Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-10-27
GRAVE DANGER LOSING
BOTH DIXIE AND NJ
TO-b. HIGHWAYS.
FENTRESS COUNTY AT WORK
and We MUST ACT.
CokeviIIe Is Working to Hold the Mem
phis-to-BristoI But Unless We Do
Our Part All Will Likely Be
Lost to This County.

Just now the most serious and alarm
ing situation confronts this county that
has ever been presented to our people.
There is grave danger that we will lose
both the Memphis-to- Bristol and Dixie
Highways, unless some definite action
is taken and that very soon.
DIXIE HIGHWAY.
FenJress county has sold it's bonds
and surveyors are now locating the
road through that county north of US.
They are very desirous of coming via
Crossville and on to Chattanooga via
Pikeville. But our bonds have not
been sold and so far as we know there
is no immediate probability that sale
will be effected. While Fentress coun
| ty much prefers to come this way, the
parties in charge of the work have
stated emphatically that they will not
build to the Cumberland county line
unless they have assurance that Cum
berland county will complete the work
through this county to a connection
-wIth- Bleds0e county whit,s s. now has
the grading almost completed to the
Cumberland county line. Z;
In case Fentress county finds that
this county will not complete the work
as stated, they WILL then go through
Morgan county and down the e. s. rail-
road and tap the east branch of the
Dixie Highway at lockwood. The dis
tance to build In order to connect with
the Morgan county work, now in prog
ress, is no farther than to come via
Crossville and strong representations
are being made to Fentress county by
Morgan county parties and also by the
Z. s. railroad to induce Fentress coun-
Cumberland county off the Dixie High
way.
A representative Of the Fentress
county building committee is expected
to be here this week, possibly before
this reaches Chronicle readers, to as :
certain what this county will do. They
are now ready for work and are at :
work surveying the route in tentress !
county and they will not accept prom
ises, but will demand something sub
stantja from this county or they will
build to the connection with Morgan
county and leave us out.
Nor is that ALL There has been a
we'll defined understanding all the time
that Cumberland county would certain
ly do It's part and build the line through
this county. This understanding has
existed both with Fentress and Bledsoe
counties and now that Bledsoe has al
most completed the work to our county
line they are far from satisfied at the .
slow movements of this county. They
certainly have right to expect action
on the part of this county. !,
Our people want the road as they l
have never wanted anything since the I
railroad was built through the county |
fifteen years ago. Nothing that can .
come to us Is so important and the pro- d
yressive people of the county are earn
,stly looking for the road to be built. n
To BRISTOL HIGHWAY II
But the danger of losing the Dixie
Highway is not the only serious danger l
hat confronts US at this time. u
The commission of the Memphis to- S
Bristol highway expect to leave Nash d
lille November 8 to go over the line a
With the view to determining the ad- g
lsabillty of changing the location 81
round via Chattanooga. That will not NJ
e done if our people take the proper W
teps to complete the line through this
ounty, but unless action is taken to te
hat end there IS every probability that ul