The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-14
Better Roads.


ure of prosperity without easy.
means of communication with every
point within it bounds. We do not
refer now to the necessity of rail-
way communication, though, of
course, the need of this is quite ap.
parent, but we have particular ref
erence TO the need of good high
ways This country is noted for its
bad roads, though perhaps they are
improved since Dickens took his
American notes, though we can
hardly think the improvement has
extended to West Virginia.
The highways of this State are,
in no section of it, in keeping with
other public improvements, or, iDs
decd, with the general development
of the country which has resulted
from private enterprise. The peo-
pie have been so intent upon ac-
complishing personal ends in imme-
diate view, that they have lost sight
of the advantage, almost necessity,
of good roads. The money of the
State has been most generously ex-
pended upon hospitals and other
eIeemosynary institutions, many
counties have erected public build
ings that would not be discredita-
bic to the larger cities.
Kanawha county expended con-
siderably over one hundred thous-
and dollars to gain the distinction
of having the finest Court House in
West Virginia, and we are all proud
of our magnificent temple ofjustice.
yet we can't help wondering wheth-
err it would not have been better to
have devoted several thousand of
the amount spent for the purpose,
toward improving the roads that
lead into Charleston from all direc-
tions. In summer these thorough
fares are barely passable; in winter,
passage over them becomes an i'm
possibility. The art of macada-
MIXING seems to have been unknown
to our road makers and an engin-
GERS level would doubtless have in
duced them to abandon their policy
of going straight up the hill and
straight down again"
What is true of Kanawha county,
is true to greater or less extent of
every county in the State. The
need of better roads is universal.
This is one of the most important
questions that demands the consid-
Grafton of our lawmakers and it
should by all means receive the at
tention of our next legislature
Kdna,oha Gazette.
Won THEIR CAsE.-Messrs. W.
81. Tomlinson and Chas. E. Hogg,
who were employed as attorneys for
the contestants, in the celebrated
Miller will case, at Pittsburg, which
involved over million dollars, re
ceived telegram last evening that
the Superior Court of Pennsylvania
had reversed the lower court, which
had entered a decree adversely to
their clients. This is a great COM
pliment to these able members of
the Mason County Bar, and will
give them a national reputation.
These gentlemen both get good fees,
running up into the thousands, and
we congratulate them upon their
success in this most important and
holly contested case. AS soon as
the Orphans Court of Allegheny
county corrects its probating of the
will in accordance with the decis-
ion of the higher court, the contest
ants will come into possession OF
their property.
The U. S. Circuit Court of APP
peals, sitting at Richmond, Va, re-
Gently handed down its decision in
the Fisher will case, twice decided
in Judge Jackson's court. This ap-
peal was taken by Hon. okey John
son, of Charleston, for the Perkins
children. The court held that the
testator died intesiate as to one-half
of the property, by reason of revo-