The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-04-03

Grasselli. save and except two or
three rich farmers who own large
farms in the southern end of the
district and reside in the town of
bridgeport. who think that the pro-
posed roads should be built to ac-
commodate them, and we believe the
Brushy fork people, who own land
and reside on their land and farm,
VIII be perfectly satisfied with the
proposition as ii now stands for it
VIII give them two miles or more o!
good roads east of Grasgelli. which
in very short time will give the
Brushy fork people direct road to
Clarksburg. where they do nine
tenths of their shopping. The two
miles on Rrushy fork will be in pro-
portion. II not more, to the amount
of their taxable property and hence
should not be dissatisfied in any
manner, except the Bridgeport gem
tlemen who want n cross road built
so they may go to and from their
own homes to their broad acres of
splendid grazing land at any season
OF the year.
Tho great majority or people re-
siding In Bridgeport want the best
possible road leading from their
town to the city Of Clarksburg, which
Affords them not only the best grade
but also the best prospect for further
development; for example the Bridge
port planning mill people are anxious
that the road connecting with
Clarksburg be by way of Grasselli
Tor the reason that IN the past they
have constructed a number OF houses
and furnished the material also for
n large number at Grasselli, and
could have furnished some recently
but for the reason the mud hole"
spoken of by the Taxpayer" as
easier to get out of than it is to get
out OF debt" reaches all the way
from the mill through the streets OF
bridgeport and over the Buffalo
trail" to Grasselli. SO that If you use
the streets or main roads in Simpson
district 1t is one continuous mud
hole" to pull through. or course a
mud hole" is all right il you do not
want to do any business at all but
simply tic up for the winter and
patiently wait for the March winds
and April sun to dry up the mud and
feed your teams through tho long
dreary winter months, waiting for
the roads to dry out. Let US see:
Say young man has one thousand
dollars, in wagon. harness and
horses. and the two horses, wagon
and driver will bring him in five
dollars and fifty cents per day. Say
the young man is like the "Taxpay-
er" who does not work himself, but
hires some man to drive his team for
him. and pays one dollar and sew
enty-flve cents or two dollars per day
for the driver and II he does not pro-
duce the grain and feed for his team
on his own farm he must pay about
fifty cents per. day for each horse,
and then the owner of the team must
keep harness in repair, and that Is
no small item because when he sends
his team ont through the mud holes
In the winter time the mud is very
hard on the leather in the harness
which helps to deteriorate very rap
idly all parts OF the harness; and
then again no make OF wagon will
stand the wear and tear over rough
muddy roads as long as the same
would have given service over mod
ern permanent roads, and hence tho
owner of the team will have, we will
say. about fifty cents per day for ex-
pense Of up keep of harness, wagon
and shoeing horses and other Incl
dental expenses, leaving a net in
come Of two dollars per day. There
is at least four months out OF each
year the team must stand idle, thus
losing the net income of two dollars
per day or two hundred dollars with
an additional loss of four months
feed for the two horses or one hun
bred and twenty dollars, or total
loss Of three hundred and twenty
dollars per year. Now take 1t that
permanent roads are constructed and
the same teamster could make
straight time and by reason of the
bond issue is compelled to pay upon
the assessed value of one thousand
dollars for his horses and outfit, the
five per cent Of his property for a
whole bond issue would be only fifty
dollars, with thirty years to pay off
the same. together with the accruing
interest would not amount to over
two dollars and fifty cents per year,
or ABOUT the pront from one days
work-this would not work a hard
ship upon the teamster or any one
and be blessing to the entire com.
munity to say nothing OF the pleas
ure of travelling on modern perma-
nent road, and the increased power
OF transportation, for certainly I'VE
teams are required TO do the work
that one could do If we had good
roads.
All wealth comes from mother
earth" but surely little from the
mud holes"
Bond Issue Cheaper.
The Taxpayer" in the article
above referred to also states that
1--WE should build our permanent
roads by direct tax" In answer to
the above we wish to say that the
only difference in building roads by
n direct tax and he a bond iasmn is