Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-10
TOTALKFEDERAL
ROAD THURSDAY
Good Roads Boosters To Meet At
Court House Here-Madison
Must Get Busy

A lot of interest is being aroused IN
the good roads meeting which will be
held at the courthouse in Richmond at
2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. LancaS-
ter pike farmers are wanted especial
" at this meeting. Their farms are
the ones that are going to be benefit
ted and increased in values by the
building of the federal highway along
their pike to the Garrard line. They
will be the ones who will ride this
roadway the most and get the great
est pleasure from it and it is up to
them to cooperate with other public
spirited citizens in raising enough
funds to insure that it will be built
The fiscal court and the county are
doing their part; the state and gov
ernment will give their half. Many
generous citizens and good roads
boosters who do not live anywhere
near the Lancaster pike and may no'
use that road once year, have con-
tributed liberally to the fund that Is
being raised. It is expected that, OF
course, the Lancaster pike farmers
will be more than glad to do Their
part. So far most of those who have
been consulted about the matter have
displaved the greatest enthusiasm
about the matter and have Indicated
that they may be relied upon to dc
their full palt.
The Garrard county folks arc
aroused over the matter from theli
end of the proposition, and it seems
that the bond issue there will be vot-
ed by big majority. A big taxpayer
there gives the people some sage adj
vice about bad roads etc in a card II
the Lancaster Record, and Mr.. Led
ford of Paint Lick. again takes his
pen in hand and says something
What they say will be of interest aE
indicating the feeling by property
owners in Garrard about the matter
which concerns Madison equally as
well. The big tax payers who signs
himself "Wagoner" writes:
Central Record
The time has come for the people
of Garrard county to decide whethel
they wiz hsSe good roads or not.
Our 4na;p thorpughfares are NJ
longer oniv passways for wagons
buggies and ether light vehicles, bu
they have become avenues OF com
merce and must be built sufficient t
stand the wear and tear of the heav'
traffie hauled over them in great aut
trucks.
Your correspondent came to thI
county four years ago, and the road
of this county were two hundred pc
cent better then than now. The trat
fc has more than doubled in tina
time. When l came here l left
county which had only system c
mud roads which were bad in summe
and almost impossible in winter an
snring. For at least six months c
the year 600 pounds was heavy loa
for two mules. And in that count
land would not bring over $40 to 50
ner acre, when if they had goo
sveton of roads, that same Ian
would sell for S1OO to $3.50 per acr'
for much of it is fine productive Ian
Now 7 have driven a team enough c
these mud roads; and know where
sneak. l want no more of it.
Now the Government proposed
helm us if we will help ourselves az
+be m,estion is, what will we do; w
we avail ourselves of this help. al
move onward and upward or. will v
take step backward. L belle'
Carrard county citizens are equal
anv of her neighbor counties when
comes to business foresigh or
+riotism. l also believe they w
seize the opportunity now offered
have good roads.
The main thoroughfare thfou'
the county must be repaired and W
he repaired regardless Of the con'
tion of all the other roads. II
main road has become worn out IL
an old gun, lock, stock and barl
About the only way to mend II
with a new one. 1t will take all
money we can get up by ourselves
+be next twenty years to repair
keep up this road, and no money
any consequence can ever reach tn
smaller roads. Now blind man
see this.
But under the proposed COVE
ment aid this main road Will be p'
and guaranteed for twenty yes
Then we can have money to repair
the smaller roads and build new OF
Now YOUR "Uncle Samuel has m
money than any other man or set
men on Gods earth, and he
every time you lay down 40 cents
will make it a dollar. But we d'
know that he will ever say so ag