Southern good roads . r to the hica] authorities on Septendjer29, 1913. Fauquier County: A macadam road, 2,800 feet long,extending from tlie depot at Rectortown north to ]\Iar-shall Road was completed November 1. 1913. Appomattox County: Construction work was begunon the Oakville topsoil road, extending northwest fromAppomattox toward Oakville, on ]\Iay 15, 1913, and super\ision by tlie office representative ended ]\lay The road was gradeil to a width of 28 feet incuts and 20 feet in fills for a distance of feet. To Locate Jackson Highway. So .strenuous has become the fight foi
Southern good roads . r to the hica] authorities on Septendjer29, 1913. Fauquier County: A macadam road, 2,800 feet long,extending from tlie depot at Rectortown north to ]\Iar-shall Road was completed November 1. 1913. Appomattox County: Construction work was begunon the Oakville topsoil road, extending northwest fromAppomattox toward Oakville, on ]\Iay 15, 1913, and super\ision by tlie office representative ended ]\lay The road was gradeil to a width of 28 feet incuts and 20 feet in fills for a distance of feet. To Locate Jackson Highway. So .strenuous has become the fight foi the JacksonHighway from the Great Lakes to New Orleans andthe Gulf of Mexico, that the Jackson Highway Asso-ciation in its meeting at Nashville had to call in theaid of neutrals to settle the friendly controversy. Thecommittee named consists of W. II. Crim, Indiana, Dent, Kentucky, W. L. Brown, Indiana, and a manto be selected from Ohio. These men are from northof Nashville, where no contest will be made, as the. PETER LEE ATHERTONPresident Jackson Highway Association, Louisville, Ky. route has already been practically selected to NiagaraFalls. Nashville is the old home of Old HickoryJackson, so it is settled the great military highwaynuist jiass through that cit.\. However, Alabama, ilis-sissippi and L )uisiana are all involved in the contestto secure this road south of Nashville. The commit-tee, assisted by a Federal road engineei, began theirwork October 5. They will go over every mile of thecontested route and the claims of the different contend-ers will be submitted to them. Their selection will besubmitted to the representatives of all the statesthrough which the road passes and they will vote forthe permanent location. Nine teen-Fifteen SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS Road Men Favor the Forest Reserve Southern Appalachian Good Roads Association Recommends Ten Millions Morefor Purchases; Then Good Roads in This Great Playground * I^ 11 !•; Soul hrrn AiIki l:h-lii;iii (i I Koa
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