Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-01-28
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.


I might say that the route a. surveyed
will serve no one after II passes Mr.
Dudley Freeman's The first cost Of
the second route would exclcde that OF
the first, excluding bridges, by ap-
proximstely Nine Hundred Dollars.
and the third route would exceed the
cost of the first by approximately
( Thirteen Hundred Dollar. From Mr..
/. Williams to town the old road IL fol-
iowed until the top of what Is known
n the Williams hill Is reached There
the road tnrns to the left and goes
down the hill in the woods on the
North side o. the old road. coming
into the road M On. foot Vt the hill
and practically staying in the old road
until You cross the creek. The creek
bridge viii b. further % the south
than Il l. at present When the foot
OF the Hill on the west side 4 the creek
IL reached the road turns to the right
and goes up through MIR. ] y Goods
lot ON by his burn snd comes into the
Abbeville and Rocky Ford in front Of
Mr.. Garrett Davis huuse. Then the
section OF road from there to town will
serve serve both roads, thereby saving
some miiagp % road. From MIR Davis
the road will practically follow the old
rad until the School pr 1perry Is reach
ed. At this place the engineer was or
dered to make n survey putting the
old road further East than it now il.
II Is on this survey that the estimate
- based TIE engineer hell. YES
though that n better rad could be OBJ
tanned and also cheaper one, II the
road by Mr. Il b Harris place Is rache.
was run straight on until il in-efsecs
the Gem terry rad He believes that
! the ya-dagc would be reduced isso vds
X TIE road was psss sss.. Il osssss,, b b
straighter and the school property. In-
stead OF being bortlered on three sides
would be bordered only on two sides.
ii IL true that the read waS puf North
OF the school house il en-, the grove in
two parts, but that as the engineer
sees il j. not worth as much As good
road would be- On the section of the
road from Abbeville TO the river the
old road i practically followed until
you reach the forks Of the rad Jus.
north Of the cemetery. The engineer
could SEE no vSy to materially better
that section of that section of the
road. From the cemetery North TO
the tresfle where the road now cross
IS the railroad there were two surveys
made. and another one was male OF
cae SEQ ton of this place OF road.
On the first route of this the engineer
ran east of tie railroad and had to
contead with big sand hill Just north
OF the cemetery On this route with
the exception of cutting this hill 10 get
as god grade as possible, the old road
was practica ly followed On The Sec
ond route the su yey turnel 10 the
r
lowed the old road until the crest OF
the hill i reached al Mr. Vim ush's
house From there the route follows
the ridge as nearly as possible, rum
mig IN front of Mr. Vim Benne,t's
h"use and gradual, going dowu the
ridge and coming into the old road at
the tr. stle On the third route the
survey turns to the lett at the Gene
|. terry as on the second, but the railroad
about two hundred feet north Ct
where the second route crosses IL. At
this crossing an overhead bridge
? would be Necessary. There would
, however have to be d Of about two
, feet on the east side and six feet or
the west side The fill on the we<l
2 side would make IL rather hard to ge
!. down .ther IN with as small grad,
A as Ave percent. Now thu engineer q
! The railr sd Company agreed {
recommend an FL ctric alarm for III
lcro~sing ard u that is done, il is tn
: opin.oa Of III enziueer that the rouf
to be built Is the second route sur
veyed- The second some surweyes
would cost IN the neighborhood $1,000
less thin the first ore The eng ne-l
5 thinks furtAzr that the road would b.
1 on better ground all the way through
On the west sid u the track than on
the cas- side The section Of tine r ad
: from the tres lie to where the survey
was stopp-d vii practically follow
the old Rad except where the rad
eros - the low places aboa. the mid
de OF the section
: ID y Lancaster read wk SEQ
, W Z Av M ruad work 80
6 o ID fzrf zrif Co stationery Il 20
L A Saasum for costs 50 90
The assessment of Mrs L X Smith in
he ci y @; Oxford. corp be and the
same : hereby reduced the sum OF
100 % the sane being over assessed.
Ox'ord Eagle for printing IS -
United States Fidelity and Guaranty
90, for premiums on bonds Isl 20
J F Parks lumber bridge nails 20 20
Gentlemen:
have not been able, on account
of sickness to make culy a~partial in
spection OF the pub &c roads in Beat S
and can only report on the following
roads towit: The roads worked by the
fol owing named contractors the roads
wors ell A ID Swain and roads worked
by Pitcher & Harmon. Joe kisi er.
Marion King, J B Cole & Roniie Faig
A ID MeGill II pp& Harmon and one
road worked By J p Brown l have
A<.T -. -. Il
find they have been worked bat owing
very good ccnditio :, but as / think
the cont actors have worked Their ? ad
according to contract, I recommend
tina. they be paid their contract price
for the 4th Quarter of 1914 submit
ted the 4th day of Jan 1915.
10 brown N 8.
Board Of Supervisors:
have inspected the public roaf
n beat 2, a d find the contractors
have lone considerable work. And
find them N passable condition and
co. mend that they be paid IS per
cent OF sn-ir contract price Jan 1916
J A Parks II IS
Bard Of Supervisors:
Owing TO i'll health I have been
unable to inspect the public ruads dur
ing the 4sh quarter 1914 but will in
spect same during the month of jan
uary 1915.
w J loaiady NJ 3 s.
J 7 Williams roa wk i4I 90
w N Woodland for express 90
Leader for nd-e ss5
Frank billingsly ard " G. Mansel be
exempt from road tax for year 1914.
Board Of Supervisors:
Ia Inspected roads worked
in Beat 3, and tiEd them in Tasszble
co.. ditlon and recomm-n nd thzr rhey be