The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1914-10-14
Good Roads
Convention.
Held in Bristol Last Week
Very Enthusiastic.

N0ulitIh appalachian bOOu
Roads Association held in Bris
iol, which was largely attend
ti from all sections of the
South, the Herald Courier has
he following to say that will
BE- Of interest to many readers
b the Post.
r. j. Prescott responded to
Ehc address of welcome on be-
half of the coal fields. He
Said that what Lee and Wise
touuties wanted was u good
road TO Bristol, through Scott
bounty. He said this would be
III tremendous benefit to Bris.
.ol and all OF Southwest Virgin
IA lie told of the splendid
foads that had been built in
re aud Wise counties.
T.. s Finn1y responded to
The address OF welcome ON be-
half Of the Cinch Valley. He
boxed "A whole lot of fun at
BRISTOL, winch had been pre-
siously styled in the meeting as
lhe hub of road building in this
Section. He told of the system
III roads that had been built in
fye counties of the Clinch Val
|ley, referred To the greatness CT
BE valley in natural resources
ind scenic beauty and then got
d hearty laugh by asking Bris-
iol, which he facetlously re-
lerred to as the hub to con
beet mp the gaps and come over
tnd enjoy the good roads of
b. Clinch Valley section.
X. l., Pennington responded
h the address of welcome on
Behalf of motor parties from
Virginia and in his talk de-
icribed his trip in an automo-
bile from Jonesville, Va, de.
|tlaring that in wealth of scenic
Beauty Southwest Virginia sur
PASSED any part of the west.
lle said that the landscapes of
Southwest Virginia were the
Greatest in this country and
Ehould be advertised to the
Norld He described the entire
EHp overland of one hundred
Nnd twenty-three miles from
Eonesvillc To Bristol.
& Il. j Prescott made detail
N report for Wise county
Hhich he said had expended
Fl 100, O0Oin building new roads.
lie said that the road problem
I h his county was one of the
sios; difficult any county could
Encounter because the county
81 almost entirely mountainous.
IN told of what the roads had
8one for the county, of the in
alitase IN the number of homes
quit, the increase in the at.
Enhance in the schools, and
o. people of Wise and Lee
Hnnties wanted a new road di-
~ to Bristol. He said that
n unty was engaged very larg-
I'D IN mining and that 5000
Sien are employed in the coal
&nlnstry. He said that with
Bsessed wines of $ll 900, 900
|@Ad after expanding 81, 100, 600
81 roads, the tax rate is only
HIS.
N Judge c. T. Duncan reported
SI Lee county, Virginia. He
lId that $4,000 in bonds for
IA purposes had been issued
Ri Lee county and that in one
Slrlct, where no bonds had
9en issued, an election on the
#'Olect would be held this
8onth. He detailed the var
ls roads that had been built
n The county and said that Lee
unity was thoroughly alive to
Importance of modern nigh
#ays. He said that the Jones'
zlle district had built about
&Felye miles of new road, the
Mocky station district about fiji
I'm miles, and the Yokum dis
lct a similar amount. He re-
iFed at length to the move
vnt for the construction OF
e Bristol Lexington High
ay, and declared that it meant
uch TO Lee county, to Bristol
% TO all of Southwest Virgin
urging that the movement