Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-02-13
Pennsylvania To
Build Highway

1t looks now that another inter-
State highway will be built from
Greenville to Western North Carolina.
The Transylvania county commission
ers have decided to build a modern
! highway from the city of Brevard to
the South Carolina line. The Green
Vile authorities, it is said. will devel-
Oh the old Jones Gap road which has
beeen a toll road for many years past.
The following from the Greenville
News will be read with interest:
To go by BreVard.
The commissioners of Pennsylvania
county, North Carolina, having taken
under Amusement the matter Of build
ing a modern highway traversing that
county and meeting the Greeenville
county line at the Jones Gap road and
also the building of another highway
from Toxaway to Hendersonville, while
the Henderson county authorities are
considering building a high-ridge road
toward Caesars Head, citizens of
Greenville doubtless will be ready and
willing to entertain any proposition
looking toward the improvement Of the
Jones Gap road from brakes to the
North Carolina line.
MI. D. -. b0A1p d. We'll h0OMn duu
prominent citizen of Brevards who, it
is understood, thinks sc much of
Greenville that he is investing in real
estate here, raj in the city last Tues
day and was interviewed by a News
reporter with references to the action
taken by the Transylvania county COM
missioners. The commissioners, he
stated. held a meeting last Monday for
the purpose Of considering the build
ing of two roads, one toward Green
Vile, to meet the Jones Gap road, and
the other from Toxaway to Henderson
Vile. The commissioners Of Transyl-
vania county, he stated, are ready to
meet the authorities Of Greenville
county at any time with good inter
State highway via the old Jones Gap
road.
Little Improvement Needed.
The proposition will doubtless ap-
peal to Greenville county citizens. The
fact that the Henderson county author
tiles are considering the building of a
high ridge road from that resort to
Caesars Head will without doubt make
the proposition al the more interest
ing. From here to brakes the road is
fairly good. From brakes on to the
state line there is the basis of a splen-
did road-an abundance of sand and
gravel, with no mud. With a little
widening of the road from brakes to
the North Carolina line andA with mo
great amount of work on the rest of
the thoroughfare, this could be made
a splendid avenue of travel between
Greenville and Pennsylvania county.
From the Jones Gap road to Caesars
Head is about three miles, Cedar
Mountain, which is a favorite noun
tain resortswith Greenvile, is reached
by the JOnessGap road. Several other
resorts are also reached by the same
highway. The people of Brevard +
more interested, it is stated, in the
building of this Interstate road than
any other highway. Transylvania
county is not only a rich, natural mar
ket for Greenville county. but there
are old associations and ties between
the people Of the two counties that
make a highway connecting these two
places desirable.
Road i'm Litigation.
AS is generally known, the Jones
Gap road is now in litigation. Some
time ago the charter of the road ex-
pired and none of the members Of the
company operating the old toll road
attempted to renew it. MI. Jas. II.
Price of the local bar, acting in behalf
Of some of the stockholders, applied to
the circuit court for the appointment
OF a receiver for the highway. The pc
tition was granted and Mr.. w. Mills
Mooney was appointed receiver. He is
now collecting tolls on the hoad and
applying the funds to the upkeep and
Improvement of the highway. Sooner
or later, however, some ultimate dis
position must be made of the road.
The original object in appointing a
receiver was to improve the road and
then turn it over to the county. But
now collecting tolls on the road and
want to take over the road, so a move
ment ia on foot, 1t is understood, to
organize another company to take over
tho Rad and annlv IN tho TdoOfalaturo