The record-union., 1894-03-06
COUNTY SUPERVISORS IN SESSION.
Road Matters Consume the Greater
Part of the Day.
E. E. Barry Receives the Contract for
New Bridge-Bufldings Obstruct
Folsom Street.

The Board of Supervisors met yester-
day for the March session, all being pres
ent, with Chairman Morrison presiding.
Il was road day, and there was plenty of
business under that head.
Supervisor Curtis reported that the
roads in his district are in better condi-
ton than for several months past.
The matter of the road petitioned for
by DR.. James Caples and others, in the
vicinity of the Sheldon grant, was taken
up. There was a large delegation pres
ent of landowners interested in the mat
ter one way or another. The road asked
for is to run from the Sheldon grant line
out to the Placerville road.
Dr.. Caples said the Sheldon grant line
road was one of the oldest laid out in the
county, but the record thereof having
been lost the ROAD was closed many years
ago, but after ten years litigation the
location was proven in the courts. Lat
terly changes had been made in the road,
until now people have to travel through
private lands, which has given rise to
much annoyance, and landowners have
closed their gates in many instances, un-
til now many persons have no way to
get out. The only relief is road to con-
meet with the Placerville road. 1t can
run along the fence lines and cut up no.
bOdy's land.
Clerk Hamilton then read the report of
the viewers who laid out the road petit
toned for, the estimated length OF which
road is about three miles.
A. Dunlap said he did not object to the
people behind him having an outlet. Ali
that was asked was that the county should
pay for the fences required and for the
land at the assessed valuation, some So
per acre. The Nye heirs made no OBJ
lection TO a road, but preferred to have
the route run differently from that laid
out by the viewers, and where a better
road could be had.
DR.. CapleS said this matter was wholly
irrelevant, and had nothing to do with
the road asked for. Mr.. Dunlap was
talking about another road in a different
locality. 1t would make a difference of
more than two miles to the people for
whose use the road is asked. A road
through the Nye ranch, if useful to Mr..
Dunlap and Mr.. Haase, would be all
right, but it should not interfere with the
one petitioned for.
Mr.. Dunlap replied that they would
not object to the road asked for, provided
the expense of building the fences and
the value of the land be allowed.
DR.. CapleS said he had given several
miles of land for roads and built bis own
fences. He would never think of asking
the county to stand such expense. because
public roads are public convenience-as
much to himself as anyone.
Peter Sculp said he had for twelve years
been compelled to travel through the
fields of DIR. Caples and others, but lately
he had been unable to get hay to market,
and had lost the sale of considerable hay
for the reason that it could not be hauled
out. Not only had some gates been
rNl.
become impossible. If gates We're left
open by travellers it was generally be-
cause of the miserable quality of gates
that are maintained by some farmers.
Some gates cannot be handled by women
and children, but he never knew of a
good gate being left open by persons who
were allow the privilege of crossing pri-
vate lands.
After some further discussion Super
visor Jenkins moved that the matter be
taken under adVisement. 1t was an inn
portant matter and should be carefully
considered.
Supervisor Curtis said he was disposed
to allow the people out in that end of the
county the relief asked for. However, he
would like to have the matter laid over
until the next meeting in order to give
him an opportunity to visit and inspect
the roadways asked tor.
Mr.. Jenkins motion was carried. with
the understanding that next Thursday he
and Mr.. Curtis would visit the locality.
BRIDGE CONTRACT AWARDED.
At the afternoon session of the board
bids were opened for the construction OF
O bridge OD the Nermllya road, near the
Cosumner River, the bridge to be go feet
long by Is feet in width. The bids were
as follows:
D. j. Hollen. 50 80 per lineal foot; G. B.
Dean, 50 81 per lineal foot; Darby Layden
q Co., $3.50; z. Z. Barry, $60S; +. Ward
robe & Co., S799; Brook 81 Adams, SS22 A.
The bids were referred to the Commit
tee on Contracts. who reported that the
bid Of e. E. Barry was the lowest, and
recommended that the contract be
awarded to him.
In response to an inquiry by the board,
Mr.. Barry said he could get the material
on the ground and have the bridge COM
pleted within twenty-five days.
The contract was accordingly awarded
to Mr.. Barry, and Supervisor Jenkins in
structed to make the necessary provision
therefor.
SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
The board then took up the matter of
the proposed change in the boundaries of
Mokelumne and Point Pleasant School
Districts, so as to have D. McLanahan's
land embraced in the former district.
a remonstrance thereto was read, signed
4 i
ant. a document had also been filed by
several of the signers of the original petit
ton for the change, asking that their
names be removed therefrom.
County Superintendent Howard ex-
planned that the Withdrawals from the
petition left it without the requisite num-
Der. The matter, however, had passed
out of his hands, and he left it with the
board to determine what course to pur-
sue.
Under the circumstances the board de-
cided to take no action on the petition,
which was, on motion of Jenkins, in
definitely postponed.
MAYHEM STATION ROAD.
In the matter ofthe road petitioned for by
Brooks and others in the vicinity of May
hew's Station, the report of the viewers
a. 6. Winn, Charles Studarus and j. G.
Patterson-was read, recommending the
payment of certain small sums asked for
damages by non-consenting landowners
and the opening of the road as petitioned
for.
The report was placed on file and the
matter taken under advisement.
ROAD IN AMERICAN TOWNSHIP.
A petition was received from residents
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