The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-30
BUY GRAVEL PIT
BOARD OF REVENUE MEMBERS
 VISIT R0QUEM0RE PLACE.
Committee of Ladies Appeals for rni- proyement in County Jail--An- other Meeting to Be
 Held Today.


 Members of the Board of Revenue or Montgomery county, after the reg ular meeting yesterday, inspected the gravel pit of John Roquemore near the Washington Ferry Road, looking to- ward it's purchase by the county.
 It will be remembered that the grav- ei pit matter was fully discussed av the last meeting of the Board and 1t was decided that the Board either pur- chase pit or contract with the own CT of pit for the gravel supply for the county. Looking toward this pur- chase, c. l.. Matthews moved. during the meeting of the Board. that the members at 2;30 o'clock drive to the Roquemore gravel pit. which is loca- ted convenient distance from the city The motion was carried.
 All members of the Board were present when the meeting was called to order by President M. B. Houghton. On motion of H. H. Barnes the superin- tendent of roads, A. R. Dix, was inc structed to haul gravel from the raii- road at Perry's Mill and fill holes in the roads and repair the abutments of bridges in the surrounding country.
 A petition was presented Oy Leon Veil and number of the most prominent owners of Cloverdale property and ad- jacent land, asking that the county grade and gravel Fielder street from the Norman Bridge road through Glow erdale. The petition was received and filed.
 A. M. Baldwin appeared before the Board in the interest of the Coosada road asking that it be repaired from Pickett Springs to the river His pe- tition was also received and filed.
 The superintendent of roads was in structed to rebuild the bridge on the Butler Mill road over Pintlala creek. S. T. Westcott clerk of the Board. reported the weeks disbursement as follows:
 Interest county bonds. s75
 Bailiff and division city court, g.
 Services overseers county roads, $150.
 Wagons. blows and teams, county roads, $29.50.
 Sundries assessors office and nails county roads, $3.95.
 Sundries and cleaning windows pro- bate office, $15.S0.
 Sundries and putting in sash cords and glass county jail, $25.20.
 Guarding women prisoners and talk ing to hospital, $500.
 Examining insane patients. $5
 Taking insane patients to asylum, s2S.99.
 Taking boys to the reform school. $25.94.
 Coal county jail, s25.60.
 Ice for court house, and jail for De- tober, November and December. $23.14.
 Support county paupers, December and January, S12.00.
 Printing for clerk of city courts off, flee, $7.75.
 Feeding, clothing and medicine Rives county prisoners. s23.35.
 Sundries Rives county teams, $12.S2. Hay Stacy's county teams, $16.49.
 Sundries Stacy's county teams $6.19.
 Sundries Jones county teams, $23.13. Sundries Stapley's county teams, s5s.O4.
 Clerks fees, hard labor cases, $S0.95. Magistrates fees hard labor cases, l $19.50.
 Witness fees hard labor cases, $2271O.
 Total. ssss.44. During the meeting. a committee of women. representing charitable organ izations appeared before the Board in the interest of having provisions made for religious services in the Montgom- cry county jail -.. The committee was composed of Miss Estelle Mitchell, Mrs. .. A. Lanier and Mrs. John B. Hastings and their visit to the Board was inspired by the ad- dress of Rev. 1. A. Rice, D. D., at the Court Street Methodist church at the mass meeting Sunday night for a juve- nile reformatory.
 Miss Mitchell eeffctively addressed the Board and pleaded the cause with unusual eloquence. The matter will be taken up by the Board today in con junction with the plans for the jail building
 The Board adjourned to meet this morning when bids for remodelling the county jail will be opend.