Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-04-07
PLAN FOR RIVER ROAD
GETS RUNNING START
ee County Authorities and Legisla-
tive Delegation Agree to Help.
Public Meeting Saturday.

tive Delegation Agree to Help.
Public Meeting Saturday.
To the Citizens of Fort Mill
Township:
AS committee appointed Mon
day morning at meeting Of
Fort Mill township citizens to
confer with the board of county
commissioners and the county
legislative delegation relative to
the construction of a permanent
highway between Fort Mill and
the Catawba river bridge, we feel
it. our duty to call a second meet
ing of the citizens of the town.
ship to report the progress we
made in our conference with the
two bodies and to invite a gener-
al consideration Of the whole
road situation in Fort Mill town
ship. We are taking the lib
erty of naming Saturday after
noon, April 9, at a o'clock p. m.
as the time of the meeting and
the town hall as the place.
Il B. Spratt, l.. A. Harris, S. W.
Parks, j. l.. Spratt, A. c.. Lytle,
Committee.
Discussion of the construction
OF permanent highway between
Fort Mill and Catawba river
bridge, a distance of about a mile
and a half, reached the public
meeting stage Monday morning
when a number of FortMill town
ship citizens and representative
of the chamber of commerce of
Rock Hill held a conference in
the Fort Mill town hall with
County Supervisor Brown, Coun-
ty Engineer Miller and N. G.
Walker, member of the State
highway commission. j. j. Bales
was elected chairman of the meet
ing.
Following a general discussion
OF the matter by Fort Mill and
Rock Hill citizens, after Mr.. Mil
Ter had given an estimate of what
he thought the undertaking would
cost, from $4,000 to $45, 900. and
had expressed his opinion of the
ability of the county to help
finance it from funds now in
hand, Supervisor Brown said the
county would agree to build a
steel bridge and abutments across
the branch near the river and
that other financial assistance
might be given by the county.
but he could not say how much.
A motion was adopted author
izing the chairman to appoint a
committee of five Fort Mill citi-
zens to take up the proposition
with the county commissioners
at the monthly meeting in York
yesterday. The committee also
was authorized to appear yester-
day before the Legislative dele
cation to ascertain how much
money, if any, the delegation
would agree to provide from
county funds at the next session
Of the Legislature to aid in the
project. Col. #. B. Spratt, Capt.
S w. Parks, l.. A. Harris, DR.. j.
Il. Spratt and A. c. Lytle were
named as the committee. Before
the meeting adjourned Mr.. Wal
ker stated that Fort Mill town
ship could depend upon $4,000
federal aid to help build the road
if the highway commission were
assured that the county and town
ship would put up the balance
for the project.
Yesterday in York the Fort
Mill committee and a number of
Rock Hill citizens presented thoi,
views Of the necessity of the pro-
posed road to the county com
missioners, who agreed to furnish
$4,000 for the project. the cost
of the bridge and the abutments
to be deducted from this sum.
and to recommend to the State
highway commission that $4,000
of York county's allotment of
federal road aid be set aside for
the project. The Legislative dele.
cation also agreed upon a reso.
luton to provide $4,000 of
county funds at the session of the