The record-union., 1891-06-02
COUNTY BUSINESS.
The Supervisors Asked to Help Out
the Hay-SeIlers.
Appointment of Justice for Suffer
Township-Road Matters
Discussed.

| Inc county supervisors met yoSter-
day for their regular weekly session, with
Mr.. Greer in the chair and ali the other
members-Bates, Black, Miller and
Jenkins-in their places.
The first business transacted was to
continue until Thursday morning the
matter of the hearing of evidence in the
road obstruction case at Oak Park, in
which Messrs. Alsip and M. j. Dillman
are interested.
d. j. Holden, the contractor who con-
structed the bridge over the lagoon on
the road between Hicksville and Gait,
notified the board that the structure had
| been completed some weeks ago.
/ Supervisor Bates said he had under
stood the work had been well done. On
his motion the bridge was accepted at the
contract price.
Mr.. Jenkins, from the Committee on
Roads and Highways, made verbal re-
port concerning the road in the south
western end OF the county through the
! lands Of Crofton. Clarke, HolliSter,
! Greene and others. The point at issue
seemed to be whether or not j. B. Greene
should be allowed to use ten feet of it
which he had decided to the county for
the purpose Of the road. He needed the
ten feet iii question as an approach to his
barn.
Mr.. Greene appeared in the afternoon
and assured the board that he would open
| the mouth of the road, near by to the
! required forty feet, which appeared to be
the main cause of complaint, and there
the matter was allowed to rest.
COMFORT FOR FARMERS.
Mr.. Simons appeared on behalf of the
farmers who use the haymarket at Fiji
teenth and p streets and repeated the re-
quest made last week of the CITY Trustees
that large shed be erected on the block
for the convenience of the farmers. He
thought that the expense thereof should
be borne jointly by the city and county.
1t would probably require from $500 to
$3.50 to erect two sheds of 100 feet each.
! Mr.. Simons said he hoped to be able to
report to the general committee some
assurance that the work would be done
Supervisor Bates asked to what pur-
pose the building now on the block was
put.
Chairman Greer-"It is used to inclose
a traction engine belonging to the Street
! Improvement Company
Mr.. Bates-"Oh, | thought it was a
suburban hotel, or bath-house."
Mr.. Simons further stated that he I'M
| derstood some objection had been urged
against the project by the property
! owners III the vicinity on the ground that
+ II NOulu prove Il udIDOT IOC LIalnDS, but
he apprehended that there would be no
trouble on that score.
lie Informed the board that the CITY
! Trustees would give the use of the square
! and probably 500 toward the EXPENSE
involved. When the farmers were
boosted away from the plaza they felt
sore-they felt that the city had done
something outrageOus-an wanted some
assurance that they would not again be
| disturbed for at least certain term of
! years.
Mr.. Bates said the proposition was a
! new one to him, but the Farmers A lii
ance were doing strange things these
days. The place had been once fixed up
for the accommodation of the farmers,
and the improvements had been dragged
! to pieces. II the place were made too
! comfortable, some of the farmers might
hang around there for days rather than
dispose Of their hay and go home. The
sum asked Tor would not erect decent
shed.
Chairman Greer thought the city and
county should encourage the farmers and
| give them permanent market-place. 1t
had been talked of for years, but the
City Trustees had never given any en-
enlargement to the project. Now they
! appear to have done so, and will give 500
toward the expense. The SUPERVISORS
should assist, but first the Trustees should
! give lease of at least ten years, and put
up their money. When this should be
! done, he would be ready to vote for a $500
appropriation to assist the farmers.
! Messrs. Bates and Black wanted little
time to think the matter over, and Mr..
Miller said his experience with the hay
market had not been Of the most assur-
/ ing character.
| Mr. Simons made several speeches on
the proposition. He demanded that
something be done for the poor farmers.
The city merchants have their goods all
under cover, and the farmers should
have some place in which to properly
market their goods. They should not be
! placed at such disadvantage that they
would have TO sell their hay at whatever
they could get because of the want of q
! place to keep it. It looked to him as if
some of the opposition to the proposition
arose from self-interest.
Mr.. Bates said that he was not GOV
erned by self-interest in the matter. He
seldom bought hay at the hay-market.
The sum of $3.50 would not put up build
ings of decent kind, and cheap sheds
would be Objectionable to property-own-
ers in the vicinity.
Mr.. Miller said he had found it almost
impossible TO deal satisfactorily with the
hay-Sellers at the general market They
would get together, and he could not talk
business with one without others inter
fering.
n SSHlIeDiSu pISSeIt suggested JlaL q
soup-houSe for unemployed laborers was
more needed than shade for the farmers
Chairman Greer said there was no ne
cessity for soup-house-that men
enough to do the work were required on
the farms of the county.
[Apropos of this subject, the City Trus-
tees yesterday afternoon voted 500 for
the sheds referred to, but declined to
promise the use Of the public square for
any definite period.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
A petition was received from residents
of Suffer Township asking that j. Hallers
be appointed Justice of the Peace of that
township.
On motion of Mr.. Black, the prayer of
the petition was granted.
a petition was received asking that the
lands of w. G. Sheldon be included in
Rhoads School District. 1t was Endorsed
by County Superintendent Howard, and
on motion of Mr.. Jenkins the prayer was
granted.
The quarterly report of Coroner George
II. Clark was received and placed on file
A petition was received from w. S.
Shaw and others asking the board to lay
out a public road commencing at the
southwest quarter of the southwest quar-
ter of the northwest quarter of section 10,
township s north, range east, and run