The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-03-04
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People Than tie Northwestern
Turnpike Route IS AsseF-
ton Off Citizen.
t8y u Citizen. ~.
Editors Telegram: During the last
|: few days considerable has been
printed 47l t In your paper relative to the
good road movement by citizens at
l.id geport and intermediate points.
OUT printed articles have indeed
caused 8nlu CHI discussion by the gen
eral public The first article BY 4
itizen was ublished III your pa
per on the 2Srd. which was answered
| bys. "a Taxpayer an February 26, in
which the Taxpayer attempted to
answer the various arguments put IN
IN the first article, but we note that
the answer did not IN any way touch
upon the first and most Important
reason for building the road by way
/ OF Grassel listo Bird eport. that Is. the
great nun Der OF people that would
| be accommodated, but tried to shift
80 IL I'D LQdL IL rHeRTOau
IS built by way Of Grasselli that it
will be for t he benefit of two or three
land owners in order that they may
have the pleasure OF gEding their
families to the city IN an automobile
and suggest that the parties should
take the street cal. to town. In an.
sWer to this we say that the road
should not be built for the benefit Of
any two or three parties but that It
should be built as above suggested.
Tor the greatest number or people
and we ask the writer. the Tax
payer to please answer IL there are
not at least two thousand five hum
tdfed people living between Bridge
port and Clarksburg by FAY of Gras-
i,sellf, while on the Northwestern
turnpike there are not mere than
seven or eight families /? and we ask.
IsWill not more people be benfited by
the road being built by the Grasselli
way The Taxpayer' in 1iG reply
stated the reason that the street car
\ line was built by way Of GrasselLi,
Twas that there was no towns on the
other route, we asR now If there has
been any town built along the other
route Grover the Northwestern turn
pike since the street car line has
been built TO Bridgeport? The an
IShGI Ia H. tJ II HUL, w ~ t4Sh Willy UAllA
! the permanent road that way now !?
IN the first article attention was
called TO the Death Trap, the
double crossing OF the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, at the east end Of the
l5city Of G1arksbllrg, which was an-
fsWered by the The Taxpayer by
saying that it is presumed that gates
will be built SO as to eliminate and
danger IN answer to the above the
writer suggests that the city Of
| Elarksburg has not yet succeeded in
having gates built upon crossing
within their corporate limits, while
the double crossing in question lies
beyond corporate limits OF the city
/ of C1arksburg, and we ask in return,
how may the railroad be required to
put gates upon a. double crossing
outside OF the city Of Glarksburg.-1f
you &C not and cannot compel the
railroad to put crossings u pom the
streets wit thin the corporate city llm-
tits. Again. The Taxpayer suggests
that there would be no danger By
reason or the double crossing IS he
gates were put mp. That would elm
mate the danger to the travelling pub
Tic If the railroad was required TO
maintain gates at the point in ques-
ton. But we suggest that 1.-THE road
lnSAuBSLluA#iS+
the great travel throughout lh.s
county: east and west, will be by al-
ltomobiles tourists or@by a people l1f-
ling at Bridgeport. or at Clarksbnrg
lin going out either on business Or for
pleasure, that if they go by way
| OF the double crossing, they are COM
inelled to oft times during thesda OF
iSduring the night to wait time sui
Ifcient easily to have gone the entire u E
idistance from Clark burg by way OF
tGrasselli upon good Ss roa 60 : 70
bridgeport. while waiting Tor Guy ne
train ia. pull through and give the
fright OF way over the road. i mean
that The doub Bile crossing being at the
eastern porte on OF the raj lroad yards
lin the city OF Clark shurg, that when
trains are approaching the city and
are required to take siding often VIII
ilay upon the main track for more
than fifteen or twenty minutes and
ldurinE that time the train Is not
tbroken and an opening made. BY
which the public travel may go
Ethroug h u but are simply held5upE dur
ling a period of fifteen minutes and
which time. u ponaa good road Would
be more than amp and sutticient# 70
make the entire run by way Of Broad
EOaks, Industrial, 8Grasselli to Bridge
port. Ell: II, i,
The Taxpayer''. again says thar
there are seven dairy farms along
the Northwestern Turnp Ike between
Bridgeport and Grasselli. the writer
cannot and a Ices not refute the ar
gument. but does not know Of m ore
than the Stout and Sturm Aries,
but admitting that there are seven
dairies on the road above mention
ed, and admit g. as they say nat
they pay their taxes, too We ask ASK
Eis Il q not true, also; that the Other
Epeople SWhossoMn pronerty in Indus
trial, Union Heigh hts, Grasselli and
along he count road. they, too,
do notEpay TIA cir taxes also ask
fare there not at least one hundred I5ti