Smyrna times., 1913-06-11
KENT LEVY COURT HOLDS
AN INTERESTING SESSION
MOVEMENT FOR GoO0 COUNTY
ROADS RECEIVES IMPETUS
Messrs Soper and Barnard Agree to
Haul 1000 Tons of Stone Free
Bonds Go Begging at . per cent

Bonds Go Begging at . per cent
Money is tight. Since the Hazel
law went into effect money IS all that
has been tight, but when a county
with twenty millions Of property
cannot borrow money at per cent.
then something has frightened up.
The assessed valuation Of Kent Coun-
" is SIT, S16. S36. SO. The $85, 900
bond issue, refunding the entire debt
Of Kent county. was to have been
awarded by way Of sealed competitive
binds in the Levy Court on Tuesday
at noon. The court and its officers
were all there even TO the attorney.
The clerk Of the peace. who had ad-
vertised the proposed bond issue
through leading financial papers. and
with the KniekerbOcker Company of
New York. was there. But there
were no bids on the offer to bond the
county for So, 5000 at per centum.
Il is said that another effort will be
made to obtain money at 4 per cent.
but il this fails the county will have
to offer "A. which would require ad
ditional interest payments Of over
s6. 90 in the twenty year term.
Woman Gives Road Material.
The gift Of a valuable gravel hill
10 the county to be used in the per-
manent improvement for roads, was
reported to the court by Commission
er Carmean. He moved that a nom
inal sum be set aside to pay Miss
Anna Beswick of the Tenth district.
for the gravel hill after il was sur
veyed, and that the county engineer
then leave the field properly graded
for her. This was so ordered. The
wOman's tender sets the pace for other
owners Of hillsides or tracts where
stone and gravel abound, as they may
have their fields graded down and left
in good shape after the county takes
the road material. Commissioner
Ford called attention to the payment
of s1.50 per day to some labOrers in
his district, when the courts official
price for public labor is SIPS. He
declared that it was impossible to
get men at the price to unload cars
and that the county had to pay dem
urrage before it was decided best to
pay more money for labor.
Minimum Pay For Physicians.
The court passed Mr.. Keith's mo.
tiOn fixing 81. so as TIE pay for physi-
clans giving testimony before the
coroner's jury, except in cases where
a post mOrten is necessary. 7. K.
Jones & Bro. Company was awarded
the contract to install new to toilet
room in the Court House building.
The Levy Court proposes to remove
the old brick surface closets.
Engineer Reports e5 Miles Surveyed.
Engineer Cableb S. Kenney made
a full report Cor May, showing by
items and the unit cost Of each, tn at
65 miles of proposed permanent roads
had been surveyed and Of these 20
miles had been plotted Property
surveys were the proposed routes for
the Reese Road, the Hartly e
Slaughter Road and the Burton new
road from Dover to Wyoming.
June " A Day For Bidding.
Bids for the construction of the Bur
on road, it is decided, will be adver
tised for 10 be opened June II at
o'clock. Commissioner Booth got Il
an order for the bids te be submits
June II. also for the new Thorp
Bridge in the Ninth district and tn
two ColOred Church bridges. Messr
Cain, Booth and Carmean were ar
pointed to visit and inspect Killen"
mill dam. Mr.. Ford got through
motion to advertise for bids for
bridge near Smyrna. On the after
noon Of June II, the court will awar
this contract.
Soper Offers GOO Loads Of Stone
F. NJ. Soper appeared before q
Levy Court ard offered to haul 1, OC
loads of With his teams, fr,
hauling TO the county. in the intere
OF good roads. Assemblyman J.
Barnard, who accompanied him. sa
that he and Mr.. Soper would be I
sponsible for the haulaing Of 20
tons Of permanent road material.
placed on the Magnolia-Wyomi
road. The matter will be taken
..~ at once by the county engineer.