The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-01-22
ANOTHER NEW SHORT
HIGHWAY TO NORFOLK
Amish Settlers Demand Air Line Road to Cut
Distance From Moyock to Elizabeth City
By Seven Miles

WY oNN diiu NSieh"ess ~
seven or eight miles and put
Moyock within twelve or
thirteen miles of Elisabeth
City, Moyock is now 20 miles
from Elizabeth City as the
roads go.
Chas. c. Bartlett, Of Chicago. who
is settling an Amish colony on ap-
Iproximately 10000 acres Of the black
lands to the West of and between
Moyock and Belcross, will build
the new road as part of bis develop
ment.
Mr.. Bartlett WAS in Elizabeth City
for several days last week and
assures this newspaper that he will
begin construction of the new road
within few months. And he says
1t will be no makesbift road but
al eighty foot boulevard construct
ed along lines approved by the
State and Federal highway de-
partments; designed 10 be acceptable
as an important link in the State
highway system and in the great
Atlantic Coastal Interstate High
way from EastpOrt Me. to Key
West, Fla.
The Amish Want This Road
The Amish settlers pronounce It
/ Ah.mish, not Aimish or Amnish) Oh
the Bartlett development want this
road and Mr.. Bartlett has promis'
ed it to them. Several months ago
Mr.. Bartlett, a Chicago lawyer and
real estate promoter, bought the
lands which he is now developing.
There were two adjoining tracts:
The Fontaine tract Of 12,167 acres
and the Providence Farms tract OF
$500 acres. Mr.. Bartlett bought
these tracts after completing ar
rangements with Amish people IN
Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylvania
who know the possibilities OF these
black lands and are anxious 70
settle here. Mr.. Bartlett expects to
settle 250 families Of the Amisb on
his property.
Who. Are The AmishS 40.
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