Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30

DIXIE SHORT ROUTE
This Writer Thinks It Should Go via Big
lick and Tell Why

Some reasons why the Dixie Short
Route should go via Biglick down
Browns Gap to the Bledsoe county line.
1st. Because it Is the most direct
route from Crossville to the BIedsoe
county line. In fact it is almost di-
rect north and south line.
End. 1t Is much better grade than
can be had by going via Linaria down
Devil Step Hollow.
3ra. According to the act, if the
Dixie Short Route does not go via Big
lick there is So, 900 to be put on this
road, which would make two roads run
ming south almost parallel through over
one-half of the county. These roads
woulo not be over five or six miles
apart at the farthest point and in some
places would be less than one mile. If
the Dixie Short Route should go via
Biglick the $4,000 could be put on other
roads and would benefit the greatest
number of tax payers.
4th. Most important Of all is the
limestone on Browns Gap being so near
the top of the mountain. There is
enough limestone within 1000 feet OF
the top of the mountain to gravel all
the roads the Icounty can ever build.
BY going via Linaria down Devil Step
the lime is not reached until we'll down
the mountain.
5th. fthe road goes down through
the head OF the valley there will have
to be rights of way bought tnat will
greatly increase the cost of the road.
| think If the Highway Commission
will 60 over each route they will de-
eide in favor of the Browns Gap route.
A Reader OF the Chronicle.
(Mhile it il not the purpose Of the
Chronicle to take sides in an endeavOr
to exert influence either tor or against
any special route tor the Dixie Short
Route highway, we do feel that when
the favorable features are presented
the unfavorabIe ones should be pre-
sented at the same tlme.
"A Reader of the Chronicle" has
presented some of the favorable tea
lures of the Blglick route and we will
now present a few OF the unfavorable
He did not mention the fact that it
would cost several thousand dollars to
build the necessary bridges via the
Biglick route and that the bridges are
already built via the Linaria or Devil
Step hollow route.
The country is more rugged via Big
lick than the other way. For that rea-
son the road would be longer. Via
Biglick would cause the road to reach
the Valley at least two miles below the
head and that would mean that some
people would be forced to go two miles
or more In the opposite direction to
which they wish to go to reach the
Dixie Highway. There are fewer peo-
pie living on the Biglick route than are
living on the other route.
OHG VI Lue WOISt Lnat
would have to be faced in building via
the Devil Step hollow or LinarIa route
would be the difficulty of getting down
the valley without either crossing the
Sequatchee river several times or the
expense of turning the stream out of
the way of the road.
The fact remains, however tnat, both
routes have some serious obstacles and
some favorable features and the only
way to arrive at clear understanding
of which is the better will be by max
ing survey.
Many people think the cheapest and
best road can be built by gong via the
Hales Chapel nelghborhood for by that
means no bridges will be required for
all streams will be headed. The in
creased distance is slight and the ease
with which the road could be built IS
far ahead OF either of the other routes.
Ed (,hronIcIp