The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-05-28
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The following is a communication
published in the Gallipolis bulletin,
of last week. What is therein sta
ted is as applicable to Mason county
as il is to Gallia county; go
u The writer says: 'sThe advantage
/ es to be gained by . pike are almost
innnmerable TO man and beast, while
the gain to. the county in dollars
would foot up into the thousands
In the first place there are 236, 900
acres of land that lie between the
river and the railroad, which is shut
of by reason of mud roads, that
would be enhanced in value not
less than 81 per acre. That alone
would foot up s944.0OO. There is
not rational man in the county
that doubts it, / have talked with
a. great many farmers within the
month and they all make this esti-
mate
"The marketing of their produce
at any time of the year is certainly
a great gain. Then the saving of
one half of the cost of marketing is
another great gain. Some farmers
who marketed their corn, potat oes,
&c., this winter say that the cost
amounted to as much as the pro-
duce, hence they lost their crop, and
hundreds of them did not market ut
all. There is only little profit at
any time in farm products, and
when roads are muddy there is no
profit. Farmers are compelled to
farm their. land, even ut y loss, for
it costs them less to farm than TO
lay idle, and if there is not some-
thing done to help the farmers they
will inevitably have to become
bankrupt. 1t cannot be said that
the farmers of the country are a
lazy, shiftless set of men, but on the
contrary there is not more indus
trious and energetic class of men in
any country, They toll late and
early. Such people should have
the encouragement they deserve,
Now if people could travel ut any
time of the year / think it would
create u new life, new energy, and
zeal in them. There would be, ten
buggies sold to one now; they then
could travel with some satisfaction
and pleasure. This world was not
made for men to be slaves all their.
lives, it was made for their, enjoy
ment-to take all the pleasure pos
sible. /.
"Then if these unfathomable mud
roads prevent them from making a,
living and enjoying the pleasures of
the world, they should be removed,
or else the fear of Gods wrath falls
upon rs. We are now like the,
children of Israel of old, who journ-
eyed in the wilderness forty years,
before the road through the sea was
opened for them to pass through dry
shod. So we now call upon our
leaders or Commissioners to open mp
a road or pike by which we can
journey through future generations
without endangering the life of man
or beast. Then We can begin 70
enjoy some ofthe blessings that God
intends for us. We have said noth-
ing about the little pleasures and
business that neighbors have with
one another, and are now cut off
from enjoying. There are innum-
cradle benefits and pleasures that
cannot be framed in this short arti-
Gle. a.se -e.,.tsa
"These great gains and numerous
benefits are to be had for the pitifnl
sum of $4,000 per year, or in other
words to pay interest on bonds, and
that small amount 10 be taken out
of the taxes that we are already as
sessed and become used to paying.
Now. If there is man so small or
large that will oppose so great
blessing TO the county, would like
to see him and treat him to a fine
dinner, although I don't think his
digestive organs would be able to
digest it. This pike question REM
inds me of q man from the old coun.
try who wrote back from the old
country to friends that this was the
finest country in the worId-he got
three drains day and never paid a
cent for it, they only took it ont of
his wages at night. Soft is with us
I'VE just take it out of our taxes.
This case is better than his-we
propose to lessen our road taxes aft
er the road IS built. Now, friends.
1 have given my ideas Of building
a pike without any additional cost
to the taN-uayar thinkino IL wonld