The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-07-14
AsHEVILLE WILL GET 1T

Residents of this town who are figuring
that IVA operations in this section are
going to open up a gold mine for Hender-
sonville have not figured quite far enough
If the Bent Creek dam is constructed,
the work of dam building will be within
80. FIVE or six miles of Asheville and around
ga sixteen to eighteen miles from Henderson
Vile Who believes that IVA headquar-
49,, tiers will be located in Hendersonvile?
.- Ninety-nine per cent of the business Gre
ated by the actual construction of the dam
will go to Asheville.
The Times-News would be nightly
[''' pleased to see the dreams of our fellow
'"" citizens realized in this instance, but We
de- are not simple enough to believe they will
materialize.
As matter of fact, according to infor-
-. nation given this newspaper, IVA head
,hnH quarters have already been established in
Asheville-and all the work done in this
$3.50 section will be supervised from Asheville
if the dam is constructed, the higher
ups and best paid men will live in Ashe-
> vile, the money expended will flow into
- Asheville and practically all IVA bust
w. ness will be done in that city.
Day laborers will be employed in Her
derson county, cutting trees, digging up
stumps and demolishing buildings that will
= be in the flooded area. Graveyards will
'sD have to be moved, churches and school
b a buildings dismantled This will furnish
work for while for some of the people
h"s of the county.
The vast amount of employment envi-
stoned by some of our people, in building
a. !. roads and railroads will not materialize.
The Pennsylvania railroad will be aban-
49,. doned There will be little highway con-
d. struction, as there will be no country TO
build roads through. The highways that
s-szs now lead to and through the valleys will
simply run to the lake and stop on its
shores. They are already in existence
Perhaps the only new road that will be
, constructed will be continuation of the
Boylston road, which will be located up
on the mountain sides, to enable the peo-
pie of Pennsylvania county and regions be-
yond to get to Asheville
The only big job of construction work
. made necessary by the building of the
dam will be the relocation of the South
5 ern railways main line. An effort will be
= made by certain interests to have this line
DETECTED down in Polk or Spartanbulg
8 counties and the line rebuilt by way of
; Chimney Rock and Fairview Valley into
Asheville. 1t is not probable that this will
: be done. 1t is more probable that the line
.. will be rebuilt by carrying it to the east
and north from East Flat Rock, through
. the Blue Ridge section, around the foot of
the mountains and through the gap at
e Mountain Sanitafium. 1t would then be
= constructed around the mountain on the
] Fletcher side, crossing the flooded valley
: ssfeEal, niles aHete Fletcher, with the
!. Fletcher station several miles up the val
ley in the direction of Fairview.
The foregoing statements are not a
: newspaper pipe dream. The Times-News
a has some fairly accurate information as to
= the plans for this section if the Bent Creek
= dam is built.
e Yes-there will be some work provided
!. in this section if the project materializes-
: but the big stream of federal money will
m flow into Ashevile. This newspaper has
= no quarrel with Asheville on that score