Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-06-16
VOL. XXXII.
Letter From Mr.. Henry Roberts, Chair
man Of tho Highway Commission Of
the State Of Tennessee.

Mr.. H. W. Horton, President
Boone Commercial Club, receiv.
ed recently the following letter
from Mr.. Henry Roberts, Chair
man of the Road Commission of
the State of Tennessee, in an
swer to some questions relative
to our future road connections
with that State, and we publish
it in full. 1t follows:
The situation in Tennessee is
this: We have two roads from
Bristol to Boone, N. c., one by
Elizabethton and Elk Park, and
the other by Mountain City and
Trade, the latter also giving us
a direct connection through JEFF.
ferson to Winston Salem, both
are part of the State Highway
System in Tennessee.
THE road from Bristol to E.
lizabethton is an old water bound
macadam, badly worn, which
have not been maintained since
it was constructed some six or
seven years ago. Plans are prac.
tically perfected to rebuild this
road in the next year or two
From Elizabethton to the Tennes.
see line near Elk Park, about 10
miles, if my memory serves me
right, $4,000 was spent on rein
forced concrete bridges a n d
100000 in grading the entire
road about six years ago. The
County Court and State High
way Commission have agreed up
on a cooperative plan for surfa-
cling this road, and l assume the
work will be done within the next
two years.
"On the other route wehave an
old water bound macadam from
Bristol 13 miles to Holston River
and two years ago the two coun-
ties, State Highway Commission
and Forest Service put up about
100000 with which to improve
this road of "a miles from the
river to the Tennessee line near
Trade on road to Boone. The
contract was let last year to
grade and drain the 1928 miles
of this inside the Forest Reserve
leaving about 2 miles next to
Bristol and the residue on the
east end. This project will be
completed by fall. r h e other
9.91 mi e s between Mountain
City and Bristol is advertised for
bids on June 3rd, and the plan $
call for a water bound macadam
surface. l do not know just when
the section from Mountain City
to Trade will be let.
At this point | might say we
are interested in a North Caro-.
lima connection from Trade to
Jefferson, and thence to Wilkes
boro and Winston Salem as vel
as the one to Boone.
I'm Virginia, Boone Way is
State Highway No. 10, 115 miles
of which about half is graded and
surfaced with surface treated
macadam, and the entire section
will be completed inside of three
years.
II might add that Boone Way
MAS been made a State Highway
in Kentucky also and at least q
part of same selected for prefer
red consideration in the con
struction program.
I'VE wish to assure all inter.
ested parties in North Carolina
that we are doing and shall con
tinue to do everything possible
to speed up construction of this
important highway in Tennessee
and Virginia, and we expect tt
meet North Carolina at the state
line at Trade and Elk Park with
improved State Highways before
a great while"
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having qualified as administrato
of the estate of Louisa Cook, dCcca,
ed, this is to notify all persons hav
ing claims against the estate of sai(
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