Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-06-24
HISTORY OF HIGHWAY MOVE
MENT.

When the attempt was made to gel
the great Dixie Highway routed thru
this county. it was thought and be-
lieved that the people would agree or
a certain route in time for the direct
ors to survey the highway through oul
county The aim Of every man should
have been to secure the route, and II
the one chosen was not to your liking,
fall in and be satisfied and lend help
ing hand to the parties who won out.
South Pittsburg Hustler.
Don't cuss the people for all the
trouble. The Dixie Highway man
agement have gone on to breakers
themselves in the matter. IL we
bonded ourselves for hundreds of mil
lions instead of hundreds Of thousands
we could get even then only one-third
Of the Dixie Highway, for there are
three routes now and another one COM
ing. Now let us give little history.
In the first place. the "original"
route thru this county, as opposed to
the James route up Walden's Ridge,
which now is abandoned, was via
Ieduhlu SON0 uuu buO A1Ouhu0Ah AouA
here. Mr.. James got ambitious and
sent emissaries to arouse the Whitwell
people for route thru their town.
They told us in this very Office that
they wanted to go via Signal noun
tain across to Whitwell, and then
down the valley and via the noun
tain road here to Tracy City. They
did not speak the truth in this matter,
for instead of that they went on to
Dunlap and Pikeville, looking for an
up-valIey route. No mention had
bsen made up till then of the Battle
Greek route. There had been no ques-
tion of the "original route" and the
route via Whit%ell and Signal noun
tain being the two routes to decide
between. On day before the first
meeting held in Marion county over
the Dixie Highway, the proposed
bonding of County for $500, 900 for
Battle Greek route was sprung on the
people, and at that meeting the peo-
pie, the hill billies, were in the mi
nority. Seventeen automobile loads of
people attended this meeting from this
county, and the most Of them being
for bonding the county Sat any price"
dominated it, and declared. for the is
suance of bonds and for the Battle
Creek-Signal Mountain route. Those
opposed, who were in the minority
kept their silence.
Since then two other meetings have
taken place. The second was turn
ing out of the "hill billies," contemp-
tuously characterized by member of
the court, as gathering up of every
thing in the county. The third meet
ing was a special session of county
court at cost Of nearly 800, to salts
fly these promoters and "settle the
bond question But they did not set
tie it, but by "delicate maneuvering"
postponed it till next regular session
of county court, July s, because the
people. the tax payers, the hillbil-
lies, were there in force and did not
want any bonds.
Still they are not satisfied and while
they authorize the South ..Pittsburg
Hustler to say that the "Dixie High
way is as dead as mackerel as far as
this county is concerned" they will
keep on pushing and striving to press
this bond bill onto the citizens Of Ma
rion county, a bond bill which il ev-
cry cent of it was expended on the |
-ooda ,,ooo&:ooa5 NTH colo r;as and of
fficial expenses cut ont, would not do |
the work proposed in the |
manner proposed.
Therefore, seeing this history in the
past, it behooves every citizen of this /
county to be at Jasper Monday, July
5th, and protest against this matter.
II you don't you will be 'goner'' as
far as taxes are concerned, and You
had better move out, selling your
at sacrifice to do 90. Why.
John T. Raulston said in the News,
last week, that this bill would per-
maps cost him 1900 extra taxes" He
Is satisfied to pay this, however. be-
cause he is specified as commission
Or, and perhaps may be an attorney,
and thus would have salary provided
FOR him with which to assist him to
pay these additional taxes. Mr.. Raul
ton not long ago. in letter TO the
South Pittsburg Hustler said that he
was not rich man. This places him
10 the plane Of hundreds Of other poor
men, but they would have no salary
as commissioner and expenses, and at
;orney revenue. to fall back on. They
would have to whack il ont for them
selves, or IL they failed in that by
i'll health or inability to
make their business warrant the in
reased expense, they would either
AVE to sell. or let the trustee sell
or them.
The history Of the matter Is one not
air TO the people. The Dixie High
way can go thru this county without