The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-05-08
Commissioners Meeting.

erS met Monday ana transacted the
following business of interest
1t was ordered that the public road
be changed from Pleasant Grove
church to Alf Stewards in Middle
Fork township, according to an order
made last year.
1t was ordered that the road re-
Gently laid off from Donaha station
to Hauser's Ferry in Old Richmond
township be made public road
j. c. Patterson was authorized to
build bridge across the Salisbury
road ut Gus Rich's.
A petition was presented for IL pub
lie road leading from Bethania sta
ton to a point on Old Town road
near New Hope church and it was or
dered that publication be made for
80 days.
A report of the committee which
was appointed at the last meeting of
the Board to settle the matter in ref
erence to the BroOkStown road ON
the n C. Midland r. r. WAS presented,
approved and filed. That committee
reported that they had made an agree
ment with the n c. Midland R. r. and
the following is its text:
Memorandum of an agreement
made and entered into this Goth of
April, 1890, by and between the COM
mittce appointed by the Commission
ers of Forsythe county, N. G.. par
ties of the first part and the North
Carolina Midland Railroad Co. of the
second part, witnesseth that after due
consultation and examination at the
site of the crossing of the BrooksuOwn
road by tie said railroad, at a point
about TX miles from Winston. 1t is
mutually agreed by both parties that
the parties of the first part have per-
mission to enter upon and excavate
SO much Of said railroad bed as is now
road "a feet wide on grade of old
center of cut making proper slopes
part agrees when it builds it's road at
this point to cross said cut with a
trestle with two openings of II feet
each at grade of road.
j. Z. ZIGLAR,
j. T.. SHUT, fCOm.
JAMES E. PErREE,
North Carolina Midland r. r. Co.
by C. w. Bolton, Chief Engineer.
Roanoke & Southern r. R.
The stockholders of the n C. and
Va. Construction Co. met in Winston
last Thursday. An increase was made
in the capital stock from 100000
to 100000. The larger portion of
this Was taken by Winston-Salem
people and their friends, and the bal
ance was secured by parties from
Baltimore, Richmond and Roanoke
Application was made for more stock
by outside parties, but it could not
be had.
The option on the building of the
Roanoke & Southern Railroad from
Martinsville to Roanoke was ordered
to be taken up.
In the annual election of officers,
Col. F. H. Fries and Mr.. w. A. Lem
ley were retained as president and
secretary and treasurer, respectively.
The new board of directors is as fol-
lows: Gen. John Gill and Geo. C..
Jenkins, of Baltimore; j. w. Hanes
and r. J. Reynolds, of Winston; and
L. p. Harper, of Suffolk. Va.
A delegation from Lexington came
before the meeting to urge that the
southern extension of the Roanoke
& Southern r. r. be- built by their
town. The delegation was composed
of the following gentlemen: Messrs.
T. C. Ford, H. P. Watson, J. F. Har-
grave, w. g. Penny, F. G. Robbins, S.
E. Williams, J. F. Ward, Baxter
Shemwell, j. l.. Peacock, w. F. Hen
derson and j. W. McCrary.
Nothing definite was decided as to
the southern route, but it was gener-
ally understood that work would be-
gin on the southern extension as
soon as the northern extension reach
ed Roanoke.