Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-10
THE NEW COUNTY.

4 Communication In Favor of Its E'tab-
Ii,hment BY a Cir.zer OF Warrington.
TO the Editor of the Register.
Warrington. w. Va. February 9.-lf
Won will allot me the space in your val
liable paper, l would like to state a few
facts, leach one of which can be sus-
Jained), regarding the proposed new
county OF Augusta.
The opponents Of the bill, that is now
pending in the Legislature to create the
new county, claim that their chief OBJ
lection is that by taking from the coun-
ties Of MOnOngalia, Marion and Wetzel
the amount proposed. that it will not
leave them with the required four hun
bred square miles and that neither Will
it give the new county the required
amount These same opponents claim
that none of the. counties, Monongala,
Marion or WetZel contains at the pres
emit time the four hundred square miles,
as required by the State constitution
This being the case, we would IKE 10
have it explained how these counties
were created if no county shall have
less than four hundred square miles.
Also the counties of Jefferson, ONO,
Peasants. and several others, which are
we'll known to contain less territory
than The three affected by the contem-
plated change.
On the other hand il is pretty well
established fact that each one OF the
counties affected actually contains over
$50 square miles.
Judge Charlton. who is at the pres
emit time Judge OF the Circuit Court OF
Marion county, at the time he was
county surveyor. number OF years ago
surveyed the boundary of Marion coun-
~. and We understand, made q sworn
statement as TO the correctness OF the
survey. which survey gave the present
Marion county 625 square miles.
This survey is still in existence in
the hands of Judge Charlton, VINO says
it is absolutely correct. and that
IT. has been verified by experts.
Monongalia. Marion and Wetzel are
conceded by all 20 be of very nearly the
same area. Therefore the three coun-
ties contain in the neighbOrhood OF l,SoO
or 1900 square miles, or more than
enough for four counties Of the requr-
ed area. And in addition, tour-nIthS
of all the people in the districts affected
are in favor of the change. This Is not
a guess. but the result of a careful can
vasS of nearly the whole territory.
Now as 10 the advantages and disad-
vautages of the proposed change. There
are residents of MOnOngalia county,
who # they wish to reach the county
seat. have a choice Of two roads First
they can drive from six to twelve miles
to the railroad and then have trip by
rail before them of siXty-five to seventy
five miles. passing through Warrington,
Fairmont and thence 10 MOrgantOwn.
On the other hand they can, if they
must. drive across the country, which
means a very undesirable trip OF from
/ thirty to forty miles. Those that do
much travelling know that all the roads
/ In West Virginia have not been noted
I for being the best in the world.
The same can be said in slightly
T less degree of a large number OF the
/ citizens Of the other two counties, all of
I whom can reach Warrington by about
one-third of the travelling required to
reach their present county seats. We
are an advocate of the principle that the
majority of any given number of people
are ENTITLED and have right to any
thing they ask, providing it is right and
does not conflict with any previously
established law. Therefore we say let
the interested people take a vote on 1t
and let their decision be final
We think they are sufficiently intel
igent and are capable of knowing what
they want. Notwithstanding the oppo-
sitian does charge them with being
anarchists
The above is a statement OF facts that
are well known to all that have taken
/ sufficient interest to investigate.
A CITIZEN.