The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-29
WORK IS GOING ON 9@sDlA
BROOKS, DOUGHERTY
MUsCOGEE, WORTH AND COL
QUIT HAVE MONEY, AND
WILL START SOON.
TERRELL WILL VOTE ON BONDS

Hard-Surfaced Except Short Stretch
Through Chattahoochee, Stewart
And Webster Counties.
MOULTRIE, Ga.-The work of
paving the Florida Short Route from
Sylvester via Moultrie and Berlin to
the Brooks county line is expected to
get under way early in the new year,
it is learned from the officials of Col
ouitt and Worth counties, the two
counties involved The project, which
promises to be one of the most extern
sve and important highway paving
projects South Georgia has seen, has
been under consideration for some few
weeks. Action taken by the State
Highway Commission in Atlanta last
Tuesday removed the last obstacle that
has been in the way, when assurance
was given that state and federal aid
would be given as soon as the funds
are available Worth and Colquitt
ey they will have to put in.
One of the contingencies involved
when negotiations were started some
time ago was the route TO be followed
out of Moultrie The road from this
city is already part of the state aid
system, but from here south the high
way has been via Pavo, which served
as local point for the highways from
Moultrie to Quitman and from here to
Townsville also.
All Differences Settled.
Thomas, Brooks and Colquitt join
ed in petition to the state highway
board asking that the Moultrie- Cool
idge-to -Thomasville road be designat-
ed as part of the state system and that
the Moultrie- Berlin-Q uitman road be
given a similar status. The commits
sioners of the three counties were
unanimous in the petition for such a
suggestion but Pavo interests filed an
objection and a meeting was called
to give them a hearing. The matter
was taken under advisement until
Tuesday, at which time the highway
board consented to make the change
so strongly urged-and the change
that will result in the launching OF the
big paving project referred to above.
The distance from Sylvester to the
Brooks county line via Moultrie and
Berlin is about 43 miles. The paw
ing program tentatively called for an
eighteen-foot road. Brooks county
also proposes to pave its part of the
Florida Short Route from the Colquitt
county line on through Quitman to the
Florida line, where it connects with a
paved highway.
The Florida Short Route already is
paved from Sylvester for several miles
toward Albany and the entire twenty
mile link between these two cities is tic
be hard surfaced, contracts for the
work already having been awarded.
Terrell and Muscogee to Pave.
Dougherty county already has on
hand the money to pave the Florida
Short Route from Albany north to-
wards the Terrell county lire, and Ter
rell county will vote on a 100000 bond
issue on January 14th, with which to
finance a paving program. Muscogee
county has the funds with which to
pave from the Alabama line to Chat
tahoochee county, and when all the
projects in the various counties are
completed the Florida Short Route will
have been paved the entire distance
through Georgia with the exception
OF the link through Chattahoochee and
Stewart counties and few miles IN
the edge of Webster county. Author
tiles of the three counties have applied
for federal and state aid and will grade
and put in good condition that link
OF the Short Route.
News that the Florida Short Route
paving has been assured will be hail
ed with great pleasure here and
throughout the entire Moultrie terri
tory generally. Community leaders
and developers look upon the an
nounce1nent as meaning one OF the big
gest things this section has experience
cd in years.
1t comes at time when the city and
section are showing unmistakable evi-
dences of a forward movement along
all lines and will, of course, add impe-
tus TO that highly encouraging situa-
ton