The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-05
sPEcIAL NOTICE.
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
MARION COUNTY. SIS:

Court held in and for the County OF
Marion, at the court house thereof,
on the oath day Of September, 1919,
the following order was entered:
This day, ]. c. Moran and F. G.
McElfresh in open court presented a
petition signed by J. G. Moran and two
hundred and forty-one CAD other
legal voters Of Winfield district.
which was filed in the Clerks office
| OF this Court on September 20, 1919,
asking that the County Court OF
Marion county call "a special election
by law on the question OF issuing One
Hundred and Eighteen Thousand
! ($11S, 100000 Dollars in bonds for the
general and permanent Improvement
of the roads of Winfield district, as
named in said Petition.
And 1t appearing to the Court that
said petition is signed By more than
vote cast at the last general election
In said district, for Governor, to-wit.
five hundred and thirty.nine $3.50
votes, the Court hereby accepts said
petition, and hereby orders and directs
tina: IL" County Road Engineer. Frank
j. Wilfong, do make IN investigation
aui report to the Court an estimate Of
the rrorable cost OF tia proposed I'm.
provements, as named in said petition.
And the Court doth further order
that upon the coming in OF tue repor:
OF the County Road Engineer that
the same be submitted by the Clerk
OF this Court to the State Road Com.
missioner for approval" Which said
petition is in the words and figures
following, that is to say:
ITO THE HONORABLE COUNTY
COURT OF MARION COUNTY,
WEST VIRGINIA.:
We, the undersigned, who are legal
voters within the Magisterial District
OF Winfield, in Marion county, West
Virginia, believing that the public in
terest demands the establishment
bridging, relocating, grading. drain
ing and permanent improvement If
the main County and District roads
OF said Winfield District, Is herein
after enumerated, do hereby request
and petition your Honorable Court to
submit to vote the proposition OF
bonding said District in the sum of
One Hundred and Eighteen Thousand
($11S,000.00) Dollars, at special cleo
ton TO be called and held for that
purpose throughout said District,
within ninety days, and that the pro.
ceeds arising from the sale of said
bonds by said Court used for the per-
! manent Improvement of such roads
by the use OF asphaltum, brick, cor.
crete, macadam, stone-Block, or other
process of equal merit in such man.
ner as is prescribed by law, the roads
to be improved being as follows:
I. MoRGANToWN AND FAIRMoNT
TURNPIKE.
Forty Thousand ($40,0O0) Dollars,
to be expended for the bridging, re-
locating, grading, draining and per-
manent improvement by the use Of
asphaltum, brick, concrete, macadam,
stone-black, or other process OF equal
merit, the public road beginning at
the end of the present improved paved
road at or near the residence of H.
Brady Meredith, thence by way of said
Morgantown and Fairmont Turnpike.
or relocation thereof, towards
Smithtown, as far on said road as
said Forty Thousand $4,000. Dol
lars will improve the same.
2. PRIckETT'S CREEK ROAD.
Fifty-two Thousand ($52,O00) Dol
lars, TO be expended for the bridging
relocating, grading, draining and
permanent improvement by the use of
asphaltum, brick, concrete, macadam,
stone-block, or other process of equal
merit, the public road beginning at
the intersection OF the Prickett's
Creek Road with the Morgantown and
Fairmont Turnpike near the residence
of Lafayette Meredith, thence by the
Prickett's Creek Road by the way Of
Winfield, or relocation thereof, to
the concrete bridge across Prickett's
Creek, near the residence of Charles
Baker, as far on said road as said
Fffty-Two Thousand ($52,0O0) Dol.
lars will improve the same.
8. MONTANA ROAD.
Twenty-Six Thousand ($26,O00) Dol.
lars, to be expended for the bridging,
relocating, grading, draining and
permanent Improvement by the use OF
asphaltum, brick, concrete macadam,
stone-block or other process of equal
merit, the public road beginning at
the property line of the Consolidation
Coal Company in the town OF Mon.
tana near the residence of G. B. Frum,
thence with the Montana Road by
way Of the County Farm, or a re.lo-
cation thereof, to Norwood to the in
tersection OF said road with the Nor
gantown and Fairmont Turnpike, or
as far on said road as the said
Twenty-Six Thousand (S26,000) Dol
lars will improve the same.
Said routes and roads herein desig-
mated, including Class "a" roads, are
subject to any revisions, re-locations,
or changes which the Court and State
Road Commission deem advisable to
obtain better grades or alignment
thereof, or to reduce the cost of con-
struction, improvement and maintc-
nance.
We do further request and petition
your Honorable Body, that in the event
such bond issue should carry, to ap.
point the following named men, ]. G.
Moran. r. w. Hill, Carl Carter, F. G.
McElfresh and David G. Carpenter who
are citizens and legal voters of said
Winfield District, who have been
elected to act as an advisory commits
tee to your Honorable Court in all mat.
tiers relating to said road improvements.
including the sale OF bonds, employ
ment of engineers. determining the
kinds Of roads to be built and ma
terial to be used and letting OF con-
tracts, approval of work and material
used and the auditing and settling Of