The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-28

4 MINE. SQe Inches, the famous french
I seeress who predicted the present
war, says that the war will be over
soon, and that it viii end gloriously
for the allies. She. declares there
will be no more Hohenzollerns,'s, and
that the empire of tria-Hungry
viii be destroyed.
Gfassefli, and that that road will be
built, notWithstan ding the facts that
the road will be built over the North
western turnpike, but IL the road to
Il Grasselli is built first, then the conn-
4 ty court wi never build the road over
the Northwestern turnpike because 1t
would be foolish for the county to
provide two ways by which YOU may
enter the town from the east and it
us a fact that all OF the people who
live at bridgeport and on the North
western Turnpike as far as Taylor
county and on the Fatrmont pike to
the Marion county lines at Booths
mile, would he as equally and better
accommodated by the road by way Of
Grasselli than til ey would be by way
i5of the road over the northwestern
turnpike and hence it lis important
that If We ever expect TO have a road
from Bridsepo port to- clarksburg by way
of the rthwestern turnpike it must
be built first. And in proof Of this
argument that the people who live
along the east and north of CIarks-
b1lIg, when they market their prod
ucts into the city OF CIarksburg. the
writer asks, which way do they 20 !?
Always when heavy loaded by the low
Buffa1 trail" route to Grasselli and
Fon into the city or CIarksburg.
sofwe say that it is hardly fair for
ia few land they are very few who
argue for the Northwestern pike) to,
say that the taxpayers Of Simpson
district must build the way over the
Northwestern turnpike first il they
ever expect to get tire road because
afteralt IS built the other way there
Will be no hopes but that it matters
not " Their the road is built over. the
! Northwestern turnpike or not, 1T is!
4 an evident fact that there will be in.
/ hl hes4very near future permanent
4 road by Way of the Buffalo sapp to
e CITY Of Clarksburg, by way of.
Grasselii .85
AT the hearins Of the matter before
the county court few days ago. it
was argued by one of the attorneys
I tina the lpkeep or the road bv way.
of the Mort hwestern turnpike would
l. De sixty t6O1 per cent greater than,
by way OF Grasselli.i This, the writer
I believes TO be absolutely true and
would urge the point further One
Vel knows, Without argument that
where road is built over u mountain.
/ OF hill that the erosion or wear of the
guttersWay by the rain or water Will
/ pc "a very damaging obstacle to over
CONE And the only way that can.
be accomplished, so far as the ~ rffter
+ knows knows. is that at every few feet Or
intervals. a5 culvert d s constructed "a
as to carry the water across and nm
der DC the surface Of the road and al
isloMed$ tos discharge upon the surface
81 Inc 70 lower side. The writer desires
20 say that in going over the noun
h l am roads throus the sta tie OF Penn
$ssy y, AM On the state highways and
sWhat. ls !. 81 own IN some parts oft. as
In Z, Lincoln III ghwa that "a Every;
c!ose5 nlt'el'yalss here are large cement
breakers TO catch the water and t1lrn
It through the Z llverts across and
Under the road. The cost az lbnildin =
these cement dikes or culverts q viii
+ &c. more than II viii be to build 4
large 7 portion Of the road on the 9th r.
route !. NJ and there will always be a con
+ t q 9, Veal in he gullies along the
northwestern: NO turn pike that must 3he
I Kept up ifs the road is INSTRUCTED
that way. n M ~ . 4
Furthe attention is called to the.
TACT that the route from Ola RI b,irs
by,ywa1's OF Grass ell is practically lev.
|5el for a d istance of more than fl,ur-.
miles. Fhe only grade beinE from,
the reside nce Of James 81. s,inier5
across 2 ], t':s the. hill to a short distance
De t5f' the residence OF ". Frank
stout Out. the distance being less than
sone M .te and the grade can. by due
survey be made to be a less than four
pef,c nj grade. And in lis. way. the
3roaa VII teal have no expense
=. " Mpkeep from erosion by the water.
The. ritter also desires to cali a.
tention to the fac tia Ill Mil beS, NJ
terly imposs ib1e, in his judgment. Ia
build a tai;y:fa road across The hin Nv
. way OF cunt ia att 50 That IL
could t:e9 he used by any other mode OF
tr.aluspo rtlt ion than automobiles be-
cause t:all4 in the winter months when the
tarvia road is covered It'll a little s1eet
or frozen particles OF ear.ll&tflat gath
sers pom 1T, IL become Il In such IA CON
Iditionl utterly impossible ia keen
/ horses shotl SO that they may be able
to pul a il eaF,E load over the road !.
To this Z proposit ion, the writer
calls ~ pom each man who has ever.
driven q team OF horses either In sa
buggy OF to heavy loaded wagon,
TO the fact that on, taryia road or
grade more than five per cent, Y to
witness thnt IT is almost impossible
for the horses to stand In fact.
the writer has been told that even
the road leading from clarksburE IN
the West Mi ford road wa during the
winter seasons sttcl that i { was I'm
possible to haul heavy loads with i,
team OF horses and that In some IN
lstancess the. horses were unable Ito ev-
en- stand and pull on the 3tarvia.sroad.
and that during the cold winter
mont Tbs, the teanfst ers I'D ulinE heavy
loads going tow:aTds est Nh ford. In