The Hattiesburg news., 1915-09-27
Z. L. Robins Back From Nash.
vile, Says Question Is Up to
Various Boards
PA1AFINDERS WILL Be
THROUGH HERE NEXT MONTH
w''l Make Detailed Report On Both
Routes, And If Mississippi Gets the
Z Road, Supervisors at October Meet
\ ng Will Have to Pledge Counties
Ito Build it.

The question of whether or not the
Mississippi-Meridian- -Hattiesburg route
VIII be finally selected for the Jackson
Military Highway now rests largely in
the hands of the Boards of Supervis-
ors of the various counties, according
to E. l.. Robins, one of the Hatties-
burg delegates to the Nashville con-
tiOn.
The pathfinders named by the con-
vention, who will be accompanied by
a Government engineer, will start this
way on October 2O,' said Mr.. Robins
today. "They will be escorted through
each county by a delegation of good
roads men of that county and will
note carefully the character of land,
the feasibility of maintaining a good
road, the number of people who are
to be served by it, hotel facilities and
all other details that ought to be
thought of in establishing the route.
"Of course, the present condition of
the road will not be counted very
heavily. No county can be expected
Id build the road between now and the
tAhe the pathfnders come through.
Bht what is expected is resolution
passed by the board of supervisors,
promising that the county will build
the road within a specified length OF
time.
81 suppose that Mr.. McBeath, at
Meridian, or some other Mississippi
official, will provide the supervisors
of each county with minimum speciti
cations as to the character of the road
wanted and it is planned to make the
road of as nearly the same character
as possible all through the state"
The findings of the pathfinders will
not of course, be final, Mr.. ROBINS
explained. The committee will make
a detailed report to the board Of dl
rectors who will meet on November
IN to receive the report, and the ACTOR
of this meeting will be final, so fal
ds the Nashville convention is con
rned.
There can be no doubt that the com
mitiee will find that the Meridian-Ha'
tiesburg route is the shortest and ;n'
easiest to maintain, All that remains
II saems for this route to be definltel'
chosen. is action by the Boards o
Supervisors guaranteeing that the roa
will he built Immediately. If all tn
boards of supervisors in all the cour
ties act promptly on this matter d
their october meeting, the chance
are that the Meridian-Hattiesour
,o,to will be selected by the poar
when it meets on November TO-
7, is expected the matter will b
laid before the Forrest County Boar
Of their october meeting. 9y 'n'
time information as to the charac'e
of the road that is expected doup'les
w,,l be available and there seems !
be little doubt that Forrest c0uh'
LII do its part ,o ,do
Robins said today that the iue
I, 4 loop will hardly be adopted
Ex-senator Underwood's proposal Il
b,dlding both roads" said Mr. RoOl,i Il
really amounted to a proposal !
mississippi to favor building the ga. a.,
aa u,ghw through Alabama ai''
,rbich Alabama would assist Missi
,,nn, in building another road IN !
,ay or course the Mississippi aei
g.,as did not agree to that rhe
,nsr he two roads built but ohiy u
!, them will be the Jackson Mi'''a
Highway" ,.,,r, :,
Nr. Robins said that al'nousn 49,, !,
convention took no yo'epn 'ne 49,
,oute, there we4 votes -
,other potions vii " a.,
M ,s..s.ion in the u, an"