New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-02-18
WILL BUILD HIGHWAY
WITHIN TWO DAYS

Following the example set hv
some Of the middlewc>trrn states
where durable and permanent
highways have been completed
within one or two days. by the
cooperation Of all the people along
the route Of the proposed road.
Tennessee. according t. the Nash
vile correspondent of Motor Age
will make an effort to complete
SIX hundred miles of highway
within two days during the com
ing summer.
Under date of December 10.
1910. thu correspondent rcterrr
.tC writes thus to his publication
"Governor-elect Benjamin w.
Hooper. who Will take his seat as
chief executive of Tenn S>et in
January. has nagurated a project
to build highway across the state
the long way. from the extreme
border IN the mountains on the
east to the Mississippi on the west,
touching Ell route many Of the
leading cites and towns Of the
state and passing through the cap
itaI city. The road will be abe
600 miles IN length. The plan is
to build highway in two days,
the work being done by thousands
of volunteers and the material
wagons. tools and other things be
ING donated 1t is proposed. with
a subscription raised in advance.
to put IN the bridges and culverts
and macadamized roads in tn
two days next August set aside for
the project
The idea has proved very pop
ular and Captain Hooper even b.
fore an organization mas been per
fected. has received hundreds of
letters offering material, wagons
teams and men
To carry ont The project tn
Tennessee highway commission has
been organized in connection with
the Nashville board of trade and
this organization is now doing the
necessary preliminary work for q
systematic campaign. There are
of course many miles Of road over
the route already built and it WI
be only necessary to fill in the
gaps and put the old roads
good condition. Information as u
just what will have to be done is
now being gathered by this organ
iZatlon.
"Flom information now at hand
it appears that there are only
three counties east Of Nashville
where entirely new roadway will
have t. be built, but west of Nash
vile. in the bottom lands of Ten
nesSee river and in the lowlands
Of the Mississippi river. there will
have to be a great deal of new
road built.
"In some counties there will
have t. be some heavy grading
done. as the idea is to have not
over SIX per cent grade anywhere
and to try to keep it under three
per cent. 1t is proposed to have
certain counties furnish such
heavy machinery as is needed. the
machinery to remain in those coun-
les to build laterial roads later
It also is probable that manufac-
-urers of Matchmaking machinery
will give the use Of some machines
rec. as the state highway will give
l great impetus to the road build
NO idea all over the state.
"The railroads. through high
officials. have all)ady sIgiified
heir willingness to lend a helping
land. and men and machinery
Will be transported from the thick
v settled sections to the sparsely
ettled communities. Dixie No
oring.
Governor Sanders today APP
'ointed Samuel A. Leblanc, a
of the State Board of
Education from the Third Con
.ressional District. vice Walter j.
Burke, of New Iberia. resigned.
lr. Leblanc. a young lawyer and
Ormer teacher Of jefferson Col
aee. is a resident Of Paincourt-
lille. He is the junior member
f the law firm of Marks. Wort
am & Leblanc. of NapoleOnville,
nd member of the sugar and
firm Of Dugas & Le-
'lanc. He is an A. NJ. of Jeffer-
IN College. His father, Colonel
oseph f. Leblanc. was superin-
endent Of school of ASSUMPTION
arish. Clerk of the District Court
lere. member Of the Lower House,
ate senator and president Of the
ank of Napoleonville. Mr.. Lee
lane is one of the attorneys en-
loyed by the Assumption Parish
chool Board in the case of the
ate against the F. B. Williams
ypress Company, involving six