The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
TO REPAIR ROADS.
SEVERAL REPORTS MADE TO THE
 BOARD OF REVENUE.
Committee Raised to Inspect Condition of Montgomery County High ways--Disburseme
 for . Week Re-
 uorfed.

 busy for two hours Monday for the most part discussing road improve ments in various sections of the coun- ty. From the reports made it is evil dent that Montgomery County will soon have a system of highways which will give the farmers chance to save much time and trouble in getting from place to place.
 The first matter to come up was tho dangerous condition of the Washing ton Ferry road. Part of that highway Is said to be in a very bad shape. due to the river beating into it during high water. County Engineer J. T. Bullen was directed to go there and make an inspection and report on the feasibil- ity of putting in concrete wall or row of piles.
 The road runs by farm owned by Mir Tyson and he refuses to allow the board to have a temporary road built on his property. For this reason some action will have to be taken at once.
 Tim Gray and others from the Pine Level neighborhood were before the Board to request that the project for making a new short cut on the road from Montgomery to that section of the county be not abandoned as the Board had decided should be done on account of the cost being much more than originally estimated. MT. Gray
  had compiled in estimating the expense. Messrs Barnes. Brown and Matthews were appointed as a committee to make further investigations with Coun- ty Engineer Bullen.
 Hunter Vaughn and MT. Peck ap- peared to make plea for the inn provement of the HoIt's Crossing road MT. Peck and other land owners have no means of access to their farms ex- cept through MT. Vaughn's land and should he forbid them passing through they would be shut off. The same committee which will investigate the Pine Level complaint will look after this one Thursday morning. The pe- titioners ask that the road be improved for four or five miles eastward from Holt's Crossing.
 Specifications have been prepared for the road from Pike Road station 10 Mamie. Bids will be asked for grad ing the entire distance and gravelling a part of it. The Board has appropri- ated $12.0o0 for this purpose.
 On motion of Dr. Duncan the road from Ada to LaPine will be graded and part of it will be gravelled within the next few weeks. This will make connection by good road with a largo territory now hard to reach.
 Next Monday is the last day for fix ing the rate of taxation and the Codn- ty Tax Assessor was instructed to pre- pare an estimate of the increased valu- ation of the property in the County as a guide to the Board in making the new rate. The revenue of the county will be considerably increased.
 Veterinary Lyons reported that glan- ders was prevalent among the stock in the vicinity of LeGrand and snow don and a resolution was introduced by pr. Duncan warning the people of 4E ,fF ofra them not to hitch their stock with other horses and mules at the churches or other public hitching places. The County health officer was directed to make an investigation.
 The Board authorized the County En- gineer to employ salaried roadman and authorize the screening of the county jail office and county pest house.
 The following disbursements were re- norted by S. T. westcott, clerk of the Roard. for the week of May 21st to May 2Sth:
 Interest County Bonds .. ..$ 75. % Salary County Officers SS S3 Petit Jurors Circuit Court 211 DO Flow and team county roads 1.oO Sheriff taking insane patients
 to asylum. 4o'1' Advertising tax assessors mo-
 tice l'V' Lights county Jail for month
 of knril 1900 lisM'S sor AnriI % 2s. Pay roll Anderson's team week
 ending May 25.. 6S'45 Pay roll Jone's Bridge work
 week ending May 25 2S.OO Pay roll Jones concrete work
 week ending May 25 1855 Pay roll Boyd unloading gravel
 week ending May 25 57. .5O Expense survey county engi-
 neer
 Repairs Traction engine II .o5 Gravel county roads SS. S5 Freight switching charges to
 gravel county roads l5o oO Lumber county bridges 46.lS The board meets for only one hour next Monday in it's capacity of the Board of Revenue. For some weeks it rurfI1 G.