The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-06-22

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times failed. But they have sue
ceeded and they have brought to this
city that which eventually will be of
much benefit to US individually and
collectively.
Water Question Serious.
Now, / have been under the i'm
preston that some action was neces-,
sary and would be taken by our mu-
nic!pality in connection with the
Board of Trade looking to the future
development of the city; not of the
Individual. not of the man, but Of the
community. ] have heard now and
thon, and have read somewhere and
l have discussed with a few people
some Of these objects that are con-
templated. l am cold that one of the
greatest wants of the community and
one that the city is deeply interested
IN and one that the Board of Trade
has been turning to, is the question
Of water. We are Interested in it;
it is subject that ought to receive
the careful attention OF the Board
and of the city, but we are interest
ed in other things besides and in my
opinion other things of more i'm
portance than water.
An Old Problem.
The question of water is a ques-
ton that from the earliest civiliza-
ton and the earliest formation OF
communities and the earliest build
ing of cities has eventually taker
care of itself. In the old geography
that l studied-and I guess the ones
used now are pretty much the same
there was something like this:
Three-fourths of the earth's surface
IS covered with water. Now, we may
not have all the water we need, or
may have, but l venture that we
will get it when the city does ex-
pand. as the city will expand, when
we have dozens of establishments
where we now have one, when we
have millions of capital where we
no have hundreds OF thousands and
when we have thousands OF popula-
tior where we now have hundreds
we may not see that day. but it will
come. God Almighty in His infinite
wisdom has so ordained in the for
nation of the natural elements that
1t will come.
The Ancients Got Water.
Away back, even ante-dating the
Christian era, the cities longed for
water and the cities got water from
the great surface of the earth that is
alluded to. Five hundred years be-
fore Jesus Of Nazareth was born, the
cities OF Greece brought water. not
from the sluggish rivers that swept
by their door, hut brought 1t down a
hundred miles from the limpid pools
of crystal water from the mountains
to the cities of Greece. It was the
same in Rome. Just wherever the
population increased to the extent
that they must have II, then the
water came. This is a long time
back. but l mention it to show that
from the earliest civilization this
question has been combatted with
aud eventually conquered. 1t may
have cost much SO far as the individ-
ual was concerned, but it did not
cost much so far as the city was con
ceraed. 1t is marvellous how they
did the work. They cut through the
solid rock in the mountains and the
valleys and the channels are there
TO his day. They brought the wa,e-
thcre. simply mean by that that
We win bring the water here when
the time comes.
| Lay the Foundations.
| You must not expect the infant
city Of clarksburg to do what the
great city hereafter will do. Let
those who come after us bear theft
share Of the burden. Let Ahe Board