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Saeh i lte explanas;ss' 4 ,k<. xpenauses, sna
abe eeud'sbta u lie fnaneEs. ~ ssgssa y "
work desse
TIE foz1 wiii s. s1Nardsof eleven milss. per-
h1ps eleven mifs and > hak. % lsnEsh, = -
now been heated rhr6uel.aat-- damage Reses
except Or about l.alf msle u AFs tis1A' ~.
yet assessed-she r0.sd huisted % mslesF sS1sfsg
sRsehdlng The stone sn nl'eat as.ae AAa Nv
ter- miles under construction afs Esss5.t..
AbeHt ontihird finished about I'VE mites ~
ruminencea
Ffon which i would spear that ne Pre-
PARTON 81 The means expended = aeoni g
snfaie with the proportion 81 the welA AespsA'
splislpd
With regard 10 the maniaer 10 which the Wofk
dane has beenexecaled, therommlliee arc 4 ware
Of bur nne instance IN which the esade cNsseu !,
that alloAed " he. Aei, whIrh Is Near ING 1ssi
skin rim. IN the South side. but they ere p oP.h
an that The grades u The hills are 70 various =
stances stronger Than the interests Of the road
allowed. or ihe prices stipulated % be paid % the
contractors justified Tie side road. or portion,
in the terms Of The Acf, 10 be !. CLEARED" but not
constructed" very important part OF this
work. intended forsunlsner use, ought. in some
instances. as iiappears 10 The committee, 10 have
renewed greater ateniiou--ihere is perhaps a
| deficiency 81 water fniruws, lar the passage 81
rain wafer across tie road III low places; and a
culsert 81 large s.zt. is indispensably necessary,
i ID The opinion 81 lle committee. about six males
from DerrysiIIe, uiithe line Of K ). Blackburn
and c 5 Taylor, lor The pelmaneAee aud Sc
edrity Of that Pa s,es r. re .s,,n.asd:
s ss..s. intirr df.L- read. The Boafd vi:
Teciofs should be Instructed 10 have the -.ciear-
ing and grading first compiesed the whole aay,
beigIe applying any stone This will pfeseal
difficulties such as have already occurred as 10
i trho Ffck tafa fsk a
though The contracts hitherto made expressly
/ stipulated that The grades should no where
hat at Trough Hill, exceed three degrees, Tor i
rise Of one foot in twenty atri there not exceed
| 81 degrees. they are really, no; only at the
FSeugh and the opposite hill. (she.e tbs aluos,
SIX dearees,) but IN saIions other eases as HIGH
a hour and a half degrees-aa error not dis.
/ cppered I'LL aster'the stone had been deposited
when il was Hoo late, without much DELAY and
expense, and tile certainty d law suif 10 alter il
! It i recommended that the Board of Directors
| be advised e enter into am engagement with ].
/ proper and competent person. 10 have a suitable
monthly salary whose duty il shall he constant b
! tasupeFsse the construction OF the remainder 81
The road, frequently 10 exhibit 10 Them It's condi-
tnn. and IRON time to lime 10 make out the esti.
| mates oil work done nnJer contracts
he committee cannot elaSe this report with.
ont expressing the decided Ap,aion thai The route
by the Trough Hill is an ialudiei one. entail
ing the necessity Of frsqapnt aud extensive. re-
pAsrs' ana materially ,mpatrins the vatne 1T the
Improvement; anu although cons derabIe aint
ny q inesns has been made on this and the op.
ppsie bill, they doubt whether il woald n,,t even
| yet be good policy 10 abandon ahout onarier 81
a.nile crossing these hilss. mnve The stone Ind
h.rsie the road along The sIepes lit,le fn,thsr
West crossing W. Turner and Mrs Myers
before reaching James Roper. 'Fhere wo,,id II,
| some additional damages incurred. but ,hosa q
Roper would be materially lessened They re.
| speettully recommend his matter u HE consde.
| ration Of The stuckhoders.
ne committee, in conclusion, deem il proper
to say that ihisTeport would have been prepared
az much earlier period. lad the resolution nm
| der which ihev acl been saailes made know
| toihem-ihif WAS NIL doae ill considerable
time after the October meeting.
/ G w TURNER.
| N BuSIIR0D e.. WASHINGTON
MANN r. PAGE.
| HUMPHREY fKEYES.
/ February IS 1851.