The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-12-20
C0E EXPLAINS
why ROAD NOT
in GOOD Order
Says State Highway Commits
sion Took Section in Con-
troll and Relieved All
Responsibility.

WILSON, Okla.-Explanation Of why
the big Wilson-Ardmore hard surfaced
road has not been fully maintained
and why in spots erosion has exposed Il
surface almost equal in its broken and
rough condition to many non-surfaced
roads was rendered yesterday by Ben
+. Coe, head of the Ben f. Coe, Con
struction company OF Wilson and SUI
pervisor OF road building under Com
missioner Joe Taylor.
The reason the big road" as It is
frequently been called, has O been
dragged and better maintained In re
cent weeks lies In the fact, Mr.. Coe
states. that the state highway com.
mission some weeks back accepted that
section OF the road extending from
Lone Grove to Hewitt and as a con.
sequence released the contractors from
liability. Through some hitch however,
he road had not been officially turned
over to the county commissioners Of
Carter county. AS a result, said MT.
Coe, the contractors, released from
their burden, naturally would not main
tain the road, the state highway de.
partment through lack of funds, and
the county commissioners, having no
notification and consequently no pro
vision for maintenance of the strip
were likewise helpless TO act on this ac-
count and because the road was still
under the jurisdiction of the state high
way commission.
Will DRAG Road After Next Rain
An effort TO straighten out the tangle
has boon made, however, Mr.. Coe as
serts, added that the road will be
dragged at the direction of the county
commissioners body after the next
rain.
County road project No. is which is
under contract to the Coo Construction
company is being pushed as rapidly as
POSSIBLE, Mr.. Coe states. This project
includes q strip of road extending four
miles .orth from the road north of
Hewitt, through Dillard, and Rexroat
70 the Naturalization road. The road
bed of this strip will be "a feet in width.
All steel and concrete construction is
being used in teh building Of bridges
and viaducts. Surfacing is IS feet
wide. a standard measure of inc inches
OF compact gravel being laid and rolled
down. This material is what il known
as decomposed granite from pits locat.
I'd al Troy, Oklahoma. in Johnson coun-
~. and Is considered some of the best
road building material in the United
States the contractor declares.
approximately IL bridge workers are
employed on this project. 80 head OF
horses and IS men are camped on the
right OF way and Il is estimated that
they will have finished bridge work
and grading within 30 or 10 dAys. Ora
vel : expected TO be laid and road en-
tirely completed by March l.
To Complete Wilson Extension
County road project MOI comprisinG
the Wilson extension five.elghts miles
from the northwest and northeast cor
ners OF Wilson to the main road Is
making good progress. Mr.. Coz AYERS
The northwest road Is soon to open fol-
t~rafficit Is estimated that the north
east road will beg raveled and complet
ID by the first OF the year forming
both an east and west extension to th'
main road by Project No. 4 is being
carried out nlor~ iho same plan OF
construction as No. iS.