The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-06-28
The Bradshaw Pike.

Inc 6raQSnaW ike.
A ride out to the end of the BraC
shaw pike, five miles, Tuesday ever
, ing served to more fully impress u
with its great usefulness. Til
Fayetteville road has long had til
reputation of being one of the wors
roads in Middle Tennessee, not
outstanding it penetrates one o
the richest sections. A pike. ha
been crying necessity for thirt,
years and has often been agitated
Now it is in actual course of con
struction, five miles completed ant
an extension assured. The roaC
has been constructed IA feet wide
according to the charter, and ha:
the requisite grade, depth of gravel
etc., and next Monday the county
court will be petitioned to receive
it, and a gate will be Immediately
erected about at McKimmin' farm
gate. Our inspection led us to be
lieve that the road is too narrow
for such q thoroughfare, but that is
no reason for complaint, as it is ex
actly what the charter calls for and
the law requires. In fact, the width
exceeds that required by the charter
nearly all along and the gravel is
deeper. One incident of the trip
serves to fully illustrate the great
advantages that have been gained.
All travellers over that road remem-
Der the steep and rugged east slope
of pond hill, and the precipitous
and rugged declivity called Aber-
nathy hill, which wound around
over lodges and powders and sinks
and pitfalls, while a chasm yawned
on one side and jagged rocks threat
ened on the other, and echoed the
anathemas of transfers who paid
pikeage down its rude descent with
fragments of wagon wheels and seq
ments of cuss-words. Behold now
the wonderful change! Tuesday
evening we trotted a buggy horse
from top to bottom of Alternately
hill, down a safe, easy, smooth de-
cline, and coming on to pond hill
we trotted again from foot to foot !
That's worth the work done and the
pickage demanded. We have heard
several residents out that way speak
in terms of delight over their new
roadway, but we know enough of
human nature to be sure that there
will be complaint when the gate is
closed. There can be no room for
just complaint, for the charter and
the law have been fully complied
with.
What next? The pike must be
pushed on at least to Bradshaw. 1t
is suggested that overtures be made
to Lincoln county to meet Giles at
the line with direct pike between
the two towns. 1t is thought that
Lincoln will respond. They are
not-slow in pike building over there.
They already have one reaching
thirteen miles towards Elkton, and
an arm is projected leading off some
five miles this side of Fayetteville
towards Boon's Hill, we believe.
The latter can be easily changed to
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made. Mr.. Neill has been up there
once on this business, and was as
sured that the thing could be con
We feel safe in guaranteeing Lin
coin county that this end of the
road will be built to the line if she
will meet us there-the route to be
as direct as possible and to be mu-
tually located.
In the meantime, let us adjure the
people out on Bradshaw and up and
down that country not to loose sight
of the benefit to travel that has al
ready resulted and fall into the
error of grumbling over pikeage.
Do not throw cold water on our
pike interests. 1t needs
your cooperation and good will and
if it gets it the extension is sure.
The pike will get better as it settles
and the rough places are found, and
then it will be improved as travel
justifies.