The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-09-30
COUNTY ADMINISTRATION

toned public improvements are Of
fered in evidence of such action:
Road construction work comes first
in Importance in the achievements Of
the administration. The present Of
ficials do not claim all the honor for
this condition. The times demand ad-
vanced methods of road construction.
| This advancement was begun under
the administration of Judge we'd
ding, continued through that Of
Judge Wilson, but was brought to its
/ greatest perfection under the ad-
ministration of Judge Cook. Dur
ing the four years of the present ad-
/ ministration many miles of graded
roads have been constructed, all the
. important highways of the county
have been brought to a higher stand
ard than was ever known before. and
| fore the first time IL became possible
to use automobile transportation on
all the principal roads of the county.
The following principal roads have
been widened, grades cut down and
drained until vehicles, animal and
power drawn, felt safe to venture on
them for travel. Among these are
the Hartford and Fordsville, Dundee
and NGrrows, greensboro and Nor
gantown, across the entire county,
the Magan and Whitesville. Beaver
Dam and Rochester, South Carroll
ton and Centertown, practically all
roads in point Pleasant precincts. Ow-
ensboro and Leitchfield road from
Daviess county line to Breckenridge
line at Askins. Hartford to Horse
Branch by way of Rosine Arnold to
Baiztown and TO Cromwell, Prentiss
to Beaver Dam and Fordsyille and
Cloverport road. Also twelve miles
Of state aid road or the Hartford and
Pleasant Ridge division and the Hart
ford and Hardinsburg road, have
been constructed. which compares ia
vorably with any grade roads OF the
state.
The fiscal court in this time has
procured for the. county for the pur-
pose Of road grading three tractors
and about a dozen road ditchers and
graders, the effects of which are
plainly apparent in the roads of the
various sections of the county. Many
miles of levies have bsen graded
above flood stage, grades cut down
and new routes found around OBJ
structing hills, and all of these i'm
proven nts have been made and paid
for in the face of the highest prices
for labor and material ever exper-
fences in the history of the county.
In addition to- this important road
work the fiscal court has made many
other advances in public improve
ment that reflect credit alike upon !
the court and the county. Among |
these may be mentioned the removal !
of the filthy and unsanitary public I
toilet from the second floor OF the |
court house, which had for years
made the room on the floor below
unsuited for use, and which is now
being used by the tax commissioner,
the arrangement for coal storage in
the basemnt of the courthouse with
concrete approach to it without
damage to the courthouse yard.
The present administration found
the county jail a rusty rattle trap
that confined only such prisoners as
preferred getting their lodging and
meals at the expense of the county
instead of working for them, and fit
led it with the latest steel caging,
which now makes it one of the safest
county prisons in the state.
One of the most useful institutions
naugurated by the present fiscal
court is the public rest room, where
aides from out in the county
after making their purchases from
he stores or attending the courts
nay, while waiting for their train or
,ther means Of conveyances home,
'epair to wait for such accommOda-
ions. The city indeed pays for the
natron in charge but the fiscal court
Iefrays the expense of the rent of
he building.
The Almshouse, which had been
Instant spring for use of the inmates
repairs made and the prop
rty gnerally put in good condition.
Water was formerly carried from a
istant spring for use of the inmates
nd keeper, and this condition
las been remedied by supplying a
veil of good water on the premises.
Many Of the road improvements
ave been made possible by the CO. T
peration Of the people living along
he roads so improved, who split the
Expense fifty-fifty with the county
uthorities. But the iniation of this
Movement was due to members OF
be county administration.
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