Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-06-26
NARRENTON SEES
FIGHT OVER ROAD
Lions Clubs of Littleton and
Warrenton Argue To
County Board
(From Warren Record

Hard pressed on one side lev the
Warrenton Lions Club which request
ed them to recommend to Commits
sloner Collins Barnes that a road be
constructed from Warrenton to the
virginia line to connect with a high
way leading from Lawrenceville, Va,
as a shorter route from north to
south, and pressed equally hard on
the other side by the Lions Club of
Llttleton which requested that they
recommend to the highway commits
SlOner that in the event a bridge was
to be constructed across the Roanoke
river to relieve traffic on U. S. No.
1 that the proposed road lead from
Eden's ferry to point close to Little
ton, members of the Board of County
commissioners sought Monday after
noon to get from beneath the "hot-
test spot they have been placed on
in years of office by voting down both
resolutions and drawing up "com-
promise resolution" which requested
the highway commissioner to build
a road through Warren county from
the Roanoke river to intersect with
highway No. 1853 at a point equal dis
ton.
While the compromise resolution
which was drawn up and signed by
three of the commissioners, was ac-
copied by the Littleton delegation and
regarded here as a victory for Little
ton over Warrenton in the long-drawn
out fight over the road question, it is
not regarded as being satisfactory to
either town. This fact became evident
on Tuesday when the president of
the Littleton club called the president
of the Warrenton club and asked for
a meeting to see if some agreement
could be reached between the two
clubs over the placement of the pro-
posed road and bridge. Representa-
tives of the two clubs were expected
to, meet last night.
Tries To Rescind Action.
After it had been made known to
members of the board that the petit
ton drawn up and signed by Com
missioners Capps, Wall and Powell
requesting that the road interest
route 1853 was entirely unsatisfactory
to Warrenton, and that the Littleton
club in an effort to reach a more sat-
isfactory solution to the problem,
Commissioner Capps on Tuesday in
PRODUCED a motion to instruct the
I4ittleton club not to use the recon-
mendations made by the board on
Monday until the two clubs had had
opportunity to confer further on the
matter: however the motion received
no second and consequently was
tabled. On Commissioner Capps mo-
ton, Commissioner Wall, King and
Powell took the view. that they saw
no point in resembling their action Of
the day before, that if it was not sat-
isfactory to the Littleton delegation
and they wanted to confer with War
renton on tho matter they would not
hardly use it anyway until the two
clubs had gotten together and talked
over the matter.
The commissioners found the Law
renceville road proposition staring
them in the face Monday morning
when they came here to meet as a
Board of Review and Equalization.
AS they entered the court house they
found themselves thanked on one side
by the Warrenton Lions Club, APP
proximately 60 strong, and on the
other side by the Littleton Lions Club.
which had nearly as many represen-
tatives at the hearing as did War
renton, the stores of that town hav-
ing closed in order to add pressure
to their request.