The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-10-27
Convention Met at
Gainesville Tuesday
Prominent Men OF Cobb
County Attend With
Commissioners

Inc COBB County commissioners
and some of Cobb's leading citizens
met With the commissioners of Bar
tow and Floyd counties at the
Barlow County court house in Car
tersville Wednesday and arranged
to make an earnest effort to secure
some of the Federal Good Road
fund for the Dixie Highway"
through these counties
The gentlemen who went from
Cobb county were Senator e. P.
Dobbs, Mr., j. B. Wing, of Roswell,
Mr.. w. j. Hea ldenk Austell, Mr.
j. j. Thomas, Marietta, Mr.. r. d.
Moon, Powder Springs, Mr.. w. D.
Billiard, Powder Springs, Mayor Jim
Brumby, Capt. Starr, and Mr.. James
H. Groves, of Marietta, Mr.. T. f.
Terry, Acworth, and Mr.. p. HI. Ran
dali, Supt. of Public Work for Cobb
County. The following gentlemen
were' present from Barlow: Messrs.
w. T. Burton, s. w. Bradford, N.
M. Adams, ]. G.. McTier and DR..
Thomas II. Baker. Those from
Floyd County were: Messrs. J.
Scott Davis, W. N. Horton, p. C.
Griffin, G. l.. Conn, M. B. Eubanks,
and Keifer Lindsey.
Mr.. w. T. Burtch who is chairman
Of the Barlow County commissions
ers, was elected chairman and Mr..
Oscar Peoples secretary when meet
ing was called to order. Mr.. NJ. L.
Johnson stated that Ihe first six
months money had been disposed of.
Mr.. j. Scott Davis explained the
data required by the prison COM
mission when counties made appli-
cation, stating that the allowance
could not exceed ten thousand dol
lars per mile, and that the first APP
plication was made on a given unit
then the state would send and en-
gineer to see if the given route is
feasible and If so recommend it to
the Secretary of Agriculture. The
Government will tnen send an en-
gineer to test out the road
The committee then gave Barlow
and Floyd counties twenty minutes
to agree on a route through their
counties. After the counties had
decided on a route the meeting ad-
Journed for dinner at the Park Ho-
tel as guests of Mr.. Peoples. At
ter dinner they returned to the
Court house and the following reso-
luton was unanimously adopted:
"BE IT RESOLVED by the COM
missioners of Roads and Revenue
OF Cobb, Barlow and Floyd counties
in Joint meeting assembled and held
at Gainesville, Ga. on this date
that we hereby select the following
roads to submit to the State High
way commission for the aid of said
commission in building towit: be-
ginning at Second Avenue, in Rome,
Floyd, County, thence along the
Chulio road to the Barlow county
line thence along the Euharlee road
10 Gainesville, thence along the
Dixie Highway to Marietta to Vim
ings underpass, thence to PAGES
Bridge over the Chattahoochee riv-
er. We pledge our several coun-
ties to comply with all the rules
and requirements of the State High
way commission as to furnishing
the counties proportion of the OK
pense of building said road and
agree to maintain the same as pro-
vided by the said Highway COM
mission.
RESOLVED, that committee of
nine members consisting of three
members from each of the three
counties be appointed to submit the
foregoing project to the State High
way commission at the earliest
practical time.
The following committee was
appointed Cobb County, w. j.
Headden, &c. p. Dobbs, and ]. B.
Wing. Barlow County: w. 7.
Burton, N. M. Adams and S. w.
Crawford. Floyd County: j S.
Davis, G. l.. Conn and P. G. Grit.
fin.
The meeting was very enthsias-
tic and it is certainly move In
the right direction. Let every
body pull for this movement.