Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1916-07-21
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
County of Greenbrier, to-wit:

At County Court held IN and for
the County of GTeenbrier at the
Court House thereof on Monday,
June 5th, A. d. 1916, the following
order was entered;
This day came John w. Arbuckle,
attorney. and rendered petit
ton IN writing signed by more
than fifty legal voters and free
hod rs Y the magisterial district
of .e -lphur, county of Green
br:er sd State Of West Virginia,
pra. " r the permanent improve
me rtain public roads in Blue
Sup : district, and asking leave to
f me, and said petition hav-
i, Inspected by the Court and
f.. legal and proper it is
Q ~ Ed that the said petition be
and ame is hereby filed, the said
petit. O being in the words and fig
ures following:
TO the Honorable, the County Court
of Greenbrier county, West Vir-
ginia:
we, the undersigned, legal voters
and freeholders in the magisterial
district of Blue Sulphur, in said
Greenbrier county, believing that the
public interests demand the perman-
emit Improvement of the main roads of
the said Blue Sulphur district here
matter described, do hereby request
and petition your Honorable body to
cause to be submitted to the legal
voters OF the said district, including
that part of Anderson Independent
district and that part of the town OF
A1de-son in said Blue Sulphur. dis
trict, in the sum of Seventy-Five
Thousand Two Hundred Dollars
$75,200.0O), at a special cleo
ton to be held for that purpose, and
that the proceeds arising from sale of
said bonds be by the Court used in the
permanent improvement of such
roads by the use of macadam or 9TH
er process of equal merit, as provide
by the laws of the State of West Vir-
GINA, the roads, to be improved by
the proceeds arising from the sale OF
said bonds being:
First: The River Road from the
Greenbrier-Summers county line
near the late Agustas Gwinn place,
east thru the southern end of the
Blue Sulphur District in the most
practical and straight route to the
GreenDrier River distance approx
mately of two and one-haH miles;
Second: The Blue Sulphur turn
pike with certain changes as follows,
beginning at the crossing in the
above mentioned River Road thence
northward by the way of near Blak-
er's Mill and the Lewis Church, to
again intersect with the said turn
pike at the most proper point and
then by way of Blue Sulphur Springs
to the Meadow Bluff District line
near Smoot That work on the per-
manent improvement Of said turn
pike begin at the southern end of the
intersection Of said River Road,
thence northward with such changes
10 said Meadow Bluff line.s or as far:
Us the proceeds may be realized from
the sale Of such bonds will complete
same from said place of beginning,
being approximately twelve miles.
Said routes or roads are to be sub
ject to any revision or changes IN To-
cation necessary to make satisfactory
grades and to cut out curves.
We further petition and request
that the bonds to be issued be serial
bonds payable in not to exceed thir-
ty-four years as provided by the laws
of this State; that the engineer or
engineers employed upon the survey
and supervision of said work be only
such as are recommended and ap-
proved by the State Bureau Of Roads
and by the State Road Engineer; that
the plans and specifications and the
contract for said work be those fur
nished recommended and approved
by the State Road Engineer; and that
the final payment for the work shall
not be made until inspected and ap-
proved by the State Road Bureau
and Advisory Committee hereinaf-
ter provided for.
We further petition and request
that your honorable body appoint
five men, three from Blue Sulphur
district, one from the town OF Al
derson, and one from the lndepend-
ent district outside of said town, to
act as an Advisory Committee TO
your body in all matters relating to
said road Improvement, determining
the kind of road to be built and ma
terial to be used, letting Of contracts,
approval of work and material used,
etc., said Advisory Committee to act
without pay.
And we further petition and re-
guest that your honorable body call
a special election, that the citizens
and voters of said Blue Sulphur dis
trict and subdivisions may have an
opportunity to ratify or reject the,
issuance of such bonds, said special
election to be called within ninety
days from the filing of this petition.
Respectfully,
H. B. ROWE,
H. A. MILLER,
]. E. KELLER,
J. A. .RIGG.
w. C.. Fades