The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-03-24
GOOD ROAD WORK
IN GRADY MAKES
PROSPECT BRIGHT
2tate Road Gang Winding Up Work
In Chlekasha Township With
Fine Record for Building
Model Highways.
2 IMPORTANT BRIDGES
BE BUILT THIS YEAR
Canadian Near Minco and Washita
Near Alex to Be Spanned; Con-
Il cts Awarded; Government
Approves Project.

Considerable work on the roads OF
Grady county has been finished
which together with the prospects
for the construction of bridges and
more roads during the coming year
give the outlook more or less of
rosy hue.
The state road gang, under the
direction of S. j. Buckner, superin-
Gendent has practically completed
its work outlined for the present
time in Clickasha township. The
roads worked by this crew are mod
els of dirt road construction and
good readers of the county are en-
thusiastic over this demonstration
of what can be done when road
crew really sets in to do something
worth while in the way of road
building.
Nine Miles Completed.
About nine miles of road have
been completed by this crew. The
start was made near the old knit
ting mill building, which is now a
broom corn warehouse and which is
located at the southeastern limits of
ChickSsha. From that point the
road to near the dam on the Wash
ita river east of town was built.
The crew then switched to the
south road near the Frank BaFer
place where couple Of miles of good
road was built. The east and west
road, on which is located the Union
Hill school house came in for con-
siderable work, one of the features
on this road improvement being the
work done on the dangerous curve
and bridge where one person. has
been killed and which was consider
ed to be one of the most dangerous
places on the Grady county roads.
This has been put in such shape by
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a heavy railing that it does much to
insure the safety of teams and mo-
torists travelling the road.
The Ninnekah road has been work
ed to the southern limits of Chick
asha township and the south boule-
ward from the knitting mill building
to the Oklahoma College for Wo-
men has been put in good shape,
''Where Do We Coz"
And now the road gang is asking,
where do we go from here?"
VITA the work in Chickasha town
ship which is to be undertaken at
this time practically finished, the
next move of the road gang has not
been made public. This, it is pointed
out, is matter for the county com
missioners to determine. There was
a report that the gang would be tax
en- to the southern district of Grady
county. No definite announcement
has been forthcoming from the com
missioners as to the disposition of
the gang.
There are those who are clamor-
ing for the gang to be put to work
on the Cement road while others
want the state men to take up their
next work in the Rush Springs dis
trict
Bridges on Docket.
Two bridges which are very i'm
portant to Grady county are now, it
is believed, practically assured this
year They are the Canadian river
bridge which Is to span the Canadian
between Minco and Union City and
the Washita river bridge on the
Washita valley road between Lucille
and Alex.
The Canadian project is the result
of cooperation between Grady and
Canadian counties plus the federal
aid which covers half the expense
of the project. The contract was
awarded some weeks ago. subject tc
approval by the federal authorities
News has been received here by the
county commissioners and the coun
ty clerks office that the contract
for that bridge has been approved
by the federal government. The
terms of the contract called for start
ing work within 80 days from the