The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-06-17
"C-T0-SEA" HIGHWAY
HEADED THIS WAY
NEW FEDERAL TRUNK LINE
BEING PROMOTED. DAWSON
REPRESENTED AT MEETING.

A committee composed of ]. A.
LANG, chairman of the board of coun-
ty commissioners, and R. R. Marlin,
j. D. Weaver and J. A. Shields rep
resented Terrell county at a meeting
in Triton on Thursday in the interest
OF the southern route of the Column
bus-to- Brunswick or "C-to-Sea" high
way.
The purpose OF the meeting was to
take steps to bring the highway
through Cusseta, Richland, Dawson,
Albany Triton and Waycross.
A party from Albany and Triton
passed through Dawson Tuesday en-
route to Columbus by way of the new
route to determine the condition of
the road and to notify representatives
of the different towns to be present at
the meeting. 1t was reported at the
meeting that the southern route was
in better condition than either of the
other two.
The Dawson delegation report that
the chances of the southern route be-
ing selected as the official route from
from Columbus to Brunswick are very
good. Members Of the committee from
other towns interested were present at
the meeting Thursday and also mem
berS of the state highway commission
A number of the last-named body
seem to be in favor of the southern
route, and as its advantages were
graphically laid before them at the
meeting it seems probable that this
route will be selected
1t was explained that every mile of
of the route from Dawson to Bruins
wick had either just been worked on
and improved, or was at present being
worked on and in the process OF i'm
provement, or that contracts for such
work had been let. Dougherty county
is preparing to gravel fourteen miles
of the road which he lie in that county
in the direction of Dawson. The
highway from Dawson to the Dough
erty county line, which is federal
aid project built under the supervision
of the highway department, is in first
class condition, and Terrell is now
preparing to build a highway from
Dawson to the Webster county line as
federal aid project The representa-
tive at the meeting from Chattahoo-
chez county announced that the road
machinery belonging to that county,
which has been loaned to another
county for some time, has been re-
turned and that the work of improv-
| ing roads in Chattahoochee will begin
at once.
1t has been stated by those favor
able to either the northern route,
which goes through Montezuma and
towns in that direction, or the center
route, which passes through Cordele
| that the roads on the southern route
were not in condition to make this ar
official trunk line This statement was
refuted at the meeting, and 1t was
made plain that the entire southern
route will be in the best of condition
should it be chosen as the official way
All three of the proposed routes hav'
| ing been given careful consideration
decision will soon be made as to which
the state will adopt as the officia
route. Ii was announced at the meet
| ing that the committee in charge o.
the decision will meet at an early day
This committee will consist of two
federal engineers and one state engi-
neer. instead of two state engineers
and one federal engineer as at first
planned.
Should the southern route be adopt
ed it will be of much benefit to Daw-
son. 1t would be a state and fedora
trunk line. and all tourists bound fol
the east coast of Florida would be
routed through here. All, or nearly all
travel from Columbus to Brunswick
and from Brunswick to Columbus
would pass through Dawson.