Shenandoah Herald

The New Road.

Bills having passed the General Assembly, Incorporating companies to build roads from Woodstock to Wardensville and from Woodstock to Lost River, no time should be lost by our citizens in starting, building and completing the roads. Every one admits that the roads should be made. There is but one way to accomplish the purpose. Go to work at once, and let every man be willing to do his part. There is not a man living in the town of Woodstock or along the line of either road who is not deeply interested. The preliminary steps have been taken, to obtain the necessary subscriptions of stock in the Woodstock and Wardensville road. Committees have been appointed. Upon the prompt action of these committees depend, to a great extent, the success of the scheme. Let the committees go to work at once, explain fully the importance of the road and the great results which would accrue from its speedy completion.

Like all other towns which have made no effort to develop themselves, we have croakers who can see no benefit in good turnpikes or railroads, but persons of that class will do a town no good and comparatively little harm. A railroad passing through a place is of no benefit to a people who expect the railroad to build up a town simply because it is a railroad. If we make no effort to extend our trade beyond the people who live within a few miles of the town, we have no use for either turnpikes or railroads. But to a people who are active and are willing to leave the "old ruts," and to make an effort, to extend the trade of the place, good roads open the entire country, and give the opportunity of competing with towns which have been made wealthy by manufacturing articles for the use of people who live thousands of miles from them. If our people will exert themselves to develop our own resources, it will be unnecessary for our young men, to seek employment in more enterprising communities, but instead of losing our own energetic men, we may draw the same kind of men from other sections. Let the effort be made at once and an abundant success will be ours.