The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-07-22

MORE TROUBLE IS BEING BREWEl
OVER THE high POINT HIGHWAY.
Delegation of rs Appeared in Greens
boro Saturday Before Chairman
Boren. to Ask That Program o
Road Building Be Chaneed-Man!
Differences Loom Up as Shoals.
Following a meeting of member.
of the High Point Manufacturers
Club Friday night. which was at
tended by a delegation of Thomas
vile business and professional men
to discuss with the people of the
Furniture City the all importan,
question of roads, a delegation OF
some IS High Point men went to
Greensboro Saturday to ask Chair
man w. C. Boren. of the board of
county commissioners. to make Ger
tain changes in the road building
program of this year. Instead Of
having the sum of $40, 900 expend-
ed on two miles of highway in one
direction, the delegation was desir.
Gus of having this amount divided
to cover approximately four miles.
two miles in the direction of Arch
dale and about one and seven
eighths miles from High Point to
the Davidson county line. Mr.. b.
rem would take no official action on
the matter, although he expressed
the personal opinion that such
course should not ne taken.
At the meeting held at the Manu-
facturers' Club Friday night, there
was present a large delegation from
Townsville. urging that High Point
through the county commissioners
secure the construction of the l 7-8
miles of road between this city AID
the Davidson line They pledged Da
wilson to build the road from the
line to Thomasville, and in addition
to put the stretch of road through
Davidson county from here to Win.
ston-Salem in good condition. They
argued that Thomasville and High
Point had always stood together on
all matters, and that they now want
ed to get in Gle 8 r communication,
business, socially and otherwise by
means of an improved highway.
The Townsville speakers includ-
ed business men, professional men,
city officials and others, and to a
man they begged for the privilege
of. as it was later expressed, "'bene-
fitting" High Point.
After the visitors presented their
case. the High Point men had their
inning, and they expressed the friend
ly feeling existing between this city
and Thomasville. declaring that it
would give them a pleasure to meet
their Davidson county friends in this
matter of good road building. There
were a number of talks made, and
there was a feeling of harmony and
brotherly love manifested that was
unusual
1t was suggested that the commits
sioners be asked to split the $4,000
they had promised for High Point
road, first build the Townsville
link, then apply the remainder to
the ArchdaIe road. 1t was agreed
that High Point needs both of these
roads. and it was believed that with
the base of both roads already laid,
SIS 900 a mile would give them a
top surface which would make high
ways equal to any in the county.
The point was then raised that the
commissioners had already contract
ed with Mr.. Lassiter, of Oxford, t.
build six miles of concrete road in
the county, four leading out of the
city of Greensboro and two in High
Point: that the contractor was ex-
pected here next week to begin
work on the two miles selected by
High Point. and that under the
terms of the contract the people of
this community could not divide the
fund, but would have to have it ap:
piled to a two-miIe stretch.
This was poser to the meeting,
and it was finally decided to send q
delegation to:.Greensboro Saturday
to confer with Chairman Boren for
the purpose of seeing if the commits
sioners would divide this road ap-
preparation and spe nd part of it on
the brownsville road and part on the
Archdale. In case MIR. Boren refuses
to grant the request, another meet
ing of the members of the Manu-.