The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-09-26
PROTEST. VOICED
AGAINSTDELAYS
OF CONTRACTORS
Pudding Work on Morgan.
towngRoad Bitterly De.
1ounced Here.
Ac TON DEMANDED
Organizations Determined to
Speed Work Before End
otSthe Season.

Gnlsss the governor Of the
state and the State Highway Com
mission are brought face to- face
with the fact that the Mononga.
heia Valley IS not satisfied with
the work ot the commission or
NH ~ Contractors. the state
road between Clarksburg and
Point Marion will not be open for
traffic this winter. q
This statement made by ]. NJ.
Jacobs Of this city. was the key
note % the public meeting of the
i'alrmort Chamber OF Commerce
N the courthouse last evening,
which was attended by more than
q hundred and fifty persons, in
cluditg representatives from
clarlss burg, i Mprgantown and Man
rtngton
The statement was made follow.
ing an address by Gilbert B. Mil
Ter, editor Of the Morgantown
Post who hurled an unmaakCd
battery Of gattling guns against
what he termed the "piddling"
tactics Of the contractors on the
road between Fafrmont and Point
Marion. Nh. Miller expressed his
INSTRUMENTATION Of the State Road
Commission in permitting the
contradictory to continue under tho
present conditions, declaring that
Tie state Road Commission has
not gediifed of them what 1t ought
70 have reluired."
THE Contractors between here
and Mofgantown have been idling
on the job for at least four
mouths a concrete mixer and a
force Of men designed to finish
only q mile or two Of road in q
yeaf.n Mr. Miller declared. Later
n his talk he assalled W. S.
Downs district road engineer OF
The State Highway Commission.
Downs has known personally for
months that these contractors
baye been bidding away at big
100 in 9 little manner" lie declar.
Monongalia County, competing
NTH these contractors, he. also
declared, mas been doing two or
three times as much work as
etsier and Morse, and before win.
IN IS here the county will have
ile ROAD 70 Cheat River completed
ia the Cheat River bridge finish
Afs. Miller then called atteu.
iln TO the fact that the contrac.
on the state road have been
Tered assistance by both tae
nunty and other contractors.
The thing to do" he concluded.
TO go after the State Highway
Commission and make them go
after these contractors to finish
their work before the summer is
Demand Three Mixers
The result Of the meeting last
night was that tho road commit
tee OF the Valley organizations
was ordered to send q resolution
10 the state authorities setting
forth that 1t was the sense Of the
tneotinE nothing less than two
coiicrAte mixers, properly manned.
between Glarksburg and Fair
mont. three mixers between Fair.
mont and Morgantown and two
mixers between Morgantown and
Point Marion were absolutely
necessary to insure the completion
81 the road this year.
The resolution which was sent
todaS was signed by 7, d. Con-
nell Of the FairInont Chamber Of
Commence, Thomas Burley Of
the forgantown Chamber OF Com.
inerce, e. E. Morgan OF the
Giarksburg Automobile Club and
Charles Phillips of MknnIugton
Composing tho road committee Of
the four organizations. At the
present time there is only ono
mixer on the road between here
and Morgantown.
According to the information
brought out In the discussion at
The meeting last night. the por.
lions Of the road unfinished are
about one and half miles be-
tween Point Marion and Morgan.
town, a little more than three
InilesS between Morgantown and
lEairmont and a little less than
two miles between Fairmont and
Glarksburg. Cisler and MORSE,
who are the contractors on the
Morgantown to Point Marion road,
es we'll as on the uncompleted
portion Of the Morgantown to
Fairmont road, are practically out
Of cement on the Point Marion
END according to n telegram re.
ceived yesterday by the Fairmont
Chamber Of Commerce. which
said that SIX cars OF cement were
on the B I, & o. Mt Cumberland.
Shipments Promised
Although a shortage Of mater
ials was reported on all sections
of tho road, prompt deliveries Of
the road materials were promised
in kilograms read at the meeting
from y. NJ. Scott, superintendent
OF, the West Virginia district OF
the 3 q o., G. W. Galloway,
Yiee.president OF the B. & O., and
p, K Orr. superintendent of the
M6nongahela Railroad. I'VE want
To- help out and get the roads be-
ycnd the detour stage II possible
Nh Scott wired, while Mr.. Orr
wired that he would "do every.
thing possible to get the material
on the Monongahela on time"
Both Mr.. Galloway and the
State Highway Commission prom.
ised In kilograms to have repre5.