The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-28
TO USE ROAD AT NIGHT
ACTION OF REVENUE BOARD AS TO
 TRACTION ENGINE.
Hauling Logs on Wetumpka Roads Caused CompIaiht-County Ex- ecutive Body Passes on Sev-
 eral Important Matters.

Bv resolution of the Board of Reve- l nue of Montgomery County Robert | Nixon & Go. were yesterday granted | permission to operate traction engine | at night only on the upper and lower Wetumpka roads for the purpose of | hauling logs to their lumber mill in the | city.
 citizens residing on these roads had | complained to the Board that the oper- ation of the traction engine in the day 1 time was detrimental to traffic on the l road and that the roadbed and bridges were being damaged. At the weekly meeting of the Board vesterday all members being present A. P. Tyson, W. A. Henderson, Dr. | Stough and s. B. Hall appeared and | argued against allowing the engine to use the road. Mir. Nixon was present l and stated his case. He was willing. | he said, to operate the engine at night and to indemnify the County for dam ages to the road or to bridges. Finally the following resolution by MT. Matthews of the Board was adopt l ed:
 Tn the matter of complaint of citi- xens against Robert Nixon & Co. run ming a traction engine over part of the lower and upper Wetumpka roads. | it is ordered after hearing, that the County Attorney draw up a contract of agreement by which said Nixon & Co. and successors bind themselves to the | County of Montgomery to repair and keep in repair the roads and bridges over which their machinery is used and to run such machinery at night CT partly at night so as to avoid contact with public travel. The following resolution, introduced by Mir Brown of the Board, was adopt ed concerning the work to be perform | ed by road overseers: "Resolved that Mir Stacey attend to | the unloading of gravel at Ada and at | the cutoff recently graded: that he fin- ish grading and graveling the 500 yards west of Ada, and put in bridge at foot of hill; that he await further I instructions to gravel the 800 yards | cut off one mile north of Ada; that he l gravel road from Ada to where Ramer roads turns off, about 500 yards; and | that he grade road from Sellers Sta | tion to creek on Mount Carmel road. Also that like instructions be given | Special Overseer Rives as follows: | That he push the grading on the Carter Hill road from the twenty-one mile post on to Pine Level using sand and | clay for the road bed; that he attend 1 to unloading gravel at Perry's Mill and hire teams to haul gravel when practi- cable, at not over $1 per cubic yard.
 The County Superintendent of Pub | lie Roads is hereby instructed to see that the plans are fully carried out. .' MT. Barnes of the Board introduced a resolution which was adopted, that 1 on and after the date all patients in | tended for the State insane asylum must be examined by the County Phy- | sician."
 The compensation of County Survey or M. Mason recently elected by the Board. was fixed at s5 day and such | other necessary expenses as may be agreed upon. The pay of markers for | surveying work was fixed at $1 50 Q day each.
 Clerk s. T. westcott of the Board submitted the following statement of disbursements for the week ending September 27:
 Bailiffs Circuit Court .....$ 32 .O0 Feeding juries from March to | September ........ sS .oO Emergency hospital June. July l and August .. ........ 2Se. .57 Taking insane to asylum. ..... 4.6s Health Department. attending
 smallpox ....... s3 % | Wagons, blows and teams | County roads .... ...... $50 Shovels. nails. hardware, etc.,
 County roads .. ....... sS.97 Feed for W. H. Rives's teams,
 August .. .... .... AZ. % Subscriptions Advertiser Pro-
 bate and Board of Reve-
 nue office .......s 15 50
 Printing, Probate Office. ...... 500
 Printing and making books,
 Tax Collectors office. ..... 70 %
 Printing briefs County bond | case ............... 10. 40 | Puttine in light County Court
 House .. .... .......... 800
 Repairs and plumbing County | jail .,............ o.SU
 Ice, court house and jail.
 month August .. ........ 20 co
 Am'nt donated city
 for Cleveland Av-
 enue storm water
 | sewer .......H bOO DO
 Am'nt donated city
 for Goode Street
 and Jeff Davis
 | Avenue for storm
 water sewer .... 1.500. %
 Total. .... ....s2,ooo. .Oo
 Less amount half
 | expenses repair
 l ing Bell Street,. 503. 40 1,496. .6C | IOtdI ''s''''sss' SZ,l6b II
 The Board adjourned to meet aEair
 next Monday.
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