The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-02-10
TO BUILD MORE
TOP SOIL HIGHWAYS
RECOMMEND ISSUING $15o,000
MORE HIGHWAY BONDS
This Will Build About Fifty Miles of
Road and in Sections That
Should Have Them


meeting on Monday decided to ask
the legislative delegation 20 order the
issuing of S15O,00O more Of county
bonds in order that some of toe high
ways already started may be extend
ed and that some others may be
built. If the plan sugge sted |y tie
commission is carried out it Will give
Newberry very fine system of high
ways and they will permeate every
section of the county and no one VIII
be very far from highway. In TACT
it is estimated that with this sum
about fifty more miles can be built.
It is hoped that the delegation Will
adopt the suggestion Of the commas
sion and authorize the issuing Of the
additional sum and that the roads sug~
gested by the commission may be
built.
The roads suggested by the COM
mission are an extension of the road
from the Whit1nire road just before
it reaches Duncan's creek to the Lau-
rens line at or near the Brick house.
This road would connect with road
to Clinton. The building of road
from Whtimire to the Laurens line to
connect with highway from Laurens
to the Newberry line. This would
take about two miles of road in New
berry county and the other road to the
Brick house at the Laurens line would
be about three miles.
The extension of the Belfast road
from Longsheres to the Laurens coun-
ty line.
The building of the 'Calks ferry
road from Prosperity to the Lexington
county line.
The building of the road from.
Newberry to the Saluda river steel.
bridge at the alligator rock.
The extension Of the Pomaria road
from Mr.. Caldwell Ruf's to Pon1aria
and on to Peak via Latikoo.
To extend the road from DeadfaN
to the saluda river at the steel bridge
which will connect with Saluda coun-
ty.
To build a road from point on the
Gibson road to Broad river at point
selected by the state highway COM
mission for the erection of bridge
cor aecting Newberry and Fairfield
counties. There are two routes con-
tending for the location of this road.
The one route is down the Ashford
ferry road out by Mr.. Thos. W.
Keitt's and Rutherford school house
to Mr.. jeff Suber's and Shelton. The
commission decided to 60 in body
over the two routes on Thursday so
as the more intelligently to select the
route. The other route is down by
Mt. Pleasant school and would follow
the Gibson highway down to the Glib
son place now the home of the Brown
bows. The Asheford ferry road route
would follow the Gibson road out 10
Unity church and thence across to the
old Asheford ferry road. One con-
tention is that this route would serve
more people and would cost less to
construct. The other contention is
that none of the bond money has been
spent in No 8 township and that there
should be highway built in this sec
ton of the county. In the event the
Asheford ferry route should be adopt
ed the commission has agreed to
build a good top soil road from the
Gibson place on down by Mt. Pleasant
with the chain gang. Both of these
roads should be built and under this
agreement it would seem that it IS
probable that both will be built.
This is fine program mapped out
by the commission and the delegation
should not hesitate a moment and
should adopt it so that work might
be commenced at once. The people
who are to be served by this schedule
of new roads are entitled to consider
alton and then we would really have
a fine system of roads in the county.
The commission also took the posi-
ton that if the roads are to be built
there should also be some arrange
ment for the maintenance of the
roads, and that is really of very great
Importance. No use to spend money
building good roads unless you are
going to provide to maintain them.
Captain Swygert of Peak appeared
before the commission in behalf of the
citizens of this community and re-