Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1905-12-27

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valley, and was a fairly good busi-
ness point but since that time the
N. & w. Railway has been built
up the Twelve Pole valley aud re.
Gently the Big Sandy division Of
the N. d w. has been built up the
Big Sandy aud Tug river. skirting
the entire southwest border Of our
county, thereby taking away from
Wayne (the present county seat)
most all the business Of the coun.
ty, aud taking it to the Ohio river.
lhls Is unfortunate for the town
OF Wayne, but it Ia trus from a
business point Of view. Wayne
Is not as ,od town for business
as II was 25 years ago aud the good
people of Wayne are not responsi.
ole Tor this great change, that Of
fected their town. 1t is aud was
the result of the business cond i.
tons brought about by building
railroads, that has transit erred the
business to the river town. Wayne
ls now a very inconvenient place
to reach by a majority Of the
wayne county cltlz,ns. You
hAVp hlt oh
to get from Wayne from the north
and one from the south in that
time, If you have to reach il bv
railroad, and then, Oh, gee whiz.
to think of climbing that hill in
order to reach the court house
Did you ever stand at the top of
mat hill when train stopped to
discharge it's passen gers for
Wayne2 And can you now r.
member the things said by the
people, after climbing that hill
and getting up to whore they could
stard and rest before they could
60 further2 Or did you ever climb
that hill In company with others
and hear some old man or woman
exciaim, ~ hope this is the last
time that | will ever have to come
to this place. Oh dear, | don't
believe | can ever get to the top of
that hill" or did you ever stand
at the top of that hill and watch
people ascending or descending it
when the ground was frozen slick, |
or when 1T was muddy? Now we
mention this as one of the incon-
venlences J II eating to the court
house as now located. We do no
attach any blame to any of the
good citizens of Wayne for this
condition of things; none Of them
had anything TO do witk making
that high hill, nor did any OF
them living there now have any
thing to do with the location of
the county seat there. Another
great Inconvenience TO the public
when there at court times, is the
want of pure drinking water.
Those who attend court at Wayne
IN the SUM mer or fall know how
hard 1T is is TO get drink of pure
cold water; in fact many Of YOU
know that all the water the public
has access to, il at the public we'll
III the public so 1are, aud do you
know that IN the sum mer aud fall
.hat the water You got out Of that
public we'll is water hauled from
Twelve Pole and put in the weIl2
Now when yod think Of drinking
that kind of water, don't it make
you feel like unloading your
stomach2
Now the good people of Wayne
are not responsible tor this condi-
ton of affairs; they can't help it,
tney are not financially able TO
build and maintain a good water
works system sufficient TO supply
the people with good drinking
water, much less water to prote ct
the public and private property
from destruction by fire. Remem.
Der, too, that the tax payers of
Wayne lost by FIRE one of the best
court houses the county ever own