The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-30
ATTAgK Mr.. HUBBARD PROVES TO BE
ABO0MERANG FOR THE DEMOCR
Campaign les Expose
FULL AND COMPLETE ANSWER TO COL, W. b. COMA
Ways CONTRIBUTION TO DEMOCRATIC
LITERATURE
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people the City Of Farmon This is being done ouietl m
the country by Democratic heaers candidates by mse
senng to the country voters the building Of the new bridge
across the river at Fairmon Col w H. Conaway has pre-
pared and printed fifteen page pamphlet on The CITY
Bridge in which he attempts to review decision of the SUI
peme Court and the building of this bridge In this pamphlet
Conaway argues that this bridge has been entirely built
at the cost of the taxpayers living outside Of Farnont and
that as matter Of law it should have built exclusively
BY the taxpayers in the City of Fairn0nt That great
wrong has been done the country people and farmers Of
this county by the taking Of their money pay this bridge
hs argument and this pamphlet is being mailed and circuat
ed among the country voters only farmer who had received
one brought into the West Yirgnan office Yesterday Let
us examine this dlaribe Of Col Conway for minute and
see what he claims and what the facts are
Thegpamphlet argues that the supreme court decides
that the city Of Faont should have built bridge and not
the county
Answers The supreme court has never decided any snch
proposition The decision referred does not so decide as
any ven INFORMED aMyer well knows simply decides that
after the county court Of Kanawh county had by an order
turned the bridge crossing Elk the city of Charles
ton and the city OF Charleston taken charge Of the bridge
had repaired and painted iand taken Jurisdiction Of the
nrldge that the city could say it was not liable for the
the bridge IN suit damages caused by the bridge
beng ont Of repair THERE is NO DECISION or THE
COURT THAT THE CITY SHOULD BUILD THE BRIDGE
But the bridge crossing the Monongahela in yerv
different situation from the bridge mentioned by Col Coma
nned the bridge over to tcit of Fairmont N has never
relnqushed jurisdiction the bridge in any sense thn
e 10 the bridge site still the county court and the CITY
atofs nave no right to interfere with property belonging
10 INC county as long the county retains the same Th
county has always and still continues keep all bridges in
repair and the city has taken this bridge nor
nor painted nor exercised any jurisdiction over it whatever
ana the city has authority to repair or nterfera With ;
bridge whatever
Col ConaWay argues and would have the farmers and
country people to believe that they have paid the total cost
of the bridge Answer He admits in daribe on page
that Bridges built from money raised ,r tbo low, f
county purposes lie goes further and saws that he lew
Tor county purposes is onesNth less in the cty than bout
bt what is the truth about this! THE TRUTH Is THAT
IHEBRlDGE ACROSS THE AIONONGAHEI,A RIVER WAS
ORIGINALLY PAID FOR OUT OF THE COUNTY LEVY
AND THAT THE COST OF REBUILDING IT. WAS ALSO
=, rlp ,a ~ eF THE COUNTY Levy, AND THAT THE TAN
lAfERS INSIDE THE CITY PAID THE SAME AMOUNT
OF THESE TAXES ON THE HUNDRED DOLLARS AZ
HOSE WHO LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY
" lie says on page -: Bridges in escounty onts;d
" tue city should be paid for out of the county fund yh
Ses located in the city should be paid for out Of The
"S' Also on same page: that @taxpayers' in the city
"a! morning toward the county levy for the n,rnoSo m
building repairing and maintaining bridges loca+od
" ue cy Aso that the city did not pay one cont To-
u 'e building OF the Palatine bridge" Also that
run ana reality city Improvement paid for by the coun
answer Every one Of these statements are false and
eonaway is either liar knowingly 3, onorantl Ms
p"nphlet indicates that he has examined the law and +
county court records This same records from -.
m lotna''oa about the evies would have shown him and
@ 'i"b. y ne examined them he would have yoters
at ne taxpayer in the city paid as much toward Tho
as 'le taxpayer outside Of the city paid The
county levy is made up of estimated comfy, exnon
uulns an item each year for bridges iooI.;ns u
INC Colonel could not have overlooked ths ga+ ''s
@ "unS court IN every year would also have show, ~;