Southern good roads . t said reports to congress onthe first dav of each regular session. of success. The promoters of the Charleston-Ashevilleroad may alter their plans so as to take advantage ofthis work already done. This will mean a longer route,but a more interesting one. The most direct routefrom Charleston to Asheville covers about 300 miles. The Charleston-Asheville Highway. A highway project of more than ordinary interest isthat advanced liy certain citizens of Charleston, S. C,who would link that seaport town with the mountainsof western South Carolina and western North
Southern good roads . t said reports to congress onthe first dav of each regular session. of success. The promoters of the Charleston-Ashevilleroad may alter their plans so as to take advantage ofthis work already done. This will mean a longer route,but a more interesting one. The most direct routefrom Charleston to Asheville covers about 300 miles. The Charleston-Asheville Highway. A highway project of more than ordinary interest isthat advanced liy certain citizens of Charleston, S. C,who would link that seaport town with the mountainsof western South Carolina and western North plan is to follow old roads as far as practicable inthe most direct Avay from Charleston to Asheville, N. route may pass through Charlotte, N. C, aud Co-lumbia, S. C, though this has not yet been determinedim. It is now planned to pass through Greenville andSpartanlmrg. Both of these towns have signified theirwillingness to do all that is of them and will putup almost any amoiuit of money to get the Macadam Road, Neai- LynchbuiK, Va. An advance survey has been planned and an effortwill be made to interest the farmers living within fivemiles of the road all along the line and it is thoughtthat this will not be hard to do. Asheville has an-nounced that nothing will be left undone by her pa-triotic and progressive citizens toward building theroad and an organization is being rapidly perfectedthat will carry it through with a rush. jMuch of the road lying between Asheville andCharleston is bad—very bad at that. The plan is to re-make these rough spots entirely. The places wherethere is too much clay will be treated with sand andsandy spots will be clayed, good sand clay roads re-sulting. At present it looks like Charleston and Columbiastand some show to get the road from Charlotte toAsheville and much work has been done on the variouslinks of the road. The autoists of Columbia and Char-lotte have been working for several months for a high-way between these two
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