Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-08-10
Madison Wants
Road Built
To Mckee
Mass Meeting Enthusiastically
Endorses Plan and Calls On
Fiscal Court To Take
Necessary Action

| BY an overwhelming majority
the mass meeting held Thursday
afternoon to consider the propos-
ed highway from Madison county
! to Mckee, the county seat ot
Jackson county, voted to reques
a special meeting of the Madison
Fiscal Court be called and thai
the magistrates be earnestly re-
quested to take any steps neces-
sary to build Madison colnty'>
portion of the roadway.
County Judge John D. Goodloe
then stated that he would call the
Fiscal Court into session Monday
morning at 9 o'clock for the pur-
pose named.
! The mass meeting at the court
house at 2 o'clock was largely
attended, good roads enthuslasts 5
being present from all sections OF
the county. A large delegation
twas here from Jackson county
headed by County Judge c. P
Moore, Squire w. NJ. Hurst
Cashier J. r. Hays, of the Mckee
Bank, DR.. w. B. Hornsby, Ray
Hornsby, County Agent ". k
Reynolds, and others.
State Highway Engineer Joe s
Boggs was present and told of the
offer of the State Highway De
partment to defray half the cost
OF building the road. He point
ed out that this offer will hold
good for so days; that the build
ing OF this road would be two-
year project. He said that there
had been some discussion of route
whether over the Big Hill or via
Scaffold Cane. He said that il
was always the policy of the Road
Department to recommend the
most direct and feasible route and
that the department would pro-
badly favor the Big Hill route.
Judge Goddloe stated the road
situation in Madison in general,
and asked for discussion. Coun-
ty Judge Moore, of Jackson coun-
ty, made vigorous plea for an
outlet from his county. He point
ed out that the entire bond issue
of Jackson county, amounting to
$l25,OOO, would be devoted to this
road. Mr.. Reynolds, Squire
Hurst, DR.. Hornsby also made
strong pleas for help from Madi-
son. They told of the many ben
efits that it would mean to- this
county.
L. G.. Walker and F. O. Clark.
of Berea, presented arguments
for the Scaffold Cane road, but
both declared that the people of
Berea were for a road to- Mckee
and would subordinate their per-
sonal desires to the cause and
were for a road no matter which
way it went.
r. E. Turley, president of the
Richmond Chamber of Commerce
pledged the active support4of thai;
organization, Hefd said i6that +
seemed to him that all that was
necessary ttford the Fiscal
Court to appropriate the money
and cipch the; matter. 2jisG
rs. Burnam, Rice Woods and
Others made strong plea for re-
construction of the Lancaster
pike to Paint Lick. They said
they desired the Lancaster pike
fixed before anything else was
done. Mr.. Woods suggested that
enough money be raised to COM
plete all state-aid projects in the
county.
NJ c. Kellogg declared that
Madison county ought to go in
debt sufficiently to put or foot a
great road building campaign. He
said that a county with taxable
property amounting to $25,000,-
900 could easily afford a debt of
100000 or $3,OOo,oOO instead OF
a paltry $4,000.
County Attorney ]. P. Chenault
said that Madison county should
work hand in hand with JACKSON;
that she wasn't contributing any
thing to Jackson in such a move
ment, but through increased COM
merce and business, more money
would be available to build other
roads.
Judge Goodloe said that per-
sonalIy he favored a direct tax to
build the needed roads in Madi-
son. He said that Madison only
has 25c road tax, whereas most
other. counties in the Bite Grass
have an additional Zoe. He be-
lieved that Zoe additional tax,