Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-05-30

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tresss county has the contract now lie
for grading and maeadamlzing the l!
miles from the Pickett county line t.
jamestown. From jamestown {,
Crossville, distance of Sc miles. tn,
grade IS completed and ears now make
the distance easily in two hours, it be
ing no uncommon thing for a car e
make two round trips IN day between
Crossville and .Jamestow1.
The road from Crossville to the Bled
soc county line will be built this sum
mer and the road is completed through
Bledsoe county to the Sequatchie coun
ty line. A considerable amount o1
work has been done IN SequatchIe
county so that by fall the line will be
open the entire distance from Albany,
KY, to Chattanooga by the shortest
possible way.
The route just described IS what Is
known as the Dixie Short Route and is
120 miles shorter from Louisville, KY,
to Chattanooga than by either the
NASHVILLE or the Knoxville route. It
is also fully that much shorter than the
proposed new route gong from Byrds-
town via Livingston, Algoot, Monter-
ey, Urossvllle, Herbert Domain, Pike
vile, Dayton to Chattanooga; nor is
that all.
DISADVANTAGES.
The difference IN distance by tie
Dixie Short Route and the proposed
new line is not, by any means, the
worst feature of the proposed new line.
When the road leaves Byrdstown going
to Livingston 1t begins to descend the
mountain and enter one of the toughest
foot hill sections in the state. Besides
Overton county has just voted down.
for the fourth time, bond issue for
roads. Hence no help need be expect
ed from Overton county to get the road
to Livingston. the county seat of
Overton. From Livingston the road
continues to descend tiarough rough
foothills to Algood, until it gets to the
foot of the Cumberland mountain
range From there to Monterey 1t IS
up the mountain practically all the
way. From Monterey to Crossvile
the country IS very similar to that built
through between CrossvllIe and James,
town.
1t Is the purpose of the Cumberland
county road commissioners to build to
the Blesdoe county line this summer,
and it is very probable that the road
will run tor several miles in the direc-
tion of Herbert DOMAIN, but as Her
bert Domain ls in Bledsoe county the
Cumberland county commissioners will
not build to the Domain. From the
Domain to Pikevllle there is country
that affords easy road building condl-
tlons until the top of the mountain IS
reached, where the difficulties of get
ting down the mountain are greater
than in Cumberland county at the
agreed point of junction with the Bled-
soc county road as now built. From
PlkevIlle to Day ton 1t Will be neces-
sary to go up and down Waldens Ridge, |
one of the highest parts OF the Cum
oerland Plateau range.
SEVERAL MOUNTAINS.
10 follow the proposed new route |
would be to build through several miles
If the toughest foothills of the Cum
oerland Plateau range, 60 down and up
he mountain instead of staying on the !
while there and, also, to go
ap and down the mountain a second
line, more than is necessary. In other
words instead Of staying on the noun
ain, making the distance one.th,rd
horter and going down the mountain
tut once, the proposed new route
would go down the mountain three
lines and up it twice. Such thing
s manitestly ridiculous.
1T WILL NOT DOWN.
The fact remains that the Dixie
'hort Route will not down. When the
inc is completei, which will be the
ase by fall, tourists will soon learn OF
he advantages of this route and will
ravel it regardless of any efforts that
nay be put forth to divert them to a
1ore clrcuitous and rougher way.
However, that does not take away
he fact that some ..designing persons
re evidently attempting to discredit !
he Dixie Short Route and divert travel