The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-06-02
COMMERCIAL CLUB HEARS
HIGHWAY REPORTS.

At a meeting of the Board of Dr.
rectors held Monday evening Judge
Denis Dundon, who represented the
Highway. Directors meeting held in
Jacksonville, Florida, Friday and
Saturday, of last week, submitted
very interesting verbal report of the
results of that meeting and his eff
forts in the interest of the Dixie
Highway route through Paris. The
personnel of the directorate of this
| highway is for the most part COM
posed of men of wealth and position,
whose services ale gratis and whose
motives are entirely unselfish.
! Last year, through the efforts OF
representatives OF the Commercial
Club, the Dixie Highway was given
double routing through Central
Kentucky; from Cincinnati to
Georgetown, to Lexington, and from
Cincinnati to Falmouth to Cynthl-
ana to Paris. TO Lexington. The
advantages and disadvantages, re-
spectively, of those two routes are
as follows: The Georgetown route
is about twelve miles shorter, but
has about forty miles of road, al
imost impossible, and twenty-seven
grade railroad crossings; the Fal
mouth, Cynthiana, Paris route, al
though about a half hour longer,
has only twelve miles of road, in
iPendleton county, that does not
meet State specifications which is
the standard established by the
governing body of the Dixie High
way Association.
The Directors at their seminar
nual meeting this year voiced the
opinion that the controversy over
the routing of this highway had
been extended over too long period
of time, and that next year at the
regular meeting of the Directors,
upon the recommendation of the Di-
rectors from each State, tentative
routes which had not in the mean
time completed the necessary road
building program would be perma-
nently Abandoned The Falmouth
Cynthiana-Paris route with only
twelve miles of unfinished road, and
several feasible plans for completing
this section under consideration
stands the best opportunity of being
! designated permanently next veal
: as the official Dixie Highway. Road
= officials who are familiar with the
condition of the GeorgetOwn-Cin
: cinnati Highway, and the available
e funds for highway construction il
l those counties, believe that there !:
= little hope of this route being II
4 condition to be accepted by the AS
: ISOLATION next year. The majorit!
e of the motor travel out Of Cincinnati
lover the Dixie Highway is at thu
e present time routed by way OF Fal
r mouth, Cynthiana and Paris on &C
- count of the danger of the twenty
s seven grade crossings on the George
n town Cincinnati route, and the mucl
s better condition of the roads.
n Judge Dundon at the conclusion
# of his report recommended to tn
l. Commercial Club the marking of tn
re Dixie Highway throughout Bourbo
n county, the immediate need OF
e. suitable and convenient camp SIT
for the accompodation of motorist
over the Dixie and Jackson Higl
= ways, and the appointment of dele
cation from Bourbon county to &C
operate with a delegation frol
% Harrison county in the interest OF
a. good roads program in Pendleto
10 county. The Board of Directors e.
NJ tended to Judge Dundon vote
&c thanks for his services, contribute
II to the City of Paris, in the intere
&c of the Dixie Highway.