The record-union., 1897-11-02
ROADS AND COUNTY BONDS.
SUPERVISORS HAVE A BUSY
SESSION.
To-day They Will Inspect the New
Grade Near McConnelI's
Station.

| The Board of Supervisors met yester-
day for their regular monthly session.
all the members being present except
Morrison
After the minutes OF the last session
had been read Chairman jenkins called
up the matter of the proposed increase
OF the width of the Hicksville grade.
County Surveyor Boyd stated that in
! orGer 20 procure the necessary earth
strpof ground thirty feet wide and l. 600
! icet "nA Would nave TO be purchased.
/ Here era,..1 ndedthat it be purchased on
IA >icConnell side Of the grade, where
I a good summer road could be made and
thus save the trestle. 1t would be i'm
| possible to make the grade without Sc
! curing a greater width of ground.
! George Mcconnell stated to the board
that there was no time to lose in determ-
| ming what 10 do. If rain were to come
new the grade would be impossible the
| coming winter. Contractor Studarus
| should have material with which to
complete the grade at once. Mr.. Nc
| Connell gave reasons why in his opinion
the material should come from the Can
| trell side of the road. He took issue with
! surveyor Boyd on that point and gave
his reasons therefor. He thought the
| county owned enough ground there now
| to furnish the necessary filing
Mr.. Cantrell said he was willing that
| some more earth be taken from his side
/ but was not willing it should all be taken
| from there. He thought Mr. Mcconnell
was IN error in saying that an excava-
ton on the west side would tend toward
the cutting of the grade. The increased
| filling on the west side should come from
there and thus divide the water channel.
| Contractor StudaruS said he must
/ have material at once, and further de-
lay would be dangerous.
Chairman Jenkins suggested that the
| members of the board go out on Tues
day and examine the ground, and on
motion of Mr.. Curtis it was so ordered.
WALNUT GROVE ROAD.
AT the afternoon session Chairman
jenkins brought up the matter of rails
ing the road along the levee at Walnut
| Grove about two feet
County Surveyor Boyd's report rec
commended that the work be done with
a dredger, which will cost between S400
and $500; work would also have to be
done with a scraper in certain places.
| toQpCI NISOi Sui lis DiONcO tildl bidS Ioi
the dredger work be called for according
TO the specifications.
RIVERSIDE MACADAM
James ONeil said the people below
| Sutterville We're very much disappointed
at the action of the board in regard to
| the Riverside road. If the petitioners
| had known that widening the macadam
! read would shorten the length of the
| road that would be constructed, they
would have opposed it. The road should
not only be sixteen feet wide, but it
should run down much farther than is
projected, as the road below is almost
| impossible in winter.
The board might think it strange that
/ he was persistent, he said, but he would
/ explain why he was so. There is not
| one person in a thousand in this city
/ that has any conception of what is being
| done below there. There is a manufac-
| tory below Sutterville that employs
/ frcm 100 to 160 men steadily. The
monthly pay roll is over 81 900 and
! every dollar of it is spent in 5 icra-
/ mento. The road is travelled by the
men and their families. A steady, sober
set of men is given steady employment.
| Every bit of material that is used in
manufacturing is bought from Sacra-
mento firms, except the coal The men
pay into the county treasury between
! 5000 and $500 road taxes. He thought
! some consideration should be given to
/ these facts and that the road should not
] be run to a deadfall and allowed to stop
/ there.
He did not wish to take the contract.
as his business claims all his attention,
! but in order to get the road made he
would take the contract and do the work
properly for 81, 100, which is very close
| figuring.
/ superintendent Curtis said he realized
! the necessity of the road and he did not
think it would be safe to wait till bids
| could be advertised for, as it would be
SO late. He therefore moved that it be
| declared a case of emergency, as the
work had been advertised for once and
! the bids had been higher.
AS there was not a full board present
| the matter went over till Wednesday,
50 that all might be present
BRIDGE REPAIRS.
| Charles Hack appeared before the
! board and asked to have the bridge this
| side of Freeport fixed, as it would not
4 be a heavy expense. The board referred
| it to Supervisor Jnkins with power to
act
/ There are some holes in the road near
/ Freeport, also, he said, that should be
! fixed before the rains come, and gravel
or macadam should be used to fill them
! up. The matter was referred to the
/ Commissioner from the district.
COUNTY BONDS.
/ l.. w. Moultree. for Rawlins & Son of
! Boston, addressed the board on the sub
i ject of outstanding bonds. He said there
are at present $4,000 of AZ per cent.
bonds outstanding, there being S115 900
Of 1892. S5s,0O0 Of 1893 and ST. 900 OF
/ 1895. He thought that the people
could. if they wished. vote to refund the
bonds at per cent. and the question
! could be submitted at the same time as
the question of voting bonds for the Fol-
som road and the election would cost
nothing except for the publication of the
proclamation. 1t would save the county
1h per cent. a year.
District Attorney Ryan. County
Treasurer Greenlaw and Auditor Cohn
We're summoned and the former read
the law covering the subject.
| In answer to a question by Chairman
Jenkins. Mr.. Moultree stated that the
present bonds We're payable at any time
on due notice, but If they were refunded
his company would prefer 10 have the
new ones serial bonds also, but none
payable before twenty years The coun-
ty would save 81 800 interest yearly.
The board took the matter under con-
{ Sidera tion and adjourned fill .. 81 :, -,