The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-30
WANT! GOOD ROADS.
a Pike Convention Held in the
City Of Steubenyiiie Yesterday.
TOWNSHIPS REPRESENTED.
County lnauguratcs a NIoyo
Tor ncttcr Roads which have
Long Been Talked or-Tho
Several scl,cmcs Proposed.
Special Dispateh 10 he lnieiticeneer,

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srEunRNvlLLE, o. Jan. 29-At q pike
convention here this afternoon, presided
over byA. Q. Ault, Esq, Of Island Creek
steubenvile city and township, and the
townships Of Mt. Pleasant, Island Creek !,
Cross Greek, and Salem, united and de.
cided upon a plan for u system OF fifty
three miles OF pike to be equitably dis
tribnted throughout their territory.
Wells township came in with a vote Of
four to three against pixies, but the mi.
nority entered protest, claiming that
the pike people Of their township was
not adequately represented and they
would order an election, which they
thought would undoubtedly vote forr'
pixies. ''s'l9.sd E'@'N7' .'l7'> VI
The Committee upon Routes, which
reported before Mt. Pleasant came In.
aud therefore didn't map out the routes
there, which win be determined on
later, reported and recommended the
following roates: FROM the County In.
Urinary 10 East Springfield, II miles;
from Steubenville to centre OF Islana
Creek township, 8 miles; from Alikan.
ma to Toronto, s miles; from Steuben.
vile to New Alexandria by way of Min.
20, : miles; from Steubenville to Fern.
wood over Coal Hill road, miles; from
New Alexandria TO Brilliant, 4 miles;
from Brilliant to Georges Run, 9 miles:
and from Brilliant TO Salt Run, 5 miles:
together making total OF So miles. 1t
is likely that the matter Of routes is still
in an elastic state, depending on tho
plans OF some townships whose wishes
are not yet fully known. el aiI.l
' A committee OF five was appointed as
sort OF Ways and Means Committee, 10
arrange and present the matter to the
people aud the Legislature at as early
date as possible, so that the building Of
the pixies can be begun carly this sum
mcr. This committee. which also has
powers Of appointing subcommittee in
the different townships to MD them in
their work, was composed OF the follow
ing: Chairman, 0. M. Waddle, Brilliant;
David U. Mccullough, lstand Greek;
George A. Maxwell. Steubenville George
.. Scott, Mt. Pleasant, and L. ]. Foster,
Gross Creek. gL ,s-al '.';
The preceding townships are the ones
who want pixies and say that they will
give majority vote therefor.
In the morning there was a mass
meeting which met pursuant to an adj
journment from previous mass meeting
held January Is. To the morning meet
ing was submitted q plan or system CT
pixies Of ll6a miles in extent. so dis.
!ributed throughout the county that no
farm in it would be farther than four
miles from either q pike or railroad,
This, it was thought, could be built by
two.mill levy on the nineteen millions
OF taxable property in Jefferson county,
and paid for in eighteen years. But
farmers from the outlying townships
were present in such large numbers and
seemed so determined in their on
position 10 pixies that the meeting wins
practically broken up by them, and
forced to an adjournment on Il tcchni-
callty without practically accomplishing
Consequently n new organi.
zation was effected in the afternoon,
leaving out those townships that appar-
emily didn't want pixies and including
only those which did favor pixies. :.
Hon. David MCGOWAN, OF MCGOWAN
Brothers, Of Steubenville, read very
instructive and carefully prepared paper,
which WIS prepared for the morning ses-
sion and had in view a system through
out the county. His idea was that Of a
long bond system for S500,000, bearing
interest at not higher than per cent
and so arranged as to be issued 100000
year, and entirely paid off by 1880.
Assuming that the farms in Jefferson
county would average $1,000 apiece,
which is high average. he said that this
scheme would only tax each farm S.,
which was surely a triiling cost for so
important q public improvements:
The action OF the convention will have
to be ratified by the townships, but it
now looks as if Jefferson county, or at
least the progressive townships named,
we're going to have al adequate and long
needed system of pixies. "