Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-03-31
MOVING FOR GOOD ROADS.

On Friday last the county court
met in special session in accordance
with the request of the committees
Amounted by the citizens who met
several days prior to consult as to the
Improvement Of the roads Of Berke-
lev county, and held conference
with the committees. The farmers
along Dry Run and the Tuscarors
made the best proposition, which was
TO pike the road from Smiths toll
gate near Roust's to the top of the
mountain. They report having rails
ed subscription OF Sl,560. The citi'
zens along the proposed pike from
Inwood TO Gerardstown reported thai
thew would raise subscription oil
Sl,S00 provided the county court
would give an additional $1,000 and
furnish the crusher and engine. The
farmers along the road leading from
Joseph Thatcher's to Mr.. j. w. Is.
Evans offer TO pike the road free pro-
yided the court will furnish the en-
CINE and crusher. Those along the
Arden road ask 40 cents a perch Tor
the stone, and the court TO furnish
engine and crusher. All the sommit-
tees agreed in urging the court TO
purcha Sc a stone crusher for the gen
eral benefit Of the ads.-Mdrtins6ug
Independent.
From the above it will be noticed
that the Berkeley county farmers are
really in earnest in the matter OF
good reads. The people Of Jefferson
should not be behind them in this
good work. Let us also take some
active steps locking toward the im-
provement Of our highways. We
heartily endorse the following ar
ticIe from the Char!estown Advocate
upon this subject. In suggesting a
public meeting Of the citizens of the
county 10 discuss the most practical
methods of improving our roads, the
Adroeate avs
This could not possibly do any
harm, and would most likely result III
suggestions which would do great
deal of good. Here is plain propo-
sirion: there is from nine TO ten
thousand dollars yearly appropriated
and spent upon the roads. Ihls has
been done for some years. Can any
individual point out commensurate
advantage derived from the ninety
TO one hundred thousand dollars
spent in that way during the last ten
wears? You will agree, at once. that
if this large sum of money had been
iudiciously spent that large proper
lion Of our most important county
roads would now be piked, without
a cents increase of taxation. The
estimate j. $4,000 to the mile; then
500 900 dollars would have piked
forty miles and left ten thousand
dollars 10 have kept in repair the
minor county roads. This system, II
kept up, in twenty years would pike
every leading road in the county. 1t
j. a shame to our farmers, that they
will sit at home and allow their hard
earned money to be sunk, worse than
souaudered, while they have to sub
NIT 10 all Of the inconvenience OF the
execrable mud roads OF which every
one is complaining. II you don't
want any increase in taxation, let us
all meet and discuss and formulate
some plan whereby the taxes we do
paw may be SO judiciously applied as
10 produce more satisfactory result.
Appoint a day for a meeting and no.
tify us and we will advertise it both
by hand bills and in our columns,
and we will get every paper In the
county to spread the time of the
meeting 1t can. not possibly do any
h. rm and we are sure il will do good.
Let us have meeting, and let every
one come prepared TO offer or act
upon some practical snggestion-let
us have no axe-grinding. The great
est good to the greatest humber is the
best motto