The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-07-25
BY Democratic County Court
for Lewis County5FaFTn of
One of Its Members.
TAxPAYERs AlNGtR Y
Court VIII Be Petitioned TO
Annual the Road and
Build Another.


even a blight effort to go into de-
tail.
"A bare reference only was made
20 Democratic county officials, com
mending their course as public Of
fleLaIs. Donbtiess. there was a good
and sufficient reason to the leaders
for saying, so little and letting VI go
at that
For instance, the county court
has had Democratic majority OF
members the last two years. The
convention barely commended the
Democratic members Of that court
and that was an Why was it SO
sparing in its allusion toythe course
of the Democratic members Of that
court?
Free to condemn the opposition,
whether right orz#rong,. the conven-
ton shourd have been consistent
enough to show itself honest. But,
1t was not
Democrats Protest.
Democrats IN the upper end Of
the county. especially IN Grant and
Elk districts are convinced that the
county convention was not honest
with them or the people, when it
commented Democratic members OF
the court, and they cite one Of the
most selfish and llncal,ed for acts of
the court known in the county's his
tory. That act consisted in the es-
Enlistment and building of a
mountainous road about a mile and
a half long at an expense of about
$4,000 to the taxpayers. The road
in question is one that leads to the
Lewis county farm Of Charles Post,
Democratic member OF the court,
and it was built for his special ben
eft as It is apparent to all who have
seen and know the road and neigh
borhood that it actually benefits no
one else.
The Post road, as 1t is known,
winds up and around big hill, a
mountain one may truly say, and
mostly through. woodland, where
nobody lives. There is not single
dwelling or other building located
along It, and the travef is so light on
II that It is scarcely used for other
purposes than for the hauling OF
hayrakes and other harvesting ma
ehinery to and from the Post farm
in Lewis county, and at least one
prominent Lost Creek farmer says
the road cost more than the farm
Is worth.
Very Expensive Road.
The road was very expensive
one as deep cuts had 10 made, much
grading done and giant trees
blasted out by the roots. 1t was
made unusually wide for road
whose use for years apparently will
be but little more than that of a
by-path. A great amount of thing
was put in and many costly fills
were necessary. 1t Is a good road
now, equal to many OF the best to
be found, but slides from the banks
above and below will make it very
costly road to keep up. The tax
payers in that section OF the county
are keenly aroused not only to this
action of the court in making them
bear the construction cost of this
road to Lewis county farm but also
TO the fact that so long as the road
is allowed to exist they will have to
dig down heavily into their jeans
to keep IL in repair. They heated'y
declare that were the road a real
public benefit they would not COM
plain against the imposition of tax
for It's construction and maintain
ing, AS It is they purpose to Pc
tition the court to annul the road
and thus save them the annual tax
for all time in keeping 1t in repair
for the use OF practically but one
man.
The new road built since Chanles
Post, Democrat. became men,
Der Of the county court two years
ago, starts near the Lewis
residence near the ridge that
divides Lost creek from Jesse's
run in Lewis and winds up and along
the high ridge. that divides the Lost
creek and Roofing creek sections,
ending where Harrison, Upshur and
Lewis counties corner.
OF But Little Use.
The road is Of but little. II any
benefit to the:Lewss- farm. The
Roofing creek section has a good
road by way OF Jamestown and
Rockford to the Lost creek station
and It's residents are too sane 10 use
that mountain road in preference to
the old established road, although
the now road may shorten the dis