The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-28
CLARK IS INSTRUCTED ID ASK FOR BIDS ON
 WARRIOR RIVER ROAD
Contracts Will Be Awarded for Road August 14-LOvelady Protests
 Against Action

George H. Clark, county engineer was instructed by a ma jority of the board of revenue yesterday to proceed at once to make the surveys for the Warrior road from Birmingham to Nichols Fish Trap and advertise for bids on the work. The board of revenue, according to reso- lution passed yesterday over the protest of Dr. R. F. Lovelady and Rufe Bivins by the majority composed of Lawrence | Pennington Hugh McGeever and w. J. Cameron, will let out the contract to build the Warrior road on August 14. The resolution passed yesterday by the board of revenue was drawn by w. K. Terry the county attorney. Another resolution dealing with the surveys was also passed.
 Dr. Lovelady, the president of the board, called attention to the fact that he was able to borrow $125OO0 for the road fund a few weeks ago at per cent interest, but that the majority of the board of revenue proposed to expend the | cost of building the two roads to the Warrior river from funds secured by the sale of county warrants that would bear interest of "A per cent. This fact alone meant considerable sum extracted from
 the treasury of the board of revenue, ac- cording to Dr. 'Lovelady. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
 
 the board of revenue yesterday: On motion of MT. Pennington, seconded my Major Cameron:
 Oredered by the board of revenue of Jefferson county, that the county engi- neer, George H. Clark, be, and is hereby, instructed to place an advertisement once a week for 30 days in some daily newspaper having a circulation of at least 5000 published in this state, re- questing bids for the construction of road extending from the corporate linn it's of Wylam, or from some point on the present Wylam- Mulga road, to be determined upon, to the Warrior river at or near the mouth of Deer creek or Fish Trap branch.
 Said road to be 5 feet in width in excavation and 30 feet wide in embank- ment graded surface, having a maximum grade of per cent and the length of the said road to be approximately l4 miles.
 Said work to be done within the time stated and strictly in accordance with the plans and specifications on file in the office of county engineer on and after August ', 1916 Said work to be let to the lowest or best responsible bidder, who shall enter into bond in double the amount of such bid, conditioned for the proper performance of said contract ac- cordng to said plans and specified tions and within the time prescribed by the order of this board for such work, which said bond shal, be approved by the judge of probate of Jefferson county. Payment for said work to be made in county warrants issued from time to time as said work progresses. the said warrants to be issued so that not more than the sum of $1OO.0O0 will be payable in any one year.
 No warrant is to be payable in less than five years from date of issuance and all warrants issued to be payable within five years from the date of payment of the first warrant issue, in order that the full
 discharge of the contract payments for said work shall not. extend over period of more than 10 years from the date of the first warrant issue. Said warrants to bear interest from the date of their issuance at rate of interest not to ex- ceed "A per cent per annum, interest to be payable semiannually from the date of warrant issue.
 | It is further ordered that the contract | for said work will be let by this board on the 14th day of August, 1916. at F | clock noon.
 1 Ordered further that the board of reve- nue of Jefferson county reserves the | right to reject any or all bids.
 1 Ordered this the Eth day of June, 19l6 | Voting aye: Pennington, Cameron and | McGeever.
 1 Voting No: Lovelady and Bivens. | Motion by MT. Pennington, seconded by
 MT. McGeever, that George H. Clark.
 county highway engineer, be and is here
 i by authorized and instructed to proceed | to make the permanent surveys on both 1 the Nichols fish trap road and the Tay-
 lor's ferry road. Members voting aye be- ing Pennington, McGeever and Cameron;
 members voting no being Lovelady and
 Bivens
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