Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1921-10-28
WHERE TO BUILD THE HIGH.
WAY.

i!orSepen, va, oct. "a.
Editor G. V. News:
am surprised ut the contention
over the State Highway from Burke's
Garden Siding to North Tazewell.
am sure the Highway Commissioner
and his associates want to serve the
people to the best of their ability.
and if they can be induced to come
away from the Dismal Swamps, their
warm radiators and roads on paper
to the top Of the Big Stony Ridge,
and make some actual observations
of the hills and valleys, and good
roads in the great Pocahontas coal
field, all pointing toward North Taz.-
well. do not think they would hest
tate one moment on their decision,
from the fact that North Tazcwell is
the nearest point reached toward
Tazcwell court house from any point
u the coal field. Not only this fact.
but North Tazewell is the shipping
point for at least two thirds of Taze-
we'll county, and the gate way for
her people to market their products
IN the coal fields. West Virginia is
building State Highway from Wclcn
to connect with our Horsepen, Crock
etts Cove and Healing Springs road
- North Tazcwell, which will give
a .traiEht and easy route to every
coal mine in the field. And the West
Virginia road men are building on
route that aturc marked out for
a road, close by the old Indian trail,
along which the old chiefs did their
braves on a highway and n dry way,
where they could travel from the
south side of Virginia to the Ohio
river without getting their mocca-
sins wet
Why can't our Virginia road men
take lesson from the Indians, and
extend our road through Burke $
Garden by Sharon Springs in Bland
county and on to Wythcvillc? Make
Burke's Garden and Bear Town n ma
tlonal park. Tazcwell and Sharon
Springs, summer resorts? Tourists
passing through Burke's Garden
would be reminded of the Garden of
Eden except the good people of that
pace might not be able to tell the
names Of any of the animals except
"" Shorthorn and Hereford cattle.
All the hills. valleys and water cours-
) lead up to this highway that
would not need any guide posts for
this is the only way that would serve
the people, east, west, north and
south. for many miles around.
While on this subject want III
say, that we can not build roads in
any section of our county without
iinding good people who will apprec-
late them, but it is best to follow the
ways that nature marked out for thu.
good of all. If the Highway Comniss
toner's are going to leave the Old
trail west of Tazewell to accommo-
date the Clinch Valley and Buchanan
coalficld, why not make the road
down Baptist Valley which will not
cost one third as much as the river
route? The people on the river route
would not have more than one mile
from any section to get on this high
way Captain Patterson and his bows
would be fishing for turtle, tadpoles
and suckers until they are old and
grey before they could build the
river road. The people ought to gel
together, stay together and pull t.
Eether. for the best interest OF all
for none of the legal profession have
faith enough, nor the Highway Com
mission none enough to remove the
mountains and rocks on some of the
proposed roads
Yours for good roads and good
will toward all. D. B. DANIEL.