Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-05-05
WILL SURELY PUSH ROAD TO
FINAL COMPLETION.
Delegates Here From All Counties of
the Short Route and Every Thing
In Excellent Shape for Final
Landing Of Highway.

Inc DlXle highway meeting helC
here Saturday was called to order b,
Chairman Judge Ward K. Case OH the
stroke Of ten o'clock and it was tounc
that all the counties on the Short Route
were represented by one or more dele.
gates, the largest delegation being
fro Fentresss county, which num ber-
ed about dozen.
A very broad and comprehensive dis
/ cussion of the situation as whole was
indulged in and written reports were
presented to the convention by dele
gates from the respective counties.
SEQUA TCHIE COUNTY.
In Sequatchie county 1t was found
that conside.. BILE portion of the road
is completed alI the money is in sight
for the remainaer of the work So Sc
cure is the situation in Sequatchie
county that ne the slightest doubt re
mains that the road will be rapidly
pushed to completion.
BLEDSOE COUNTY.
The report showed that in Bledsoe
county the funds are on hand for COM
pleting the road through that county
and that the road is practically COM
pleted, except about ten miles. The
Bledsoe county delegation assured the
convention that there is not the slight
est doubt that the work will be sned
to completion as rapidly as possible and
that they intend to build through the
county regardless of any action the
Dixie highway commission may take.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
In Cumberland county more remains
to be done than IN any county on the
Short Route, with the possible excep-
tion of Fentress county.
The committee appointed by the
court has agreed on meeting point
with Bledsoe county at the county line.
The committee has also met with the
Fentress county people and the point
of connection has been located in a
general way. The committee in this
county has yet to make further horse
back surveys of several routes both
north and south of Crossvlle to deter
mine the cheapest, shortest and most
feasible route. These routes will be
gone over at some time before the sur
vey commeces with the idea of giving
the engineers as much first hand nfor-
nation as possible before the actual
location work Is commenced. The en-
tire distance to be built through this
county IS about SO miles.
WILSON is FAVORABLE.
The question of the enabling act has
been discussed with Senator L. e. Will
son by some of his closest and most
intimate friends and the Chronicle is
assured that the situation IS every way
favorable and that Senator Wilson Will
take up the passage of the bill and
press it to it's final issue as rapidly as
possible after he becomes fully satls-
lied as to certain detail conditions
which he has been discussing with
friends. He most heartily favors the
building of the road and is favorable
TO bond ISSUE However, he has been
pondering the matter very seriously
and so far as known had not fully de-
the amount that should be in
serted in the act.
While he is acting with great caution,
with the view to safeguarding the tax
payers all possible, he realizes that
failure to have enough funds available
% complete the work to the best ad-
is just as fatal to the best in
.erests sought as to use, wastetully the
funds provided. While it is not known