Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-09-24
:,rpoRT OF THE SUPERINTEN-
fEDirNT OF THE SHEPHERDS
TOWN AND HALLTOWN IUkS

PIKE
49,. -espectfully, to the Commissioners
.IoeersoL County, w. Virginia:
o,lemen-I have the honor herewith
VrSn,y.rd for your inspection the annual
" ior of the Shepherdstown and Han,
rem rem Turnpike for the year ending April
iOth, 1881. .,;s ronor, that N.
,,eints at both gates are niue less lof
!So wear ending April 3Oth, 1881, than
10. .ho were for the year ending April 30th,
,SSi At Shepherdstown where we had
'sSon 10 expect i decline in the aggregate
- The receipts, in consequence OF the
Shenandoah Valley railroad taking some
- tht travel from the pike, the decrease
~ tbe receipts of the year just closed in
"ompariSon with those for the year ending
,nril sOth, 1880, was only 100 zone dol
iar and ninety cents). The decrease for
the same time at Halltown was sol,
,eirh: dollars and one cent, making
Inference in the aggregate of the receipts
for the year ending April 3Oth, lSs! OF
g9l. mine dollars and nincty-one cehts)
lc,. than for the year 1880.
This was much less falling OF III the
toll receipts than was to be anuclpa'eu a.
/, WAS believed that much of the traveI oil
doah Valley railroad, AFTER IL hau peeh
completed to Shephsrdstown.
The entire receipts of the road for The
vcar ending April 30th, 1881, including
,u.b. delivery of stone, &C., aggregate
In5.75 -four hundred and five dollars and
.eyentv-tive cents. Tho aggregate incl
daufal expenses including gate-kcepers
nv rcpairS of house at Haltown, and
smouut remaining unpaid at last report
II Is (thirty-onc dollars and siXty-eight
,cnf.l were 205.75 (two hundred and five
dollars and sevcnty-tive ccntS), leaving
balance of 10000 (twO hundred dollars for
rruairS ON the road, and for this balance
added 10 81. 46, the entire Indebtedness Of
the road, you have put upon the pike three
hundred and forty perches Of stone broke
and spread during the year ending April
SO,h. 1881.
The inferior grading and drainage of
the road in its original construction, ana
the very small amount Of stone first put
ugOn il, has rendered it a matter of much
difficulty to keep it in good order during
tine winter season when the heaviest haul
iug is done upon il, but every effort posi-
bic has been eXerted to that effect, and
when the tolls have not been sufficient 10
keep it in order as fast rs it needed repair,
have used my own means for that pur-
pose trusting 10 a future collection OF The
Tolls for reimbursement. Since have
been entrusted with the supervision OF
tuis pike, have replaced all the old IN
f-ror plank OF the different bridges on 1t,
made TWO new gates, repaired the gate
house 1T Halltown, and paid back 10 the
subscribers of stock in the road all they
had invested except that TO the estate OF
john Cook and that taken by myself, and
yut on the road annually oyer three hun
,rcd pcrrhcS OF solid stone. The stock
taken BY Cook and myself has not va
been paid by the county. That taken by
myself was fifty dollars As the Treasurer
receipt for the money paid in will show.
That taken by Mr.. Cook thiul, was prob
ably ten dollars. know Of no other re-
manning unpaid.
There i now due the road from persons
having their toll by the year enough to
pay Tor this stock ii it can be collected,
leaving the toll of the next year for re-
gdr, on the road after dcductiug gate
keepers pay, salary, &c.