The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-06-16
Road Work Plans Completed by
G. of G. Committee; Onslaught
to Be Made on Bad Holes
- in Highways.
To BE REPAIR WORK,
NOT ROAD BUILDING
Volunteers Asked to List Names
at Chamber of Commerce
Rooms; Movement Given
Support by Citizens.

The emergency work on Grady
county roads, the plan for which
originated in the road committee of
the Chamber of Commerce, is to be
launched Wednesday evening, accord
ing to announcements made this
morning by L. C Hutson, chairman
cf the roads committee
In making the announcement, Mr.
Hutson explained that the committee
desired it understood that this work
is not to be considered in any way
as road building but as emergency
repair work that is hoped to put the
roads in such condition that the far
mers can. haul the immense wheat
crop away from the threSRng ma
chimes. He referred again to the i'm
portance of the work and the emer-
gency that faces the county, in that
the roads are in such condition that
it will be exceedingly difficult, if not
impossible to haul the wheat crop
from the thresbing machines.
Repair Work Scheduled.
The work outlined at this time is
in the nature of repair work "Chug'
holes will be filled, drainage bitches
Joe anu mud foies fiited There will
be no teams on the job, for the rea-
eon that every available team in the
county is now hitched to binder
and working overtime in the wheat
fields The men who volunteer for
the work will be hauled out in auto
mobiles and, working in crews will
attack what repair work they come
in contact with,
The committee is now busy solic-
iting car owners to care for the
transportation problem, as well as
lining up recruits with the shovel to
man the task ahead The chamber
of Commerce rooms are open and
those in charge are acting as recruit |
ing agents to list the names and adj |
0resses Of men who volunteer use of
their cars or for work with the pick |
end shovel All who desire to volun-
teer are requested by the committee
TO report at the Chamber of Com
mcrce rooms in person or by phone |
Their names will be listed and the
progress of the campaign noted by
the records thus compiled
Hutson Outlines Plan.
Wednesday evening is the time
and o'clock is the zero said L.
c Hutson, chairman of the commit |
teen this morning "The cars viii
report at corners designated later :
at 6oclock Wednesday evening, and |
it is planned to make the first gen
eral drive at $3.50. On the fir.t day
we viii spend two hours on the roads |
adjacent to Chickasha Routes viii
be mapped out and each driver viii
know the objective of his squad.
THE committee wants it under
stood that we are not going out to
build roads or to in any way attempt |
the work that is in the charge of the
county commissioners. We will sim
ply do repair work such as filling
IN holes. ditching in necessary quar-
tcrs and filling in mud holes.
After an investigation, it is the |
desire OF the committee to compli- !
ment the commissioners for their ef
forts to keep the roads in shape, dur
ing the heavy rains that have fallen
during the past several weeks. We
realize that they have had a big job
and have been met by many handi
caps on account of the wheat har- |
vest and because their work was
washed out by the heavy rains about
as fast as il was completed
I'VE believe that if the citizens of
Chickasha will lend a hand in this
movement, they will in the future
give the commissioners more sympa-
thetic support.
after the emergency work is done
and the wheat harvest is safely fiji |
SHED. with the wheat cared for, we
have bigger jobs in contemplation |
bat the point right now is to get this