The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-29

- VIE PuuitG luIltlS, ds yUu. l1Stillltte.
won't you point out the offense and
name the offender?
DEBTS A NECESSITY.
You may think it was mistake
for the city to go in debt. You may
he right in that opinion, but is it
not possible that YOU may be wrong?
The alluvial valleys in and around
.tlorksburg are Of nature that
make ii very difficult to maintain
streets or roads. When this soil is
mixed with water it makes mud.
The moro water the more mud mot
the kind that is frequently thrown
from press and pulpit, but plain,
splashing mud1 just a short while
ago the growing city Of Clarksburg
had nothing but dirt roads with a
sprinkling Of crushed rock upon
them. They were. wholly made
.quate to sustain the commerce of a
thriving city. A few weeks Of rain
and heavy traffic was sufficient 10
almost obliterate them.
CIARKsBURG's VAST TON
MAGE. e-.
Do you not know that the ton
mage of Clarksburg IS more than
double that Of any other place on
the railroad between Baltimore and
Cincinnati? That the great whole
sale emporiums here would be a
credit to a city like Pittsburg? If
YOU don't know it. YOU might learn
that the city could not have raised
the money to pave the portions that
IRE now paved. but while many Of
the streets were being torn up by the
street car company and while that
company was ready to bear i fair
part Of the cost Of paving them, the
city officials thought it the very best
policy to pave some Of the most inn
portant thoroughlares. The streets
leading to The railroad station and
Fast Pike and Main streets we're
thus paved. The city created debt
in doing this. hut was it not moss
imperative that it should be done?
BEST CITIZENS APPROVE.
The largest taxpayer.-men like
Mr.. Lowndes, Judge Golf and the
owners of the wholesale houscS-ap-
proved this work, knowing that it
would put the city in debt. ii the
work had not been done these streets
would now be impossible. The re
.sult has proved the wisdom Of the
outlay. We recognize the fact thai
the nature Of the soil and the lay Of
the land on, which Clarksbnrg is
built. makes the problem Of keeping
up the streets a hard one. 1t will
always be with us, and wholesale
charges against the contractors who
did the paving won't solve it.
CRIME AND SOCIAL EVIL.
n TO the wickedness of Clarks-
burg. We are not called to judge The
world, hut we believe that Clarks-
burg Is rs free from crime Of every.
| kind as any city Of like size in the
land.
We may have the social evil with
lus. but where Is the city that does
not have it? We do not think there
is single house of prostitution
within the city limits. and il there
is We favor a policy Of repression.
Men may differ as to how TO eradi-
cate this evil. Many enlightened
cities find if best to restrict it with
lliiIl certain limits. As to the wisdom
81 tbs course we know nothing. We
would rather see il restricted. how.
ever. thsn to see these fallen crea-
itjlreS scattered all over the CITY and
ipking their trade on its thoTOHgF-
] SfNss Men who stndy this ones
ition IN large cities say that This al
Iways results when the rendezvous
Of the fallen Is raided and broken
Iup.
4 RECLAIM FALLEN ONES.
Bnt There * ono 4htou Is which