The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-18
CONCRETE ROAD
ABOUT FINISHED
/. TO COUNTY LINE
New Stretch Cannot Be Open
ed However, Until Finish
ed to ArnettsviIIe.

ty this week, according to an an.
nouncement made today by Frank
J. Wilfong, county road engineer.
Only 1000 feet of open road re-.
mains between the improved road
now completed and the Monongalla
County line and Contractors Cisler
and Morse will have this stretch
poured by Saturday. While this will
complete the road In Marion coun.
ty, two and three.fourths miles re.
main to be completed in Monon.
gala County before the main high.
way will be open between the two
cities.
With the completion of tho WORK
In this county this week the work
will be rushed on the three.fourths
Of mile stretch between the Ma.
rion County line and Arnettsville,
and barring unforeseen trouble this
stretch will be completed In TWEEN.
ty working days, or by November
Is. The contractors supply base
Is located at Arnettsville, and II
is possible that they will be able
to make better time on the three.
fourths Of a mile stretch as It ap.
proaches the supply base. The three
fourths Of a mile stretch is all
down grade, and this also makes
1t easier for pouring concrete, and
1t is highly possible that the strip
will be rushed on the three.fourths
1t is almost certainty that this
strip will be open for traffic by
Thanksgiving, and 1t will elemin.
ate one of the longest and worst
detours on the road between this
city and Morgantown. The detour
starts at the blacksmith shop six
miles out of Fairmont and returns
to the main highway at Arnetts-
Vile. With this detour out of the
way 1t will leave only two detours
to make between this city and
Fairmont, and they are not so long
or SO bad.
Engineer Wilfong also stated that
it will be possible, for the contrac!
tors to complete another mile Of
the road near Georgetown and this
will eleminate another detour~ be-
fore the winter weather sets In. II
this work Is completed It will leave
only one mile OF unimproved road
between the two cities. The detour
around this mile Is good and
the road will be passable between
the two cities all winter, 1t Is said.
II it was possible to get supplies
the average OF 200 feet Of concrete
poured each day could be almost
doubled and the work finished In
much less time, However. at the
present time the contractors are
only able to get enough supplies to
keep one mixer working while they
have another mixer idle.
The road committee Of the Nor
gantown Chamber OF Commerce is
making every effort possible to as.
sist contractors, Cisler and Morse
in getting the gap between Morgan.
town and Point Marion closed be.
fore the bad weather arrives. This
is the last connecting link between
Morgantown and the state line,
and II completed and II present
plans materaliZe on the work be.
tween this city and Morgantown
only one mile Of bad road will sep.
arate this city and the Pennsyl.
vania improved road this winter.
Yesterday afternoon tho Morgan.
town committee met with the mem.
bers Of the MononalIa County
Court and other county officers in
an efofrt to get an injunction pend.
ing in the Monongalia Circuit
Court dismissed in order that the
contractors can move large quaint.
ties Of supplies over the Mononga-
liza River bridge. The injunction
now pending prohibits the hauling
Of loads Of over five tons across
the bridge, while the average
truck load OF supplies is seven tons
including the weight OF the truck.
Under present conditions the
contractor can move only one half
as much as before too Injunction
was applied for. The committee
pointed out to the court that the
road would, when completed, be a
benefit to all the people and that
as the bridge would stand seven
ton load the contractor should be
allowed to move that weight over
the bridge In order to speed up the.
road work.
Maj. c. P. Fortney head OF the
State Road Commission, was ap.
pealed to at the end Of the con.
ference by the road committee in
an effort to get him to help them
out OF the difficulty. Major Fortney'
has not taken any action as yet.
No modification OF the injunction
OF course, will be made until the
matter is formally presented to
Judge I. G. Lazzelle Of the Monon.
gala County Circuit Court.