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CLAIBORNE COUNTY FALLSIN GOOD ROADS COLUMNMtheUniwit!County Court Orders $355,000.00 Bond Issue lt;“0motFor Improvement of Highways. No Con-|°rj tracts Will be let to Claiborne County Residents. Work Will Begin in Early Fall.WILL BENEFIT MIDDLESBOROBerwasultyThoejoinin lt;hea brieNiawillaftcClaiborne county has fallen Into I Valley Road, $20,000. the good roads column. In con- Tht action of the County Courtforming with a good roads measure of Claiborne was received in this passed by the Tennessee Legislature city with great enthusiasm by good last winter, the County Court at roads advocates and everyone in-Tazewell Monday ordered an issue terested in the development of this of bonds to the amount of $355,000 section. The benefits for Middles-for the improvement of the public boro to be derived from the im-highways in that county. The road provement of Claiborne county’s | e.njlt; commissioners will meet at Cumber- highways cannot be figured in dol-land Gap Saturday morning at lan and cents. Besides placing us v,thewhich time the matter of disposing of the bonds will be taken up.Work will begin early in September. Determined at the outset thatthere should not be a repetition of autate trade touch with thethiiof that section it will give us V*1moerrupted automobile high-Knoxville which will enable I ** ■ to run to that city inthe $100,000 road graft that occur- less than four hours. While thered in Claiborne county five years ago, the road commissioners williroad from Cumberland Gap to the Campbell county line, via La Fol-1prcaccept only bids made outside the I lette, will be regarded as the official county. The roads to be piked are | route to Knoxville, automobilists inas follows: ' # M1SS awhthis city state, however, that the £?Lone Mountain to the Hancock road running through Tazewell to county line, 14 miles, $45,000; Taze- the Union county line will have the well to the Haucock county line, 13 advantage of a 26-mile cut over the miles, $45,000; Springdale to Taze- Campbell county road, well, 3 miles, $10,000; Union county Now that Claiborne county has line to Tazewell, 14 miles, $40,000; seen the light, the question arises, Cumberland Gap to Tazewell, 12 “Is Bell county going to let old fogy miles, $45,000; Patterson's X Roads Claihorne turn the tables on us?” ItThlt;onlt;to Powell county line, 18 miles, $55-000; Lone Mountain to Walkers Ford, $20,000; Bell county line to Clearfield, via Mingo Hollow, $25,-000; New Tazewell to Capp’s Ford, $20,000; Capp s Ford to Powell Val-seems that our good roads engine thlt; has gone dead.” At least the ques- wi tion of even a passable road between | as here and Pineville seems to have died a’bornin’.A great deal of credit is duefley Road, $50,000; Harrogate to Col. J. Frank White for his effortsShawanee and to the Virginia line, as a member of the Tennessee legis-$5,000; Springdale to Hancock, via lature for the good roads measure. Little Sycamore, $30,000; Hall s also the columns of space devoted Store to Back Valley Road, via Wil- to the cause by the press of Clai-liam Bollinger s place, $8,000; Buch- borne in creating sentiment in this anans land from valley to Back direction.heatavmshofuiMafcose
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Middlesboro Pinnacle News
Middlesboro, Kentucky, US
Thu, Jul 09, 1914
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