The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1915-06-16
A GREAT ROAD
Meeting.
Columbia Was Alive Last
Friday With Dixie
Short Route
Enthusiasts
COUNTIES ALONG LINE REPRESENTED.

One of the most enthusiastic road
meetings ever held in Adair county
was the gathering of the people at the
court house, in Columbia, last Friday
afternoon. The purpose of the meet
ing was to effect permanent organ
ization, looking to the building Of
the Dixie Short Route from Chatta-
nooga Tenn, to Louisville, KY. All
the counties along the line were rep
resented by business and professional
men.
Judge II. G. Baker, of Columbia, in
a we'll worded speech, stated the OBJ
ject of the meeting and at the close of
his remarks Mr.. Henry S. McElroy, of
Lebanon, was elected Chairman, and
Mr.. ]. R. Thomas, of the Lebanon
Falcon, and J. E Murrell were chosen
secretaries.
In taking the chair Mr.. McElroy
made strong speech, favoring the
short route. telling the people of the
great benefits to be derived by them
when.the road is located and COM
pleted. The speaker was enthusiastic
and when he closed the following gen.
tlemen were appointed a committee
to draft resolutions:
III. G. Baker, Adair county.
Rev. A. NJ. Zoeller, Marion county.
II. D. Filter, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Wallace Brown, Nelson county.
81. II. Cooke, Jefferson county.
T. G. Dillon, Clinton county.
]. E. Gowdy, Taylor county.
Joseph Polin, Washington GouaHy-
While the committee was out Ed.
W. K. AzbiIl, of Cleveland, Ohio, ad-
dressed the meeting, stating that he
had come from his home in Ohio for
no other purpose but to raise his
voice in favor of the great enterprise.
Mr.. Azbill was followed by number
of other gentlemen from the various
counties along the line, and also by
Prof. III. D. Filter, of Chattanooga, a
personal friend of Mr.. G. E. James,
the prime mover of the project, who
declared that he knew that Mr..
James heart was in the work and that
the Short Route would be built.
Capt. E. M. Shelley and Mr.. w. A.
Garrett, of jamestown, Tenn, spoke
for their end of the route. Both gen.
tlemen stated that the counties in
Tennessee through which this road
would pass, had voted bonds and that
their people were alive to the prop
osition.
Mr.. S. L. Jarvis spoke for, Clinton
county, KY, saying that his people
would vote to bond the county, and
the day for the voting had been
named
Mr.. Charles c. Wheeler and Mr.. J..
R. Gains spoke for Jefferson county,
and Judge Wallace Brown represented
Nelson county. Other short talks
were made, all the speakers favoring
the Dixie Short Route via Columbia
to Louisville, taking in Taylor, Mari
on. Washington, Nelson and Bullitt
counties.
At this juncture the committee on
resolutions entered the court room
and reported the following:
Resolved, That we heartily favor
the construction of the short route
highway from Louisville to Chatta'
, nooga through the counties Of Jeffer'
SON, Bullitt, Spencer, Nelson, Wash
ington, Marion, Taylor, Adair, Russell
and Clinton to connect with the Ten.
~nessee road on the same line and that
it be named the Dixie Central High
way Short Route.
Resolved, That said road shall be
located as follows: Beginning al
Louisville, thence along the old State
pike to .Bardstown, known as the
Bardstown road via Mt. Washington
to Bardstown-thence by the State
pike to Springfield, thence by the
pike via Lebanon, Campbsllsville tx
Columbia, thence through the coun
ties of Adair, Russell and Clinton a!
shall be agreed upon by them and tn,
association known as the Dixie Short
Route, at somefuture meeting. o'lV