Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1911-04-26
A Selfish View.

The Wayne News, published at the
Wayne county seat of justice, opposes
the idea OF that county giving aid TO the
construction of solid roadway from
the Wayne county line near -Four, Pole
creek 20 the corporate limits of Ceredo,
for these two reasons:
First, the road will be a good thing
for the people of Huntington aud Ash
land who are rich enough Cto own
automobiles.
Second, Wayne county has no good
roads any way, and if roads are to be
built they should be built on locations
which would offer accommodations 10 q
greater number of Wayne county peo-
pie.
The stand taken by the news is both
erroneous and selfish and does not, we
hope, express the general view of the
intelligent and progressive citizenship
of Wayne county.
We take the view that Wayne coun-
ty should, if possible, build the piece
of road in question at its own expense
for the sake of the very great benefits
which would result to the people of
| Wayne county. There are at least
5000 Wayne county farmers who
ought to make their living selling farm
products to the people of Huntington
Some of this number do derive in part
their livelihood from this source. But
the very fact that the state of the
roads makes it impossible for them to
haul their products to market in winter
or to haul more than a quarter of a
load in summer, discourage truck gar
dening dairying and poultry raising TO
an extent which keeps the farmers at
the point of near impoverishment.
With the gap of highway between
Ceredo and Westmoreland closed, the
entire population of Ceredo district
could, with comparatively slight ex
penditure for the Improvement of side
roads, find an accessible and profitable
market in Huntington every day i'll
the year The building OF this road
would place an entirely different aspect
on the farming situation in the north
ern part of the Wayne county line.
, II would enrich the farmers, give them
better mali facilities, and aid them in
many ways.
The building of the road would un-
doubtedly help Huntington, but would
not help Ashland, since it would draw
| into our own state market trade which
now goes into Kentucky because the
proposed road does not exist.
Huntington knows that the building
Of the road does not help Wayne coun-
ty very materially. Yet Huntington is
willing to bear the larger part of the
cost of construction Notwithstanding
the fact that the road will help Wayne
county more than it will help Hunting
ton.
The News and every other newspaper
and every other individual interested in
solving the road problem may just as
we'll concede first as last that, in dealing
with the problem. a broad minded and
unselfish course must be followed.
With the completion of the strip pro-
posed, Wayne co, nty will have six or
seven miles of good roads. That will
be the start. Bond issues or other
methods of financing not now in sight
will have TO do the work. Everybody IS
road cannot be built out of the first in
stallment. We must be patient and
generous and help each other.
The Wayne county strin along the
Ohio river will help more Wayne coun-
ty people than any piece of road of
similar length that could be construct
ed elsewhere i'll the county. 1t pass S
through the most populous part of the
county, joining the towns of Ceredo
and Kenova with kellogg and West.
morelaud.
Huntington and Westmoreland have
offered to be dowr right generous with
Wayne county. The News brand of
appreciation is not of the most desirable
sort.-Huntington Herald Dispatch,
April 81
While this paper recognizes the fact
that the people of Huntington and Ash =
land who own automobiles will be
largely benefited by the proposed new
road, yet We do not think the county
court of this county would go wrong to
assist in this enterprise, when the citi-
zens of the towns named are willing to
bear the major portion of the burden.
Ceredo district pays a large portion of