The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-19
Plans For Highway Ardmore To HealdtonI
Have Been Approved By State Department
Now In Hands OF District Federal Engineer

''The Carter County Federal Aid
Project Is only one of forty-five in
the State of Oklahoma" said Henry
Wood, state highway commissioner
Yesterday morning, "and the federal
government has only two men in the
state working on these projects and
it is a matter of impossibility TO rush
work"
Mr.. Wood reached here Friday even
ing and spent the night as a guest of
Joe Taylor chairman of the board of
county commissioners, who has been
very active in promoting the federal
aid project. Mr.. Wood left here yes
terday to see VIII Geers of the Tish-
omingo Capital-Democrat and the COM
nissioners OF Johnston county. He has
some matters in that county that are
Of much interest to the people of
Johnston county and of the counties
surrounding it.
In speaking further Of the federal
highway that is to he built from Ard
more to Healdton the state highway
Commissioner said that Mr.. Taylor
sad secured every piece of additional
s,ght of way that the government
has asked for and the deeds to the
property have been placed in the
hands of the federal engineer who
has charge Of the project.
The plans for the road have been
approved by the state highway de-
partment every requirement that has
SD far been asked by the federal
authorities has been complied with
and the matter of further activities in
connection with the building of the
road is now in the hands of j. ID.
Founteroy district federal engineer,
whose headquarters are in Fort
Worth.
As soon as Mr.. Fountleroy approves
tsse plans and gives the word the
state highway department will adj
vertise for bids the contract will be
awarded and the work begun.
Mr. Wood says that the commits
sioners Of Carter county have done
everything in their power to expedite
the work every requirement of the
federal engineer so far has been met
quickly and intelligently and nothing
more can be done now except to wait
on the district fedearl engineer TO
place his approval upon the work
that has been done and to authorize
the next step to be taken.
Delays Unavoidable.
Mr. Taylor was in the city yester-
day from his home at Wilson EIe says
that some of the people express i'm
patience at the delay OF the work,
others are attempting to use the de-
lay for political purposes by saying
that the federal aid project IS a politi-
cal camouflage OF the Democrats in
the county and that the road will not
be built. In reply to such charges. Mr.
Taylor says this county has done it's
part of the work without any unneces-
sary delays, that the highway depart
ment OF the state has given co-opera-
ton and the delays that have occur
red have been unavoidable for the
reason that the requirements Of the
government had to be met. AS far as
Mr.. Taylor is informed the plans are
ready for approval If other require
ments are to be met there has been
no intimation of such from the feder-
al engineer, and he states that the
work has undergone just the. same de-
lays that every federal project must
undergo. The government is using ey-
cry precaution TO see that when the