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John A Rogers Proves to Be Only Minority Voter When Question of Spend ing Road Money Arises. ed. ae es. Ala., Oct. 20. — county packed the hearing room of the state highway commis sion Tuesday and won a fight against the use of its share of the $25,000, 000 bond issue in the paving of a stretch of road in that county. By vote of two to one the commis sion decided to use Pike's quota in the construction of sand-clay roads. John A. Rogers, chairman of the commission felt the steam roller of the majority. He voted in favor of paving. It was one of the few times in the history of the present com mission that the chairman was a minority member. L. G. Smith and R. P. Boyd, associated commissioners, voted against paying in favor of the construction of sand-clay roads. Pike county has about $145,000 of state funds that can be used in road construction. The federal govern ment will pay one-half the cost of constructing a road from Troy to the Crenshaw county line toward Luverne It would also bear one-half the cost of paving the Troy - Luverne street or any portion of the Bee Line highway. By the decision of the commission the Troy-Laverne road will be constructed of sand-clay and sufficient funds probably will remain for the construction of that portion of the Troy Union Springs road, which les in Pike county. J. G. Key, probate judge of Pike county led the fight in opposition to paying and instisted that a majority of citizens of Pike county were in favor of constructing farm to mar ket roads of sand-clay before an ion of Pike's system is paved. ponents of paving did not appear in person, but presented telegrams urg ing the highway commission to go Sede ot in favor of paving. A ma y of the telegrams urged the wing of the road between Orion and Troy we is a part of the Bee Wine highway and part of the Mont gomery-Troy road. Decision to con struct sand-clay roads with Pike's quota will bring on another road fight in Pike county at once. It will be over the location of the highway between Troy and the Crenshaw coun ty line. One faction will seek the lo cation of the route by way of Gos hen, while another will favor the Fish Trap route. Chairman Rogers stated that the route must meet the approval of the federal bureau of ages roads, since federal funds will required in the construction and he will favor the route approved by the federal engineers. In another case involving Cren shaw county the highway commis sion declined to change its location of the route by way of Rutledge. A delegation of Crenshaw citizens head ed by W. H. Stoddard, of Laverne, requested the commission to move the location to a northerly route, con tending that a greater number of cit izens would be benefited. The dele gation declared that it received no notice of the proposal to locate the highway by way of Rutledge and had no opportunity to submit protests. The commission announced that pub lic notice was given and that the court of county commissioners of Crenshaw had approved the Rutledge route. Contract for the construction of the highway has been awarded but work has not been started and will not be until examiners have determined what remains of Crenshaw county's share of the highway bond issue. If Cren shaw's quota still contains sufficient funds for the construction of the high er work will start without great de ny..
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The Mobile News Item
Mobile, Alabama, US
Wed, Oct 20, 1926
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