The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-06-23
CORONADO CITIZENS
ASH FOR ROAD
Want Road Through by Ivy
Bluff
ROAD COMMISSION
HOLDS HEARING


Committee OF COrOnacO Citizens An
pearcd Before County Highway Com
mission Monday in the Interest OF
the Ivy BluM Road Connecting Two
Counties.
A committee Of citizens Of Coronaco,
in Greenwood county, appeared before
the county highway commission Mon
day morning in the interest Of the Ivy
Bluff route between Laurens and
Greenwood. The committee, headed
by Percy NJ. Lumley, an engineer of
large experience, said that it was al
ready assured that the Greenwood
commission would build standard
highway from the Greenwood county
seat to Coronaco and that the Green
wood Chamber OF Commerce had Civ
ell assurance that it would guarantee
the building Of road from Coronaco
TO the Saluda river if Laurens would
build to common point in the vicin-
ty Of Ivy Bluff site and join with
the Greenwood authorities in span
ming the river there. The Greenwood
commission, it is understood, has al
ready made survey and let the con-
tract for the road from Greenwood di-
rect to Boyds bridge, the road now in
use. 1t was not stated in the meet
ing whether the idea Of rebuilding this
road from Greenwood to the Saluda
would be abandoned If the Ivy Bluff
route is adopted or whether the
Greenwood commission will continue
its work on that road and build one
additional to Coronaco to serve the
people in that community, leaving it
up to the Coronaco people or the
Greenwood chamber Of commerce to
continue the link from that point to
the river. It was pointed out that un-
der the provisions Of the act OF the
1918 legislature bridge would have
to be built across the Saluda at or
that possibly the Ivy Bluff site. desired
as a common crossing point by the
Coronaco people, would meet the re-
quirements of the act.
MI Lumley and his committee
brought with them estimates and
figures to show the advantages of
adopting the Ivy Bluff route in pref
erencc to the Boyds bridge route. Us
and his own knowledge Of the two
routes, Mr.. Lumley estimated that it
would be about $4,000 cheaper for
the two countie sto build by the Ivy
route provided standard road is
built The estimate, he said, was
based on the cost Of building a new
bridge at Ivy Bluff or putting the
present bridges over Reedy river and
Saluda river in such shape as to meet
the requirements Of standard road.
The major part Of the saving, he said,
amounting to about 100000 would be
made by Laurens county, through
which the most expensive part Of the
Boyd's bridge road runs and which has
the extra bridge over Rcedy river to
repair and maintain. In addition to
the saving Of money, he said there
would be saving in distance Of be-
tween one and half and two miles.
Considerable discussion Of the two
routes took place in the meeting. MI
O. c. Cox, one Of the highway COM
missioners, referred the commission
to the petition previously presented
from citizens Of Waterloo and vicinity
protesting against the change from the
Boyd's bridge to the Ivy Bluff route,
on the ground that the Boyd's bridge
route would serve more people. Mr..
NickleS, Of the CorOnaco committee,
in referring to this, said that they
were advocating through road to
serve not only the people Of the i'm
mediate communities, but the people
OF the entire counties and state, maxi
ing through road from Spartanburg
through Laurens, Greenwood and
thence to Augusta and elsewhere Such
a road, he said, should be built along
approved lines and on the shortest and
most economical route. Supervisor
Watts said the people in the Fork Sec
tion on one side and Of Cross Hill on
the other would be put into direct
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