Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-12-22
FEDERAL HIGHWAY
COMING this WAY
Extension Assured On To Rich
mond From Lancsster-Com-
mitt.se To Be Here Friday

As Madison county has previously
placed the Richmond and Lancaster
pike as the next project for state-aic
reconstruction work, after completion
of the Irvine pike, extension of the
Federal Highway onj from Lancaster
to this city to conneft it with the
Dixie Highway is how an assured
fact. !,
County Judge Fordst Stapp, of Gar
rard phoned to County Judge w. X.
Price, of Madison, requesting meet
ing here December 2bth with the Fis-
cal Court of Madison to discuss the
highway proposition and Judge Price
agreed to call the members together
on that ay. Leading citizens of Boyle
and Garrard counties, who are greatly
interested in extension of the Federal
Highway through their counties, will
come to Richmond Friday and tho
whole highway situation will be dis
cussed. Boyle sent delegates to Ian
caster Saturday, when agreements
were made 10 reconstruct the road as
far as Lancaster. Now the joint COM
mittces will come to Richmond, and
be given a cordial welcome here.
Enthusiastic meetings have been
held in Boyle and Garrard, in pro-
noting this Federal Highway extern
sion. The Danvillc Messenger had
the following about the meetings be-
ing held down there. 1t said:
A large delegation of citizens from
Boyle county went to Lancaster this
morning and met with the Fiscal
Court of Garrard county at II o'clock
when the question of Federal High
way through this section of the State
was considered. The meeting was pre-
sided over by County Judge Fores.
Stapp and a most enthusiastic meet
ing was held. Every member of the
court present and many of the Gar
rard county citizens expressed them
selves as being in favor of the road
Senator ]. W. Harlan explained the
purpose of the meeting, after which
ESQ. j.. A. Check, of the Boyle county
Fiscal Court, made talk on the quos-
tion. The division road engineers,
Messrs. G.. C. Appleton and ". 3.
Payntcr, representing the State Road
Department, were present and indi-
Gated that the Department of Roads
would give sufficient time for working
out the road project.
After discussing the question for
some time the court voted in favor OF
the project, provided sufficient
amount of money could be raised to
pay Garrard county's part of the con-
struction. Judge Stapp said that his
county would either have to vote OF.
bonds in order to build the road, but
that he believed that could be easily
done, and appointed a committee TO
work with committees frcm the other
Interested counties and to go to
Frankfort and take the matter up
with the State Road Department. The
committee named follows: The COM
mittee named follows: DR., j. A.
Anon, Squire Carter, Squire Clark.
j. f. Robinson, r. l.. Burton, John
Wynn, Col. G. B. Swinebroad, j. w.
Elmore, l.. G. Davidson, and S. c.
Denny.
The above committee, together with
the committee from Boyle county, will
take the matter up with the Fiscal
Court of Madison county within the
next week or two. A meeting at Rich
mond will probably be held December
26 for the purpose of considering the
question. If Madison county looks IA
vorably upon the project, the State
Road Department will then be asked
for sufficient time to raise the neces-
sary money to build the road
The route of the road as proposed
starts at Hardville, in Hart county,
and runs through the county seats of
Green, Taylor, Marion, Boyle, Gar
rard and to Richmond, in Madison
county where it will connect with The
Dixie Highway.
The committee which will come here
from Danville will be composed Of
w. S. Glore, Chairman; Squire j. A.
Cheek, Attorney G. G. Bagby, John
M, Henry and Sam Nichols, ]. c.
Alcock, Senator ]. w. Harla :, w. ".
Richardson, L. F. Zingle, Mayor Nc
Intyre, G. A. McRoberts, C. p. Cecil,
Jr., Capt. A. B. Massie, Yates Hudson,
Jake Robinson. and Mr.. Appleton.
Progress on Dixie Highway
The current issue of the Dixie
Highway Magazine, gives brief
summary Of progress made in the
mountain counties of Kentucky south
Of Madison. 1t said:
The mountain counties along the
eastern division Of the Dixie Highway
between Cincinnati and Knoxville are
putting their road building organiza-
d 4 A