Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-06-16
Road Plans Being Made

Tn Charles Town Advocate of SAT-
urday last prints the following:
In a conference Of jefferson and
berkeley county officials in the county
court room here Tuesday evening plang
were outlined for the two counties 70
work in harmony in road Improvement
under the new road law Represent.
ing Berkeley county in the conference
were commissioners Jacob Hesse. I
W. Hollida and Allmon w. Smith. Of
the county court; President c. l.
Faulkner. Secretary w. n. Pfau and r
a. Poland, representing the Martins
ourg Chamber OF Commerce Jefer-
son representatives were President r.
~. NooertS' OF the county court. and
commissioners Moore. Shut and Knott
All parties to the conference apreed
to the designation OF the Leetown road
the Kearneysville pike. and the count,
road that intersects with the latter
PIKE south OF kearneysville as the pron.
or route Tor the proposed new high
way between Charles Town and Mar
tlnSourg. The principal merit of This
route is that 1t will avoid grade cross
lngs of the main line OF the Baltimorc
and Ohio Railroad. From the Rerkc.
ley county line the designated romte
WIZ follow the present county road IA
the vicinity of VanMeter's school house
Where four or five sharp curves will
nave to be eliminated. From there the
new road will coincide with the pres-
ent county road practically all the way
10 MartlnSburg, crossing. the Opeuuon
on the iron bridge at Riley's ford.
Both courts expressed desire 10
WORK In nearly cooperation in obtain
ing Tor the Eastern Panhandle its share
md
TWO bodies Will be carried to the Statn
Highway Commission in formal res.
olution to be drawn UP by the Martins
burg Chamber of Commerce and sign
cd by both courts
A strict construction of the amend
mcnt authorizing the bond issue for
roads Will certainly deprive Jefferson
ana Berkeley of a fair proportion of
the proceeds of the bonds, and the CO.
operation of the Eastern Panhandle
counties will be required to prevent tho
injustice of the amendment from work.
ing a disastrous hardship on this sec
ton of the State.
somehow we cannot agree with the
action that would spend such a large
proportion of our share of the State
FUNDS on the roads outlined above
~ may NC uldt III is tne shortest route
between Charles Town and Martins
burg, but it will certainly not serve thd
greatest number of people. Larger
and more important communities could
be served by bringing the road bv way
of Duffelds or Shenandoah Junction
and Shepherdstown, thence to Martins
/ burg over the main travelled highway
that is the popular route between these
/ places. We believe that the route des-
lgnated will be unsatisfactory to a very
large proportion of the people of this
county and Berkeley and to the travel4
! ing public generally.
Most of the proposed road lies in
Middleway district. 1t is suggested
that the aStute commissioner from shat
district has once more put one over"
on the other districts. We don't blame
him for this. nor for the fact that his
roads are the best in the county. 1t
shows that he is on the iob-as he oughl
/ % be. But we don't like Shepherds,
town to be left out in the cold in thu
matter of road building, as it has been
so far and is likely to be for some
years TO come.