The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-08-17

luda, and on to Chappells that way
as the Greenwood county commits
sion expects to- connect up with New
berry at the river bridge beyond
Chappells a short way. The members
of the state highway commission who
were in Newberry seemed to have
in mind the links mentioned above on
the Piedmont and the Appalachian
highways and the link from Newber-
ry by Chappells to connect with
Greenwood. An urgent petition was
presented to connect with Saluda and
also with Fairfield across Broad river
at some point in Newberry county,
say along about Blairs or at point
to be selected by the engineer and
then on to Winnsboro. The road is
already assured from that section OF
the state on to Bishopville and back
to Winnsboro and it is heading this
way and it is section through winch
good public highway should be
built. In fact we should have had
railroad through this way long ago
but with a good bridge across the
Broad river and good highway we
will be brought much closer to our
neiehbors in this section of the state
whom if we desired &C visi5 we had
to 90 around by Columbia. For IN
stance it is no further from NeWber-
rv to Winnsboro this way than 1t IS
from Newberry to Columbia and
then you are as far from Winnsboro
as it is from Newberry. This high
wav would be a great developer Of
a mighty fine section of country
This proposition as we'll as the salu-
da proposition will be taken up later
with the highway commission and as
we'll as the matter Of the Broad river
bridge.
Then we could connect this system
with Saluda by developing the ROAD
from Prosperity to the lower steel
bridge. But that matter of the Sa-
luda road will also be taken up later
with the state highway commission:
We have rather written this story
little backward, but the main thing
was the matter of making the neces-
sarv links in the chain connecting
the various county seats of the state
as required of the commission IN de-
veloping the system under the act
Of the legislature.
Members of the state highway
commission met the citizens of New
berry in the court house on Friday
according to arrangement made with
the chamber of commerce. The
members of the commission present
at this meeting were: Hon. 4. u.
Rhett, chairman, Charleston; Hon.
C. O. Hearon, Spartanburg; Hon. K.
E. Lyon, Anderson; Hon. A. B.
Langley, Columbia. The state en-
gineer was also present as were sew
eral others including Mr.. John B.
Sloan, chairman of the highway COM
mission of Greenwood county.
We did not get to the meeting IN
time to hear all the remarks of MIR.
Rhett, but he explained the purpose
of the commission and the duties,
and the desire that the county get
in line with other counties of this
section and get hooked up with the
state system of highways authorized
under the act. He stated that the
commission would maintain the road
as soon as it was in condition to be
accepted by the state and that the
commission now has on hand ready
to be spent in this county for main
tenance a total of $4,000 and IS
ready to begin work as soon as
road is turned over to the commls-
sion, and this does not include the
proceeds that will be received from
the special tax Of two mills that was
authorized by the last legislature. He
discussed the proposed bond issue
and urged upon the people the I'M
portance of voting the bonds to keep
step with the other counties IN the
district. He then asked Senator
Johnstone to state what he knew
about the bond act and any other
matters he desired to bring to the
attention of the commission.
Mr.. Johnstone said he understood
that the commission had decided on
system of roads north, south, east
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