Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-06-21
SHEPHERDSTOWN CITIZENS
FILE PROTEST ON MARTINS
BURG ROAD.

County Court commissioners of
Berkeley and Morgan counties last
Friday at a joint meeting of the
County Commissioners Of the Coun-
ties ef the Eastern Panhandle held lii
Maitinsburg approved resolution
requesting the State Road Commits
sion to start the construction Of the
connecting road between Martins
burg and Berkeley Springs, by way
of Hedgesville and Cherry Run, as
one of the first projects during the
1921-1922 State Road building pro-
gram.
Il The question of an agreement be-
tween Berkeley county and Jefferson
county as to the route to be followed
in connecting Martinsburg and
Charles Town was laid on the table
and will come up for discussion again
at a joint conference of the two
counties to be held in Martinsburg on
Friday, July /. This action was TAX
en- because of an objection filed by
residents of Shepherdstown to a re-
cent agreement made by the two
couny courts designating the connect
ing link between the two counties to
run by way of South Queen street,
Kearneysville and Leetown Pike to
Charles Town. A delegation of
about SO Shepherdstown people APP
peared at the meeting and made a
plea for the construction of the con-
Meeting link between the two coun-
ties by way of Billmyer's Mill, Shep-
herdstown and Halltown.
Because of the objections filed by
the Shepherdstown delegation the
joint conference was one hour late in
being called together. This delay
was caused by private conference
held between a special committee of
the Shepherdstown residents and the
jefferson county court commissioners
in which the former endeavored to
induce the commissioners to revoke
their agreement and in it's place sub
NIT a proposition to the Berkeley
county court to agree to the re-desig-
nation of the connecting link be-
tween the two county seats to go by
way of Shepherdstown.
Enthusiastic road boosters from
Shepherdstown endeavored to force
the, changed agreement through the
general conference and lengthy
somewhat heated at times, discussion
ensued. As a result of differences OF
opinion a suggestion was made that
the jefferson County Court arrange
for mass meeting at Charles Town
at which all sections of the county
can be represented to express the
general county sentiment to the
county court. In view of the objec-
tons of the Shepherdstown residents
the Jefferson county commissioners
were unable to present a new plan
for the connecting link to be consid.
cred and acted upon by the Berkeley
county court at yesterdays meeting
: E. c. Henshaw speaking for botf
the Martinsburg Chamber of Com
merce and the Berkeley county court
expressed the view that it was the
general desire of the majority in this
county to have both roads construct
ed-the one by way of Shepherds
town and the one by way of Kear
neysville and Leetown. 1t is likely
that before the next joint conference
on July l that a plan will have beer
devised whereby different sections Of
both counties will be satisfied in the
plans for state road system anc
that the two counties will be able tt
present an agreeable program to the
State Road Commission in the neal
future
The following commissioners were il
attendance at Fridays confer
ence: Morgan county-P. C. Yost
president, M. A. Van Orsdale and F
E. Rice; Jefferson county-Nelsor
R. Roberts, president, Charles Moore
DR.. S. P. Knott, C. C. Henkle and Lo
gan Shut; Berkeley county-Jacof
Hesse, president, ]. w. Hollida anc
Allmon W. Smith. Secretary Plat
of the Chamber of Commerce presid
ed as chairman of the meeting.