The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-14

la Regard to the Road from the Forks
Of short Creek 10 the IlroOke County
Line.
RIclMAXD DISTRICT, May l2, 1870.
Editors lnteltEencer,
notice the Board Of Commissioners at
their last meeting passed a resolution to
annul or abandon the survey or surveys
made on the Short Creek road, from the
forks Of the creek to the Brooke county
line, a distance Of about three miles, and
as they made no arrangements for a new
survey, | presume this means indefinite
postponement.
On the upper end OF said road two sur.
vevs have been made land estimates OF
costs Of each survey by Mr.. Smith. The
Road Committee adopted the one oil the
north side Of the creek. The people re.
siding on this location previously peti.
toned the Board, praying for the adop.
ton. They granted Il petition, not.
w%ithstanding the opposition Of our repre-
sentative.
The location on the south side Of the
creek Chat wa rejeCted) had been peti.
toned for by parties living on the south
side Of the creek and evidently had no in
terest in the road as they seldom use it,
and In their petition they were evidently
governed by selfish interests and other in.
terests not In the interest Of said road.
Considering this naturally one Of the
greatest t~horoughfares in this county Tor
would be II We had road, and bad as the
road isa great many people are compelled
to travel It. We beg leave to say ii is no
road at all; the county does not even own
the present location but are trespassers on
others rights. l will here state, and l do
not think | can be successfully contradict.
ed, that there is not in the four Panhan.
die counties three miles Of any one road
so neal impossible rs this one.
When the Board at the March term
made an appropriation for this road, the
people living on 1t and tributary thereto,
after waiting fifteen years, and receiving
only $25-from the county, thought the
Board was now going to do something for
us, but unfortunately the road business is,
has been, and ! am afraid always will be
conducted on the principle OF "you tickle
me and I'll tickle YOU"
/ suppose the Board thinks the county
members competent TO attend to the coun-
ty Affairs, and each Of the county members
has his pet ROAD and wants the assistance
OF his county colleagues, and unfortunate
ly for US this road is not one of his pets.
And then, too, the location adopted bythe
Road Committee does notsuit him, as no.
tice he signed the petition himself for the
adoption OF the rejected location. You
may think strange Messrs. Editors that II
member OF the Board Of Commissioners
would sign n petition to the Board OF
which heis a member and this too before
the estimates had been made OF the costs
on the different routes, but | am sorry to
say It is nevertheless true. That rejected
petition stated il am not mistaken, that
the county had already on the location
adopted expended enough money to make
and macadamize q road on the rejected
location. Where did Mr.. Deiters get his
figures for this? Il learn he wrote the
Petition. Certainly not from the records,
for theyIonly show:as | stated before S95 for
an appropriation for the last fifteen years.
Allow mo to ask our commissioners il il
takes eighty dollars to make the fill at the
bridge across Glenn's run, how much
macadamized road would $25 make.
AS the writer for the last 81 wears has
been compelled TO travel over our worthy
Commissioners pei road, it would be I'M
grateful while We are referring to roads
not to thank the Honorable BoaTd of Com.
missioners in general and our worthy
Commissioner in particular for the bridge
across Glenn's Run, for the writer has
frequently forded it when the line showed
from four ,(4) to six 10y inches OF water
and q rapid current.
Though we are needing a road SO badly
and We have been waiting patiently 50
long, we are still encouraged in the hone
that when all our large streams lsuch as
Glenn's Rum have been supplied with
good substantial bridges and our good
representative gets v Q his churlishness
towards the northern part of his district
for reducing his majority in the last cleo.
ton 80 below his average ticket, and once
moro becomes amiable las all great states.
men dol then We will receive his atten.
ton and assistance, and all will be well in
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