Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1916-07-26
BUILDING COUNTY ROADS.
Work Being Pushed and Prospects good
for Many Miles Of Road.

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town to see what had been accomplish
ed and we were much gratified to see
the splendid progress that had been
made and to learn how cheaply good
roads are being built.
Jas. Smith commenced work four
weeks ago with small force of men
and teams, which force he has been in
creasing until he now has 80 men and
80 teams. In spite of the fact that the
excessive rain of the past four weeks
has prevented him from getting In
more than three or four days week,
he has nearly five miles of road far
more than half completed.
The work started near the residence
of Mr.. Smith and runs to the Greens
Ford steel bridge built by the county
few months ago, and is to be pushed
north to the Fentress county line pass
ing near or or. through Isoline.
Mr.. Smith followed the line as es-
tablished by the surveyor until he
reached the Greens Ford bridge at.
which point he found the survey was
so entirely wrong and run in such de-
vious and meandering way that he dis
carded it entirely. From there he did
the surveying by methods Of his own.
He now has over two miles of road
that is as straight as gun barrel,
with excellent graoes. The line run
by the surveyor was longer and not
nearly so good so far as grades go be-
sides it ran through farms IN such a
way as to present great difficulties in
securing right.of way.
No part OF the road stirely COM
pleted but IN some plaees is SO nearly
completed that few days work in
dressing up will make 1T an excellent
road. Mr.. Smith has had practical ex-
perience in road building and is getting
results tnat are very gratifying. He
feels confident that when completed
the road will cost less than 81 GOO
mile including cost of bridges.
This road is what is known as the
Dixie Snort Route and will pass
through the county from north to
south. F'entress county Is now work
ing on the road south from jamestown
to connect with US at Clear Creek,
where bridge will have to be built.
Under the act through which $780,
600 of road bonds was sold $l25, COO,
was designated to be used on the Dixie
Short Route. 1t now seems certain
that the grade will be completed for
the entire 80 miles for less than that
many thousand dollars. For while
the idea prevailed that the Dixie Short
Route ought to be macadamized with
limestone, but that idea has been dis
missed by many persons IN favor of the
dirt roads because of the limited traffic
that the roads Will be called upon to
bear. If an act should be gotten
through the legislature at Its next sit
ting permitting the Road Commission
to use the money that Will be left after
! the Dixie Short Route is graded for
building other graded loads over che
county, no one would be surprised tor
macadamizing roads in this county is
so expensive that the money Will bring
better results for the people as whole
If spent In building dirt graded roads.
The road as now being built passes
through the lands of Kent Jarvis, con-
sisting of 1,50O acres, nearly every acre
of which lays beautifully for farms.
1t is likely MIR. JARVIS, who lives in st.
LOUIS, will have the land plated for
farms and put it on the market. The
Everhard estate, MasslIon. Ohio, mas
done that with a large tract laying
near town and several farms have been
sold and are now being rapidly devel-
oped.
ON THE MEMPHIS .TO-BRlSIOL.
C. E. Bell is WORKING several men
and teams east of Grab Orchard, In
Renfro Hollow, on the eastern end of
the Memphis-to-Bristol Highway.
They have 80 changed the Renfro Creek
that the road follows the creek bed a
portion of the way and the creek will
only have to be crossed once instead of
three times as by the old road.
A wagon show came along last week,
showed at Crab Orchard and then DIS
banded and put their teams and men
to work on the highway. About four