Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1868-06-27
SUPERVISORS COURT.
SHEPnERDsTowN. WEST Va.
June 20, 1868.

June 70, 1868.
Board Of Supervisors met at o o'clock;
nresent, James Logic, President: John
ID. Staley, r. N. Duke. G. ii. Turner
w. q. Butler, J. +. Reed aud J. ii.
Haines.
Ordered, tha, The following bills be
paid Galaher & Co., Sligo for print
ing; G.. E. Slubbs 500 for Office rent; q.
Branlner so for guarding prisoner; WIN.
Moore 500 for conveying prisoners from
Charles.own 10 jail; George Mlllsiead A.
90 for conveying prisoner TO jail; D. W.
Paterson and W. f. Anderson ii, 80 Tor
Justice and constable costs; David Farms
worth 400 for conveying prisoner to JsiI;
G. w. Chase 1880 for index book; /.
W. Poierfeld 50. 90 for jury orders; j.
w. Grant l6, % Tor stationery.
Upon the petition Of }. +. Smith ana
others, !, is ordered tina, Jacob Gilbert be
appointed County Director in The Middle
way and Gerardstown Turnpike C"mPa'
ny. ,,.
Upon the petition Of o. G. Mix and
Others to open road from the Blacksmith
Shop of G.. w. Anderson, thence to The
County Free School House, and thence
to in,crscct Tie road called Wiltshire,
Lane, running to Browns Shop, where 1t
;ntersects the road from the Smihtield
nike to DufTied's Depot and Shepherds
Town. !, is ordered, tina, S. Howell Brown,
G. w. Eichrlberger, VIM. Moore. r. w.
Baylor and Robert Shirley, be appointed
viewers or any three of them, being first
sworn, 10 examine and report 10 the
Board the rroprieiy of opening said road
as prayed for in the petition and the cost
OF same.
The viewers appointed by the Board
to examine and report the pro2riely of
changing the road leading from Charles
town 10 Eichelberger's shop made the
following report:
To the Board Of Supervisors Of Jefer-
son County In obedience 10 your order
issued on the 18Th day of May, 1868, up.
on the petition of VIM. H. Moore and
others. and to rs directed, we the under
signed, viewers thereby appointed TO eX-
anime and report 10 the Board the pro-
priety OF changing the location Of por-
ton Of the road leading from the Charles
town road al lsler's or Shepherds hill TO
Echelberger's shop. and the cost Of the
same. having executed said order, being
first duly sworn, report as follows That
we this day went upon said road and ex.
amined carefully the hill referred TO in
the aforesaid petition. Tha, in our judg-
ment il will require the sun Of $3.50 to
reduce the slope Of This hill to anything
like a reasonable or customary grade, in
doing which it would be necessary TO fill
some six feet a, foo, Of hill, at in'ersec-
ton of Charlcstown and Bloomery roads,
which point being The passage way Of the
water collected from surrounding slopes
during heavy rains would have to be sup
piled wiki large culver,. thus involving
the expenditure Of considerable amount
OF money.
We therefore recommend tina, this road
be abandoned. Tha, we also examined
route through the land of Abraham Tsler
and another through the land of Amos
Shepherd, and finding the former greatly
preferable, proceeded with the assessment,
Of damages on the following described
route tO-wi,:
Beginning from centre of road q, a stake
near the top of the hill at north line of
present road and in the line OF Shepherd
and Isler (see fig in plate on mex, page
thence leaving the present road and pas
sing between two marked white oaks,
through said Iser's woods along the bed
of an old road and continuing the general
direction of the same straight TO a small
marked white oak bush, standing in the
fence row o, the Charlestown and Bloom
cry road and abou, 40 yards from ITS in
,ersection with the aforesaid road 10
Eicbelberger's shop Zig
This road would cut off about one acre
OF said IsIer's timber, and the road thus
located thirty feet vide would occupy a.
bout one fourth of an acre, and with very
little work could be made good road.
That we fix the damages OF said Isler
for land occupied by road and cut of and
for fencing at the sum of $780,
Tha, in our judgment should this route
be adopted the surveyor Of the road with
the hands belonging thereto could in
very short time make an excellen, road
without further cost to the county, which
we recommend, thinking the change pro-
posed would be public convenience OF
considerable importance as we'll as grea,
convenience 10 individuals in the imme-
date vicinity, and that no yard, garden.
orchard or any part thereof, would have
TO be taken or in any way interfered with
BY said road, all Of which we respectfully
submit. 5. h. BROWN.
FRANCIS YATES.
JOHN +. HENKLE,
GEO. n. LYNCN.
May %, 1868.
Upon motion Of Supervisor Tuner, the
report was received and adopted
Ordered that William Riler ioln "a