The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-02-10
E73.4 y llllI lIR7 q I0 DOES
NOT ENC E q gle GOOD e IlS
Shows All unwllliagness Is.
co7opsrate with State
Boards q Trade.
SPECIAL TRAIN IDEA

trial Agent as the
/ Proper Thing.
4 Great p,1lagh. ;tsIess fhs wegt vsssr.
i sistiafis sfc sce:t sS .aeh who appzeei.
tlate tho value u ;;so9d teads. Thcst
tptssl9ilihe4. % ecufse, are dope den;
gEnn the matter 81 has..:is ec5a raags
l7and e Svest Nlrginlans hre conteat i i
Is iiayc thsm. tn ge 5t ;5.Tsties MI
,aet matcrtal.zc.
Tho clarRt;buFg B9trd 81 Tsadi
Riitst 4 Tifcnlije rslip Of q poat. COO t....
teFpstsitiG j asiness citiasns, fpresee.
what good roads in Nest YlTsirs:5
world iFean a3n VI v. d. King ths
hb6atl searataFys HAS done earnest
WORK tos opea 8 cagnpaign for good
'road IN 4 i & 'tsteTa .,tlrt of Cue STAKE
The Epecihi train idea IN this esnpe6:
B.Ioa l:;as touad fagas gish I atiabel
Eibf tlFhsitss aftFade and residents sen!
efaliy IN the territory prop5sey 10 DC
tn4serseds bnt appears 10 have Found
I.bp4 little, Il any. fstvor with the Bal-
! tfmore dud Ohio itatiroad Company.
Is shown hy the following cerrespen,
aeneetN
THE baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company:
Industrial Department.
| Mr., N, v. d. King,
SeSrelary BOARD OF Trade.
ciaFSsburg. w w.
Dear SIR
have been considering the good
roads train Soll, sngSesteds and rnnst
pduut that II does not appear 70 me
Cha / Il he Zine Is ripe for such a train.
Il movement OF this kind mist be lied
ny your most intluclstlal IfsettN and, a
would respectfully SUCCESS that ssncel-
Eines besheld in clarkshurg and other
Important points with the View 90 get
tiag your leading men Interested
ClarRsllnrg. rs a central tradtn point
IL Harrison county. should Dc "a eelss
ter 81 the good rotds moveniellt, sud
rs the county itself is s6i1ewhat lin-
Ilted la extent ana the movement Tor
~, ads Is not Sufficiently extended
to justify Ftinntng through other eoun-'
tfesl at would seem to be considerable
eXbense OF, the pnr't OF the railroad for
tiouhtftii returns. BY holding series
of meetings at Clarksburg, Fairmont.
ParkerabGrg. GRAFTON and elsewhere,
The interest might be aroused SUNS
GENTLY to justify such movement on.
our part. Our mana cement has not
yet entered into the good roads
m6yemeht to the extent Of furnishing
trains. aud uhiil SotnethIng Of this
kind has bee done, i do not feel JUS
tilted ii, Fecomgaending such trims to
6nrs management
Yours very truly
tsiknedJ & # ~. W. WOOD
General industrial Agent.
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4. February I, 1912.
M. W. SS$5s,SSooai
General industrial Agent,
Rhltinisre and Ohio 1saflroad Co.,
T8att4tnore. Md.
Dear slf:@is
b Refertttls II to your letter OF the end
inst, / sSsite, you say YOU nave been
con erShgaG g66tl rsada traih, as sug-
geBted Ivy I'D eSibut that II does not APP
pear 10 YOU that the time IS ripesfo
sneh a train.
at would he interesting to know
fknhi just @hat premises you deduce
sven conclusions. AS a general props
6siiiloh. ,ff6ifl my understanding, any
ttillsife Is goSd and proper time 10 In
augurate h good roads movement in
any Section 81 the country.
As a special feature in connection
With sailroadihEi i wish to state that
tho Southern railway, some ten years
as, uhdeF conditions much less favor
abic Than those, that confront your
company. ran a good roads train
thf0ugkuut the SOUTHEASTERN states
tEutthsrmofe. the soatheFn railway
has followed up Its work consistent
~ ever since, aud last year sent out
another train covering sorne ten thoii-
"a nd Fpdles OF roadf 1uu operated tho
Same for over sis MONTHS Tho Penh-
sylyapia RAILROAD also haa cut good
t6ads train last year. aud / think tie
Kew York Central and the Frisco
Lines have also run special trains for
the purpose az creating favorable sens
timent towards highway Improvements
The contents OF your letter would
I1udftate that you are ignorant as to
the Interest already created for good
roads througNolt this state, and. for
your Information. I will state that the
leading icit3ens ct this county have
been, FOR sp5ne time, worktng up a
/ Enod roads movement, and only last
shrihg held quite an enthusiastic meet
Ing Ia the court house Ia this city.
Since my taking hold OF 1onrd Of
trade work In August. last, / have
given considerable time to the fur
ttheraHcs OF the good reads movement
and am now In correspondence With
people throughout the entire county.
We have furthermore secured the