Southern good roads . Governor Locke Craig Speaking at Celebration of the Completion of Hickory Nut Gap Road SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS Decembe 1915 cniJity. who hrnugiit it to me for intro(lnctii)ii. Dr. FletL-her. who worked imeeasing-ly to make wp thefunds for the buying of dynamite, and toolsfor the building- of the road, the highest eom-inendati(Ui for his labors, as the legislature provideil. On Hickory Nut Mountain, Sliowing New Road in Foreground,Old Road at Right only the eonviets lalior. thus leaving the raising of theother necessary funds t) private eftort. This
Southern good roads . Governor Locke Craig Speaking at Celebration of the Completion of Hickory Nut Gap Road SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS Decembe 1915 cniJity. who hrnugiit it to me for intro(lnctii)ii. Dr. FletL-her. who worked imeeasing-ly to make wp thefunds for the buying of dynamite, and toolsfor the building- of the road, the highest eom-inendati(Ui for his labors, as the legislature provideil. On Hickory Nut Mountain, Sliowing New Road in Foreground,Old Road at Right only the eonviets lalior. thus leaving the raising of theother necessary funds t) private eftort. This road isbut a beginning of highway eonstructioii in WesternNorth Carolina. Speaking on the siibjeet of Rnilding tlie Highway. Ur. M. II. Fleteher pointed out that although the statehad at great exjiense furnished the convicts for the ac-tual labor of building the road, for the buying of siip-jilies it had been necessary to raise $5,000 by local sub-scription. Of this amount Dr. Fletcher stated the CoxeEstate in Asheville had subscribed .$1,000; the town ofKiliu\vville. .$1,300 in bond issue voted, while the bal-ance of uiioney collected for this purp )se, $.(|i(Mit for dynamite, tools and other sup|)lies liad beenseciued by Iollections from citizens J. y. iMaini. superintendent of the state jirison atRaleigh, said: Ipoii this occasion of the celebration olthe practical completion of the highway. 1 don
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