The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-27

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stone during the past season been paid
for their work.
Bus the stone must of necessity be
and received By the contrao-
tor from the men as soon as they are
broken.
II they are suffered to remain in piles
by the side of the road for two or three
weeks or q month, they are mashed
into the ground and scattered By teams
passing over them so that they cannot
Be measured at Sll. The men who break
them would not consent for . moment
to have them unmeasured until they
were scattered and packed By the travel
passing over them. The fdee Of lesv.
ing the stone unmeasured until
the end of the year is sim
ply absurd. Many Of them must
Of necessity have been spread upon the
road, and those that have not would Be
packed and scattered aud thrown ont Of
shape so that they cannot be measured.
Any measurement that may be made
hereafter Of stone broken six months
ago would of necessity be mere guess
work. And Mr.. Ferrell asd Mr.. Harvey
are both interested in guessing literally.
And the idea Of having stone so piled
As not to ill the gauge and then dock
tug 9y guess, is wholly inadmissable.
~ al ihe guess'work, the State is sure
All these irregularities are explaiuable
on the assumption that both Ferrsll
ana harvey are interested in cheating
the State by giving short measure and
in no other way.
We can hardly suppose that the BOARD
intends that the community shall CON.
tinue hereafter as they have heretofors
been with their famished oxen destroy
ing their gardens aud grain crops.
lie is said we have abused them. Very
likely. For | certainly have never
known q community in which such cat
tie would not be abused. The only woL.
der is that they have not been killed.
If 1865 worth Of fuel per year will not
keep them quiet, give them $500 worth
rather than have the community cursed
and annoyed, and kept in an uproar, rs
they have been for two or three years
past. This is of a piece with Mr.. Fer.
relps seeking 10 intimidate the Council
of the town of Triadelphia into release
of his municipal taxes by threatening to
do no more work on the road in the town
if he was required to pay them.
1t seems TO me that with these facts
and circumstances before the Board,
they would be doing great injustice to
the people who are interested IN the
preservation of the road 10 retain Mr..
Ferrell.
1t il not n personal matter OF DR..
Storer and Mr.. Maxwell. They appear
on behalf of almost the entire popula.
ton OH the line of the road, aud others
who arc interested in its preservation.
An omnibus will hold every friend and
supporter Mr.. Terrell has on the line Of
the road.
These people feel deeply on this sub
ject. Not only their personal comfort
and convenience are concerned, but the
value of their property depends essen
tally on the preservation Of the road.
The Shepherd farm sells at from $500
to $500 per acre because it Is near the
road and easy of access. II il had been
the same distance from the city on any
other road, it would not have sold for
500 per acre.
1t is o matter of vital interest and
Importance TO these people, and their
wishes and representations are entitled
to respectful consideration.
And whatever else may be said IL can
not be denied that Mr.. Ferrell has lost
the confidence Of the community which
is interested in the preservation OF the
road, and certainly the investigation
will not be likely TO restore IL.
This alone, ii there was no other
reason, would make IL the duty OF the
Board to remove Mr.. Terrell. Upon
every principle of sound policy and OF
representative republicanism, these
people have right to demand the re-
moval of Mr. Terrell.
Ii is the very essence of tyranny 10
impose upon a relu Giant people, officers
in whom they have no confidence, and
who have become edious To them.
II their opposition to him originated
in political prejudice, or from some
other cause not connected with his ca
pacity or fitness for the Office, IL might
not be entitled TO so much cOnsidera.
ton.
But il is the deep seated conviction Of
almost the entire community that Mr.
Terrell is wholly unfit for the place;
that he is incompetent and dishonest,
and it is an opinion which fire cannot
burn out of them. And whether they
are right (as verify believe they are)
or not, it is due the Importance of the
interests at stake, and to the honest
convictions of an Intelligent and patri.
otto community that Mr.. Ferrell should
be removed. These convictions have
been growing upon this community for
years.
Asd this investigation will deepen
and strengthen, and intensity this con.
yiction TO an extent Of which you have
no conception.
They would not have incurred the
tronble and expense and vexation Of this
proceeding If they had not been deeply
In earnest in this business.
| have devoted my best energies to
this service for an entire week and more,
in the full conviction, which has been
strengthened as the investigation pro-
crossed, that they have just grounds OF
complaint, and that their reasonable re-
quest ought 10 be granted, aud believe
/ will not be disappointed.