Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1911-12-08
PROPOSED ROADS
CAUSING TROUBLE
Some Opposition Has Arisen
to Plans of Supervisor in
Jeffersonville District.

The ioad question, discussed ir
this paper last week, has been much
discussed in the community since, pro
and con, mostly pro. A number Of
the readers of this paper have inquir.
ed "why in thunder we are oppos.
ing the building of roads after max
ing a strong fight for the bond
issue, etc. The charge is made that
we are hindering the work, anc
should keep our mouths shut, at least
The North Tazewell people claim that
they were promised this read long
ago, before the election, and that it
is travelled great deal more than the
Clear Fork road, and that it should
be built.
Others say this paper was exactly
right in its opposition to the road
proposed, and petition containing a
large number of names has been got
ten up, asking the Court to enjoin
the road people, which petition was
not presented, owing to the fact that
Highway Commissioner Wilson with
drew the notice, asking for bids on
this road. The Board, however, on
their own initiative, publish elsewhere
in this paper an advertisement asking
for bids on this road
The call for bids specifies that the
road building shall commence near
Ritchie Peery's at the forks of the
road, and go east to Wittens Mills,
connecting with the new road at
Wittens Mills, and connecting with
the rock road leading to town. There
would be little objection, perhaps, to
this part of the proposition, but the
call is for further road building from
the forks of the road at Richie
Peery's, west, to the farm of John
Peery, on Clinch River, the whole
distance being nearly ten miles of
rough road, requiring long time and
great deal of money to build.
The objection raised to the const-
ruction of this road now was not
based upon opposition to Mr.. Thomp-
son or any other man or men, but
upon principles of business and JUS
tice. The road mentioned, as a whole,
is one of the least travelled roads in
the county. perhaps. From North
Tazewell to the river, west, this road
has considerable travel by wagons
hauling goods to the north side of the
county from the depot, and il the
contracts had called for a road to the
bridge at Jas. Ed. Peery's, connect
ing with the Baptist Valley road,
there might have been less reason for
opposition, but to put through an
omnibus BILL" for the whole ten
miles, only one or two of which is
much travelled, is bad businss, and if
Mr.. Daniel or Mr.. Anbyody else had
proposed. or should propose, such
thing hereafter, there will be opposi-
tion. The people have some sense
and right to some say as to what is
best. and should be heard. The Clear
FOX road should be the next one
built. The greatest good to the great
est number is the motto. OF course,
North Tazewell is in favor of this
road. This corporation is always in
favor, like some of the rest of us,
of having somebody else pull their
potatoes out of the ashes. The cor
poration has spent nothing, com para
lively, on the roads and streets of
their town, and it is natural that
they should want this road built by
and through their town. Let the road
from town to Grafton and to the de-
pot, be put in good shape next, be
cause it is needed worst.
AS we see it, the good, solid road
west of town should not have been
dug up when it was.- 1t was a pretty
good road-the best of the old roads
in the county. The time and money
spent there should have been spent
elsewhere for the present. However,
good road has been made there now,
and everybody is glad of it, but the
policy of digging up good roads is not
good policy so long as there are SO
many bad ones.