Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1916-10-11
GOOD PROGRESS
ON ROAD WORK
Working on the Cove Mountain, East
End Of Memphis-to-Bristol High
way and Will Soon Start
Work on West End.

VUIk VII VcSt Iiiu
Work on building the proposed 200
miles of graded roads IN this county is
moving aloag in good shape and sew
eraI miles of good grade are already
completed and work is now in progress
at four points and will be started at
the fifth next week.
DIXIE SHORT ROUTE.
The Dixie Short Route north of Cross
Vile is rapidly nearing completion and
not over three weeks with a small
force of men is the time estimated to
complete the work. There is some
surafclng and three steel bridges to be
put IN. Most of the steel is here and
the remainder is on the road.
Commissioner e. 6. Black went to
Fentress county last week and he, with
the Fentress county commissioners,
let the contract for the steel bridge
over Clear creek at the county line for
81, 100. This does not include the
abutments and approaches, which will
not be quite so heavy on the Cumber-
land as on the Fentress side.
COVE MOUNTAIN
Work was commenced few weeks
ago on the road up the mountain from
Grassy Cove IN the direction OF Crab
Orchard. There was considerable
heavy rock work and progress has been
slow. Tho work has advanced so ter
now that the remainder of the work on
the mountain side will be done by hand
and the teams are grading on top the
mountain. The progress Will be much
more rapid from now on.
EAST END OF M -TO-B. HIGHWAY
The road is completed n the east
end of the Memphis Bristol High
way through Renfro Hollow and to
point beyond Ozone. An excellent
road has been made through Rentro
Hollow and the work is moving along
at good rate beyond Ozone. 1t is
now no difficult task>to go from Cross
vile to lockwood by car.
WEST END OF M. ,TO-B.
Plans are beng arranged to start
work on the west end OF the Memphis
to- Bristol Highway Monday. beginn-
ing nine miles west of town where the
work stopped few years ago when the
/ county spent $40,O on the road.
From there to Pleasant Hill it is four
miles and most of the way the road is
very rough. Just how difficult 1T will
be to build it is not known but part
cf it at least is expected to be rather
slow work. From Pleasant Hill to the
county line is about three miles. 1t
is through a practically level country
and can be built rapidly.
The White c1unty people have been
dong considerable work on the noun
tam section and have done some grad
ing on top of the mountain. Under
| normal conditions the time should be
short when autos can go from Cross
vile to Sparta with ease.
TO CLIFTY.
DR.. W. 3. Young was recently in
consultation with the commissioners
relative to construction of that section
from the Washburn farm on the M. to-
B. highway to Clifty, distance Of
about seven miles. The Commission
ers nave been informed that Clifty
people and others in that section of the
county stand ready to give 200 days
work tree on that sectien of road when
work is started. On that account and
the further fact that there ls much
travel from that section. the commits
sioners hope to arrange to begin work
at no distant date.
As the)work proceeds the estimate
of an average cost of $1,000 mile
seems to be rather more than is likely
to be required. In the event that
should prove true we are likely to get
more than 200 miles of good graded