Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-05-04
TWO HIGHWAYS
Carroll County to Have Two
Federal ROadways

weeks issue Of the Paris Post-In-
telligencer will be OF interest to
many of our readers:
Spanning Henry county from d
point northeast of Cottage Grove
where the Mayfeld pikeruns out at
the county line, and extending on
through to Shiloh Park via Hunt
ingdon and Paris, connecting 40
and crossing the Memphis-to- Bris-
toll Highway at Huntingdon, the
proposed federal highway as laid
down on the map by the state
highway commission at meeting
in Nashville the first part of this
week, will be the first real evil
dence of permanent highway con.
struction in Henry county.
1t Is victory for Cbas. +. Will
liams, of Paris, aud who is state
highway commissioner for West
Tennessee. Mr.. Williams was in
Nashville several days this week
attending the meeting of the com
missioners, which meeting was
called for the purpose of laying
out plans and designating roads to
be constructed within the ensuing
three-year period with the S., 600,
600 federal aid and the states pros
rata under the one-miII tax levied
by the last legislature, to meet the
government appropriation. AS
sisting Mr.. Williams in the de-
tails of working out plan whereby
Henry county and Paris would
come in for its share of the pro-
posed permanent road construction,
Will Young, county road SUPER
visor, also spent some time this
week in Nashville.
The result was that although the
road in question had not been antic-
ipated by the state commission.
sufficient evidence was introduced
by Mr.. Williams to show clearly
to the commission that the road
through Henry county was relat-
lively one of the most important in
the state, and should be made a
factor road in the federal road con-
struction. The result was the lay
ing out of the road in the plans,
and there is practically no doubt
about the construction OF it, as It
has only now to be approved by
the government.
The proposed highway will be-
gin at the county line where the
Maytield pike runs out and will
come on through Paris, the final
destination of the road being Shi-
lob Park. 1t will route via Hunt
ingdon connecting up and crossing
the MemphiS-to- Bristol Highway,
which has also been designated .
federal road BY the state commits
sion and will receive a prorata Of
the So, 100000 appropriation.
The work should be started as
soon as the survey has been com
pleted and plans and specifications
published. The state commission
is already arranging to employ the
necessary engineering corps to sur
vey all the roads laid out at the
meeting in Nashville, and the gov
eminent will superviseall the work,
including the engineering. In
order, however, to obtain the S.
100000 allotted to Tennessee, the
state must make sn appropriation,
and this was taken care of by the
last legislature assessing a state
tax of one mill. There is a fur
obligation, and that is the work
must be laid out and commenced
within three years time, or the
governments appropriation is null
and void. However, there will
not be q chance for Tennessee to
let this 100000 slip out Of it's
fingers, and We may expect to see
the work on the road to Shiloh
Park started within two years
time at the furthest. The survey
should be started in the near
future.
The road will cost some $3.50, 900,
or $4,000 per mile, and the crown
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