Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-02-17
CROSSVILLE ON ROUTE.
Dixie Highway Now Seems Sure of
Reaching This County and Pass
ing Through County
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For quite while there has been tall
of what is known as the Dixie High
way, which is intended to connect Chi
cago and Atlanta with good automo
bile road. The plan is to build it on 6
concrete foundation thereby making
of it one of the best roads in the United
States and of SO permanent a character
that it will be just as easy to motor
between Chicago and Atlanta in mid
winter as in midsummer and much
more pleasant.
Several meetings have been held in
Chattanooga at which {. Z. James, one
of the wealthy men of CHATTANOOGA.
has been a speaker aad prime mover IN
the proposed highway. At one meet
ing he proposed to pay the cost of the
survey Of the road from Chattanooga
| to Crossvllle in person provided the
road be built so as to reach his hotel
on Waldens Ridge, few miles from
Chattanooga. Mr.. James has built a
splendid road up the mountain from
Chattanooga to his hotel property and
is working to make of his Waldens
Ridge hotel and land connected there
with permanent summer resort.
SURE TO REACH CROSSVILLE.
At a meeting of the Chattanooga
automobile club Friday night Mr..
James made the statement that the
road would be built via CrossvilA re-
gardless of what direction it might
take from there on. Nashville Iarties
are trying hard to influence thto road
via Manchester and on to Nasnvic ic, and
from there to Louisville, KY, as one
of the objective points on the proposed
line. Louisville people are working to
have the line come via Crossvllle as
the more direct and shorter route, and
road much more pleasant to travel in
the heated part of the summer. 1t
would pass tor nearly rs miles through
this plateau country, nearly 1000 feet
above sea level and one of the most
picturesque and salubrious sections of
country in the eastern part of the
United States.
In addition to stating positively that |
the Dixie highway would pass through |
Crossvl lie, Mr.. James stated that re-
port would be read at the next meeting
Of the club showing what progress had
been made with the survey between
Crossvllle and Chattanooga. There
Was much enthusiasm over the road
among the club members and the one
,eature that seemed to be stressed
most was that of permanancy, which
means that nothing less than road
With concrete folndation would meet
he views of the club membership in
Chattanooga as we'll as those interested
n the movement II Louisville. Nash
lille and Chicago.
There will be meeting of governors :
f several of the southern states held 6
n Chattanooga April 8. This meeting
'as called by the governor OF Illinois 2
nd has as one of lis prime objects the a
uildng of an automobile road between G
hlcago and Atlanta. There will be a
umber of prominent speakers at the i
Ieetlng and plans are expected to be
at on foot that will rapidly crystalline Il
le efforts of those interested and start
instruction work at an early date.
The immense value of this road to
lis county can hardly be over-esti-
ated 1t is hoped that some of our
tizens will make 1t a point to vi. NJ
,attanooga when the governors are
ere and assure the Chattanooga peo-
e that the people of this section are
artily in sympathy with the idea and
III lend such aid as We are able.