Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-11-30
The Benefit Of Good Roads.

the postal department will establish
seven rural delivery routes in Jetfei-
son county ranging IN distance from
fifty to ffty-seven miles each. The
letter carriers Of these routes will be
equipped with automobiles and the ser
vica will begin January 10. These are
the first routes of this kind to be es-
tablished in the State and among the
first to be established in the United
States, which speaks well for Jeffer-
son county; but the reason for the IS
adjustment of such routes is based up
on the good roads in that county.
Jefferson county has 284 miles OF
macadamzed road out of a possible
344 Prior to 1904 Jefferson county
was expanding from thirty to thirty
five cents on each 500 per year build
ing macadamized roads, and since that
date has been expanding all of the
funds they could possibly raise under
the law The wisdom of the good roads
movement in Jefferson county is dem
onstrated, not only in the foregoing
news item, but in the increased value
of all farm lands in that county. Ac-
cording to the census of 1910 the aver
age value of all land in the State was
$40 IS. The average value OF farm
land in Jefferson county, according to
the same census was $50. 55; the aver
age value of the land in Ohio county,
which has POP miles of improved roads
out Of possible 240, was $50 50, while
the average value of the land in this
county was $4381
There is no greater argument for
good roads than the clean concrete ex-
ample shown in the comparison of the
above figures Jefferson county has
no coal, oil or timber to increase its
value. The values are based entirely
upon the farms and these farms are
made more valuable by reason of the
roads that are constructed to them
Nearly every acre of land in this coua-
ty is as valu bic as that of Jefferson,
but the condition of our roads makes
the difference. Every man who owns
an acre of land in this county would be
making profitable investment ana
valuable use of bis time by applying
the difference in the average value per
acre between the lands of this county
and the lands Of Jefferson county to
the roads in the community. There is
nothing that will bring as great pros
perity to the State of West Virginia as
a general system of good roads on
which the mails can be transported
quickly and over which the products Of
the farm can be marketed as well as
materials taken from the mar
ket to the farm to improve it.
We suggest that our readers TAX a
little time to compare carefully these
figures, that each farmer take the acre
age he has in his farm and figure the
difference, making a comparison of the
average value of the land in this coun-
ty with the average valne of the land
in Jefferson county. Then add to this
the conyeniences of such rural letter
routes as the farmers of jefferson
county now enjoy, the possibilities of
getting to and from home without wad.
ing through mud, and we have a pie
ture of raal life, yet it is one that we
can all have if we will but put forth
the effort to get better roads in this
county. The condition ST the roads in
the future will depend upon the atti-
tude of the people this county win
take toward the public highways. -
Clarksburg Experimentation.
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good brown cotton Sc per yard worth
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All kinds Of pumps for sale by W. Ralph
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Rock Lime o NJ Phillips Lumber and Sup
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Crude carbolis Acid, 25c the quart at
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