Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-01-16
(From Saturdays Daily

J. H. Mcpherson and l.. l.. Van
deryoort, representing the local or
ganization OF the Lone Star High
way Club. returned this morning
from Little Rock, where they were
in attendance upon a session calico
by the State Highway Commission
conducted in the capital city yester
day afternoon. The object OF th'
state session was to permit repre-
sentatives interested in the promo
ton OF highways to present then
issues to the State Commission, re
garding routes and the type o
roads they are interested in having
built.
Messers. Mcpherson and Wander
WORT were much pleased with the
result of the gathering, being as
sured that the routing of the pro
posed highway through Paragoulc
would be approved by the commits
sion and that federal aid would be
forthcoming just as soon as this sec
tion got busy and entered upon the
execution of plans to supply the
road. But it is very evident tha'
the communities through this sec
ton must take the initiative ant
70 forward with a road building
plan before federal and state ai6
may be had. The route has beer
definitely designated to come
through Greene county but in or
der to realize upon the issue the
road must be carried through tc
completion or it will take some 9TH
er route.
The subject of a primary or
secondary type of road was discuss
ed. The primary type represents
the most expensive road that may be
built and, according to government
specifica tions, must be eighteen feet
in width with bridges of reinforced
concrete twenty-five feet wide. The
secondary type represents the low
er cost road of sixteen feet in width
with proportionate type of bridges
The state commission made it plain
that there would be no discrimina-
tion whatever between the primary
and secondary roads so far as eli
gibility to procuring federal aid is
concerned One type stands in as
much favor as the other. the only
difference being in the cost OF
construction TO the communities
promoting the project. There has
been. apparently, some confusion as
a result of the use of the terms OF
primary and secondary" but there
should not be, it is said.
, If this section chooses to adopt
the secondary type--or lower cosl
road, it viii be connected up and
be lust as much a part of the Lone
Star route, and receive just as much
consideration at the hands of the
State Highway Commission, as il
il selected the higher cost type OF
the primary class. What the State
Highway Commission wants, anC
what the Lone Star Association is
pleading for, is for this section tc
get busy-real busy-and supply
one of the two types of roads, eth
or of which will be entirely accept
able. This was made plain-very
nlain-to Messrs. Mcpherson ant
Lsndervoort.
NThe session was attended by
VERY large gathering of road en-
thusiasts, Mr.. Mcpherson told a rep
resentative of this paper at noon to-
dav. He said there was road tall
and more road talk; highway en-
thusiasm of the highest order. He
said it was remarkable how the
communities both north and soutE
Of MS are taking to the road build
ing idea and going forward in
hurry with it, There are four OF
five hundred miles of paved roa(
extending to points in Louisians
and by the middle of July the roat
will be completed to Little Rock
Money is already in hand for the
c4hpletion of the construction tt
"a city. Representatives OF the
Louisiana Tourist Way Association
were present at the Little Rocf
meeting and they were eager tt
learn of some plan by which the
gap between Newport and Poplar
Rlrff would soon be constructed
into a hard-surfaced road.
Pocahontas, Walnut Ridge Jones
boro and dozens of other commune