Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-12-26
MADISONuRCEDT TO ! M
JOIN Highway.
Boyle, Garrard and Green County
Delegations Here Monday,
Talking Good Roads


a Federal Highway, from Mum
fordville, Hart county, on thru
seven counties, including Boyle
and Garrard, delegations from
Green, Boyle and Garrard came
to Richmond Friday. A lengthy
session was held at the court
hourse shortly after noon, attend
ed by number of members of
the Madison Fiscal Court and
prominent citizens.
Speakers for the visitors told of
the pledging that both Boyle and
Garrard will do their part toward
building permanent highway
through their counties. All urged
that Madison be not backward in
the good work. II
State Road Commi Goner Joe
5. Boggs was over frNn Frank
fort for the meeting and was call
ed upon to preside. County
Judge w. X. Price called the
meeting to order and told of its
purpose. Commissioner s;oggs
called upon State Senator Jay
Harlan, of Danville, to state the
purpose of the meeting. He did
so, explaining clearly the advan-
tagc from a permanent roadway
through the seven counties. All
have joined in the work and it is
now up to Madison. The federal
laws governing allotment of fed
eral road funds, provides that fed
eral aid for highway can only
be granted if the highway begins
7 at an established federal project
and ends at one. The proposed
highway begins on the western
branch of the Dixie Highway at
Munfordvlle, and is planned to
end with the Dixie Highway here
both federal highways.
County Judge Forest Stapp, of
Garrard county, followed Senator
Harlan. He said that the people
OF Garrard were willing to do
their share, and perhaps would
have to vote a bond issue to do so. |
A Mr.. Lewis, who had come all
the way from Green county, urg-
cd the people of Madison to help
in the work of building this great |
highway which means so much to |
the people of the back counties,
deprived now of both railroads
and good roads of any sort. II |
gave 4 lengthy description of his
country and the trade and enter
prise that will be released by such
a highway.
Hon. Joe E. Robinson. of Lam
caster, said that he had talked to
leading men from all over his
county, and all are heartily in fa-
vor of the highway. He said that
Garrard will have over l8 miles
to build across its longest side,
yet Garrard will be found ready
when the call comes for her.
G. B. Swincbroad, the famous
real estate salesman, of Garrard,
emphasized the same purpose on
the part of the people of Garrard.
He said that he often travels 500
miles a month in his business, and
has found what good roads mean
to community. He made al
strong and effective plea for the
people of Madison to join with
their friends and neighbors of
Boyle and Garrard in completing
the highway.
Squire ]. A. Cheek, of Boyle,
told of his work in pushing the
road way and what it means to
the communities through which it
will pass. He said that it had
first been proposed to put Dan
vile on a highway that went thru
Harrodsburg but that the people
of Mercer would not subscribe
funds for the road and they fear
ed that all their trade would go to
Danville. Mr.. Cheek gave an in
teresting history of the highway
project.
Mr.. Durham, of Green county,
followed, and corrobcrated many
of the things that Mr.. Lewis had
said.
Mr.. r. E. Turlcy, of Richmond,
was called upon, and was giving
vivid description of the road
problems and conditions of Mad
ison at the time the Daily Regis
tcr's report closed.
1t developed that it is proposed
to build the highway out of rock
asphalt, and i'll this way make a
permanent road that withstand for
many years and not need constant
expenditure of money upon it to
keep it in repair.
State Commissioner Boggs in
his ODeni1p refnarlSc said that heI