Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-04-21
SURE To GET THE
GREAT HIGHWAY
Possibly It May not Be Officially Called
"Dixie Highway" But Will Be the
Short Route Dixie Highway
and Will Sure Be Built

II any person thinks the great north
and south automobile highway from
Chicago to Miami. Florida, is not going
to pass through CrossvilIe, they better
put on their thinking cap and prepare
to think again.
The Chronicle is in possession of
some information OF reliable char
acter, that we are not at liberty to give
to the public backed by the name of
the author of those facts, which as
sures US the road.
A meeting of the fourteen men ap-
pointed by the seven governors, for the
purpose of officially locating the Dixie
Highway, has been called to meet in
Louisville, KY, FRIDAY.
Since politics has gained such COM
plete sway over reason, justice ana
common sense. it is within the posi-
bilities that the official route may bO
declared via Nashville. In that event
they will have no charter for their road
and cannot name it "Dixie Highway"
through this state for the Dixie High
way Association, of Chattanooga, holds
the only charter for that name that
can be held in this state.
&. E. James, as president of the
Dixie Highway Association, has da-
chned to meet in Louisville Friday and
has declared thar the line is located in
Tennessee. Ii tbat means anything it
means that the nat n who took out the
charter for the Dixie Highway aiB~ end
to hold on to i. and build the Short
Route via CrcssFille and eaetern Ken
sssfs siisi 4
over 100 miles tut .6f asdirect line and Z
take it via Nashville have threatened
to take out charters IN both KENTUCKY
and Indiana and thus defeat the at
tempt of c. 4. james and his assOci-
ates in trying to carry the road over
the direct route via Crossville. Let
them do that and see what they will
have. There will be Just as bad link
broken from their chain as in the case
OF Mr.. James.
On the other hand the James people
with the counties of Sequatchie, Bled-
soc, Cumberland and F'entress thor
oughly organized, with more than half
the distance from Chattanooga to the
Kentucky line now practically COM
pleted and nearly $400, 600 in sight to
complete the remainder, if needed, iI
Is folly to assume that 1T will not be
built to the Kentucky line.
From Kentucky north to Cincinnati
here are now thirteen counties thor
,ughly organized to carry the road
Though Lexington, Danville and other
points to Cincinnati. One speaker at
he Chattanooga convention April 8,
made this bold declaration: "We built
The Queen and Crescent railroad and
We can build this, if necessary" Cln-
.innati is squarely in line with the
thirteen counties of eastern Kentucky
md will be sure 70 see that the road
'eaches the Crescent city. From GIN
.innati on to Chicago via indianapolis
here are a dozen good routes over
'oads that are completed or almost so.
N the face of such conditions it is
childish to think this great Short Route
Dixie Highway will not be built. The
'oute via Nashville Will very likely
,e built also, but that will not in the
east interfere with the route via
Jrossville.
Judge G. 2. Burnett and A. j. Nc
1uire went to Bledsoe county Satur-
lay and met the Bledsoe county people
It the county line near the old Tollett
MIL and they decided where the Bled-
oe people were to touch the Cumber-
and county line. The connection will
e made near the I'ollett mill, which
vii make it easy to either climb the
at Brown Gap or follow on
p the valley and come out via the
)evIlstep Hollow and into CrossviIle
ia Linaria. The most direct and least
expensive route Will naturally be
hosen. Just where that line will run
an only be determined by survey.