The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-03-16
THE PUBLIC ROADS.
EXHAUSTIVE REPORT ON TINE SUB
JECT BY ROAD COMMISSIONER
MONTGOMERY.
To the Honorable Board Of Supervis-
ors of Lincoln County. Miss.

4 ISonoiuCAdelOu anu dpPFONdl. IL Is
lquite lengthy: but it is in keeping
| with your instructions Of last
meeting. | have Travelled several
hundred miles, but found it i'm.
possible to inspect all first and sec
Iond class roads in the county on
account of bad weather. / have
/ described the defects in all the
roads as best | could. j would
recommend that the Board have
mile ard sign boards erected,
which are very necessary in de-
scribing or pointing out the defects
in the road. ] did hope to be able
to make my final report at this
meeting; but, according to your
INSTRUCTION last meeting, in regard
to the inspection, it has taken all
my time to make said inspection.
/ have inspected the Brook
haven and Summit road. find
places that need to be raised and
fills made. There are three places;
a big mudhole, a ditch across the
road at an old mill place; one
mud hole at negro's house be-
tween three and four mile post.
There is one new fence too close
to road, not room enough to
keep bitches opened. There are
several mud holes on this side of
/ Thayer. The bridge across Bogue
IChitto is in a dangerous condition
and needs being rebuilt, one cul-
vert at Easterling and Mays
track is entirely torn up. The
bridge across Big Greek is in a
bad condition; several holes in
it and ought to be attended to at
once; two mud holes in road. The
John Gwin hill is in bad condition
and some grading ought to be
done. There is one place near
Bogue Chitto too nal row, caused
by six telephone poles being in
the road; one bad place in road
caused by Brister's dummy track
being in the road; one mud hole
lin road at McCaffrey's; one mud
| hole at Selix place; one place too
narrow near Norfeld; several mud
lholes near Nip Reeves place; road
too narrow near Mt. Pleasant
lchurch, caused by bitches being
! too deep; ditch cut across road at
4 MOunt Pleasant church, brush
4 leaning over road caused By the
4snew calvert at AllSEittGn creek
lin bad shape; ditch across road
near Sam Carruth; one culvert
Iplank too short; one culvert
worked out.
] / have been over the Brook
haven and HolmesVille road;
found one cuiyert in bad shape at
the four mile post. Near James
] 1McCielland's there is mud hole
and ditch across the road. The
labutment of the Bridge at
4 Williams mill needs some dirt
and brush; one place at Gill's
Creek not wide enough. Just be-
yond, in going up the hill, is a
place not wide enough; there are
rocks in the road so the con-
TRACTORS could not cut bitches to
make the road wide as it should
be. One culvert at Jack Shorts
place filled ~ needs opening, one
lstump needs to be taken up at
lScarbench; two culverts needed
there.
The bridge at Tyler's Mill is in
fairly good condition: two little
bitches at Sam Brister's place;
one place not wide enough in the
|lane at white oak tree; the
fence too close to road; two
places in the lane at Buck Shorts
place: fence too close to road.
There is a bad place in the road at
|Shug Prices; bitches filled up
and water has washed out bitches
| in the road.
| There is bad mud hole in the
lroad below Norfeld. There is
brush in the road that ought to be
lcut out, caused by the snow.
i There is a long place in the road ];
.lSimp Moak's place fence too close
Ito the road. have been over the
road from Pike County to. David
IMoak's s and find one bad place at
I the eight mile post; three big
4 trees in road. | find the road
entirely foo narrow in lane near
4 David Moak's place. The bridge
4 too steep; ought to be raised three
lfeet on South end and abutments
added.
4 ] have been over the road from
4 David Moak's place to Shady
lGroye church. find road too
4 narrow near Thad Moak's place;
4 fence on one side and some large
pines on the other. / find il the
lane between 15 and Is mile post,
d .I1oad too narrow, two stunlps that
fought to be taken up. The cul-
vert where the NorfieId railroad
crosses; road too narrow; fence
lon one side and stumps ON the
lother.
i | have been over the road from
i Pike County line to Andy
4 Greer's. The bridge at Shady
4 IGroye church is in good con-
lldition; mud hole in road near
lchurch; 6-foot culyert needed one
.Imile from church; rails thrown in
the bitches; mud hole; 6-foot cnl-
vert needed; one culyert needed; /;
lone culvert filed up al Jim
Brent's place. Bad mud hole,
.l6-foot cnlvert needed; road too
marrow at Janes Greer's place;
! fence built ID the road: 8-foot cnl-
vert at Andy Greer's, III bad CON
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