Evening times-Republican., 1913-10-11
DECIDE ON DlVl.
SION OF SYSTEM, FIFTEEN
MILES TO EACH DIVISION.
TO GET INTERESTED MEN
AS ROAD SUPERINTENDENT
Nominal Salary to Be Paid, But Super
intendents Will Be Expected to Work
For Public Welfare Rather Than the
Fec = Instructions to Supernten-
dents.

The board of supervisors has decided
to divide the county road system into
twelve districts. avera aging fifteen miles
to the division, and will attempt to
employ a superintendent on each divis-
ion to look after the dragging and
maintenance of that road.
This is the plan suggested by the
state highway commission. Supervisor
Maytag. who has been giving personal
attention to the road deuartment Of
the boards work, was authorized to
plan the districts, and the board will
attempt to get the biggest men in the
county to accept appointment as su-
perinteudentS of divisions.
Interested Men as Superintendents.
The board plans in the divisions of
the larger mileage TO pay a nomina! fee
of 500 year for the surerintendent,
but this man will be expected to WORK
more for the public welfare than for
the fee and by having twe.ve districts
1S4 miles OF county road can be super
vised for SLIGO per annun by twelve
men living on their roads and
traversing most of it in their every day
journeys, whereas one man devotins
his entire time could hardly get over
that much mileage and would be un-
able to supervise dragging as rains
which ruined roads near Melbourne
never reach Green Mountain.
The new law requires the board TO
set aside $40 per mile per annum for
dragging. This these twelve superin-
tendentS will have to spend and they
Will be given appropriations Of 500 to
$3.50 more for small repairs. They must
then appeal to the board for what ad-
dltional funds are needed.
The instructions.
The boards instructions to superin-
tendents, in connection with the formal
notif1catio of appointment, and the
designation Of the division of the coun-
ty road system, read as follows:
1T shall be your duty to make all
contracts necessary for the dragging
Of said road and to order said contrac-
tors to do the dragging when, in your
judgment, such work should be done.
We recommend that compensation for
dragging shall be at the rate of 25
cents per mile Of travel, with a drag
drawn by four horses, and that sta
tions be so arranged that contractors
will receive not less than 81 for each
time they are requested to drag a road.
Also to see that said road is main
tained in good and passable condition.
TO employ competent persons to make
needed repairs, to see that all bridge
and cuivert approaches and approaches
to railroad crossings are kept properly
filed and smooth, to see that rurs are
temporarily repaired, and to report to
the county engineer at once whenever
repairs of unusual magnitude are
needed.
Also to notify property owners to
cut weeds on the highway adjacent to
their lands as by law provided, and to
see that said weeds arc cut If neg
lected by the property owner, sending
bill for same promptly 10 the county
engineer for assessment against the
property thus neglected.
For the purpose Of such mainten-
ance and dragging the board of super
visors has apportioned from the road
funds Of the county the sum Of 800
for your services as superintendent for
twelve months from date Of your ac-
ceptance, payable quarterly at s25 on
Jan. 10, April Is, July 15 and Oct 10,
Of each calendar year. Also $3.50 to be
expended by you if necess sary for the
dragging OF said roads under your su-
pervision during the next twelve
| months and s120 to be expended by you
, for repairing said road during the same
period
"All bills for services done under
your supervision shall be approved by
you in writing and a memorandum
made by you upon said bill stating
briefly the nature of the work done
| for which compensation is asked, when
and where it was performed and said
bills will then be approved by the
county engineer within the appropri-
ations made for your division and paid
| by the county treasurer. as by law pro-
vided for payment of any and all serv-
ices rendered upon OUT roads under the
| direction Of the county engineer and
| the same as tho he had himself en-
| ployed said services in person. We ad-
wise that you forward said bills to the
county engineer requesting warrants
! for same to be issued ard mailed to
! each claimant.
| IF dragging, repairs and mainten-
ance Of roads under your supervision
shall in your judgment require a great
er expenditure in any one year than the
appropriations herein named you are
| instructed to appear before our board
at any regular meeting with your rec
concentrations for further expenditure,
but 1t is the desire Of this board that
all county road funds be conserved for
! the maximum efficiency and that a
! loyal public spirit be encouraged
among all citizens to the end that those
most interested in the maintennce of a
good road shall cooperate and volun-
teer their aid in the general public
service.
"The board Of supervisors and the
county engineer will depend upon you
to see that this most valuable func-
ton Of our public service, the mainten-
ance Of a good road Is rot neglected
in your division and you are assured
that the work Of permanently improv-
ing our roads and bridges will 90 for.
ward with greater accomplishment un-
der the supervision Of our county en-
! gineer II the details Of repairs
dragging, and maintenance can be su-
pefyised by a division superintendent'
Card Of Thanks,
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