The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-10-12
THE H..G. HIGHWAY.
superintendent Justice Ready to Meet
Committee at Top of State Line.

Superintendent Justice Ready to Meet
Committee at Top of State Line.
County Supervisor of Roads, George
w. Justice has about arranged the fin
al preliminaries in the Greenville
Hendersonville highway. He is now
awaiting the arrival of state engineer
who will accompany him to the state
line and make the final grade line for
the highway crossing the mountains
into this county from Greenville.
What the Greenville Piedmont has
to say about the road will be read with
interest by the people of this section.
Mr.. Justice it will be seen has been
working with the authorities in that
county for some time. They are will
ing to cooperate in every manner and
when the appointed time arrives will
share literally in the subscription list
of pertinent improvements in the road
which will mean so much for Hender-
son county. ~
That an engineer furnished by the
staate Of North Carolina will meet
Mr.. w. d. <Neves, engineer for the
Greenville- le-Hendersonville Highway
Association, at the state line the first
of next week for the purpose of select
ing the route of the GreenYille-Hen-
dersonville Highway over the noun
tains, is the gist of a letter which has
been received by the president of. the
Highway Association.
Supervisor George Justice of Hen
derson county writes that State Geol-
ogist Joseph Hyde Pratt of North Car
olina will furnish the engineer to rep
resent their interests. 1t was stated
yesterday by officers of the Highway
Association that arrangements had
been made to send Mr.. w. D. Neves to
the state line to represent Green
vflle's interests.
At a conference. to be held by the
two engineers the route of the road
over the mountain will be agreed
upon, and until then nothing can be
done Mr.. Neves has already selected
| three possible routes of easy grade
over the mountain. The best one of
these three routes is known as the
Graveyard Gap, which is eighty six
feet lower than the present road
through the mountains. It is probable
that the North Carolina engineer will
agree on this route, as it has been
found to be the lowest possible grade
across the ridge.
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the route over the mountains the Of
fcer sof the Highway Association will
appoint a committe of ten prominent
citizens who will hold conference
with the Greenville Legislative dele
CATION and ask them. to pledge the
necessary funds for the completion of
the road. 1t is thought that all the
members Of the delegation will heart
II Of
mountains and will pledge their sup
port.
In this letter to the Greenvil1e rep
resentatiye of the Highway Associa-
| ton Supervisor Justice also stated
! that he was now at work on the
North Carolina end of the road. He
said that he carried his chain gang
| to the state line on the last Thursday
in September and since that time has
worked two miles of the road toward
Hendersonville. H This road is now i'm
good condition and it will be kept so
by the Henderson county officials.
The announcement that the route
over the mountains will be selected
! Immediately will be received with
pleasure by all interested in the road,
| for it means that work for the COM
pletion of the road will start soon.
Interest in the road will doubtless
be stimulated by the endorsement
which the Board of Trade gavn re
road at it's annual meeting Fon
nights age:
In his report to the Board, chair
| man w. ]. Thackston of the Commit
tee on roads said in part:
! 1t is certainly to the interest Of
Greenviue to push this matter to a
successful conclusion. Investigation
/ shows that the table products coming
over this road into this city is worth
| something like $1,000 per day. In fact
] this city lives nearly nine, months OF
the year on the vegetables and farm