Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-04-15
HIGHWAY MEETING
AT PELHAM

Pelham. Teun., April t4.-At .
good roads meeting of the citizens OF
Pelham Valley in Grundy County
Tennessee, held in Pelham on the lOtn
day of April, 1915, the following 70
solutions were adopted:
Resolved, That we hereby enter
most emphatic and earnest protest
against the unwarranted and arbitrary
methods recently pursued by Z. =
James and associates of Chattanooga
wherein they attempt to usurp tue
authority conferred upon commis-
SIGN of fourteen, appointed by the
Governors Of the seven states, TO desig-
nate the route of the Dixie Highway
the said James and associates attemp-
ting to tbwart the purpose for which
this commission was appointed.
Resolved. That we, the subscriber
TO a fund to be used in building hrst
class macadamized road from the
Coffee County line to Wonder Cave
near Mopteagle. deem it best to en-
trust the expenditure of this subscrIp-
tiou fund TO a board Of Directors con-
sisting of FIVE persons. This board OF
directors will take entire charge OF
the proposed work, and unoertake
sucb al will be necessary for the build
| ing of first class 't2-months.in-th
year" road, and undertake said WORK
along lines to conform to present. con.
ditions, and to conditions tnat may
arise as the work progresses. -,
The said Board OF Directors VIII
elect its own officers and have entire
charge of the work, make ali colIect.
ions and disbursements and keep 60,
of books setting forth in detail al
transactions coming under tneir
charge.
Signed,
A. j. Rollins, Secretary.
of the Good Roads Meeting.
| Salutation:
Whereas, we, the citizens of Pelham
Valley in Grundy county, have under
taken to build first class macadized
road from tie Coffee County line 60
Wonder Cave, and ~.
Whereas, we are advised that the
| citizens Of Manchester and Gomez
County are now taking active steps 70
build such road from Beech Grove
through Manchester and Hillsboro to
the line of Grundy County, and
Whereas, the people of Tracy City
and Monteagle, in Grundy county, are
likewise Undertaking to build such
road from Monteagie through Tracy
City to the Marion line, and
Whereas, we are advised that Ma.
| rion county has guaranteed to build
such road from the Grundy county
/ line near Tracy City, to the Sherman
road near Sequachee,
Therefore we the citizens OF Pei
ham Valley, at mass meeting held
at Pelham, this the 10th day of April.
1916, resolve that we will give hearty
support and our most liberal financial
| aid in the construction of said road,
and that we will cooperate with the
other sections along the route herein
outlined, in building road that will
accommodate travel fol 70 months IN
the year
Be It further resolved that the secre-
tary of this meeting furnish copy OF
these resolutions to the Coffee County,
the Grundy County, and the Marion
County papers, as we'll as to the Chat
tanooga Times and the Nashville Ten
nessean for publication.
Signed,
JOHN BRASHEAR, Chairman,
A. ). ROLLINS. Secretary.
The committee appointed on resolu-
tions were as follows: DR.. l.. A.
Garden, Pelham; Hon R. M. Payne.
Wonder Cave, John Gallagher. P. 7
| Gillian, Pelham.
The executive committee appointed
was as follows: P. T. Gillian, Pei
ham; Hon. r. M. Payne, Wonder
Cave; Esq. John Gallagher, Pelham ;
A. NJ. Blair. Pelham; 3. F. Wilson,
Pelham.
The meeting went on record as APP
proving the selection as made by Gov.
| Rye, for the appointment of Judge
M. NJ Allison and Col. A. M Shook,
as Comm issioners for the routing Of
the Dixie Highway in Tennessee.