The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19
HARRIS COUNTY ROADS,
he Conditional the Roads throughout the
County
REPORTED BY DIFFERENT COMMISSIONERS
othe~ Business OF the Donrd--County
Wants an Auditor--ProcecdinR
in the different Courts.


The county commissioners tried hard
yesterday to get through with their work
Of the term and adjourn, but there was
such an accumulation Of business that 1t
was found Impossible to do SO and the
quarterly reports of officers not reached
were referred to County Judge vasmer
and Commissioner Hirsch to check them
up and be prepared to report upon them
to an adjourned or continued session of
the court to be resumed Monday.
An interesting feature of yesterdays
work was the consideration OF the re-
ports Of the various commissioners con-
corning the condition OF roads, etc, In
their respective precincts.
49,
Gao. Spencer and wife and fifteen others
having rendered to the county their decd
OF gift TO certain lands for the purpose
OF road from Katy to the northwes.
corner OF Sec. 81, Houston and Texas Cen
tral railway survey, and II appearing TO
the court that there is necessity Tor
said road, 1t Is ordered that SAID road be
huilt IL be known as the Katy aud
Cypress road, as soon as reeords vi deeds
arc tled.
oraered that error in assessment Of II.
Manner be corrected as prayed tor.
Bx-Cointy Clerk O. f. Wnlsler deliv-
cred 10 the county certain deeds Tor
right II way, for which receipt was
gwen TO said Winkler and the deeds or
dered recorded.
Upon pe!.Ion Of J. f. Frazier and others
forgrading OF county road from the pJOr
fell Ia to Dairy, the mater was reiefced
TO Commissioner Becker fir examination
as to the necessity Tor said Improvement.
Assessment OF w. ). W an, on property
al Bay View corrected as prayed for.
Upon application of Ii G. Cain ana
twenty one others for special election
in school district No u. for the e6ytng
OF a special school TAX of 70 cents ON the
$500 ordered that said election be hold
on April Sth at Newman school house.
and G.. u. Newman appointed presiding
officer for said election. Notice OF said
election to be posted by The sheriff as
the law provides.
The reports OF the county commission
crs concerning the condition of roads III
their precincts We're read and approved
KS fo!l9ws.
To the Honorable Commissioners court In
auo for said county,;
The undersigned Jules Hirsch county
commissioner aud eX~oilico supervisor of
public reads In and for the county OF Har-
lis, herehy submits 10 your honorable court
the following report OF the condition of
the public roads IN first commissioners
precinct It tia present tins:
Approximate statement of the amount Of
work done by Harris county convict
camp, precinct No. t., for the year 1898,
beginning January ! 20 December 81.
Grading Almeda road siS miles and re-
pairing one bridge across Brey's bayou.
building Ave culyerts from eight to six
teen feet across.
Grading sugar tap road from the Clear
creek aud Chocolate to the AlDleda road.
distance of rhree-qunrter mile; also cut
ting right Of way and grubbpg stumps;
building three bridges twenty feet across,
digging ono ditch from the Alineda road
To the Elgin street 81 Oh. distance OF 600
feet from g is 10 c deep TO : width,
Grading On Main street seven miosi
repairing two bridges, 1ray's bayou and
Harris bayou. i've culSetts from to l2
feet
Wcrk done on the Fort Bend and Rich
mond graded road cutting weeds four
niles and repairing dirt road; repairing
Brays bayou bridge building four cul-
yegts from to * feet.
Grading fourteen miles an Wc3theimer
and Plney Point roads, one bridge so geet
across piney Point gulley; one ditch from
Fairview addition TO buffalo bayou, dis
lance Two and oue-halt miles from l6
10 G deep, wide, one ditch from West
heiner road TO Buffalo bayou known MS
the Baker ditch, cleaned ont and wideued
and deepened one and one-h half miles.
Ono ditch known ms the Narrow Gauge
ditch. cleaned nut and obstruction moved.
Grading eight miles on san Felipe road,
ten cuiverts from to L. feot, Que ditch
known AS the tIaddow ditch wilened and
cleaned out from San Felipe road 10 Buf-
falo "Nvon, one mile.
Grading two and one-half miles on the
Shepherd dam and Drummer addition road.
srnholng stumps, flling abuiment Of
bride one MI OF 10 feet deep. one cut of 3
feet, seven culverts from TO IL feet.
Grading one and one-half miles on the
Circle bridge, repairing three bridges,
hlling In the abutments of bridges.
-Four days work done on Washington
road. fixing washouts on the Missouri
Kansas and Texas road. two culverts 10
feet each.
Work done on the West Montgomery
road three days, repairing one bridge and
two culverts.
Work done In the Fifth ward--Digging
one ditch 1900 feet from G is TO o, Z
Vide grading from Montgomery rond TO
the school house, chopping right OF way.
grubbing stumps three-fcurths OF a mile,
building four oulverts.
Two days repairing on the Tusca Seat
road, two oulverts, one feet and one 90
feet, with teams,