The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-16
OPPOSES NEW ROAD
CONTENDING PERSONS BEFORE
 BOARD OF REVENUE.
W. .. Bradley Declares Opening of Highway Will Damage His Prop
 erty-COntrOversy Between
 Messrs. Bullen and Reeves.

While transacting much routine bus iness and considering various road i'm ing yesterday morning, the Board of Revenue encountered knotty prob lem on a petition asking for the open ing of road about six miles dS.g; long; road to the Rocky Mount Road.
 M. O. Merritt. a veteran citizen of that section. represented the petition CTS and urged the Board to open the planter, owning a considerable tract of land through which the proposed road opening. It developed that he is the only citizen of that neighborhood who objects to the improvement He main. h. tained that his property would be be would have to incur extra expenses caused by necessary fencing and other incidental improvements.
 President M. B. Houghton asked MT. Bradley what he thought of $2o dam ages. MT. Bradley replied that the amount was ridiculous. He said he his place. but would be in favor of such a highway running on his prop erty line.
 The opposition contended that no ap- preciable damage would be done by the opening of the road and that all of the other citizens of that section wanted the improvement.
 MT Bradley stubbornly adhered to his protest and the Board. after hear ing discussion lasting nearly an hour, decided not to take any action, put to wait two weeks in the hope that MT; Bradley and the petitioners would reach an agreement When the dis cussion ended. it appeared that the conflicting interests were farther apart
 The Board adopted a resolution for gravelling and repairing, as early as practicable. one mile of the Hughes Ferry road. and the lower part Of the
 
 On behalf of petitioners. J. Day urged the Board to open public road commencing at a point near the place ace Long road near Mrs, Hobbies place; The Board decided to open the road provided no objections are filed and a of notices to that effect for thirty days at the court house and in the neighborhood of the proposed road.
 The present system of operation or County teams. one of which is being worked in each beat. was discussed by President Houghton with view to im- proving the method ,s if possible but bas ns been in practice nine months
 W. IT. Reeves, one of the County overseers. appeared before the Board; been reported by the County Engineer. J. T. Bullen. for insubordination.
 President Houghton said that no such charges had been brought.
 q will be glad to make my position clear" interjected the County Engi- neer. before further remarks were made, "I have never given any instruc- tions to MT Reeves except in most gentlemanly manner and did not report Mir. Reeves for insubordination nor for continued idleness of teams. However. I did explain to the Board that the three idle teams reported by Mir. Reeves at last Mondays meeting were idle because l didn't see fit to order the drag scrapers which he requested, but had directed him to put those teams to wagons hauling gravel or to blows used in blowing the road What MT. Reeves took exceptions to was when l called his attention to the fact that some of his men were not doing their proper amount of work in his absence and I merely suggested that. in the future, when he left the teams. that