The record-union., 1894-04-13
From ARNO TO HICEOVILLE.
Climax of the Old and New Road
Controversy.
Mrs. Valensin Notifies the Supervis-
ors That She Has Closed
the Former.

| For several years past there have been
negotiations in progress between Mrs.
Alice M. Valensin. owner of the property
about Arno Station, and the Supervisors,
relative to the closing and abandonment
of the strip of road that runs diagonally
from the public road about half-mile
south of the Hicks ranch across in front
of Mrs. Valensin's residence to the ham
| let of Hicksvllle.
| In order to dispense with that piece of
road. which divided her property Mrs.
| Valensin decided to the county strip
along the railroad in straight lire from
the Hicks grade UP to Arno Station and
thence to Hicksyille, making straighter
and better road.
| This new road had been duly petitioned
! for, and was surveyed and laid out by or
der of the Supervisors in 1883. The re-
port of the viewers was received and the
petition granted, and some 500 expense
incurred in improving the new road.
A few persons, however,, subsequently
demonstrated against the closing of the
old road, and Mrs. Valensin has been un
able to obtain an order permitting it to
be done.
Yesterday, however, she submitted to
the Supervisors tie following commune
cation, showing that she does not propose
to postpone the matter any longer:
TO the Honorable the Board Of Supervisors.
SdcrameatO COunty-GENTLEMEN: In June OF
last year your honorable board received
| from and filed a letter announcing that
from that date l took possession of the por-
| tion of the county road given me by the
unanimous vote OF the Board OF Supervisors,
November / 3, 1883, in consideration OF my
! giving the county the land on which the new
road was TO be made.
| AS repairs had to be made on the new road,
| in the interest OF the public, postponed till
| these were finished the fencing off of the old
road. In courtesy l beg to inform your hon
orable board that such fence will be erected at
once.
| | have the honor to inclose copies of state
ment OF facts concerning this road matter.
Yours, respectfully, ALICE NJ. VALENSIN.
| Accompanying the above letter was
printed circular detailing the whole his
tory of the negotiations regarding the
| change in the road which concludes thus:
After waiting four years for an honest
solution of the matter, and fearing that
| some technicality would by further delay
deprive her of her rights, Mrs. Nalensin
announced by letter to the Board of Su-
pervisors in June, 1893, that on and from
that date she took possession of the old
road in virtue of the contract made in the
petition and accepted by the Supervisors
November Is, 1888. This breach of con-
tract on the part of the Board of Super
visors, says the letter, 'inflicts on me
serious injury. 1 am deprived of my just
consideration in return for the strip of
land, eighty chains in length by sixty
feet in breadth; it the new road necessi-
tated the building of two miles of fence.
Not having received the old road, my
property then is cut up into small fields,
necessitating considerable outlay for con-
structing and keeping up another mile of
fence. The expense of cultivating such
small irregular fields is much increased.
"'There is not the smallest need for
both roads; it is waste of public money
to spend as has been done, on the old
road what should be devoted to perfect
ing the new. The Postoffice, the tele-
phone service and railway are on the
new road. TO establish me in my just
rights, I, on and from this date take pos
session of the old road, leaving unatered
for public use that portion from Hicks
vile south to the new road"