The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-03-04
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People Than tie Northwestern.
Turnpike Route is Asser-
ton OF a Citizen.
BY Citizen.)
Editors Telegram During the last
lew days considerable has been
printed TIT in Syonr paper relative to the
.5ood Toad movement By citizens at
Bridgeport and intermediate points.
9our printed articles hare indeed
caused much discussion BY the gem
eral public The first article by al
Citizen was pub 1ished in your pa
per on he 23rd, w inch was answered
by a Taxpayer an February 26,EiI1
FhIch The iTaxpaver''. q tempted to
answer the Farious arguments nut una
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 Grasselli TO Bridgeport, that is, the
great number Of people that would
be accommodated, but tried to shift
the matter in saying that if the road
Is bniIt by way of GrasselIi that ft.
VIII be for the benefit OF two or three
land owners in order that they may
have the pleasure OF g,Sxding their:
families to the city in an automobile
and suggest that the parties should
take the street car 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 burt that iL
should be built as above suggested.
for for. the greatest number Of people
and we ask the writer, the Tax
payer: TO please answer It there are.
not at least two thousand five hum
EdTed people living between Bridge
port and Clark sburg by Way OF Gras-
SELL, while on the Northwestern
turnpike there are not mere than
seven or eight families? and we ask,
will not more people he benfited by
the rDad being built by the GrassellI
way? The aXpaver'' In his reply
stated the reason that the street car
line was built by way of Grasselli,
was that there was no towns on the
other route, we asR now IL there has
been any town built along the other
route or over the Northwestern turn
pike since the street car line has
been built to Bridgeport? The an
Iswer is no: II not, we ask why build I
the. permanent road that way nDWs
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
city Of C1arksburg. which was an
sWered by the The Taxpayer by
saving 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
Glarksb1rg 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
Iof Clarksburg, and we ask in return,
how may 4he railroad be REQUIRED to;
put gates upon a, double crossing
outside OF the city Of Glarksbnrg. Az
you TO not and cannot compel the
railroad to put crossings upon the
streets within the corporate city linz
its. Again, The Taxpayer suggests
that there would be no danger by
reason of the doub bic crossing If the
gate sswere: put up. That would elm
mate the danger to the travelling pup
ilic if the railroad was required 10
maintain gates at the point in aqu es-
ton. But we suggest that il the road
III questio ION is to be built because ..
the great travel throughout THIS
tomobila tourists or bysa people ltv-
ing at Bridgeport or at GlarkSburE
in going out either on business or for
pleasure, that If they so by way
of the double crossing. they are CON- ON
PEELED to oft tines Turing the day or
durin = the night to walt time SUI
|ficiept, easily TO have gone the entire
distances from Clark sburET By way OF
IGrasselli upon az good road road ~, "
Bird geport while waiting t ne
train to pull through and give Inc l5
right Of way over the road. ~ can 9sall
that the double CROSSING being at tn 20
eastern porti OF the srailr oaa arls
in the city or Clarkshurg that when l1e'l1
+iraf1,,,s ara approaching the city and
Iars1reuuired to take siding often VIII
EIap 1ipon the main. track for more
Ethan fifteen or twenty minutes ana
during that time the train is not lc
hrnkan and an opening made by
which the public travel may 30
throlI I'll. but are simply held up dur5
fi1ir 4 neriod OF fifteen minutes and
witch time. upon a good road would
the more than ample and sufh Client 70
ma keS the entire run by way OF Broad
iOaks, Industrial; Grasselli to Bridge
tport.
..The Taxpayer again says that
there are seven dairy farms along
the Nor thWestern. TURNPIKE between
Bridgeport and Grasselli the Writer
cannot and does not refute the ar
lirument. but does not know o more
than the Stout and Sturm diaries.
lbut admitting that there are seven
diaries on the road above mentions
led, and admittfng ne, as they say that
l.sthey pay their taxes, too. We ask
lis it not tt ue, also. that the othef