The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-04
WORK
OF ROAD BUILDING
Another Addition to spotsyl-
vania's System of Modern
Highways.
Especial to The Times Dispatchll
spatSYlNa an La Nn lni,n y

Especial to The Times Dispatchll
SPotsylHanla Va. December BIN
| addition to the permanently improved
roads which Spotsylvania Is having
built under its bond issue or 500, 900.
by the exchange of IL roadway. under 4
compact with the Richmond. Freder-
icksburg and Potomac Railroad, that
company Is now building for the county,
near Hamllton's. a mile and a half OF
excellent sand and gravel road. This
road for the county Is being built under
the supervision OF the state authori-
ties, and will be of great beneGt to
The section of country where 1t is To-
Gated.
new departure has been made by
tho county Bourd OF Supervisors In tina
administration of the public aims
house and farm of this county. Here
lofore a salaried superintendent has
managed this property, under the su-
perVision OF the Board of Supervisors.
but the number of paupers-only three
or four-being 80 small, the county
management has fixed upon a plan for
boarding these out ut reasonable cost,
and will tense out the farm and tenant
houses by the year. and instead OF
being matter OF expense. has has
been the case heretofore, this property
VIII yield an annual revenue 10 the
county hereafter
Y
louisville farm. in inclosing the land
with a wire fence. ran the fence so
as to include within the line the monu-
ment erected many years ago to the
memory of General Stoncwall Jackson
THIS monument stands on the spot
where the great warrior fell during
the battle Of Characteristic, in May,
1858 The Enclosing of this monument
as part of the private lands of the
present owner provoked great indigna-
ton. and recourse was had to the pub
iic records, With a View to setting up
the rights of the memorial association,
which had the shaft erected. and re-
curing the fence now Enclosing II to be
removed. But close and critical en-
animation OF the public records shows
that no deed for the land on which the
monument stands has over been record
cd This places the whole matter In
doubt. II is not known whether a
dcco was ever obtained for the land
or whether II was obtained and mis-
laid and lost before 1t was recorded
The late Rufus Il. Merchant. OF Fred
cIicksourg, was the prime mover IN
inc erection of this monument, and
Zcalously lahored until the project was
contaminated. About that time the
charlottesville Battlefield Association
was formed. with General Joseph Dick
insoh. who was General IluoEcr's chief
OF staff, as president. MIR. Merchant
was one of the vice presidents OF this
association. Tho object OF this organ
ization, which was composed OF vet
Grams of both armies, was to purchase
all the battlchclds in SpotsyIvania
county and mako Of them great bat
tlctield park. and thus preserve for all
timc these historic fields. They con.
tracted TO purchase, and did buy. q
large portion OF this territory, but
Gcneral Dickinson and other leading
projectors of this scheme died. and the
organization failed of its purpose.
The Board OF Supervisors OF the
county, at its regular meeting. held
lew DAYS since, PASSED an order for
the placing of wide tires on the wheels
OF lumber and railroad tie haulers, and
further restricted the loads to 900
feet of green lumber and nfteen rail-
road ties. This was done for the pres
ervation of the permanently imp .oved
pubic roads of the county. The width
OF tho tires arc TO be graduated accord.
ing TO the size of wagon used