Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1853-02-24

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Ma GarLaHEis--There is in your last paper
COMPLAINT By stakeholder against the bo1Ia =
Directors he BefFyFile and Chariesiown 1ln,
pike company because the same toll - cnalss1
me gate, for wagons which hare travelled me isse
ior one mile, As be says for i've miles iar
writer STAKES thai il is within bis knowle &c tnAs "
teen Or twenty wagons running between me ness.E
POT 300 Of hahs<lowa and the G hariessoNh Del.o.
and driven b. this injustice from their Aecustoe1
route 70 worse pne--vhich he thinks y inots y
Pc Unsupported and complained Il because s
sensations were made 10 those persons in The ao'.
town neighborhboil who became stoekholders' 9.
fhe advantages watch they would derive IRON 'ns
Eurnpike, but which hare been pFeyeniedT " I
change in the route, which il was hen s1fPosea
pnd represented that the road w9nit t-ke-
" - scarcely necessary TO remark maj US lVu's
ultimately chosen was determined upon ~ .ne
stockholders in . public meeting ana noe " 'ns ~
Board Of Directors; and that The Beard are insEN
way cozaizant Of Or i'm plicated 10 promises ma1s,
Or explorations held out, % any paFeulaa $780, -
holder by Other petsdns Were il practicable y 20
49, il would dodbtless be most equitable 70 charge
10 proportion % The use sde q PIKE o.. a. ~,
wouh be attended with considerable alEleuity, =
N npt required b. The Law 10 be donT, iho.sa
erstioa Is lodged with the board OF piteetesS.
Tbs Road. which will certainly prove ,: ,s
ID The district Il eouniry, within reach 81 u
sFagcely finished; and encountered VIII eeps =,
nearly nine ihousa nd dollars which Will be reauce1
ID a few weeks 10 about seven thousahu, 'oI MuleA
The board OF directors have become personally re-
spolsi5ley secured, however, upon tne Ioal. II =
eEijsnt. Therefore tha however disposed they may
te % exercise he discretion conhded 10 them 10 re-
IfaveitSs community generally, or the kabeiown
cbnmuns:y 10 particaar, from taxation tor the use
81 TIE road, they are rader the necessity Of mana
ging its affairs with view 10 the reaaeion q ms
debtI II the principle is adopted ior The habie,
| town wagons. II Will probably be expected and
clhined ty othys The distance travelled ny mem
| ufpdn the rods y nearly mills and hall lnot
mile as stately and the charge attic tollsaie lrtea
tidkei are used 70 30 and CONF i onFs one hall or
Nyefylille upwakds, 81 The Toll allowed ~ Law
/ Bot The truth is Thar 10 my knowledge potion,
atNang ra4e, OF tn. Kabetown wagonsrs, conceivins
I lheMselyes perhah s., aygrieFed that the road did
moi lake the most easlety route, predetermined,
i w5lhoN any regard 70 the particular amounrotlhe
/ tvIi ID Abandon Ibis route for the Beeler,s Mill
rohles BAD policy, no doubt for them, in winter,
4 as THE latin i al longer road and much verse
4 oue, rs any ne viii allow who may have had to
travel il this WSnter
4 MY chief ohjeQtt however, lin this commAnca-
fon Is 10 rei;eraf The opinion that that fertile and
/ productive porlonN the county surrounding the
4 Kablgto~in mills shSlid haveIa branehto eonhmp-
l nitale with the ltnaifNine of the pike. The dis
lance would not, IpfeNlne, ereeed three miles
ana ID speak q noA1g Else, i would serve for the
conveyance annually pftweniy thous and barrels q
ioaf leqaaI 10 one bundreN Thousand bushelsa1
wheat the transportation ofWhich would be@fe
j du4ed. n0 doubt, halEa cent aNushel. The cost
I with SONS degree III li5etaity Do lie part Of The
-lanEhtldeTs through wh1se care itNwopd pass, and
un1er COOL manage Emit, certainly NMouli not ex
4 cecil Digit 1h5usldi dollars an aIh2uut which
woaid Ne very easily raised IT, the mhNniiY &cr,
h impressed with a irll sense VI tile isDlSTtanee o
thel object
i Bu8Inioriunaielsf id .hfs county, wilh some per
soAs II seems ~ III enough that amy pohlM in
prosement Is the object III yisw, a, once 10 mani
+ liz The damages andEihe objections OF syety kind%
! raplie1WaorlinafA degree, Is Il blind apparent
liz Id the ihdiGiduaIas w as 10 the common ben
ELL Instances might easily he ad9uerd Of III
most excessive ya1c rAt both Nv owhers ana val
uef$ uron outside fstfps Of land and even mn,
i pulIllcs which c6nld Ne easily niade.hg The lure
| on any Of our fakn4Fs in Che course Of a ihy
Weekdays, when the sald was moi in order FIR til
lagd.
1 Were a branch ROAD made from X abletown, Their
would not be DElOi gatest between that an
ChaFIesiown the law allows of but one for iiv
miles. II
4 Gbodroais easy fur transportation and pleasan
10 riie appn, amongst lhe moss efficient prone
tiers bf The prosperiyof any county.
4. \. Yours re4beGtluliy,l ,t BG. w IT.