The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-05-04
BuiId the bridge.

Build the Bridge.
There is but little time to lose II.
a bridge is to be built this year In
time for use IN connection with the
next annual fair of the West Vir-
ginia Fair Association.
The building of the bridge desired
is of such vital Importance that pos
s'bly it Is a question the board Of.
trade and other business organ "a
lions of the city should interest
themselves IN.
The county court has started to
build a bridge near the site OF the
one desired. 1t Is understood that
residents near there. much prefer to
have the bridge on the new site
There has been SO far only an out
lay OF $500 by the county court on
the bridge started. That is better
lost than that the other bridge
should not be built instead OF the
one started. "A levy of only a little
more than one-half cent on the hun
bred dollars a year a single year
would raise the amount in excess of
what the court has already appro-
pr rted for the bridge started: It
would scarcely be felt. For IN
stance, a tax paper would have to
have almost $40, 1000 In property be-
fore he contributed as much as one
do'lar toward the additional cost.
This expenditure on the part of
the court would not prove unwise as
there are great possibilities up the
ELK valley for factory industries.
While the court may feel that 1t
would be. lending too much aid in
the development OF that splendid
factory reg on, it should not be over
cooked that the' business body OF
the county should 'be foremost in
the development OF the county.
are not granted for
.pr3ce but Tor development OF re-
.sourses: Bridges are not built
merely to have bridges but because
they. are needed and are recognized
as developing aids.
There has been no serious protest
by the taxpayers of the county
aga INST the erection of the bridge
sought and it IS not at all likely
that there Will be any. The fair as
scciation has not had a paying ca
reer. To the contrary it has lost
The future of the association is to
be different, II in its time OF need
there is proper encouragement
There is an ambition to make 1t an
enduring public institution. The m
tent:on is to place It on a broader
- ID
herring to few lines OF activity, It'll
is to widen Its scope so as to encour-
age every class OF legitimate indus
try. Everyone knows what the old
fair was to Harrison county and It'll
is a matter of deep regret that its
grounds were so limited that its
usefulness became reduced to the
point where its existence was not OF
that great value the growth of the
The new far wants to meet the de-
There has been nothing before the
court within recent months of
greater Importance than the. pro-
posed bridge and it is to be hoped
that proper conclusions can. be ar
rived at. 1t is of vital Importance
not only to cIarSsbWg but also the
ontire county and no man can at
lord to fail to interest himself in
the matter. 1t is to be sincerelJ
hoped that the fatal mistake of
building the bridge where already
started Will not be made. The court
by going ahead with this important
developer OF the county should feel
that it has the sanction OF the
residents generally OF the county
and its name will be per-
petuated as the hundreds of
thousands who will use the bridge
n the wears 20 come viii remember