Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-04-02
TARVIA TREATMENT
FOR MADISON ROADS
Representative of Tarvia Company
Instructed To Prepare Estimate
For Madison's Turnpikes

At meeting of the Fiscal, Court
Tuesday, mention of which was made
in yesterdays paper, much other bus
mess than that reported was trans
acted after we went to press, the court
continuing in session until late in the
afternoon.
The usual standing appropriations
for officers salaries, the maintenance
of the county infirmary, contribution
to the Pattie A. Clay Infrmary, and
other fixed charges being allowed as
usual.
Quite a discussion was precipitated
in the court in regard to the payment
of bill of something over $500 for
repairs to the furnace in the court
shouse, after which, upon motion of
Squire Long, the court order the bill
paid and the question of the response
bility for the condition of the new fur
mace installed in the court house last
fall was deferred for further for in
vestigation.
The Fiscal Court by formal order
asked for State Aid in the reconstruc-
ton of the Lancaster pike for 1920.
This action was necessary as the law
requires that any county desiring
State Aid must file application on or
before May first of the year previous.
A representative of the Barrett
Manufacturing Company was present
and addressed the court at considera-
BILE length in regard to the treatment
of various pixies with Travia, pro-
duct of his company. The court di-
rected the road engineer to show him
over about II miles of pike adjacent
to the city and this company will sub
nit bid to be considered at the next
meeting of the court for a surface
treatment on two miles each of the
following roads: Big Hill, pike, Lex
ington pike, Red House pike, Irvine
pike, Barnes Mill pike, and Lancaster
= pike. If the court awards this con-
tract after the submission of the bid,
it is intended, as an experiment and
a beginning of what probably will be-
come general in the county, If success
full, as the court realizes that the or
dina-y water-bound macadamized
road is not suited to the present traffic
with its preponderance of automo-
biles.
After a lengthy discussion and a
hearing of numerous petitions for new
pixies, the court decided to limit the
appropriation for this purpose to five
miles for the present year and the or
der was entered that petitioners fol
the following roads have the privilege
of availing themselves of this offer
for a period of sixty days: one mile
from Red House east toward Union
City; one and two-fifths miles to COM
plete the road between Brassfield anc
Bybee; one mile from the end of the
present Jigwater pike west toward the
KirksvilleS and Kentucky river pike;
one and one-quarter miles from the
present terminus of the College Hill
and Red River pike, northward to the
river, and 289 feet to connect the
work now in progress on the Maydee
pike. At the expiration of sixty days
if the parties desiring and petitionine
for these improvements do not execute
!, bond for the construction of these
roads, the privilege win be given te
some other road in the same district.
The L. & N. R. R. was granted per
mission to reconstruct and elevate the
bridge at Brassield where the Speed
we'll and Brassfeld pike crosses tht
railroad.
Appropriations of $7,790 were made
on fifty sections of turnpikes for re
pairs for the current year and the
county reserved q sections to bt
maintained or reconstructed by count!
machinery and State Aid. Contracts
were let for maintenance of about 81
sections Of turnpike for the year 1919
The Road Engineers report to tn,