Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-04-28

spoken for the Short Route. He sight
the tact that the great Lincoln High
way extending from New York to Sa
Francisco is only thirteen miles longe
than the shortest trans continents
telephone line and is pleading fo
shortening the distance all possible O
the Dixie Highway that is TO exten
from Chicago to Miami, Florida. MI
: Fisher is the originator of the idea o
both the Lincoln and Dixie highway
and his wishes will be sure to hav
great weight.
WHAT CHATTANOOGA WANTS.
Again the Chattanooga people d
not wish to see the road routed vi;
Nashville for that would mean tina
: tourists would stay all night in Nash
vile and take dinner in Chattanooga
and push on south to pass the night a
: some otner town. Chattanooga want
the tourists to stop all night in Chatta
nooga instead of stopping only for din
ner. That makes Chattanooga strong
for the Short Route via CrossvilDe
The same reasons that would prompt
Indiana and Illinois to favor the Short
Route would lead both Georgia anC
Florida to favor it. In view of these
conditions it is every way reasonable
to believe that ifsthe Short Route is
properly presented it will be favored,
which means the road will be routed
via Crossville.
Again, since the inc0rporat0rs of the
Dixie Highway Association have agreed
to turn over to the fourteen directors
thelr'charter 1t is not at all likely they
would do 80 without first having an un-
derstanding that Chattanooga IS to be
favored by having the Short Route
selected to the end that Chattanooga
may become night stopping place in
stead of lunching point.
RESOURC IN SIGHT.
The resources for building the Short
Route are ample for completing it. In
Seuuatchie County they have the road
almost completed. In Bledsoe county
they are now building and have the
road largely completed to within six
miles OF the Gu nberland county line.
The meeting point for BIedsoe and
Cumberland coCnlles was selected over
week ago by Judge G. P. Burnett
and A. j. Mcclure of this county and
representatives of Bledsoe county.
At It's last quarterly session the
an enabling act be drawn and presented
May 8, providing for the issue of $780,
900 in bonds for building the Dixie
Highway and completing the Memphis
to-Bristol to the White and Koane
county lines. 1t is not felt that the
full $500, 900 will be needed, but prepa-
ration is beng made tor such emerg-
encies as may arise.
In Fentress county they have already
had an act passed by the legislature
authorizing the county to issue $165, 900
in bonds for building the road through
that county. Pickett county hos ex-
pressed willingness to build the six
or eight miles necessary to carry the
road to the Kentucky line. From the
Kentucky line all IS easy sailing for
the counties are standing on tiptoe and
eager to do their part to carry the road
either to Louisville or Cincinnati.
Once the road reaches the Ohio river
all obstacles will fade away like snow
before summer sun.
EASILY KEEP 1T UP. !
Hence it is useless to claim we have ,
not the resources for building or main J
tanning the road. A very slight in
crease in our exceedingly low valua-
tions in this and Fentress counties will
provide ample means for keeping the :
road IN repair after being built.
The editor of the Chronicle wrote G.
+. James Monday of last week relative
to the road and received reply which
We here give:
LETTER FROM G. E. JAMES.
Chattanooga, Tenn, April 20, 1915. I
"Mr. S. e. Bishop, |
"Crossville, Tenn. Il
Dear Sir:-Your letter OF April
9th to hand. do not think the meet
ng in Louisville will do anything to
lffect the Crossville route. OF course,
hey have a right to talk about it.
The Crossvllle route is going to be
,uilt, as / believe all the counties along
he line will build It; in fact large
lumber of them are actually at work
N it now. 1t will take long time to
complete any road from Louisville
round by Springfield, Nashville and ,
II the different counties
N the short line will 60 to work, they F.
an get the road open in ninety days, ,
o it will be at least passabie. and they
an very nearly finish it by Fall. ,
Every truly yours,
&c. E. James,"
STRONG PRESENTATION.
The people of this county may rest I
ssured that when the delegates from \
he several counties in this state meet {
ere IN Crossville Saturday that moth q
ng will be left undone that will tend q
0 put our claims before the directors t
{ Chattanooga May 20 in the very [
possible light. Some person c
apable of presenting the Short Route .
l the most logical manner possible {
ill be selected and equipped with all 4
ecessary data to carry convication to Y
he minds of the fourteen directors c
nat the Short Route 10 the best and q
lost logical route that can possibly be