The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-09-17
LOCATION OF THE
MAYO TRAIL in
LAWRENCE co.
FRANK STATEMENT FROM MR..
PosEY, STATE ENGINEER IN
CHARGE OF DISTRICT.
Ashland. Ky.. sept. 15.. 192O.

Ashland, KY. Sept. Is. 1920.
\ To the Citizens of Lawrence Co..
Il / feel that owing to the existing cir
cumstances in your county and the
feeling that seems to exist between the
citizens living off of the proposed route
OF the Mayo Trail and the common
gossip that is being circulated thru
i out your county as to why that location
was adopted. that i am justified in
writing this article and explaining my
position in this manner.
| There does not seem to- be any ma
terial complaint on our location be-
tween Louisa and the Boyd county line
! by way of Fallsburg and Bolts Fork,
but the complaint seems to be between
Louisa and the johnson county line on
account Of my adopting the Lick creek
Georges creek route. My decision on
this route was based on the following
facts and submit them to the citizens
of Lawrence county for their just crit
icism and discussion.
The route known as the Blaine and
Flat Gap route between Louisa and
Paintsville was estimated TO be seven
one half and nine miles longer than
any other route and this route was
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and additional cost. as II is very easily
ascertained that this route would cost
on an average 80 per cent more per
mile than any other route through the
county. One other reason this route
4 was abandoned was the fact that we
gave your county an additional mile
age between Louisa and the Boyd
county line, and had we adopted the,
i If..r, 4. -
Your county, 1t would be favoring your
county with not less than ten addi-
tjonal miles on this highway. If you
lcitizens will stop to consider that II
the State Highway Department give
each county in the state ten additional
miles on any one State Highway, IL
would mean in round figures 1900 adj
ditional miles at an average cost Of
$40. 10000 per mile, or $4,000, 100000
The next two routes considered were
the Lick creek Georges creek route
land the Busseyville- Charley route.
crossing Hayes mountain to the head
OF the Right Fork of Georges creek.
4 The distance on these two routes in
comparison Is practically the same, and
as Ear as ] can tell from a reconnais-
sance trip. the cost of construction
/ would be about the same. The only
| feature of the Busseyviile- Charley
route was the fact that 1t put one ad-
ditional mountain to cross along the
highway, thereby causing everyone
travelling over same this additional
cost of crossing this mountain. The
other reason that approved this
route was that / felt that IL wrs the
most popular route with the citizens of
Lawrence county, and based that on
the following reasons: When you vot-
ed on your bond issue last fall the
petition was circulated and widely
published through your local papers,
that the proceeds of these bonds Was
to be used in the construction OF four
roads, namely, the Louisa West Lib
erty road by way of Blaine town; Lou
lisa -Inez road, up by way of what is
known as the Point; Louisa Paints
vile road, by way of Lick creek and
Georges creek, and the Louisa Cat
llettsburg road by way of Bolts Fork.
We have taken one of these routes
that you voted on by adopting the
route between Louisa and t,atletts-
burg by way of Bolts Fork, and we
(. have taken the other route between
Louisa and Paintsville by adopting the
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LICK creeK-Seorges creek route NOW
III we chahge tnis LOUISA Faintsyiiie
route oy gong tnrougn busseyvilie
anu up tne ielt hana iork OF Littie
Blaine and through Charley, we will
only be taking seven or eight miles OF
the LOUISA west Liberty Soau ana pe
putting this highway up the leit 'ork
OF Little Biaine where the people on
Young on TINS pohd issue ana moi con
slider. l am merely giving you tnese
Iacts SO tnat you WIN be apie % Know
the reason why approve TINS f'u'e
ana ielt tnat l was acuhg IN line with
what me citlzens OF lawrence county
wanted when they heid TINS pond eiec-
ton iast year.
l am very sorry 10 say that certain
elements ana chizehs OF your county
nave circulated the report that tnere
was not enough money TO pring TINS
lroad py BusseyVi,ie ana up tne .e,t