Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-04-25
BY the County Commissioners at
Their Session on Friday.
BIDS RECEIVED FOR CRUSHER
The Standard Lime & Store Company
Ordered 10 Repair The Road That Passes
Their Queries al Once.


"Wednesday with Judge Parks on tht
bench and Commissioners Lemen and
Stuckev present. The business Of the
session was then taken mn.
In the matter of the complaint Of G.
W. LLOYD of encToachment bv Samuel
Mohler on the Sulpher Spring road in
Mill Creek district, il appeared that
the road along the point complained
of is of varying width ranging from
10 to 30 feet in width. 1t also appear
edthat G. w. Lloyd's fence is occn-
plying the same position that IL occu-
pied for many wears and that the pres.
emit owner fenced it about tour years
ago, he claiming encroachment at that
time. and he recently again moved the
fence u onto the county, road. 1t APP
peared from the testimony of the six
witnesses examined that it is well de-
fined. Court then ordered that Ernest
Glove, the road superintendenG of that
precinct, in which road complained of
is situated. be directed to visit the
place where Samuel Mohler has Gu
reached ON the public road and re-
quire him to move his fence back so ms
to reserve the proper and lawful width
of the road, which is 30 feet, aud also
to see if O. W. LLOYD ~encroaches on
the road and if SO to require him to
move his fence back to the proper po-
sition. taking the old established fence
of q. W. Llovd as the proper line Of
the old adjustment.
passed an order requiring a fence to
be erected and the road put in a
safe and proper condition along the
Standard Lime and Stone Company's
tracks and it appearing from the COM
plants entered that the former order
has not been complied with and the
road remains in a dangerous condition.
Court then ordered that the Compa-
nv proceed at ono 20 nut the road i'll
a safe condition as directed by a for
mer order of the Court.
In the matter of permission to the
Standard Lime and Stone Company,
dated Sept. 7, 1896, granting them
permission to build a railroad track
for a switch connecting their existing
tracks and to continue the switch from
their land and quarries and from the
land purchased of DIR. j. w. McSher-
ry to the land bought from John V.
Peterman. +. S. Emmert and others.
The railroad tracks to be built on and
along the side of the County road,
leading from Martinsburg to Rilev's
Ford, with the right to the Company
to run and operate cars, to and from
their quarries, and to Cross the Coun-
ty road so as to get 60 their lands
situated south and west Of the road,
purchased from f. S. Emmert and 9TH
ers. 1t appeared that the switch has
been built and established TO connect
their property and that the tracks
cross the road, leading to Rilevs's
Ford so as to connect their lands TO
the south and west. Court ordered
that the true construction of the road
and the permissien Of Sept. z. 1696
given To the company, in reference to
the road leading from Martinsburg to
Rilev's Ford, is to be constructed as
given permission so far as the County
Court has authority to give same for
the construction of the switch, which
is now IN operation, but not in any
way authorizing the Company to tress-
pass bv constructing any part of their
tracks on the County road at that
point, except SO far as given permits
sion to cross the road in order TO reach
their lands on the west side. as the
railroad is now constructed and oDer
ated.
In the matter of a proposed overhead
bridge over the G. V. and Martinsburi
r. r.. at a point where the railroad
crosses the Warm Spring road, the
Martinsburg and Potomac Turnpik,
shd the road leading to the slate quar-
ries. The Railroad Company having
been, on a former date, asked to CIV
this matter their consideration, tn
company through their attor new, A
G. Nadenbousch, appeared i'll CouI
and submitted a blue print of a feasa
BILE plan for the Correction of an over
head bridge and crossing for the roads
and having expressed a desire TO met
the Court at some date to investigat
the proposed matter. at some plaC
near the crossing. 1t was ordered /
the Court that Thursday, May Z,
set aside as a proper time to meet til
representatives of the r. r. compan
at the place indicated.
The new rules and regulations wei
adopted By the court to govern III
road superintendent in carving int