Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-10-19
BOGGS COMMENDS
CITIZENS COMMITTEE
For Their Interest In Looking
After Taxpayers Interests on
Inter-County Seat Roads

CAdCIIy IlSIll III LOOKING dItel the
interests of the taxpayers OF
Madison county on all inter
county seat roads. He has ans
Wered the committees letter
with respect to upkeep of the
Lexington road and tells what
steps have been taken to provide
a passable highway for travellers
since work has been shut down
by the contractors Of the con-
crete highway. His letter will he
read with interest and is as fol
lows:
Frankfort, Ky, OF. II. 1922
Mr.. r. I. Turley. Chairman
Mr.. NJ. {. Kellogg, Secretary
Pro TEN, Citizens Road Com
mittee, Richmond, Ky,
Gentlemen =
have your favor of the 10th
instant and was already aware
that Judge J. d. Goodloe had
delegated to your committee Ger
tain powers and duties in case
Madison county voted a zoe road
tax at the regular election on
November 9TH. 1t is my under
standing that the proceeds OF this
tax, if voted, are to be devoted
exclusively to the construction ei
the inter-county seat roads OF
the county, in the cost of which
the State and Federal govern
n!ents participate.
| concur with YOU that Won
would not be fulfilling your duty
at the present time unless Won
took an interest, on behalf of
the taxpayers Of the county, IN
the construction of the seven
miles OF concrete road on the
klhmond-LeNington pike under
contract to Carey-Reed & Com
pany, in which contract the gov
ernment. the State and the coun-
ty are all financially interested.
| appreciate the interest that Won
evidence in this contract and the
points that YOU raise as to it's
present condition. | hold no brief
tor the contractors and believe
that if better business methods
had been used in the handling Of
this work this summer the con-
tract could have been completed
this season. 1t must, however.
be taken into consideration that
after the award of this contract
in the fall of 1921, at the request
OF various citizens of Richmond
and the contractOrshOis:nval1m
and the community through
which this road extends. this de-
Partment instructed the con-
tractors not to begin work until
the spring Of 1922, thereby de
priving them of the right to +
the grading in the winter months
50 that paving operations could
be started in the early spring. In
addition their work has been
somewhat affected by the car
embargo placed July 18th against
the shipment OF road building
materials. This, however. was
overcome by water shipments to
Clay's Ferry. At about the time
they had their work we'll under
way again the Universal Cement
Company, who had contracted to
supply the cement for the work
at the rate of not less than a car
per day, cut down this supply to
one car per week on account Of
their coal shortage. The contract
ors took up with this office the
matter OF cement supply and we
endeaVored in every possible way
to secure a sufficient quantity of
cement to continue operations
until cold weather. but were in
formed by other cement mills
that on account of their fuel
shortage they could not spare
one car per day to this work.
Such conditions, added to an
inferior organization, caused this
office to issue instructions fer
shutting down the work until the
spring of 1923. 1t has, however,
been provided by memorandum
agreement with the contractors,
that they are to keep this road in
"a passabie and trave1able condi-
ton until they can resume opera
tons. Mr.. Brattain, one of our
inspectors, has been left on this
work for thirty days to person
ally see that the 100 feet of new
grade beyond the present end Of
the concrete pavement is either
macadamized or surfaced with a
heavy coat of gravel and that ali
defective places in the road ana
grades over drainage structures
are surfaced so that the travel
ing public can comfortably use
same during the winter months.
A few days ago l personally
inspected the condition of this