The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-03-12
MACADAMIzED ROADS
PLAN FOR lBFOh COUNTY
A Very Practical and Compre-
hensive Statement.

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the various towns, civil districts and
neighborhoods, includes roads aggre-
eating in length about 225 miles.
Mr.. w. G. Kelly, civil engineer, and
Mr.. G. H. jerks, civil engineer, and
others who are more or less familiar
with this kind of road work, have esti-
mated that the 225 miles of road can
be built at cost OF $4,000 Some
parts of this system of roads would have
to be constructed so as to carry heavier
traffic than other parts of the system.
The road leading west from Obion to
Glass is perhaps the most travelled road
in the county and of course it would
have to be wide and be built upon a
solid foundation. This piece of road
would perhaps cost more per mile than
any other in the county. There are
other important roads which constitute
a part of the system of roads proposed
to be built which need. not be more than
10 or II feet wide and of very much less
thickness than the Obion and Glass road.
In some places there will be a lot OF
grading to do and in others very little.
We have in Obion County several gravel
pits which will afford great deal of ma
II .oL 10 h.,.lA Il.
We have two pieces of road leading west
to Union City that have stood for many
years, which we're built entirely of native
gravel; SO that the civil engineers have
taken all these matters and others into
consideration and have estimated that
the system of roads proposed can be
built for $500, 900 as before stated.
A general description OF the system
of main line public roads proposed to
be built is as follows:
Beginning at Obion and following the
main road west to Glass, Elbridge, Min,
nick, and on west to Cratic. Another
road leaving the above mentioned road
west of Glass quarter of mile and
running south and west through what is
known as the Frog Level country to
lanes Ferry. Another road running
from about mile of Glass in a north
erly direction to Hornbeak; from Horn
beak to Webb's store by the main road
From Hornbeak to Samburg and from
Hornbeak to Troy by the main road.
From Samburg eastward through Pro-
temus to Union City. From Obion
southeastward across the Obion and
Trenton levy to the old Pierce place
southwestward toward Trimble to the
county line; from the old Pierce place
running eastward through Mason Hall
to Kenton; from Kenton eastward cross
ing Rutherford Fork, passing the old
Wade place and following the main
road through the seventh civil district
to the Martin and Union City road and
thence eastward with the Martin and
Union City road to the Weakley County
inc, and west with the said Martin and
Union City road to Union City. From
Kenton north about one mile up the M.
Z O. r. r.; thence west to Jim Fosters
md north and west to the Bingham
,lace on the Mason Hall and turnpike
evy road; from the Troy and Trenton
DAD to Polk; from Troy to Rives; from
2ives eastward to the Kenton and Union
lily road before mentioned, from Rives ,
outh and southeast by the G. w. Sto- r
all place to the said Kenton and Union =
lily road; from Pleasant Valley church +
outh to intersect the road leading east +
rom Rives above mentioned, from Troy =
to the old Herring place h
the road from Samburg to n
Tnion City, from Rives west and north
the lake road at the Nor Il
an place; the road leading from the h
Ieakley County line on the eastern +,
de of the sixteenth civil district, west q
ard through Mcconnell, Harris Sta a
on, by Will Adams place and Union r,
ity, by the DIR. Park place, Judge 81
to Clayton; from Judge Cald- T.
ell's north through Crystal to the State o.
ne; from Union City north by the II
aylor place and via Mount Zion to the
ate Line road; from the Naylor place a
a Woodland Mills to the State line to m
e N, G. & st. L. r. R.; from Union CO
ity north by the w. M. Warterfeld in
ace to the old Clogs place; thence east re
it'll the old Hickman and Dresden road tr
I'd north by Herbert MAYORS to the c.
ate line at the old Chambers place; or
pm w. NJ. Warterfeld's eastward by
ixon Corum's to the w. G. Barham hr
ace; from Harris to South Fulton vi
ID the three main line roads running III