Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-01
SEEKING FEDERAL AID.


locks Creek, Broad River and Kings
Mountain townships appeared before
the county board Of commissioners In
special session in the courthouse au-
ditorium Wednesday morning for the
purpose of discussing the matter Of
Federal aid in road building so far as,
the connecting Of Cherokee and York
counties is concerned. Discussion OF
the day hinged around the proposition
as tg whether or not Bullock's Creek
and Broad River townships will be de-
prived OF any future benefit Of Federal
If the county commissioners decide
to recommend to the state high
way commission the appropriation Of
SO, 900 Of Federal aid to Kings Noun
tain township in the building Of a road
from Piedmont Springs by Santiago
and Bethany and on to- Glover. The
Representatives from western York not
being clear in the matter labored un-
der the impression that should this
upper route or Ridge road" as it Is
known be designated for Federal aid
there will be no chance for Bullock's
Creek and Broad River townships to
secure such aid in future even though
they make provision to meet Federal
subscriptions by bond issues In the
two townships which they expect to
provide for in the near future.
John r. Hart, Esq, representing the
Kings Mountain township highway
commission said that 1t was not the
purpose Of the commission or the
Kings Mountain township people to
have the Ridge road designated as the
official west road Of the county con-
Meeting with Cherokee county and nell
ther did Kings Mountain people want
Federal aid for the road If it could be
Of Sharon and Hickory Grove of Fed
eral aid. However, Kings Mountain
township has voted a bond issue of
S6O, 900 for road building purposes. It
Is desired to build road from Pied
mont Springs where connection Is
made with Cherokee county on to Clo-
yer and the York township line by
Bethany, and If Federal aid IN the sum
of 100000 can be secured without
interference with what Is to be destS-
mated a sthe west road Of the county,
Kings Mountain wants the money. He
offered a resolution that the county
commissioners recommend to the state
highway commission the appropriation
which would be used in the construc-
ton of the Ridge road provided 1t does
not interfere with the securing of
Federal aid on the west road as 1t
shall be designated by the county. The
board declined to act on this sugges-
tion.
It, developed Wednesday morning
that the route of the west road Of York
county provided for under the county
road law has never been established.
j. S. Brice, county attorney read the
minutes of a meeting Of the commits
sioners in July 1917, at which they
were requested by the highway com
mission to designate highways which
would receive Federal aid The north
and south roads and east and west
roads connecting with CASTOR, Chester,
Lancaster and Cherokee counties res
pectively were designated; but the
route of the west road was not desig-
mated as to whether or not 1t included
the towns of Sharon, Hickory Grove
and Smyrna.
DR.. ]. H. Saye said that Broad
River township has under considera-
tion the matter of road bond issue,
which ne Is confident would carry and
the township is naturally anxious to
obtain Federal aid for western York.
SEVERAL OlIcI pSioOLo WSosSAh
York county called the attention or
the meeting to the poor condition OF
roads in the western section Of York
county, re-iterating the statement pre-
viously made that If Federal aid can
be obtained for only one road through
the western section Of the county that
road should be made to run through
Sharon, Hickory Grove and to Smyrna
since a wider scope Of territory In
York county would be served. |
The Kings Mountain township peo-
pie asked the county commissioners
to go on record as recommending to
the state highway commission at least
the appropriation of $4,000 Federal
aid on the north and south road
through Kings Mountain township |
from Filbert to the North Carolina
line. The board, however, declined to
take any action whatsoever until a |
later day when more information In !
regard to the distribution Of Federal
aid can be obtained.
At a meeting Of the Broad River
township delegation Dr. ]. H Saye and |
Mr.. Jeff D. Whitesides were named as
representatives from Broad River to
go to Columbia, with Supervisor Boyd
and other citizens who might be In
terested in order to confer with the