The record-union., 1899-09-12
COUNTY MAP AND ROAD MAP
SUPERVISORS WILL PROB
ABLY HAVE THEM MADE.
Necessity for Strengthening Out
the Records Of All the
Roads.

a. tuC lACSb1llS5 OI the BOaTQ OF sup
ervisors yesterday morning Attorney L.
,. Shlnn presented petition from land
owners IN Reclamation District No. sol
requesting the appointment of Lester
ID. Greene as Trustee of the district.
He stated that at a late election Mr..
Greene had been elected, but as there
was some dissatisfaction on account
of alleged illegal votes. it was thought
best to have the matter settled by ap-
pointment.
The request was granted and Greene
appointed.
A donation of $50 was given to Harry
Dewey and M. e. Barrett, Trustees of
San Juan school district, TO aid in the
construction of a 1,000-gal tank and
windmill for the district near the lands
of the late Jacob Hintz, with the un-
derstanding that they will maintain q
free watering trough there
J. c. Boyd, George Peters and Joseph
Silva, viewers in the matter of the peti-
tion of Manuel Faria a-.I others for
private road in Road District No. 4,
recommended that the petition be
granted, and that J. f. Silyeria, non-
consenting land owner, be awarded $50
damages. The hearing of the matter
! was set for october 9th.
/ County Surveyor Boyd, E. d. Butler
and j. S. Buggess reported in the mat
ter of the application of the Sacramen-
to Electric, Gas and Railway Company
for abandonment of avenues and alleys
in Oak Park included in the boundaries
of the Recreation Grounds recon-
mended that the following avenues and
alleys be declared vacant: Manzanita
and Cedar avenues, from the east line
/ of East avenue to Oak Grove tract
thence easterly to the east boundary
line of the lands of the Sacramento
Electric, Gas and Railway Company;
Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth and Thirty
sixth streets of Oak Park, from Man.
zanita avenue southerly to the south
boundary line of Oak Park; also the
alleys extending through blocks II, T.,
50 and S6 and through the west $50
feet OF block 73 of Oak Park
/ The hearing was set for October 5th.
Jenkins moved that the clerk be ill
structed to ask for bids for the con-
struction of the three bridges on. Grand
Island, the former bids for which were
rejected on motion of Morrison and
that the hearing be set for the Thurs
day of the October meeting.
Morrison said that the reason he
moved to have the bids rejected was
that there was then no money in the
fund. He would second the motion
| now.
The motion was carried unanimously.
County Surveyor Boyd asked the
Board for an order for binding the
County Assessors block book, which
| he has almost finished, ready for bind
ing.
1t was ordered bound.
/ Mr.. Boyd also presented his esti-
| mates of the cost of a county map he
| offered to make, paying for the requi-
site assistance, expenses Of field sur
veys and lithographing, for 81 800 and
furnish the board with ten copies.
lie found it difficult to estimate the
cost of road map book, he said, as
/! 1t would require his time and atten-
| ton, in addition to that of a draughts-
man and two assistants for field work.
for about four months to obtain data
| in the field and mark all culverts and
bridges.
He also read a communication from
County Surveyor Hoxie of Monterey,
describing a record book of roads in
that county, prepared by him.
Jenkins said that the matter was
an important one and had been de-
bated for a long time. A record Of
county roads and culverts was impera-
lively needed He moved that the Sur
veyor be instructed to proceed to make
a county map and road map.
Mr.. Boyd said the work would cost
him $4,000 to $1,000, but he would do
| it at cost to the Board of 1880 and
/ take his chances of being remunerated
for the remainder by the sale of maps.
t Curtis said that Special Post Office
! Agent Amman had said he would not
return to look after rural postoffice de-
livery until the road map book is COM
/ pleted
/ Morrison spoke of the Importance and
necessity of the maps, but thought that
the written opinion of the District At