The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-01-05
Good Roads
Meeting
To Be Held at St. Paul Jan.
uary 9TH.

The following circular letter
hos been sent to n large number
of citizens Of this section by
Hon. John w Chaikley, of this
place, which viii be of interest
to u large number of our read
eTs:
My dear Sir:
As you very we'll know in
each community there are few
citizens who are Invariably
called upon TO promote and for
ward nearly every movement
designed for the general adj
vancement and well being of
such community regardless OF
personal sacrifice. There are
often others who from spirit
of selfishness or other cause
stand aside to criticise or actual
ly hold back such movements,
but avail themselves of the ben
Gifts thereof. Neighboring
groups Of communities have
similar problems and tho addi-
tionai problem, among others.
OF securing good roads between
and through each community
80 as to permit quick and free
intermingling of the people of
the several communities in their
social and business relation
ships, and incidentally to find
good road leading to the outside
world which they may on occa-
sion want to travel. person
ally know, or have been reliab.
ly informed that you are one OF
those citizens who do things
and, therefore, submit the fol-
lowing for your earnest cousid
GRAFTON.
II is, OF course, known 60 ev
cry one that the Commonwealth
of Virginia has by legislative
enactment adopted system of
primary and secondary high
ways nearly four thousand
miles in length that will cost
between $50, 100000 and 800,
600, 900 or more; that nearly ali
state and federal road appro
priations are spent thereon;
that the General Assembly now
has authority To vote state
bonds for the building thereof;
and that at best the system can
not be completed in less than
six or eight years. OF these
highways 7 lead into Mary land,
into West Virginia, Z into
North Carolina, . into Tennes
see, into Tennessee at the ex
tremo Southeastern corner OF
Kentucky, and | only, n defer
red secondary highway, direct
ly into Kentucky. AT every
public meeting of the State
Highway Commission, which
allots funds for building state
roads, delegations are present
from nearly every one of the
one hundred counties in The
state urging and demanding the
allotment of money for their
particular needs.
AT n meeting of Il consider
able number of gentlemen here
from different towns on anoth-
or matter recently the idea
was expressed and generally
concurred i'll that there is IA
strong demand that the several
counties OF Tazewell Buchanan,
Dickinson. Russell, Wise, Lee
and Scott should be united in
an active, vigorous highway as
sociation so that the similar
and mutual road demands and
needs Of those counties can be
more strongly presented and
more unitedly fought for and so
that these counties eau be more
closely tied together by the
early completion of connecting
roads. Through these counties
the etate highway from Ora
ham to Cumberland Gap is the
main connecting artery, and
we are entitled to have it made
into a GOOD ROAD now. The
Lee highway in tho valley to
the East of US will be converted
into u first class through road
We are all glad of it, and want
to get out to it. The people of
Virginia, generally, however,
always fail TO grasp the wide
area, the wonderful resources
and activities and the large
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