Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-10-17
ASK BOGGS ABOUT
LEXINGTON ROAD
Citizens Committee Wants To
Know About Condition Of
New Pike


! ty seat road building in Madison
county if the special road tax is
voted, is daily proving that it
, isn't going to be a respectable
inonentity and go to sleep after
the election.
| The committee has just sent a
letter to State Highway Commits
sioner Joe S. Boggs at Frankfort
inquiring about conditions on the
Lexington pike out Of Richmond
an inter-county seat highway
which is III course of construction
and about which much has been
said in regard to the sIowness of
the cintractors. The letter which
the Citizens Committee sends to
Mr.. BoggS shows that Madison
people have a mighty strong
force at work to see that their
road problems are looked after
from now on. The taxpayers
will read with interest what the
committee says in the following
letter:
Mr.. Joseph S. Boggs,
State Highway Engineer,
Frankfort, Ky,
Dear Sir
Possibly you know that Judge
Goodloe and Our Fiscal Court
have given certain powers to a
committee of citizens in connec-
ton with the possible voting of d
ZOc tax for six years, to be used
exclusively in the reconstruction
and rebuilding Of the inter-coun-
ty seat highways of Madison
county. OF course, if this tax is
not voted, Our duties are at All
end, but we feel under present
circumstances, we would not be
fulfilling Our duty to the taxDav-
ers Of Madison county, as we see
it, did we fail to call your atten-
tion to a condition which now
exists on the Richmond-LeNirg-
ton pike, which is, Cf course, one
OF inter-county seat highways.
As we understand it the contract
orS on the concrete road have
quit for the winter-partIv OH
account OF the near approach OF
cold and bad weather and partly.
as we understand it, through
their inability and failure to Sc.
cure material as needed to prose
cute the work.
Conditions have been difficult,
and it may be that these con-
tractors have done everything
within their power to secure the
material, which was necessary to
prosecute this work. We believe.
however, that we can truthfullv
say, that there are many of our
citizens who, after coming some
what i'll contact with these con-
tractors and their methods, arc
firmly of the opinion that thev
have not prosecuted this work this
summer as rapidly as could have
been done, if more strenuous and
buslneSs-like methods had been
used. However. we suppose we
will have to look on that part of
the proposition as a closed Incl
dent.
Now, it has come to our knowl-
edge that the Lexington pike is
going to be opened up for
through traffic to Lexington, but
that at the end of the finished
concrete, for a considerable dis
tance, thesmetal has been renov-
ed from the pike and as soon as
we have any wet and bad wealth
er this portion of the pike will
probably become untravelable.
Moreover, there are certain cul-
verts and small bridges which
have been put in over which
there is no metal, and naturally
with traffic, as bad weather ap-
proaches, these will become mud
holes and probably impossible,
We believe that Madison coun-
ty is entitled to a travelable road
between Richmond and Lexine-
ton until such time as the con-
tractors on the concrete road
again resume their work and we
believe it is up to your depart
ment to see that such road is
furnished, and we think we are
not going too far in demanding
III the name of the taxpayers of
Madison county an expression
from your department as to
whether or not you know of the
condition above described, and if
50, what steps you have taken or
will take to give Madison coun-
ty what is her just due in this
matter. Yours truly,
r. T. TURLEY. Chairman
NJ. c. KELLOGG, Sec. pro TEN.