The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-11
To Petition County Court and
to Make Survey as Result
of a Mass Meeting.
tContrlI,utetl.l

4. y. Williams. state road engineer.
was introduced to an overwhelming
crowd In theTTItzhugh hall at Bridge
port yesterday afternoon by the chair
man. George Camp. nj the good roads
meeting of Simpson district. Mr..
Williams dwolt upon Importance OF
the construction OF public roads. lie
said In part:
I'VE Rs people have not given
road building the proper consideration
in the past. and nothing has been
done by the engineering profession
to solve the problem"
He urged very strongly the import
Nnce of building roads to take care OF
the mass of traffic which was in the
country. He stated that the railroads
could not handle the bulk OF traffic
which was In the country and that
good roads were OH ronly salvation.
In speaking OF tho high cost OF llv-
ing Mr.. Williams said that mud holes
were playing II big part In that cost
He stated that II was costing each
farm in West Virginia about $500 to
keep the mud holes. One thousand
farms in tho state paying the above
amount each year should awake our
minds.
On an average the 1000 farms are
only producing $3.50 each year. co1-
sequently coming ont in debt $50 on
each farm tn keep the rnnds going
and keeping un the mud holes.
The state OF West Virginia through
the university at Morgantown was the
first state in the union to take up the
work Of making q study In their uni
versity OF this important question of
working out in their laboratories the
secret Of construction 0f good roads.
Az this time and within the next
year West Virginia will spend over
$10,000.000 for building good roads.
In spending this money Mr.IVilliams
said he wanted II understood he was
for building roads for the people and
to accommodate the most of the people
and keep lip our turnpikes and nation-
al highways. y
f. B. Dayisson took the stand af-
ter the report OF the standing COM
nlittee had been read and accepted.
Mr.. Davisson gnve a talk on his
schooling experience In Charleston
and Washington and gave the people
to understand that lie believed in see
Ing America first.
In spite or the five minute limit
put on all speeches for the afternoon.
Mr.. DayissIon was seen as a bobbIng
jumping jack popping up and down
dashing fire into the meeting.
philander X. Stout took the floor
and in his usual oratorical manner
he took the meeting in his hands and
filled the clouds full of blue smoke,
John g.. Johnson here appeared on
the scene with a motion in which he
proposed to build the roads In simp-
son district for the people and not
for the sake Of accommodating any
personal friends. Mr.. Johnson said
our money must be spent for the
people and for the people he was.
Give the people all a part OF these
roads in proportion to their taxes. He
set forth in his motion that we build
the road from Bird geport to Grasselli
thence to Clarksburg. thus making
the connecting link with the brick
road into our county seat. Clarkshurg.
to build a road on Brushy Fork and
the PhilippI pike two miles, also to
build two miles on DAVIDSON run, two.
miles from Bridgeport to the F'atiB
school house, two and one-half mtles
OF good road from Mead two
miles north to M. IsodgetH, and build
the main street or the North stern
turnpike from the altlmore and Ohio
depot at Bird dgeport to the forks OF
the Grafton and Fafrmont pike, and.
two and one half miles from the forks
Of Grafton and Fairmont pike to ]. Il.
Brohard's at the forks of the road
leading over to the Guff farm.
Lyle b. Hornor took the floor here
and In five minute talk took the
house. Mr.. Hornpr said that he was
not In favor OF letting the county
court build Simpson district roads.
He pointed out where the county
court had been for the last century
building roads and had built no
roads. Mr.. Hornor said:
II believe we have enough brains
in Simpson district to build roads
and TO build substantial road without
calling on the assistance OF the cnuns
4 " s tNAA y Va, sAAAFs AhANAff RAth4uE HHlHe
trict" He urged the citizens and
said:
The most important thing we have
to 5dotis to getsour good heads togetil-
er, make up our minds whore the
roads are needed. Build them where
they viii serve the most OF the peo-
pie and leave out all personal and
self interest.
There is no reason why we can't
construct permanent roads roads
that viii serve this and the next gem
eratinn
The reasn ON we have so many rot
ten roads and they are no coed As be-
cause we have not had q fair deal. il
would be ashamed 20 confess that
IenEtnners i or sat us q member of
any county court rnd have facing me
the roads which we have IN Harrison
county, considering the vast amount
OF money of the people they have
spent
Gentlemen spend plenty OF time
in preparing ypur specifications. see
: that your specifications are framed