The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-04-22
SECTION PIEDMONT
HIGHWAY TO BE MAINTAINED.
Citizens Buy Chase Tractor for EX'
elusive Use in MaintenaLNe of
Road Between kinardS and
NeWberry.

Road Between kinardS and
Newberry.
The progressive citizens of kinards
have started movement which IS
new assured, by the assistance of the
citizens of Newberry, winch Will
guarantee a fine road between Kin
ards and Newberry. Mr.. A. D. john
son has raised by private subscrip-
ton the money with which to pur-
chase Chase tractor weighing 6,09o
pounds and two road drags and
scrape made especially for road work
in connection with the tractor. Tor
the exclusive use on the road be-
tween Kinards and Newberry in the
maintenance of the road.
Supervisor Sample has last Sc
cured the rights of way for the trans
fer of the public road between NeW-
berry and Prosperity so as to avoid
grade crossings and will begin work
at once on the building of the new
road, and will also build the road or
to Klnards and to Little Mountain,
and will use for the purpose the auto
license tax which has accumulated
for the two years, and that will De
matched by federal aid, so that the
road should have around $4,000. and
with that amount OF money, and the
use of the chain gang and the super-
vision of the civil engineer OF the
State, should give us a pretty good
road. But as we have very frequently
remarked it was scarcely worth while
to build road unless some provision
was made for maintenance.
That objection will be overcome so
Tar as the road from .Newoerry to
Kinards is concernet*by the plan
Adopted by the citizens Of Ne#eerry
andmxinards and along the way, IN
the purchase of:the tractor and dEass.
What we hope ito see, is the people
at Prosperity and Little Maountain
;>Soin with the others and extend the
: use of the tractor and scrapes all
xhsy,way from the Laurens. line at
Kinards to. the Lexington line at
little Mountain, and we are sure that
the people who have started the move
ment will be glad to have the cooper
alton of the others and that the one
tractor and scraapes and drags
could easily do the whole road.
If these towns and the people along
the way desire to join in this great
movement they may communicate
with Mr.. A. D. Johnson at kinards
and send their checks for whatever
anlouat they feel like contributing,
and we are assured that he will be
4 glad to have them to cooperate and
the work can be extended to Little
Mountain.
The tractor has been ordered and
will be. here in about two weeks. It
cost ss175O.OO and there is not yet
quite enough money in hand to pay
for it, but Mr.. Johnson is still taking
subscriptions and will have the
amount very soon.
The county no doubt will cooperate
with the public spirit of the citizens
behind this movement and bear part
or all of the operating expenses, and
when the road is once built under
government direction with this sys-
tenn of maintenance we will have a
real road through Newberry county,
and the Piedmont highway will be
one good road. The people Of Gold
Vile have already club which works
the road from that town to Clinton,
and they have a good road all the
time. The Laurens supervisor mas
stsked off the road from Goidville 20
Kinards and will widen and put it IN
fine condition. and he is going to 40
the same thing from Laurens to the
Greenville line, and then we will nave
a. fine road all the way to Greenville.
1t will be up to Lexington to build
from Lutte Mountain to Chapin and
on down to Wateree creek, and for
Richland to keep up the road from
there to Columbia, and then we will
have a road from tie capital city 10
Greenville.
If there are those who desire to
have part in tbs forward move
nent and have not yet had the op-
portunity to contribute, II they Will
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