The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
CONCRETE BRIDGES
THEY WILL BID BUILr ON COUNTY
 ROADS.
Board Of Revenue Hears From AA- gineer Bullen and Decides te Experiment--Oriier as te
 solvent Credits.


 
 An experiment with reinforced con crete bridges on the public roads or Montgomery county was authorized yesterday by the Board of Revenue at its regular weekly meeting.
 County Engineer J. T. Bullen was vested with the power to enter Into contract for the construction of one of these bridges across the White Slough. several miles from the city on the Woodley Road, but 1t was ex- pressly stated by the Board that the contract shall not call for more than $1.000.
 Engineer Bullen brought the matter of concrete bridges to the notice or the Board. While he did not actually urge the Board to experiment this style of bridges, he told the Board that he had understood they were de- sirous of experimenting and. if such were their intentions, the best tima was at hand. He said the old wooden bridge across the White Slough was dilapidated and suggested that might be an excellent place to conA struct concrete bridge. Mr. Bullen laid a set of blue prints before tho Board and pointed out the various fea- lures of construction. The three mem bers of the Board who were present. decided unanimously to try such c bridge and the order was made.
 An important matter. which came before the Board yesterday, was In the nature of an order adopted as follows: fnE been declared Illegal, she Tax CoI- lectors George w. Halls, is hereby re- queated and instructed to deduct the amount of tAx assessed on solvent credits for the year 1908, upon rresen- tation Of tax assessors certificate of the amount so assessed against the several taxpayers as their extent may the Board of Revenue as errors aud inso1vencies"
 Tax Collector Halls appeared before the Board and, with the advice of County Attorney Riakey, was directed how to carry out the order. which is in pursuance of decision by the Su~ preme Court.
 Mrs. Hattie Stoll appeared before the Board again regarding the assess ment of $3,000 against her property on South Court street for taxes, Her con tention is that her residence having been destroyed by fire, she should not have been assessed the same as she was before the house was burned, She informed the Board that the residence was burned October is. 1905. The county attorney to whom the mattsr had been referr d. was of the opfnion that the year for 1906 taxes having started October i, 1905, Mrs. Stoil could secure no reduction for this year. Finally, President Houghton suggested to Mrs. ston thats she suo- init formal petition in writing to the Board and hs would see what could be done.
 contract, entered into between the Board and IT. P. Robertson some time ago, for the care of the county poor. was ratified by the attacking of the signatures of President Ioughton and Mir Robertson to the contract.
 The former petition of John Smith, a white man of PrattviIIe, to be reim- bursed for the alleged crippling of his horse owing to a defective bridge on tie Washington Ferry road. was denied in view of an adverse report made by the County Attorney.
 John F. Gay appeared in regard to a reduction in the assessment of certain of his property, corner of Holt and Board that he would have ample time next June to attend to the matter through the proper channels and the matter was dropped.
 Pursuant to an inspection of the Selma road by Engineer Bullen and his report on it's condition, the Board de- ciaed to gravel one and three-quarter miles of this road between the seven and half mile post and the ten mile post The Clerk was directed to ad- vertise for bids for the work.
 The verbal petition of Captain P. R. Mastin for the graYelling of the Hayneville road from Legrand to the Mount Zion Church, distance of six miles. was received and held for later consideration.
 With a view to gravelling and re- pairing the County Engineer was di- rected to investigate the condition of the Hayneville road extending out six miles from Catoma Creek.
 A number of accounts were passed. and the report of Clerk Vest colt, itemizing the County's disburse- ments from November 12 to November 19. was approved. The Clerks report was as follows:
 Regular jurors criminal divis-
 ion City Court ..........s 171. 50 Special jurors criminal divis-
 ion City Court .. ........ ss. % Bailiffs, criminal division City
 Court .... ............ AS. co Ex-officio fees Clerk Circuit
 Court .... -. .......... 1Os 100 Managers, inspectors, clerks,
 returning officers election s4.ss Clerk Supreme Court costs.
 Jesse o'Neil case ........ 26.05 Reward conviction shooting
 across public road ...s.. 50. % Services overseer public road.
 1905 ..., ............. 4.0O Removing dead mule of public
 road .i.. ............ 100 Wagon, blows and team County
 road ............ 20.Oo Expense putting up and dray-
 age booths. election....., $50 Putting in window panes Coun-
 ty court house .......... 5.60 Attending telephones, court
 house .... ....,........ 500 Printing. etc, sherif's ofice.. 1900 Printing, etc, and repairs
 County Engineers office.. s.S6 Heaters County jail ........ 12.O0 Blankets and sundries, County
 jail .... .... .a......... H.bO Plumbing and repairs. County
 court house .. .......... 4a.s0 Printing. etc. Tax Collectors
 ofIice '...'...:.'' SS'zo
 charges and County roads I.27O. Os Lumber, etc, County bridges. 96.S6 Estimate work done on Ada
 and Banner road ....N.. TOO. % Etimate work done on Mamie
 and Pike road ........... 27S. .0O Extra train services, unloading
 gravel ,sprague and Ramer 25.OO Demurrage gravel cars, Ada. 26. co Rent. coal, cement, etc, County
 team '.'' ...''...'. zA.eV