Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-05-26

state highway suitable for the appii-
cation OF federal aid. the committee
unanimously brought this route TO
his attention and suggested that ne
verify its designation rs an inter
state Highway by calling on the
road commission. We did not aC-
company him to the State Road Com
mission. but we arc definitely in
! formed that ne did call on the state
road commission and that the state
road commission did officially give
/ him this information.
"Cndcr date Of December II.
1921. Mr.. Eus,e;i wrote the Char
lc=:ur chamber of commerce.. stat
ing that ne was planning new
Mp of thc Atlantic Pacific high
way and would like to show the
distance between the towns along
the prop posed line through West Vir-
ginia. This list of towns was fur
nished as follows: kcnova, Cercdo
Huntington, BarbourSville, Milton.
Hurricane. St Adams. Charleston.
Maiden, Cedar Grove. Cannclton.
Gaulcy bridge. AnStcad, Lockout
Raincllr. l.cwiSburg and White Sui
rhur.
, Late in February, 1922. the Char
lesion chamber OF commerce and
the Charleston chamber of COM
mcrcc good roads committee were
officially notified of Il convention
1t lronion. Ohio. and e.. E.. Lewis
WAS designated us the chambers
representative ut this meeting. The
death Of Mr.. y. II. Slack prevented
Mr.. Lewis from going TO Ironton.
nd at the same time l.. +. Potcct,
chairman Of the good roads COM
mittcc. was ill and in the hospital.
"By instructions of the president
Of the chamber of commerce and
the chairman of the good roads
committee an officer of the chamber
was dispatched to Ironton and was
further instructed to cnunciac and
carry out the good roads policy of
the Charleston chamber of COM
merce.
1T will be particularly noted
that the action Of the good roads
committee on December ., 1921. as
indicated on page > Of this letter.
gave amy officer or member of the
chamber full authority to advocate
: the route Of The Kanawha and Ja,ncS
= River turnpike nj all times us the
nj Il ,,,i. .,J
cral aid highway running across
West Virginia in The southern end
} Of the State.
On March Sth prior to the srS-
sion Of the conference al Ivortun.
MIR. j. \. RigS. of Anderson. APP
preached the representative of HE
chamber tand it was presumed
that Inc was speaking with full
authority for the Bcckley. Anderson
and Hinton dclegation) and def
nitcly asked if the Charleston cham
Der of commerce opposed the cs-
Establishment of Il route of the At
lantic-Pacific highway east of the
East kanawha county line by way
of Fayetteville, Mount Hope, Beck
ley, Shady Springs, Hinton and
Roncevertc and said he felt that
this route ough TO get the prestige
Of the name Of the 'Atlantic-Pacific
highway 1t was stated to him
there was no objection to any eff
forts proponents of this route
might make, but that we failed to
see how it could meet the require
mentS of the Atlantic Pacific High
way association and how it could
get federal aid applied to a road if
ii was not Included in an interstate
road system. Mr.. Riggs replay
was. Leave that to the citizens of
Anderson and Bccklcy,' and it was
accordingly agreed that the cham
bcr's representative would not take
sides as between the north and
south routes and discuss the situa-
ton in any public presentation.
"Thc citizens of Bcckley are mis-
taken in assuming that there is any
feeling of hostility in Charleston or
among The members of the Charles
ton chamber of commerce against
Bcckiey Or any other city along the
southern route as to getting all the
roads 1t can, and built as soon as
1t can. We want to cooperate with
them i'll these matters. The people
of Bccklcy also ought to understand
That there are certain considera-
tons which are absolutely bind
ing as to the destination of inter-