The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-02-10

Iy aa. has been very active
'n -ais rRrttuar I'nt and Nii
Nor. with }ot a1d VIII earrt lli I1c
slere lcnf l y4ur etier
y F. Aai'neT Huntington IS VI
kep'Fiaf n0ih 11r fd S.
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much da
ne GOOD ad
ne ~ IL
Edad d Ira a
B5 thsit lines igha tae * ate. ana VI
viii sbe pisased Il i you now Yiiat
they have to Eay. IN come ton. With
this would like 10 say that CabsH
I.couptg has recently voted three hum
ldrea thonsand dollars With which 10
start building permanent highways IN
the county. =
HI ]. Cross, salem. w. Va. Your
letter under yesterdays date Il hahd
tand n 1reply wIll say thatsI feel no
Ehesitap5y. In stating that our board
fwifi gladly cooperate IN any m6reg
ment that has for It's end the ,better-
iltenf 81 'the ptblic higlfways Of Rar-
rison county. conditioned OF course,
fhisSt thg plans are such as ne can alb
soluteiy .indorse. make this state
l1ment ieonadehtlS becanse the matter
has already been BEFORE the board and
under discussion several times /"
The above must convince you thar
considerable publicity has been given
this matter. and, as the organizations
noted are made up Of representative,
citizens, the sentiment expressed IS
certainly that Of the leading men Of
the respective committees referraa to-.
Referring to that portion OF your
letter wherein you state, ut would
seem to be consi derable expense on
the part Of the railroad for doubtful
returns ana further, .our manage
ment has not VET, entered into the
good roads movement to the extent Of
fgrnishsns trains" Iwish to state tibet
Neither expression dies you3nor your
mana cement credit. In the tlfst place.
lf! 9dd me state that any Teas-.
enable amount Of money expended by
"a; $5Aitt6 sinai Ting on 'co-operat-
ttDskstns movements for improved high
ways IS returned many fold. tas not
a phil4nt ar9pic movement 6y any
means a3d.f when such executive
heads Iii railroad corporations as MT.
w. 6. Brown. OF the New YORK; Cen-
trail, Mr.. W. w. Finley, of the South
ern Railway, and Mr.. B. F. Yoakum,
Of the Frisco Lines, give their person
al time and attention to this great
question, II certainly must mean some
thing. They do not only give their at
tention to the territory in which they
are directly interested, but have taken
an active part in the general propo-
sition as organized under the Ameri-
can Association for improved High
ways and are officially connected with
this association These executive heads
together with their subordinates, have
recognized for some time the value OF
good roads as feeders to the Hines OF
their respective railroads, and, in this
connection, l quote the following to
bear out the statement; f,
Mr.. w. W. Finley, in an address be-
fore the Southern Appalachian Good
Roads Association: every Improve
ment in a highway-lbe Ii waterway.
a railway or wagon road-means an
enlargement Of the opportunities OF all
those engaged in any,dsind OF business
contiguous to It. in development OF
both agriculture and manufacture theI
wagon road plays an important part.
Whatever may be the ultimate desti-
nation OF farm products, their first
movement Is over the county road. The
same is true of raw materials and
supplies for an Industrial or CONNER
cial certer and IN the ldistribution Of
commodities from such a center
through the surrounding agricultural
regions the wagon road is always an
important factor"
Mr.. NJ. v. Richards, Land Agent and
Industrial Agent. Southern Railway,
in an address before the Southern APP
palachian Good Roads convention,
AsheMne. N. c., October 6. 1903:
"That the railroads are virtually in
terested in the Improvement Of the
common highways os the country Isl
certain. A permanent system Of good
road s:means only less to the railroads
than 1t does to the people, to the far
mers. and the business men OF. the
towns WHO make direct .nse of them.
FThe highway is thefeeder Of the, rail-
ffr6ad dana the RIVER transportation sys-
TENS. They do. two things which.
I:tieansaRlstness for the railroads. They
hnilF Up, the tributary territory, they
sanGreass the. population and the pro-
tgdgsStton Of the sectipn which support
1.-The railroads, by making the. people
more prosperous they add to the de-