Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-02-11
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twenty Years. Grcenbricr County
has received the taxes from this
; section which aggregate many thou
sand dollars. This money has in
the past been expended to dcfray
! the expenses of the county govern
! mcnt and only Il very small amount
has been expended in the section
Z from which it WAS derived. not
understanding the fact that the larg-
est tax payers are operating just
. across the Grccnbricr line in Rich
wood, Nicholas County. West Nir-
giniH.
The County Court has refused to
make any expenditure on the Cold
/ Knob Road until the citizens Of
fleetwood would put up more than
, half the amount the Court would
agree to appropriate. Within the
! last ten years the citizens have
, spent on this road out of their own
! pockets u greater amount than has
! been appropriated by the County
Court. notwithstanding the fact the
county has derived very material
benefit in the way OF taxation. We
submit TO the "anNiouS public" is
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The reason for asking Il change
! in the county line is that the pco-
pie Of Fleetwood may have an op-
poTtunity. if they so desire. to bond
this territory along with over So
900 10000 Of their own property
for the purpose Of building road
thus enabling them to get across
this mountain that is at present nj
most impaSsable many months Of
the year and at the same time gctt-
ing OH to the Midland Trail. which
in all probability will be the first
State Road built out of the recent
Stac Bond Issue.
State and county lines are only
adopted for the purpose of taxa
ton and government Of the people
living in this country. Nature has
provided for coming events and the
people on the water shed Of Cherry
River and Big Laurel would be bet
ter accommodated. so far as C0un-
ty government is concerned, by
following the natural outlet down
Cherry and Gauley TO SummcrSvillc
The Elk Lick Coal Mines are locat-
ed ten miles beyond Redwood in
Grcenbricr County and distance
OF over fifty miles from LcwiSburg
with not yard Of public road with
in twelve miles Of them in their
own county. 1t would take two
days hard riding horseback to gel
from the northeastern edge of
Grccnbricr County to the county
seat.
| We want road across Cold
Knob. We are willing TO pay for
it. We are asking Grccnbricr to
permit us to develop and build
roads through this wild Terri
tory" and pay for ii ourselves. Is
this unreasonable? The people
owning the greatest portion OF this
land are operating in fleetwood
and want an opportunity to get
out.
This is the dream. this is the de-
sire. this is the motive that has
prompted the people OF Fleetwood
to ask relief ut the hands of the Leg
isla,urc Of West Virginia. There
is no intention and no desire TO in
tcrfcrc with the coal field in west
crn Grccnbricr County rs anyone
who would read The notice can
plainly see. We simply want the
watershed Of Bis Laurel and tho
North and South Forks Of Cherry
'RIrcr turned over to the progress
Sivc citizens of Nicholas County,
especially To ihc Town IF Fleetwood
that ibry NAV Inc ,IJr IN drvcInn
improve and benefit all conccrnrJ
thereby cnubIiuu The .An>inn> pnh'
lic." tourists. and coDii,Iist. ,n hr-
come better nru,,intrI win, ~.