The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-05-07
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prosperity. and, consequently, an in-
Queen emit for manufacturers and Others
to come among us. The lower and
more regular the market, the less wages
the manufacturer pays to labor, and,
consequently, the greater his profits.
Nothing will 90 regulate the markets
az a system OF good roads leading into
all parts of the county, in good travel
| ing order at all seasons ofthe year.
There is talk of paving Zane street to
let in the produce OF Ohio, of macad'
smiziug Fairmout Road and Meeting
House Hill to let Marshall county 10.
This is all right, but syetem OF roads
can be devised that, while letting in our
neighbors who
CARRY OUR CAPITAL OUT,
to 20 into the Golfers Of another treas
ury, will let our own citizens ID,
who return our capital in taxes to FUR
ther help on our public improvements.
By q resolution before the Board OF
Com missionsrs, according to Tuesday
mornings paper, $1,000 was to be sP..
propristed to Fairmont road, "city end
River road, city end" also $1,000.
This would seem proper to begin where
the most travel is, but it has been city
end" for-how many years2-while
those at the other "eud" have been
waiting and paying taxes until the ap-
preparations would get past this golden
paved end. Last year nearly ~. 00o was
given to River road, Getty end" the
same not long before to Fairmont road,
which, indeed, has nothing but CITY
end" and being first-class graded road
leading into fine section Of country.
and Ohio county having only two and
one.fourth miles, why can it not be put
in proper shape, for the tolls to keep
itup? So the River road $4,000 has
been a mere appetizer to the great mud
god. True, this appropriation, il prop"
erly applied, would serve for time, but
the winter rains soon saturate the road
bed-very likely not properly prepared
and the heavy hauling soon presses
this top.dressing OF stone out of eight.
In the same resolution "Boggs Hilr
was to have $1,000 on the present
location" a very good way to kill the
entire project; the present location"
being in places 8 and 10 degree grades.
ANY one understanding the location
who would recommend such applics-
ton of public money, must either be
derelict of duty or totally incapable OF
understanding the wants OF commu>
nifty. -,
A local levy of Is cents will proba.
bly, be laid upon the county districts,
and they will be required to spend their
money and labor on old roads which
they have been patching up for the past
ten years in hopes OF getting something
better, which they imperatlvely de,
msnd. II this money and labor could
be put on new locations where new
locations are needed, the new roads
could almost be made for the cost OF
repairing the old. If the old ones are
the best that can be obtained do not
make new ones. Let US at least have
some common sense about this road,
matter if we cannot conduct 1t upon
plain principles of business
Another point in this appropriation
business, OF helping people who help
themselves, a fine old aphorlsm this.
People who have now better facilities
and have always had than many
others away back" ask to have still
better, and they are willing 10 help
themselves. Alright help them, they
can afford to come forward. Some OF
the citizens OF the county who have no
road facilities to get their produce to
market to speak Of, can scarcely make
both ends meet and pay taxes, and
never receive dollar from the general
fund, are asked to "see" the county's
dollar before they can get anything.
For shame Is this justice? And as
for the business principle contained, let
us see. Were
OHIO COUNTY A HoWLlNG WILDERNESS
outside the city, with the fine, rich soil
it has, it would pay the city to build
q system OF good roads out from there
to induce people to till the coil and
bring in the produce, which OF course
can be raised and brought in cheaper
from our own county than elsewhere
if we have good coil, and We
HAVE SOIL UNQUALIFIED IN FERTILITY.
The people in the county have given
and shown a Willingness to give when
ever they had the assurance that they
would get what they needed. But even
if they are unwilling, it would pay on
business principles to have the cltyslone
build the roads, (but this is not asked)
unless they desire spite work, which is
not business.
In sections OF the county the people
have been for years paving into the
public treasury. They have asked for
bread, we have given them a stone;
while we have gone on year after year,
appropristiug to other sections OF the
county, who all the time had better
roads than these people ever had.
They
ARE ALL PRODUCERS,
and the consumers here in the city
want their produce. 1--we cannot see
the business principle concerned, let US
at least do simple justice.
We can make al the improvements
needed in our county roads in a short
time, and reduce our tax lists at the
same time, and point with pride to the
fact to persons desiring to settle among
US.
But this has been continued n
greater length than expected. 1 may
write again. giving some facts and
figures showing the imperative neces-
sity, on economical principles, OF better
grades on our roads and streets, and o.
doing whatever we do in manner per-