Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-12-09
ROAD TO BOYD Bridge
Many YOrkVlIIe Business Peeple FsVO5
Old Charlotte Read
MUCH OPPOSITION IS INalGlTfb

'|nUCH OPPOSITION IS INlIetTfg
Fort Mill Delegation iAsls e&pmiss
], aioners to Reeomespd Fsaasal fds,
j Claims Aasre0atiHs Several 1seus,
and Dollars Approved sra Ordered
4 Paid. 35.S a
]. Petitions signed by citizens OF Yorlc~
vile, Hickory Grove, McC cConnellsvilIe
and other sections, asking tha1 the old
Charlotte road be desiSnafed as the
Main road from the county Heat to the
new Boyd Bridge now heinz built
Jointly by York and Mecklenbure
counties since this route n our opin@
ion serves the most people and IS near
er and better In every respect were
presented to the county commissioners
at their regular monthly meeting IN
the court house Wednesday. Rights OF
way signed by residents living along
the desired route and also their offer
of labor. and teams representing sew
eral hundred days were also filed
The pledges ofSfree rights Of way as
prccented Outlined the desired road
route as follows:
h I @We- the undersigned land owners
agree: to give the county free rights OF
way near our land for the proposed
highway to the new Catawba bridge
commencing at the corporate limits OF
York near the Charlotte road and fol-
lowing the general direction of the
Charlotte road to or near the E. Mess
Williams farm, nnerce bearing to the
left to or near the j. ]. Robinson farm.
thence to or near the. w. s. Hozue
farm; thence by way Of, to or near the
J. d. b. Currence farm, then to or near
the, Sam Craig farm and then to-
Bridge at Buster Boyd Ferry"
Both the petitions advocating this
route and the petitions Of landowners
are numerousIy signed. =
Supervisor Brown stated. Wednes-
day that the commissioners had taken
no action on the petitions.
|. SIS. Glenn. secretary OF the Bethel
township road commission and prom 4
inent citizen Of that township when
asked Wednesday the attitude, OF bis
section in regard to the PROPOSED !
route, said: <
Naturally our people don't want
the road to the new BOYD Bridge, 10
come that Ear down. We favor a road
leading rom the county seat out sit
LINCOLN; road; thenee I6ut by AZ. u
CamppelHs and on to the river bridSe.
Knew Of Ne pstitisns. ~
IT, did not know OF any. petition edt-
ten up by anybody tnaregard to- the
road route until adviseaa BY The En-
quirer Advocates OF our route have
therefore: not solicited any agnatupes
nor attetnptedsto secure rights ofSwaY
for the route although we wogld
doubtless have little trotfble doing So.
'iof course now that the adyocates
OF the Charlotte road ~route haSe got.
ten up petitions we win lose no time
in getting busy in doing a. similar
60 ~ ..,-,s.,ss, $3.50 - ,,.,,. !; Z
,nSncsnsrt, @ @ ,hans has, 49, 5ssSr ~
far. Rest assured we #nif CT right
busy" - sA&,i tgk
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Several citizens Of Fort Min appear<
ed before the icomnissiohsrs; at We'd
. - y "a - :. - - .I|I
nesday's session asking the endorse
ment OF the commissioners In securing
Federal aid for hard surface road to
be built from the Catawba river bridge
Meeklsaeurg county llns, ; rSSt sit.sl Nh!
$4,000 some time ago for the building
of better roads In that township and It
Is proposed to use d good part OF THAI
money In building a hard surface road