The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-20
HARRIS COUNTY'S ROADS
Report Of County Commissioners as Elk Or
iicio Supervisors.
RESUME OF THE WORK DONE ON ROADS
Most of the ThorouRhfnres Are IN
Good Condition, but some
Need Repairs.

AS required by law the four county
commissioners OF Harris county have
filed with the clerk OF the court their re-
ports as ex-othcio road supervisors. Fol-
lowing are the reports;
e. +. Schmidt, Supervisor for Precinct
No. THE following roads are reported
in goods condition: Chocolate and New
man road Link road from Chocolate to
Alameda. HUFFMAN and Clear creek road,
Lyons avenue and Mallisvlile road. CrOs-
by the shelton road, Atascosita road
The Washington road needs about two
days repairs.
The San Filipo road needs one week 5
work with grader.
The Westhelmcr road is finished Tor four
miles.
( The Arkansas Pass road needs grading.
( The Fort Bend and poor farm road is In
good condition TO the poor farm. but
needs work badly to the county line.
The Main street and Fort Bend road Is
In good condition 10 Bray's bayou, but
needs work badly to the county line.
The Almeda road is in very good condi-
ton, but needs about four days work with
grader.
The Harrisburg road needs repairs;
about ten cars Of she'll.
/ The Clinton road is in bad condition.
The new Market street road needs
graveling for four niles
On the East Montgomery road the four
miles of gravel road is in good condition
but from the end of the gravel the road
needs repairs.
The Link road from East Montgomery
to the Air Line road 10 in good condi-
ton, but needs about three days work.
The West MONTGOMERY roads needs
work
The Air Line road needs repairs,
/ The Houston Heights boulevard needs
repairs from Washington street to Hous-
ton Heights. Il is In good condition
| from Houston Heights 70 the county line
The White Oak and Brick House Gully
road needs repairs.
The following bridges and culverts are
needed: Sap Felipe road. one culvert;
Westheimer road. tvs culverts; Arkansas
Pass road one culvert; Main street road
three culverts; Chocolate road, repairs for
one bridge; kaufman road. one culvert;
Telephone road, one culvert; Clinton road
four bridges; Market street road repairs
for one bridge. Atascoslta road one cul-
vert; Link road repairs for two bridges,
AIR Line road. repairs for one bridge,
West Montgomery road, repairs for one
bridge: White oak and Brick House Gully,
one new culyert and repairs for one
bridge.
The following amounts are estimated as
necessary for expenditure: For 200 feet
of iron bridging for boulevard and re
placing gravel on boulevard. $1,000; replaces
ing gravel on Houston. Harrisburg and
Deep Water road. $1,000 replacing gravel
and dltching on East Montgomery road.
$500 grading Houston aui Dairy road.
5000; grading Webster ana Geneva road.
5000. grading Alien and Geneva road.
$780,
j. H. Magee. Supervisor for Precinct
No, 2.-The roads are In very good coudi.
ton. but some need repairing and drain
! ing The Houston and Crosby road ana
the Lynohburg and Cedar bayou road need
TO be regarded and drained. They also
need some new bridges and culFerts
There are some washouts on the Wooster
and Cedar bayou road that need dtten-
ltion. Some OF the roads on Cedar bayou
need repairs. phe Crosby and l.ynchburg
road is in very good condition, except
about two miles above Lyncnhurg that
needs 10 be regarded and rained. The
roads and culyerts from Crosby to Hun
man are In good Con- ton, except sonic
bad washouts near Crosby that need at
tentou. / would suggest that the county
get some more land on the west side OF
the road aud let the east ditch wash It's
way out for ii will cost too much to stop
IL, Heretofore piles have been driven TO
stop The road from washing. but NOW
the WISH is so deep and wide that the
piles are going. l would recommend but
! few moro new roads in the precinct as
| the old roads should be gone over and re-
graded, and drains should he put in,
We need more drains for the county roads
II would recommend the putting in OF
drains where the county can get the land
donated for that purpose. | would recon-
mend that a drainage ditch DO put in
at Huffman and another on the sheldon
and Zavalla Point road. to stop the water
I from OVERLOOKING and damaging the farms
will be put on the bridges around Crosby
this year. There is a bridge to be built
/ over Hunting bayou on the Market street
and Zavalla road. There are about four
miles OF the Zavalla road yet to be
1 graded.
C. H. Roth. Supervisor for Precinct No.
/ 3.--The roads are In fair condition, coma
/ gomery road needs drainage and over
hauling, which will cost $500 or 500. In
! precinct No. It needs about four miles
OF gravel TO make It a good road, Tina
! Atascosita road needs drainage and re-
/ grading in different places. and a few Gull
! yerts repaired. The Spring and eros;
4 Timber roads needs drainage In different
/ places,
| The following estimates for expenditure
4 are made: For two or three new road.
wanted. $500; for one new bridge, SlOu
~
! J, II. G, Becker Supervisor for Precinct
! No i.--Washington road is In very bll