The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-04-10
FISCAL COURT
Proceedings 100000 Bond
Issue to be Submitted
TO Voters.

The Ohio County Fiscal Court, COM
posed of the following members, viz:
Judge w. B. Taylor, County Attorney
E. NJ. Woodward, Esqrs. w. p. Miller,
w. S. Dean, w. r. Edge, B. S. Cham
berlain, S. H. Render, John II. Miles
and ]. H. Williams, met in court hall
| in special session last Wednesday
md having completed it's work, ad-
journed Saturday at noon. Among
other work done, the following orders
were made, viz:
Road and Bridge Commissioner G..
A. Ralph is directed to notify each
road supervisor in Ohio county to at
once put his section of road in good
order for public travel and to re-
port each surveyor who fails to COM
ply with this order in a reasonable
time.
1t was ordered that the present sys-
tenn of road working be continued.
Ordered that County Judge Taylor
be directed to take such steps as
may be necessary to have the drifts,
&C., cleared from the bridges and
trestles on levee nsrth of Hartford.
Esqrs. w. p. Miller, S. H. Render
and Mr.. Cal p. Keown, were appoint
ed as committee to build bridge across
Huffs creek on the Fordsville and
! Barrett's Ferry road. The committee
to decide whether it is to be an iron
or wooden structure.
Ordered that the appropriation of
the county, whatever it may be, be
equally divided among the Magister-
ial districts, excepting special bridges
and specific work at specific places
provided for by committees.
Ordered that citizens of Ohio coun-
ty be permitted to set telephone poles
along the public highways of Ohio
county provided it shall not interfere
with public travel and operation of
the graders.
Circuit Clerk E. G. Barrass and
County Clerk w. S. Tinsley appoint
ed as a committee and empowered to
have a toilet installed in the base
ment of the court house.
An order was entered directing
County Judge w. B. Taylor to sub
nit the question of issuing 100000
in bonds to be expended on the roads
of the county, to the qualified voters
of the county at the next regular cleo
lion, November 5, 1907.
Capt. ]. M. DeWeese, Esqrs. b. S.
Chamberlain and S. H. Render were
appointed to secure quarters for Co.
H., National Guards for two years
cost not to exceed $175.
Road and Bridge Commissioner was
ordered to take such steps as may
be necessary to put in operation
split log" drag process on some suit
able section of road to be operated
on wet or muddy road and he is al
lowed not in excess of $50 to make
the experiment and said funds so ex-
pended to be deducted from the funds
allowed the district where the test
is made.
Judge w. B. Taylor, County Attor-
ney e. M. Woodward and Mr.. Rowan
Holbrook were appointed committee
to repair the levee just north of Hart
ford, raising 1t above high-water
mark in accordance to report of civil
engineers E. w. Cooper and r. G.
Porter. They are also empowered
to build such bridges and trestles as
in their judgment may seem best, as
well as to make any needed fills on
the banks of Rough river for the pro-
lection of the levee.
Amos Miller and G. M. Grove APP
pointed as a committee to ascertain
and report on the feasibility of es-
tablishing a public road through the
bottoms south west of Hartford along
or near the right-of-way of the NJ,
H. & e. r. K. from Hartford to or
near Bob Lawrence's shop and to re-
port on the probable cost of same as
well as to investigate the advantages
over the old road as now established
and also the cost of repairing and
widening the old road.
A motion to macadamize the levee
just north of town was passed until
the regular October term.