Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-11-20
About Roads
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Grove, in order to get around or
across the mountain, If they wish
to go father east to the Bullpasture
or Cowpasture valleys the same
conditions face them. People com
ing from w. Va. Via Frost find the
same round a 'out way lnconVlent'
as we'll as those east of these val
leys. People living in one valley
are strangers to those-en the next
only a very few miles istant They
have nothing in common. They do
not associate together as they
should and possibly would like to
do. Travelling men, stock men,
doctors, ministers, in fact business
and professional men eeneraly,
must spend time and use energy
and oftimes precious time is lost.
Business men lose money, doctors
| Sc patti ants, probably patients lose
life, m nisters lose opportunities OF
preaching salvation and probably
souls will be lost all because of the
| elk of a few miles of public road
It seems that two links are missing
in the chain that would bring these
sections together.
These two links are located as
follows: The first beginning at a
point on the Back Creek road near
where the road crossing the Al
ieghany mountain, from Frost W.
Va. intersects it and extending
south eastward across Back Creek
mountain to the Jackson's River
road at Stony Run church, while
ink two begins near Bolar and ex-
tends in the same direction across
lack mountain to huntsville road
81 as to make good connection
with the road leading to Williams
vile.
A man living on Back Creek
wanted some lumber planned and
had TO haul it to Monterey dis
lance IF II miles, spending two
days on tie trip, while if he could
have gone across to Bolar. the same
load could have been delivered IN
one half the time and distance.
A certain woman living near
Burnsville, herself not in the best
of health ,tmustgo around by Muddy
Run, cross Rocky Ridge and up
Jacksn's River by Boar in order
to see her aged invalid father, only
| five or six miles distant.
A minister, a few years ago tried
to cross Back Creek mountain, but
lost his way and had to spend the
night setting beside a tree holding
his horse. These facts are given
to show the inconv4niece OF The
present condition.
Now, as a few years ago some
are opposing road across
Back Creek mountain at Stony
Run: likewise at Bolor across
Jack Mountain, but we think it is
done from purify personal interests
and not for the best interest OF the
people generally:
When improvements of general
nature are contemplated we must
lose sight of personal good for the
benefit of all We would have
better located roads today, had it
not been for the personal whlms OF
some who could not see father
than few acres and dollars, and
lie travelling public has been pulled
,ver sleeps, bouncing over rocks,
losing time and probably temper
for grass, and becruse of these
same Wins the same will still be
lone we suppose i'll future years,
Will some one give US a more
favorable location for a cross cUun-
Try road than the route above cut
lined?
1t is midway between the pixies
referred to. Roads will be just as
easily made here as elsewhere and
hen We have the advantage OF the
natural passes at Boiar and VII
Evansville. These points we feel
sure sonnet be made i'll favor of
any other location.
No doubt the business men of
our county seat will oppose such
Il move because Of the possibility
# drawing custom away from
hem an from the town. 1t is TO
heir interest of course to draw
DeoI lie to town for the town must
/, pend on the country for support
II is said, and it is a fact, that
man made the town but God
rade the country" We Infer that
hat man made must depend on
what God made, and We want to
force the good people of the
.own that all business transactions
.re not consummated in town
Our churches, mills, shops, friends
and associates are not all in town
1t seems to us that if the town de
ponds on the county the more
active the country the move alive
the town, and if people cannot
save time and money in the country
the less time and money, they
will have to spend in town. People
are becoming some what agitated
and some aggravated. When peo-