Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-10-14
Board of Supervisors Consider
Many Road Matters

| nOdIU VI OnpCIN tSOIS AOhSA0S
Many Road Matters
An adjourned meeting from
Monday, October 9Th, of the BoarC
of Supervisors of Rockbridge wa
held at the Courthouse last Satur
day, there being present Super
visors Kinnear (chairnan), Whit
more, McNutt, Ayrss, Hottingel
and Patterson.
Az both meetings the Board de-
voted much time to the considera'
tion of public roads. The policy
| for some time has been for the
Board to encourage road improve.
msnt, both by granting applica.
tions for the needed changes In
locations and by encouraging other
improvements.
The bonds for $4,000, iasued to
build the new Courthouse and
clerks office, bearing interest of
five per cent. having been called
in, the same were ordered cancelled
by the Sinking Fund Commission.
The chairman and clerk of the
Board were authorized to issue
warrants at the end of each quart
er, commencing with the quarter
ending September 30, 1908, paya-
BILE out of the county fund in favor
of the superintendent OF the poor.
The Sinking Fund Commission.
ers. w. C. Stuart, w. T. Shields
and j. P. Moore, presented their
report and the same was approved
and ordered fled.
The election of physician TO
the county farm was continued to
the next meeting, and DR.. A. ID.
Estill was asked TO continue to
serve until that time.
In the matter of the petition of
A. Elhart and others for change
of public road through the lands
of H. RAIDER, deceased, and r. L.
Morrison d Bro. near j. w. Morri-
sons store, Maggie A. Morrison,
In oroer to expedite the making Of
the road, refinquished in writing
all claims as to keeping open
that part of the road passing
through the lands of K. L. and H.
L. Morrison.
l.. NJ. Watts and others pc
toned for public road on
east side of North River cOmmenc-
ing at the public road just south
of the residence of Baxter Watts
and running on the abandoned
road bed of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad or as near 1t as pos
sible through the lands of Baxter
Waite, A. L. Matthews AID others.
The petition was endorsed by the
Road Board of Natural Bridge
district. Action on the petition
was continued to the next meeting
of the board,
j. Henry Leech and others Pc
titione6 for d change in the pub
lie road down Buffalo Creek from
a point opposite j. Henry Leech's
tenant house, crossing the creek
with a bridge, thence down the
creek through the lands of Leech
and others, to the intersection OF
Buffalo and Golfers Creeks. The
petition was approved by the
Road Board of Buffalo district.
J. H. B. Jones, j. H. Harper, L.
W. Hardhsraer, H. H. Teaford
and Franklin Linkswiler were APP
pointed viewers to meet at the
residence of Mr.. Leech October IL,
to examine and report.
The change of road from George
Davis's along foot of Mill Noun
tain to the east eide of the river
north to the Augusta county line,
q distance Of one mile, was ordered |
established. j. w. Stone took
exception to this action and gave
notice of an appeal to the Circuit
Court at the November term.
A change in the public road on
Kerr's Creek was ordered, upon |
the report of j. w. Morrison, C.
G. McCorkle, j. r. Tardy and w.
W. Dunlap. viewers. The order
calls for a change through the
ards of E. W. Lackey,S. R. Moore
md P. NJ. Englemen and for the
erection of a bridge over Kerr's
Creek near Miley's shop. The
damages allowed were: E. M.
Lackey, $50; S. R. Moore, $3.50:
P. M. Epgleman, $54.
The sum of $503.59 was allowed
rs the county's opportionment for
salary of the judge of the Circuit
Court for the year beginning Feb.
'uary 1, 1909.
j. G. Ford was allowed $5 for
oss of an Angorra goat.
Wooforc Norfhorn