The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-04
THE WEBER COUNTY ROAD.
Bids Advertised For-ConsrSct to BE
Let WcdnessIas.

Let " cd1esuAs
Whatever else may be said OF the
action of the county commissioners III
regard to pushing the matter OF
building the county. roads above Win
slows. it was an adroit piece of work
The promoters of the scheme erred IN
the beginning, when they endeavored TO
put tie matter through without con-
suiting the freeholders OF Eden, Dut
they were wary thereafter me peli-
ton presented to the Eden people, II
viii be noticed, does not state that the
county IS TO build the road. II simply
recites what grand thing the Power
company is. and how new road VIII
be needed. It asks that the commits
sioners change the location as they see
fit.
The petition first recited in the old
familiar language the importance ana
magnitude OF the power dam enterprise
and then said: Nov, therefore, we,
the undersigned residents and freehold
ers of the precinct of Eden, county OF
Weber and state of Utah, most re-
specially request the county commits
sioners of Weber county to change the
location of the present county road
running from WinSloW'S on Ogden river
TO Eden, and place the same in the
most feasible route on the northwestern
shore of the intended reservoir TO be
built b. the Pioneer Electric Power
company on such conditions and terms
as your honorable body shall deem to
the best interests of Weber county.
It was signed by alleged freeholders
of Eden as follows: c. 5. Wood, Geo.
A Burrows. w. G. Wright. James l..
Burrows, William F. Hennigar, W. G..
Wilson, George H. Corse, e. b. Fuller,
Edward Fuller, Isaac Shupe, H. C. Far
rell. j. NJ. Chambers, Charles Jensen,
James Peterson, William Gould, Will
liam Chambers, ir.. William Ferron,
Robert Ingles, Francis Pritchett. Willy
Chambers, a. S. Pritchett, Mrs Laura
c.. Henegar. Diana Henegar, D. J.
Shafer, Mrs D. J. Shafer. H. c. Fer
ron. Enoch Ferron, Martha j. Ferron,
Kate L. Chambers, Daniel G. Walker,
Josiah L. Ferron, o. F. Colvin, James
T. Colvin, H. a. Shelton, Eliza \. Shell
ton,- Vannie Ferron, Pauline Henniger,
John Carver ]. p. Anderson. Francis
Clarke, ST.. w. j. Lindsay, Steven Ec-
cles, H. r. Mcbride. James Fochrell,
juicy Fackrell, Mary ]. Moffett, Eliza
beth A Froer. j. NJ. Ferrin, Marv 5.
Henniger, James Montgomery, Eliza
beth o. Montgomery, The Pioneer Elec-
trio Power company, by c. X. Bannis-
| ter, secretary, James Burt, F. G. Froer
Heber V. Wilson. r. II. Graham, P. r.
oHQpc, JdiilCo NJ AoAAhPN,
Peter Johnson, Mrs. P. Johnson, n. N.
Peterson
The last seven names were put on
with the understanding that the county
be limited to the expenditure of not
more than $4,000. but it may surprise
some of these signers to know that
their proviso counts for nothing in the
law They have petition for chang
ing the road and the commissioners
propose 10 do the rest. 1t may also
surprise some people TO learn that G.
H. Corse. for instance. is a resident
of as well as freebooter in Eden.
But the matter rushed through beau
tifully from the lobbyists point of view
Commissioners Wade and Child. the
committee TO whom was referred the
matter of constructing the road, have
acted promptly. Advertisements for
bids 10 construct the road have been
prepared. They will furnish informa-
ton TO contractors at the county court
house on December 1, ,, Z and s, 1896
between y o'clock. m, and o'clock
p. m. The right to reject any or all
bids is reserved. The bids will be
opened at q meeting called for that
purpose Wednesday next.
IF efforts are 10 be made to restrain
the commissioners from building the
road those efforts win likely be made
soon and the opposition to the scheme,
by the way is not idle, if it is not very
demonstrative.