Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-02-04
County Court Proceedings.

Monday in regular term. In reorgan'
| izing for the year, the commissioners
elected ] W Rider, of H4rper's Fer.
ry, as president. The subject of most
interest before the court was an appli.
cation for franchise by the Winches.
ter and Washington City Railway
Company to enable it to erect its poles
and string its wires along the public
road from Charles Town to Shenan.
dosh Junction, thence to the quarries
at Kearneysville. An objection to
the granting Of the franchise wa
raised by the Jefferson County Tele-
phone Company, which claimed that
the wires of the electric company run
ming along the some road as those OF
the telephone company would ipJure
the latters service.
The electric company produced tes-
timony to show that.a weli-equipped
telephone service is not injured by
electric wires on the came road, and
Supt. D. W. Swink, of the power
company, and Hubert H. Rust, Win
chester manag r Of the American Tel
ephone Company, testified in behalf of
the company asking for the franchise
The telephone company had a large
number of witnesses. All of them
testified that the company's service
had been impaired by the power wires
which parallel it's wires between
Charles Town and the Clarke county
line. The evidence as to the injury
to the telephone service seemed con-
elusive and was tacitly admitted By
the power company's representatives,
though the latter contended that,grant-
ing the alleged injury. the entire trou-
bic could be obviated by the telephone
people putting their wires and appa-
ratus in first class condition, that tie
remedy for the came Was within reach
of the telephone company itself If 1t
would only correct the defects in the
construction of it's lines and in the in
stallatlon of its apparatus. The taxi
ing of the testimony attracted a large
attendance of people from all sections
of the county, and occupied the atten-
ton of the court on Monday and Tues
day. On Tuesday afternoon the SUBJ
iect was laid over until Monday of
next week.
T. Grove Henkle was appointed
deputy county clerk. His term of
service is to continue during the pleas
ure of the clerk.
F. A. Schultz. Isaac D. Myers, and
Thos II Hardy were ordered relieved
of erroneous assessment for taxes for
the year 1903.
The report of John P. Kearfott, e1-
ecutor of the will of Douglas Roper,
was submitted, showing balance of
81 ,297 IL in his hands for distribu-
ton. 1t was ordered that the credit
ors, if any, of Douglas Roper, de-
ceased, be notified to present anthem
ticated claims, and report of the
same be made before the May term
of the court, when a distribution of
the funds to the various legatees nam
ed in the said will shall be made.
Upon the petition Of VIM. NJ Burns.
A. W. Mcdonald and W. A. Roper,
the court appointed Daniel Hefebow.
er and N. T. Snyder, committee to
view proposed change in the Roper
Mill road. The petitioners ask that
the present road from the corner OF
Miss Bette Sublette's land and that
of Maj A. W. Mcdonald to a gate
leading from the farm of the latter, a
distance of 100 rods, be closed, and
that the Roper Mill road be run in
straight line from the corner m en-
toned to intersect with the Shannon
dale and Charles Town road through
a field on the Sublette farm.
1t is proposed to open new road
from the Leetown road to the Middle.
way turnpike. The subject was
brought before the court on petition
of number of taxpayers in Middle
way and Charles Town dis riots. The
petitioners want the new road to start
at point on the Leetown road at the
corner of the lands of James Walson's
heirs and Mrs. Anna O.. B Hender-
son, thence south along the lands of
Mrs. Henderson. through the farm of
James E. Watson, thence through the
lands of VIM. D. Hayslett and Bates
Watson to point on fine private road
south of the farm of D. w. Clenden-
ming, thence on an easterly course
along the land of John Hayslett. Bates
Watson, D. W. ClendenniDg and Mrs.
Edith Shirley to point at the inter.
section of the Shirley and Clenden.
ming farms, thence south through and
along the lands of VIM. Rtmeys
heirs and D. W. Clendennlng to a
point on the Middleway and Charles
Town turnpike. VIM. A. HIggs,
John L. Burns and VIM. Henshaw
were appointed committee to view
the proposed route and report on the
feasibility of opening the road at the
next term of court.-AdUocate.
The court yesterday, by what was
a practically unanimous vote, granted
the franchise to the power company.