Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-09-12
NO RE-ROUTINC OF
Dixie AT PRESENT
Lancaster, Stanford, DanviIle and
Somerset Are Told To Inn
prove Highways First

The Lancaster, Danville and
Somerset boosters who want the
Dixie Highway diverted through
those cities didn't get much ell
Couragement from the Highway
directors at their meeting i'll Gin
cinnati late last week. They
were told to fix their roads up AMI
later the directors would look 'rm
over and see if anything could be
done for them. Few believe there
is any chance for the Dixie to be
rerouted away from its present
eastern branch, i'll the lower see
ton OF it in Kentucky anyway.
Pending ultimate designation
OF a permanent route. the CinCin-
nati-Lexington section of the
Dixie Highway will have two Off
cially recognized branches thru
Kentucky, one through George
ltown, Williamstown and Walton.
and the other through Paris, Gym
thiana and Falmouth. it was an
nounccd Saturday following 4
meeting {: the board OF directors
at the Cincinnati Country Club.
This means that both routes
will be printed on the Dixie High
way route maps and both will be
recommended to the touring pub
lie as regular routes of the high
way until such time as the Board
|of Directors met again and de-
eide which, is to be the perrnan-
ent route. the right to designate
a permanent route later being re-
served by the board.
The ultimate designation. it
was indicated, would depend on
the progress that has been made
IN the Improvement of the two
routes and the condition they arc
in at the time OF designation, the
intimation being that il one route
is in much better condition thgn
The other it probably would be re-
commended as the permanent
Dixie Highway route between the
two cities.
This action by the followed
consideration on Friday OF the
condition of the Georgetown
Williasmtown route. The Condl-
ton of this highway. which here .
|tofore had been the only route de
;snatcd between Cincinnati and
I,eEinoton. was responsible for
the re-routinS- of automobiles
bearing delegates from the south
over. the Paris route to Cincinna-
IT, Representatives of the George
town route. however, declared Ill
reporting to the association. their
intention of building a permanent
roadway of concrete and asphalt
through their countics-Scc.t.
Grant and Boone-and the board
decided. after hearing their prom
ises, to give them more time to
carry out their plans.
No action was taken by the
board on a request OF representa-
tivcs from Eastern Kentucky for
a designation Of another Dixie
Highway route through Lexing-
ton. Lancaster, Somerset and
Chattanooga The board menl-
bers decided to wait until they
could determine definitely what
the counties along this proposed
route were willing to do for the
highway. if designated.
Harvey Myers. President OF
the Northern Kentucky Good
Roads Association. was named IS
a director of the the association
from Kentucky, his appointment
giving Kentucky three such dele
gates; Dr. T. E. Moss, Ashevill",
n. G.. was named as second di-
rector from the state of North
Carolina.
Atlanta. Ga. probably will be
the scene for the spring conven-
ton of the association. Final de
cision, however. has been left to
| the executive committee.
NJ. NJ. Allison. of Chattanooga.
was reelected president.