Show SEVIER COVE FO 81 widening will be done dine as ts soon slon as t state santo can orate for foi government money molley engineer horsley in charge of the construction work on the sevier cove fort road coad informs us that all the work on the road has boon been completed by the contractors and the new highway Is now open for traffic the road is a wonderful improvement over oner the old cow trail with its sharp turns and heavy grades the new highway is planned out carefully and the grade was reduced to such an extent that only on one place on a stretch of about a mile and one half it reaches seven per cent so it can be managed by automobiles in high beai gear the surface Is very good throughout all that is necessary to make this high highway v Nay ay an ideal one is widening in the so called narrows and the forest service stands ready to widen it to a or twenty foot wide road at any time the state and counties can contribute their quota towards the cost the government furnishing 50 per cent of the money with the present condition in the finances of the state road commission there is only a slim chance that the widening of the highway can bo be begun this year but by midsummer of next net year ve ie probably nill ill see this important improvement completed |