The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-07-18
Board of Supervisors


Continued from last week.
A. T. McElwrath, supervisor beat /,
examined all roads in beat ! and rec
commended pay for 50 miles. Found
several miles extending east and ives,
in bad condition. said roads being with
out a contract and no way to work same
except with convicts. Ali c~ulverts in
good condition.
!. q. Rounsaville. supervisor beat 1,
examined all roads in that beat; good
condition except a few narrow places
and a few bad culverts. Some culverts
have been fixed and some places wi
dened. Recommended payment
E l. Atkinson. supervisor of beat 5,
examined roads in his beat ard found
same well wcrked-some places a little
narrow; some ~culverts need repair.
Both matters. the contractor SAYS, viii
be attended to oon Some culverts
have been repaired. but need lumber tc
complete ~culverts. In last few day.
roads are fit for travel. Recommended
payment.
Ordered that contract, plans and spet
ihcatons for building Schoona cause
way. or elevated roadway. in beat E,
entered into with Hayward Bros. al
last December meeting of the board,
are hereby ordered amended so as ia
make top width of said Dump IS fl. in
width instead of l4-said Hayward
Bros. agreeing to said amendment
Clerk was instructed to advertise for
bids to repair bridge at Hardy, beat 1.
according to plans. etc, on file.
w. V. Horton. supervisor of beat 8,
reports that he has gone over and ex-
amined the roads in said beat and finds
them in fairly good condition, with the
exception Of about q mile on the Cole
creek road, east Of the residence of W.
J. Clark to the county line. Many OF
the side bitches have washed out too
deep. and several dead trees standing
within Is feet of the center of the
road. and several places need to be wi.
dened- Some culverts need cleaning
out and should be repaired. l recon-.
mend that this needed work be done at
once. Pay recommended for 43 IL
miles.
Ordered that clerk adv. for bids to
build wooden approaches to Holcomb
bridge over Yalobusha river, beat s..
Ordered that the land and personal
rolls of Grenada county for the veal
1918 be received and filed as made BY
Ieager. =
Ordered that the services of Cowles
Horton. attorney for this board. be dis
pensed with from and after so DAYS
this date.
Ordered that clerk advertise for bids
to build wooden bridge across Hoffs
creek and two large slough bridges sast
Of Lefiore, and to re-foor river bridge
north of Holcomb. beat 5. Bids to be
reed at next meeting.
To adv. for bids to scrape and paint
iron bridges Of the county that have
not been painted for some time.
Contract for publishing minutes. or
ders and all notices required by the
board was awarded to Grenada Senti-
mel, at SlS0 yer year. payable quarter
ly; contract made for 2 years and 6
months from date.
The resignation of j. S. Spears. con-
stable in beat 8. now on file, was ac-
Road Commissioner ]. W. Vance re-
ported as follows:
| have travelled owe all the roads of
the county. find a very small per
cent of the roads up to specifications
that is. up to the letter. Some are
too narrow in places and some have
been videned. and | think that if the
contractors will do this each time they
go over the road they soon will have
them up in width. The culverts and
small bridges are in bad condition. ow-
ing to need Of lumber. Some have been
repaired aud new ones put in where il
could be had. The contractors saw this
will be attended to as O as
lumber can be obtained. The bridge
near Jim Provinces, beat 8, needs re-
Did n can be repaired Ind made to
asst for some time. The road in this
place is in bad condition and needs
something done. | think under the
conditions that it will be impossible for
he contractor to work this piece of
.oad to any advantage. / think the
best thing that can be done Is for the
'oard to get someone to put up a road
this place that will stand. think
hat if the board could get Mr.. Jim
'rovine interested he would give the
'oard a satisfactory job.
There is a matter that seems to be
overlooked by all the contractors-that
$ cutting back the briers and small
!rowth on the road side. especially in
he bencs where the view is obstructed
think this should be done. Some of
be contractors neglect opening the
bitches and to remove the loose
from the road have called at.
yention TO these matters and they saw
hey will look after these things in the
,uture. i think these things should be
There are two new bridges in beat 2
n the Boushe road that need abut.
nents. 1t is almost impossible to get
lpon them. There is a bridge at Handv
beat 4, that needs some work
o stop caying; if allowed to continue
will undermine the end of the bridge.
There is a piece of road on Hay.
yard Bros. place that has bad drain.
lge and a sand bar. This piece of road
5 no. used. would suggest that the
Dad which is used be worked, on the
middle road, beat 2 in the bottom east
It Giiion's, there should be a ditch cut
o turn the water out of the road into
he creek.