The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-17


hes betwsen the TWO, h aiready IN che
tumofs when this district completes
It's work there Will be paved roadMaysl
from Fairmont To Clover Gap Cgeyeni
miles from NIanningt ton q distance!
ofgtwenty.f i've miles: ~ &:
The roads out OF !Fairmo weresre-3
Gently inspe |. They must be seen
niord er to !appreci fate their perfect ions
The paved roads are fourteen feet
wide with a twelve-inc concrete curb
on each side; and outside of 1T a. three
foot bern on either side, which Is rap
idly being erased. The roads are
paved with brick and under the brick
is a four-inch deep concrete base. with
two inches of sand cushion between.
concrete and brick. The concrete 70
1873 proportion, which those who knos-
these things say is unusually destras
bile. 5..f \. NJ 3i
The brick used were manulac tured.
\ by the Hammond Fire Brick Company.
The crushed stone came from Keyser.
The cement brands are Giant, lUniyer.
sal and Alpha, which all authorities
agree are best.
These beautiful drives are equipped
without thought Of expense the Inn
provement is costing $500 900 per.
mile, but an objecting taxpayer would
\ be looked upon as curiosity, lit
subject for the Weston asylum:
There has been only one bad slip
| in the road from Fairmont to Barracks
willie and itlts now being repaired.
The location is on lees run hill, just
below the city crematory. Steel /.
beams are being placed so that anoth-
\ er glve.way3 is impossible.
The good roads" lead from Fair.
mont to, Barrackville, twelye.foot
road goes on toward Fairyiew from
Charlie Conaway's farm to the Paw
Paw district line. From Barrackville
lanother twelve.foot road goes to Katy
and will soon be completed to the Pine
Grove bridge. In another direction
from .Fairmont the model road VIII
soon be completed to the Hunsaker
bridge.
S. L. Watson was the first prominent
Fairmont citizen to take advantage OF
the good roads, He purchased the
Straight farm, above Barrackville, ana
built his own cinder road for mile
from the paved STREETS to make 1t ac-
cessible. He and his family abide
there during the summer months,
maintaining their home on Fairmont
avenue for the winter. His son, James
| o, Watson, resides on the Straight
farm the year around with his family.
1 These roads carry travellers through
country rich with the best grade or
coal full OF objects OF natural interest;
they give glimpse Of green hills and
fertile valleys. Virgin forests, wind
ing creeks, picturesque ravines
abound, in pretty suburban country.
and II the distance is made longer
than that by which the bird flies, It
is due TO horseshoe, almost V-shaped,
\ curves. which make the route pictur-
esque to the most unsentimcntal bust
ness man.
Is II any wonder that autos are be-
/ ing sold in Fairmont faster than they
can be shipped into town? Is It any
wonder that real estate values have
increased fully fifty per cent along the
roads which have been turned from
impossible thoroughfares in bad
weather to boulevards which are alike
appropriate to pleasure seeker or Tor
the conveyance Of the farmers pro-
duct to his market?
A Sunday makes the roads from
Fairmort to Barrackville speckled
with autos and carriages. People pass
| the beautiful farm-home of w. B. Ice,
Jr., a pioneer in the good roads
movement in West Virginia, often
honored by the governor with appoint
ments to gatherings of national scope
| which is neighbors did not view other
than as a golden dream few years
ago.
Tusca Marris prosecuting attorney
OF Marion county, has worked hand:
finland with an exceptionally good
county court. in making these i'm
provements the pride of the entire
State.
The Chamber OF Commerce OF, Fair
mont is responsible for giving MT.
lees ideas practicability, as far as
Marion county was concerned. Ac'
i ton was taken which aroused the peo-
plea campaign was waged which