The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-04-08
ROAD WORKING
Plan AMENDED
Parties May Pay Release
Price Before Gradey Comes.
Reports are to The Effect That
Plan is Meeting Approval
Of Everybody.

The Fiscal Court of Ohio county
met in regular session at the court
house in Hartford, Tuesday, all Of the
Justices, viz: B. S. Chamberlain, J..
c. Jackson, John H. Miles, o. E. Scot.
NJ. c. Cook, T. S. Sanders, C. V. Miles
and j. L. Patton being present. Judge
R. r. Wedding and County Attorney
c. E. Smith were also present. Rou-
tine work has claimed attention of
the court for he greater part of the
session. The matters of detail in
working the roads under the new plan
was gone over and the previous order
concerning same was amended to show
that the $1.50 which each road hand
may pay and be released from road
working for a year Is to become due
and payable when warned to work by
the district overseer, and the over
seer is authorized to warn said hands
at any time he deems proper to do
so. This amendment relieves the neces
sity of waiting until he road working
crew reaches the section of the road
on which the hand is assigned to work
before payment of him may be de-
manded
Road Supervisor, w. B. Taylor re-
ported that contracts had been made
in five of the eight distr!cs for the
teams to pull the graders during the,
season. The magistrates reported that
overseers and operators had been rec
commended In nearly all of the dis
tricts. 1t only remains now for the
contracts fer pulling graders 10 be
closed in the three remaining districts
and the arrival of the machines for
The work TO begin in every part of
the county. Reports from the magis-
tlates are to the effect tha. the
plan is meeting with the approval of
the people almost universally, mos.
everyone being delighted with the
idea of being released from road
working on the payment of s1.5O
The Fiscal Court yesterday, obsery-
ed the operation of a gasoline trac-
ton engine by the Intematlon-
al Harvester Company of America,
with a view of ascertaining the adj
visibility of purchasing one or more
of these machines 20 pull road grad
ers with. An expression has not been
heard from all of the magistrates
with reference to the matter, but
it is hardly probable that any engines
will be purchased at this season. They
were we'll pleased with the work of
the machines, but the outlay for
same will be considerable and it is
ra her the opinion that the funds
should be expended this year at least
in placing the roads in as good con-
dition as possible.
Supervisor. w. B. Taylor, has the
road matter well in hand and he to-
gether with the ovreseers and CO.
operation of the magistrates in The
various districts will, we predict do
the county splendid work with highly
results.
A committee from the Town of
composed of MesSrs. w. s.
Gaines and - Godsey reported to
the court that the town had accept
ed the proposition of the Fiscal
Court to the effect that it would build
a mile of turn pike roads from the
city limits, If the town would pike
it's main streets to the limits thereof.
1t Is deemed best however, before the
County builds the pike adjacent to
Fordsville, that steps be taken to
change the road to better ground, the
present road bed being so located that
a pike on same would be impractical
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