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Bop the pat few verre the suhgenn Pingwodd have born paying for eG drying of the 3, Mui!) bes tw wi Mite ptoce and Toane ton Thie amertion mip unteuy to wany, at first thought, but a fa Gobet feration of the matter wuer Prove vore’asieely to every wind Chet thia ie a tact (hal cannot be den nied. The distance between Kingwood and Tinnelton is 10 mile, and con stitutes a daily mail route. Years ag ue contract for carrying the mafia over this route was bit at $179. This, every one possessed with the faon of raron, knows an insufficient compensation for the amount of labor and capital it requires to fufill the conditions of the contract. Consequently,the con tractor, at auch the poorty ratye, waat charge our cilizane ezorbitant pass enger, freight and exprees rateu in or der towake his receipte and expand tures balance at the close of the vant The citizens of Kingwood fully uo.” Precia's thesituation, and naturally feel agrinved They know the Govern ment is gbt to pay what it is worth to carry the maile between hare and Tunnelton, and they believe the Government is willing to do se. But the trouble is, there are always some persons realy and waiting to bid in the contract at beggarly rates. There is but one way to overcome the trouble, and our citizens have at last taken the initiative stone toward the remedy. A petition has been signed by all the business men of the town declar ing that ‘6*7 will patronize no one who bids in the mail contract at a Price inscficient to pay him for carrying the mail», exclusive of all other business done on the rout. Our business men are to be con gratulated for instituting this move and we hope it will be carried out to the lettre.
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Kingwood West Virginia Argus
Kingwood, West Virginia, US
Fri, Dec 26, 1884
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