West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-01-23

Is u DIVERSITY OF opinion about the
site, and it would be a matter TO be
decided by a competent committee.
The stone work will be a big item
in the cost, since there will have TO
be II pier anyhow (unless they
should build a suspension bridge)
and high abutments, with a big fill.
We believe the kind Of bridge asked
for is al iron one, something like
the one now building at Grafton.
This makes a very good bridge and
a very pretty one, but it has to be
painted often to preserved from the
weather, and in Building it most Of
the money goes out or the county
ove into Ohio or some other State.
Now how about a covered wooden
bridge, something ike the one built
at Albrightsville or across Cheat
above Rowlesburg on the North
Western Turn Pike? That bridge
has probably wcathered the storms
of fifty years and is right good vet.
There are many strong points in
favor of a wooden bridge. 1t will
not cost any more than an iron one
and every bit OF the money can be
kept at home. We have lots of stone
for the foundation and plenty of
timber and lumber for the bridge.
and masons and carpenters who can
do the work, so why send to Ohio
or any other State for a company to
come and bring the material and do
the work and carry back three
fourths of the cost of building. The
wooden bridge need not be painted
every year and we believe if taken
care of will last as long or longer
than the iron bridge, besides it is a
great protection to the traveller i'm
storms and high winds whereas it is
dangerous to cross an open bridge.
AS the court cannot issue bonds or
go in debt to build this bridge, the
only way they can get at it is to
issue county orders aud let some
one who has the money take them
up, advance the needful and wait on
the county for the money, and there
are men who r willing and able
and ready to do this If the court
can see its way clear to take hold of
the matter at the April term. with
the high taxes we have been paving
and complaining about, it is a diff
cult matter for the court to deal
with. If they do this, Il howl will
60 up from various parts of the
county, and if they don't the Rowles-
burgers will make Rome howl. so
that the court is between the devil
and the deep sea. The old SAYING
is "to give the devil his dues" now
which side is the devil, and what are
his dues Besides, at this term Of
court, the commissioner from Reno.
who should be the special champion
in this matter, was unable to be
present owing to sickness IN the
family, so that all these things o IL
sidered. we don't see how the court
could be blamed much for begging
time in the matter, and laying it
over until April. One of the mem
bers said to us that they expected
an expression from the public
through the county papers in the
mean time, so as to get some light
on the subject. We have been feel
ing the public pulse some ourselves
and have now expressed our views,
for the present, in order to start the
ball rolling.
Some have suggested the idea of
a toll bridge, hut VIC are opposed to
this and think if the county builds
it, and it will sooner or later, it
should be free in order to DO the
greatest good to the greatest number
of people. 1t would not be a paving
investment for u joint stock compa.
ny to build it and collect toll, of
that we are well assured, so that the
whole matter falls upon the county
court, and it might as well take the
bull by the horns. One of the
strongest pleas made by the Rowles-
burg committee, IN urging the case
before the court here, was that the
b. u o. had put up notices now,
prohibiting people crossing the rail
road bridge there, but it does not
stop them all the same, for it is not
enforced and the only good it does