Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07
APPALACHIAN GOOD ROADS;
VlRGlNlA'S PART OF THEM
Counties In the Southwest Iinvc IIeen
Pushing for Nctter Highways.
ltRlsinc Funds.

! Tho report submitted by Henry Rob.
erts, OF Bristol. chairman OF the com
mi'tcc on progress to the recent meet
ing OF the Appalachian Good Roads
Association in Bluehcld. deals with tn,
volume of road work undertaken I'm til,
southern Appalachian regions. and
shows that upwards OF SS.0uo,0O0 have
been voted FOR road bonds since the
former meeting OF the association. and
that several hundred miles OF improved
roads have been constructed.
In his report Chairman Roberts in
Guides summaries OF road work done In
Western North Carolina. East Tonnes
see, Eastern kentucky and Southwest
virginia. OF the good work in Virginia
he says:
CONSTRUCTION work has been going
forward in every county in Southwest
virginia with funds provided by previ-
Gus bond issues and State aid, and I'm
some instances by direct levies. Chris
tianshurg district in Montgomery Coun-
~ voted 100000 road bonds. out Of
which five and onc-half miles OF the
old rock road - Bristol WASHINGTON
iiGhway-will he rcSurfaced.
The zap in the Bristol Washington
Highway between Bristol and Abing-
don. northern route. Will be closed this
tail eNcent about one and onc-half
miles, which will be macadamzcd next
year.
"Smyth County has resurfaced sew
eral miles OF this highway. and will
complete the reSurracing OF the road
entirely through the county next year.
except some five miles next to the
Wythc line.
Russell County has graded the road
from Hansonvillc to Bolton, and the
section OF the Bristol Blucficld High
way from Hansonvillc to Cumbpw. and
now has Il force of convicts grading and
macao Ia MIXING the section next to the
Tazewell line, and will complete same
early next summer.
"Tazewell County has graded and
macadn mixed part of this highway
in that county, leaving only a short
section next to Russell to be macada-
mixed. same having been recently
graded.
The work of President James F.
Sutton and Eicc-President l.. D. Craw-
ford with some assistance OF the
chairman of this committee) in raising
funds and grading and draining the
Bristol-Coal Fields Highway across
Clinch Mountain is to be especially com
mcnded. This siX-mile section Of noun
tain road has been put in splendid con-
dition ut Il cost of over $4,000 OF which
nearly thrcc-fourths has been raised
by private subscription.
Russell County has macadar,izcd
.
seven miles, and completed the maca-
dam from Castlewood fifteen miles to
Tumbcz. President sutton expects to
raise funds this winter with which to
build a $1,000 bridge ut Mendoza and
grade and drain five and onc-half miles
to "A connection with the Bristol-Lex-
ington Highway by next fall. thus open
ing the Rristol-Coal Fields Highway
from Bristol to Dante.
The Bristol-LeXington Highway haa
been graded through Washington Coun.
~, and is now being macadamizcd
scott County has graded about twenty
five miles OF same. and has about fifteen
miles to provide for yet.
Under the leadership of r. c. Duff
and others, the old Boone trail across
Powell Mountain from Duffield to the
head of Wallens Creek. seven miles. is
being graded. with an expenditure of
more than $1,000, over half Of which
was raised by private subscription in
that section. This will open the Bristol
Lexington Highway entirely through
Lee County, some sixty miles, although
ten miles through White Shoals District
is rough. and they expect to vote bonds
this winter to improve same"