West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-03-22
THE M. & K. CELEBRATION
A Thousand People in Town Last Saturda,
In Spite Of the Bad Weather.

has had in the building of the M.
& X. Railroad, for the indo mitable
perseverance with which he pursued
the work against adverse circum-
stances:
And to the Hon Stephen B. Ell
kins, President Davis Elkins, and
all connected with the building of
the road, for their energy and per-
severance in pushing the road to an
early completion in the face of very
unfavorable conditions of tn e
weather.
Before the meeting dispersed Col.
Moore made neat little speech In
Producing the subject of the good
roads convention plannd for the
afternoon and evening, and getting
committees appointed for the work
of that convention.
After dinner the band formed in
front of the Court House, and led
the way with lively march to the
Armory, where goodly crowd soon
gathered and began the work Of the
Good Roads meeting.
Mayor w. II. Mcdaniel delivered
an address of welcome full of good
sense and good humor, and A. B.
McCrum read some carefully pre-
pared statistics as to the ependi-
lures on roads and bridges in Pres
ton county for the last five years.
He was followed by Captain
Bradburn, who discussed the tech
nical and engineering problems con
nected with an improvement of
highways in West Virginia. Col.
Rixey made one of his Characters
tic eloquent addresses, and secured
signatures to his long roll roll of
names for the future distribution
of Good Roads literature.
Unfortunately it was found i'm
possible to run train down the
M. q K. after the evening session,
so that the big crowd of people
from Reedsville, Masontown and
points down the line were unable
to stay through to the end OF the
convention.
The stereopticon lecture in the
evening by Colonel Moore traced
the history of road making from
the very beginning of the art down
to modern times. The collection
of pictures contains many rare and
beautiful views and illustrates the
conditions of road making In various
parts of the world.
Resolutions of tenor similar to
those of the Morgantown meeting
and the state convention at Wheel
ing were enthusiastically adopted by
the Preston county good readers.
There were many expressions of
opinion that the road from the
Court house to the railroad station
would be an appropriate place to
begin the practical realization of the
good roads ideal. The meeting was
full of interest and will doubtless
give good road making an immense
impetus in Preston county.
Governor Dawson has about de-
cided not to call On extra session of
the Legislature as there has been
considerable opposition to it and
1t will not be long anyhow till the
regular session next winter. The
Morgantown Post publishes a letter
from the Governor in which he in
dicates that he has decided not to
issue the call, as there are three
vacancies in the Senate and three
in the House of Delegates and 8
special elections would have to be
held to fill these vacancies, before
an extra session could be. held. Al
together it would be an expensive
business and very doubtful about
any real good being accomplished,
by the present Legislature anyhow.
No hope can be entertained for the
people till we can get Legislature
that is not elected and controlled
by the railroads and corporations.
After being dry for one year,
Grafton went wet by nine votes at
the city election this week. The
contest was a warm one in spite of
the weather and 1900 votes we're
poiled which would indicate a pop
ulation of about 8, 900. The coun.
Gil will be half Democrats and half
Republican, wit h Republican
mayor 70 unite the tie. The city
has been dry and Democratic the
past the year, but will be wet and
Republican the coming year.
Whether this proves that dry sea.
son is good for Republicans and
bad for Democrats or that the Re-
publicans must have their booze, we
leave to the Sentinel and Leader 10
figure out. Anyhow we suppose
Decoration Day will be an old time
success again this year.