The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-07-22
USEL ESS ROAD is BUlII
By Democratic County Court
for Lewis c County Farm Of
One Of lis Members.
TAXRAYERs AN CRY
Court VIII Be Petirioned to
Annul the Road and
Build Another.

AlliFuI the Roadf and
Build Another.
Harrison county Democrats in
convention assembled showed the
white feather when they adopted a
platform OF generahties without
even slight effort to go into de.
tan.
"A bare reference only was made
70 Democratic county oficials, COM
m1ending their course as public OIL
ttieiais Doubtless there was good
and sufficient reason to the leaders
Tor saying so LITTLE and lstting II 20
At that
For instance, the county court
has had a Democratic majority OF
members the last two years. The
convention barely commended the
Demo cratic members 81 that court
2nds that was am. Why was it so
sparing in Its aiiusion to the course
81 the Democratic members of that
courts?
free to condemn the opposition,
whether right or wrong, the conven-
ton 9t1S should have been consistent
enough to show itself honest. But,
II was not.
Democrats Protest.
Democrats IN the upper erd 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
commended Democratic members of
the court, and they cite one OF the
most selfish and uncal'ed for acts OF
the court known in the county's his
torys That act CONSISTED in the es-
tablfshment and building of a
mountainous road about nile and,
a half long at am expense OF about
$4,000 to the taxpayers. The road
in question Is one that leads to the.
Lewis county farm OF Charles Post.
a Democratic member OF the court,
and 1t was built for his speciaa ben
eft as 1t is apparent to ali who have
seen and know the road aud neigh
borhood that It actually benefits no
one else.
The Post road, as IT. is known,
winds UP and around a 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 1t, and the travel is 50 light on
it that It is scarcely used for other
than for the hauling Of
hayrakes and other harvesting ma
chinery 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 TO made, much
grading done and giant trees
blasted out by the roots. 1t was
made unusually wide for a road
whose use for years apparently will
be but little more than that of a
by path. A great amount OF tiling
was put in and many costly fills
were necessary. 1t ~ a good road
now, equal to many of the best to
be found. but slides from the banks
above and below will make 1t very
costly road to keep up. The tax
payers in that section OF the county
are keenly aroused not onTy to this
action OF the, court IN making them
bear the construction cost of this
road to a Lewis county farm but also
to the fact that so long as the road
IS allowed TO exist they Wall have to-
dig down heavily into their jeans
to keep IL in repair. They heated'y
declare that were the road real
public benefit they wousd not COM
plain against the imposition of tax
for its 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 It in repair
for the use OF practically but one
man.
The new road built since 'charles
Post, a Democrat, became mem
Der Of the county court two years
ago, starts near the Lewis,
residence near the ridge that