The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-07-21
WILL PREPARE ROADS
FOR FALL TRAFFIC
WORK BEGUN ON TOWN CREEK
BRIDGE THIS WEEK

Jeff Davis Highway at Once
County Road Work Progressing
Road Working Days Planned.
(By Superintendent of Roads)
The State Highway Department
began work this week on the big
bridge across Town creek just north
Of Covington. This, when completed,
will make the highway accessible to
our people and will be a great con-
venience to the travelling public. The
work of putting on the asphalt sur
face in this county will begin about
August /, Good progress IS now be-
ing made in putting on the asphalt
surface in Lauderdale county.
We are confident that the work on
the south end of this highway be-
tween Covington and the Shelby
county line, will begin this fall, and
perhaps within the next 80 days. Our
county court at its meeting held last
Monday passed a resolution asking
the State Highway Department to
start this work as soon as practicable
and to begin at Atoka and work.
north. On account Of the very bad
condition Of the bridges on the old
railroad bed, it might be better for
work to begin at the Shelby county
line; but we are willing for this
work to begin anywhere, just SO it
begins soon. Now, we would like
for the magistrates in the south end
Of the county and the people in
Rriohton, Atoka, Munford and
Tiuton to write to the State
HIGHWAY Department at Nashville
and ask that this contract on the
south end of of this road be let a
the earliest possible moment.
Contractors on our county roads
have not been pushed, because most
of them are farmers and have been
busy irving to make some feed crops
that viii enable them to work the
roads again next year, Contractors /
are now expected to nut their roads
in first-class condition for winter |
can not be successfully done
while the ground is drv and hard. but |
can be done after rains now and in
the early fall. In The meantime Gull
warts can be put in and low places
filled. The necessary slip and shovel
work is about half Of the work that
needs til be done on our roads. Not
much Of it has been done up to this
time. The Tiuton County Road
is insisting on more
rigid insDection Of our roads this
wear than usual before, navments will
be made. This is in line with the
superintendent's idea and we hope to
pet good results. The growinr tenn
lency Of contractors to draw graders
IN from the banks ana MAKE the
roads narrow is not approved by
either the superintendent or the com-
MISSION, ana is practice that Will
oe remedied as far as possible.
The county workhouse gang, under
he direction of Foreman J. B. Pace,
md Ed Delashmit, is doing fine work
ma il keeping constantly at it. Two
evees and two bridges have just
,een completed near Hogans store,
n District 13, and some big jobs
ave been started at Tabernacle.
Nork has been discontinued at this
lace until the ground dries out, and !
Zen it will be finished. Other jobs
which this extra gang will UNDER
AXE in the near future will be at
I'D Bloomington; on tho highway
orth and south from brighton; on !
he old railroad bed; two bridges :
ear Ealem A. r. P. church and
lther work in that neighhCrhood;
ONE work at Mt. Carmel and some !
4 District IL.
! "A big road working will be had
ext week, beginning Monday morn :
1g at 5 o'clock, on the Vandergrift !
Dad in District .13. There is no con- /
ractor on this road and the people
I'LL meet, bringing teams, slips, etc., i
nd spend the entire week OF longer :
! putting this road in good con-
iti0n. :
"A tw0-days' or longer road work :
IL is being planned for the Marshall
I'D leading west from Brighton. I
his will be cooperative work, the n
items, the contractor and the :
lunty extra gang participating. 4
Another cooperative working is n
sing planned for the road leading q
lst from Hogan's store. Some =
srbecue will likely be mixed up with I
lis one. If other cooperative road u
orkings are desired, we are ready n
talk business. o
Most of the road hands in the va
ous districts have been warned, but
nv few have worked on account of
! agreement with the contractors
ID the superintendent that state r
arrants would not be issued until I,
time specified. When this time y
is passed officers will be busy g
rving warrants. Payment should Is
made by the road hands as per II
'reement and costs saved. :.
Rev. j. A. Burrough. Of Chatta v
oga,will preach at the First Metho- Va
It church next Sunday morning at y