The record-union., 1897-06-09

to the Governor for his suggestion, but
that the law provides what the High
way Commissioners should and should
not do, and they proposed to abide by
the law. There would be no limit to
their duties, Mr.. Manson said if they
undertook to perform such work.
Mr.. Price agreed with Mr.. Manson,
and said he did not see how the High
way Commissioners could undertake
the work.
Mr.. Luhrs said he understood the sit
uation, and that the only thing left
was to secure the services of another
engineer to prosecute the work.
1t was agreed that the first thing to
be done was to secure the title to the
lands composing the road, and to
straighten out and make it of regula-
ton width. Mr.. Lauritson explained
that he had taken measurements at
certain points, and found that at the
Camp place the road between the cleo
trio poles is but forty feet, Halls place
! thirty-nine and a half feet, and at
Harlow's place fifty feet wide.
Mr.. Manson called attention to the
fact that the road, as first laid out,
called for a sixty-siX-foot way, and
that while the plat of the viewers is not
on record, their action is, and that some
of them are still alive.
Mr.. Price said that prior to 1870 all
roads, under the law as it existed We're
required to be siXty-six feet in width,
but that since that time the regula-
| ton width had been fixed at sixty feet.
| The statutes Of 1888 provided that no
road beds then existing should be
! changed by the amended law, and he
questioned whether sixty feet of land
could now be claimed, where but forty
feet was used for a roadway in 1888.
Mr.. Manson held that the statute OF
1888 was not intended to apply to any
road that was not of regulation width
sixty feet.
Mr.. Lauritson thought the road bed
| ought to be at least sixty feet wide.
Mr.. Manson believed that if a title
could be established, a sixtysi foot
road would be preferable, and that as
the original road was siXty-six feet
wide, he wanted to know to whom
would the extra six feet of land be
donated.
A long talk followed respecting the
Board of Supervisors and the employ
ment of an engineer to make the nee
essary preliminary survey, but no con-
| clusion was arrived at.
| In summing up the situation, Mr..
Manson said the proper thing to do is
first to determine just what condition
the title to the lands is in, and when
the facts and data shall have been
gathered to present the same to the
| Attorney General for his approval. The
next step is to procure the services of
competent engineer to make an ac-
curate survey and locate cross-sections,
etc When the work is commenced, he
said, it must be supervised by skilled
constructive engineer. 1t will be pre-
cisely like grading a railroad, and a
man cannot stand off and take guess
at it. The engineer, he said, must
needs be On the ground all the time
and supervise every portion of the
work.
Mr.. Price said it would be better for
the Folsom Road Commission to call
on the Board of Supervisors and ascer-
tain what it would cost to have the
County Surveyor make the preliminary
SURVEYS with view to acquiring title
to the land If that official demanded
too much. then they could look else
where Speaking for the Department
of Highways, he assured the Folsom
Road Commissioners that it would give
them all the assistance and moral sup
port possible.
Mr.. Luhrs stated that he, with the
other members of the commission,
would privately call on the Board Of
Supervisors Immediately after the re-
turn of Supervisor Morrison, who is
now absent from the city, and at :
o'clock o. m. the meeting adjourned.