, indianapolis, Cincinnati
Knoxville and Chattanooga Auto
mobile Clubs have just completed an
inspection tour Of 300 miles Of the
Dixie Highway between Cinclnnati
and Knoxville through the Cumber-
land mountains of Tennessee.
The situation in brief on the east
ern division of the Dixie Highway be-
tween Cincinnati and Knoxville is as
follows:
Kenton county, Covington county
seat. fourteen miles with six miles
concrete and paved city streets ana
two additional miles under contract.
n ia the intention Of this county TO
eventually pave the entire mileage OF
the Dixie Highway. !,
Boone county, walton PrInclpai
town eleven and one half miles worn
macadam. This was a toll road
bought by the county at the instance
of the Dixie Highway Association.
On account Of the fact that the high
way only cuts though one edge Of the
county It is difficult to secure funds
for the construction of the road. How
ever. the county authorities have
promised to resurface this road this
wear. Grant county, Williamstown
the county seat, 23 miles worn maca-
dam. This county has voted the
twenty cent road tax which will give
this county funds to improve.
Scott county, Georgetown county
seat. 28 miles. 100000 of Federal
and county funds will be available for
resurfacing the macadam mileage
through the county, macadam Coun-
ty is now building main roads OF con-
crete.
Madison county, Richmond county
seat miles. Graded and surfaced
with the exception of 5.5 miles south
of Berea which is under contract and
is now being constructed. A well
surfaced road through the county
will be provided by Fall of this year.
A movement was started a year ago
for the construction Of new high
bridge across the Kentucky river by
Fayette and Madison counties with
Federal and State aid.
Rockcastle county, Mt. Vernon,
one half mile is gravel and 5.6 miles
macadam surfacing. One half mile
between the gravel and macadam
must be graded, with the balance
paded. of the eleven miles from Mt.
Vernon to Livingston, 1.5 miles are
surfaced, 9 miles graded and 8 mile
yet to grade The convicts are at
work south of Mt. Vernon. From
Livingston to Rockcastle river q con-
tract has just been let for $81 900 for
grading 6.75 miles which will elimi-
nate the crossing of Gauley mountain.
No provision has been made for the
surfacing required to complete the
road, other than that Commissioner
Wiley has offered the county Federal
and state aid. No provision has been
made for the bridge across Round
stone creek at Livingston or for the
partner ship bridge across Rockcastle
river. A movement has been started
to get the county court to authorize
the issuance of 100000 in bonds to
provide funds to meet the Federal
and State aid.
Laurel county, London the county
seat, 80 miles. Of the 16 miles be-
tween the Rockcastle river and Lon
don, the first fourteen miles has been
graded and ready for surfacing and
the balance surfaced. From London
to Corbin six miles is surfaced, one
mile being graded with an additional
2 to be graded as followed by seven
miles of abandoned railroad grade
which has been surfaced with lime
stone. The state highway department
through Commissioner Rodman Wiley
has offered this county three fourths
of the cost Of completing the highway
out of Federal and State Aid. A
movement is now on foot to start a
campaign for bond issue or to raise
funds in some way for the county's
one fourth Of the cost.
Whitley county, Corbin, Villains
burg, principal towns 81 miles. Of
the 18 miles Of the highway between
Corbin and Williamsburg, two miles
will be regarded and the balance re-
surfaced. This was pike road built
about four years ago. From Will
liamsburg the next twelve miles has
been recently graded and convicts and
free labor are now engaged in extend
ing this grade on to Jellico. The
county expects to complete this diff
cult grading by Fall of this year. A
bridge across Clear Fork has been
completed but unconnected gaps
where where forces are working caus-
ed difficult detour. The abutments
are up on the second bridge at Saxon
and the steel on the ground. A most
difficult detour of five miles was
necessary to get into Corbin., The
state highway department through
Commissioner Wiley has agreed to
give sixty per cent of the cost Of com
pleting the highway through the coun-
ty out of Federal and State Aid. The
county has sufficient funds on hand to
meet the Federal and State Aid. The
plans and specifications will be COM
pleted within two weeks.
Campbell county, Tennessee, Jellico,
LaFollette and Jackboro principal
towns, 27 miles. OF the 16 miles
from JelIico to LaFollette all but three
miles has been graded with seven
of this line of the highway surfaced.
Gangs are now at work completing
the grade. Due to the fact that the
approaches to d new wooden bridge
had not been completed, the tourista
were compelled to raise the floor Of
the bridge had not been completed
the tourists were compelled to rnis(
the floor Of the bridge sixteen incheS