The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1906-03-30

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have been guilty Of any criminal
acts in accepting moneys to which
they were not legally and morally
entitled, or in misappropriating any
of tlic public funds, as you insinuate,
won't you point out the offense and
name the offender?
DEBTS A NECESSITY.
You may think it was a mistake
for the city to go indebt. You may
be right IN that opinion, but il it
not possible that you may be wrong?
The all,ivial valleys in and around
Clarksburg are Of nature that
make it very difficult to maintain
streets or roads. When this soil is
mixed with water it makes mud.
|4fhe more water the more mud mot
|fhs kind that is frequently thrown
from press and pulpit, but plain,
|splSshiGg mud. Just a short while
|aSoithe growing city of Clarksburg
had nothing but dirt roads with a
|snrinkling of crushed rock upon
them. They were wholly made
jquate to sustain the commerce Of a
thriving city. Afew weeks Of rain
and heavy traffic was sufficient to
almost obliterate them.
GLARKsBURG's VAST TON
MAGE.
Do YOU not know that the tom
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 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
are 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 ! fair
partof the cost Of paving them. the
city officials thought it the very best
policy to pave some Of the most i'm
portant thoroughfares. The streets
leading to the railroad station and
East Pike and Main streets were
thus paved. The city created q debt
lin doing this, but was it not mos.
imperative that it should be dones
BEST CITIZENS APPROVE.
The largest taxpayers-mcn like
[Mr. LownGes, Judge Soft and the
owners of the Wholesale houses--ap-
|provpil t''is work. kn9wing tha. it
world PIT the city in debt. u. The
work. had notsbeen done these streets
would now be impossible. The 10
|sult has proved tbewisdom Of the
outlay We recognize the fact that
the nature of the soil and the lay OF
the land on which Clarksburg is
built, makes the problemof 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.
AS to the wickedness of Clarks-
huTr we are not called to Judge The
world, but we believe that Clarks-
burg is as free from crime of every
kind as any city Of like size in the
land:
We may have the social evil with
us, 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 if there
lis we favor policy Of repression.
Men may differ as to how to eradi.
cate this evil. Many enlightened
cities find it best to restrict it with
in certain limits. Asato the wisdom
of this course we know nothing. We.
would rather see it restricted, how
ever, than to see these fallen crea-
lures scattered all over the city and
plying their trade on its thorough
fares. Men who study this quess
ton in large cities say that this al
ways results when the rendezvous
of the fallen is raided and broken
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RECLAIM FALLEN ONES: