Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-12-14
REVIEW OF ROAD
WORK in COUNTY
Engineer Martin Makes Report
Of What Has Been Done, and
What is in Prospect For the
Coming Year.

cerned the following summary OF TN
work done and work completed dur
ing the year 1917 by the road force
of Tazewell county, also work in
prospect for the winter as prelin
nary to the coming spring work, i!
respectfully submitted:
JeffersOnville District.
Burnt School to Benbow road il
Thompson Valley, grade complete ant
ready for macadam.
End of macadam scales west tC
Maiden Spring District line, grade
complete.
Grade on the road Pleasant Hill
church to O'Possum Hollow, complet-
ed.
Mountain Gate, near Mr.. Lynch's
to Poor Valley, about 4 1-2 miles in
length, grade so per cent complete,
to be finished in the Spring.
Maiden Spring District line East
up Poor Valley, completed.
Rhudy School House to Maiden
Spring district line. 20 per cent. COM
plete.
Maxwell to Pisgah to be completed
within thirty days.
North Tazewell to Burke's Garden
Siding, complete. This highly impor-
tant section eliminates three fords
on the road from Tazewell to Gra-
ham.
Streets, North Tazewell, complete.
Drytown to Five Oaks road, double
barreled undergrade culvert complet-
cd by the Norfolk and Western Rail
way Co., and approaches thereto to
be completed in 80 days.
This is Il highly important change
on the Tazewell to Graham road, elm
mating very dangerous crossing.
Road North Tazewell to j. Ed.
Peery's to be graded this winter.
End of macadam on Plum Greek
to fork of road near the scales in
Thompson Valley to be properly ditch
ed and shaped to receive macadam in
the Spring.
Other macadam roads in Thomp-
son Valley expected to follow the
completion of Plum Creek
Road Benbow to Brick House to be
graded in Spring. All other roads
under the bond issue of this district
with Il view to the utmost economy
in obstruction and great probability
of completion, have been held for the
convict road force to be located here
in the Spring or early summer.
From j. Fl. Peery's to top of Stony
Ridge has been greatly improved by
new location and regarding. Work is
proceeding from the West Virginia
line in Horsepen towards the Clear
Fork line, which is intended to CON
meet with the head of Abb's Valley,
Clear Fork District to continue the
grade with that in view,
Road Dicks Greek to Flora Mays,
80 per cent completed.
Maiden Spring District
In this district has been complet-
ed a macadam road 1-2 miles thru
the town of Cedar Bluff to Richlands
depot.
Grading from Richlands to Raven
So per cent completed; distance of
about three miles to be finished in
80 days.
Richlands up Big Creek, grade to
be worked during the winter, with
prospect of completing this exceed
ingly important road leading to the
Buchanan line and affording an out
let to number Of coal mines under
operation in that section.
The wok IN iths district has been
under the unusual conditions, highly
satisfactory.
Clear Fork District.
The Pocahontas to Tip Top mac
built into Abb's Valley from n point
at the end of old macadam out of
Pocahontas, connecting Big Vein,
Boissevaine and the valley, something
over four miles, also three miles
graded from Tip Top towards Abbs
Valley via Springs. Unusual labor
conditions have initiated against a
more rapid construction of this road
yet Notwithstanding, a very fair
showing has been made thereon.
The work to be done from Falls
Mills up Mud Fork and from Falls
Mills via Yards to the w. Va line
on the road to Pocahontas, was held
up on account of excessive bids. From
Grafton over the mountain to Burke's
Garden has been completed and much
work done on the Gose Mill and the
Spracher's and Central church tc
Spracher's roads in the Garden com.
bining considerable progress with {
highly satisfactory cost
The Crockett's to Wells on Blue
stone road will take about ten day!
to complete thus affordng a through
road to Graham and Bluefield.
With view to completing the
streets of Graham in the Spring, it il
expected to quarry stone in the vi
cinity of the town this winter, afte
an understanding with the City Coun
ell
Quarrying will continue during tn
winter for the roads in Burke's Gar
den, Post Office to Bob Moss and en-
Of macadam near Meek's south t
Medley Valley.
A large mileage of dirt roads un
der the road commissioners through
out the county has been worked, tn
expenditure for which coming unde
the supervision of the Road office flo
payment.
The bitches, and other necessar
care, with few exceptions, limited b
funds available on over one hundre
and twenty-five miles of macadal
roads, have been kept in very goo
condition.
About thirteen miles of bituminor
treatment in the three districts hay
been finished and for retreatment {
a part thereof, and further extel
sion equal in mileage to the san
rock will be gained and distribute
this winter for use in the Spring,
addition to Datchinp and continue,