Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-03-04

COUNTY WILL BUILD ROAD.

COUNTY WILL BUILD ROAD.
The County Court of jefferson coun-
~ at special term held last Thurs
day decided 10 undertake on its own
account 10 build the six and a-half
miles OF Class A road between Charles
Town and Harper's Ferry, and an or
der was entered 10 that effect. The
work OF construction has been placed
in the hands Of James X. Hendricks,
county road engineer, and he will be
in charge of the Improvement
When bids we're opened a few weeks
ago from contractors who were willing
to undertake the work of building
the road the court was shocked at the
figures. Bester & Co. of Hagers-
town, wanted Sill,750 for the work,
and the lowest bidder, Joseph Diauto,
OF Martinsburg, asked over SSi 900.
The court considered these figures ex-
cessive and rejected all bids. An ef-
fort was made 10 have Diauto revise
ms hgures downward, but he de-
clined TO do so.
The court had what il regarded as
conservative estimate to the effect that
the six and a-half miles of road could
be reconstructed to meet the Glass A
requirements for S65,000, and il has
concluded to- do the work with its own
engineers and equipment. This has
heretorfore been urged by number OF
thoughtful persons, wAo believe that
a good deal OF money can be saved by
eliminating the contractors profits.
We believe that il is worth while to
make the experiment, and we hope that
1t may turn out we'll. If il proves a
success, we will be apt to get good
roads a great deal faster than by the
expensive contract system. II is an
nounced that work will be commenced
as soon as winter has definitely taken
its departure. The county has a fair
ly good road-making equipment in the
shape OF crushcrs, steam engines,
rollers, etc, and we learn that il is
TO get several good trucks from the
government in the near future.
County Engineer Hendricks has the
opportunity of his life TO make good as
a road builder. We wish for him the
best OF success in his work.
The Influenza Is Passing.
We are very thankful to report that
the epidemic of influenza seems to
have spent its force and is now abat-
ing. There have been two deaths in
this neighborhood the past week, Mrs.
Wilson and Mrs. Walper, but the pa
tients who had been so i'll seem now
to be improving. Ray and Curtis
Power and Alien wilkins, Shepherd
College students who had been very
i'll, seem now to be we'll on the way to
recovery.
There were certainly a couple of
hundred cases in Shepherdstown and
/ vicinity. DR.. Burwell reported IS
cases in four families that he was at
tending. John Shackleford's family
OF eleven, every one of whom was
SICK, are now getting along fairly well,
and the other sick folks are on the
mend. Comparatively few new cases
have been reported during the past
few days, and the physicians believe
that the worst of the disease is now
over. Though the influenza was no.
in as severe a form as last year, il
seems to have been even more con-
tagious. Ii has been especially severe
in those communities that were not hit
so hard when the disease prevailed last
winter.
Mr.. George w. Osbourn, one of the
prominent farmers and fruit growers
of this neighborhood, has been very
| o'Nn 'hS pdS' WSSh dl Ills HOIIlc east
OF town. He was taken sick the mid
die Of last week, and on Sunday a
severe attack of pneumonia developed.
We are glad to report that he is now
) on the mend. Miss Emma Osbourn
has also been quito sick with an at
! tack OF influenza.
Mr.. Gilbert Hendricks and his fam
lily and Ernest Hendricks and his two
sisters, who live near Shenandoah
Junction, have all been sick with in
fluenza
: Mrs. Robert Emory has been sick
with influenza at her home west Of
town. Lee Emory, her son, is re-
cuperating slowly from like attack.
. Lewis Show, Shepherd College
-, student from Welch, w. Va, has been
quite sick this "'eek With the influenza.
,. He is at Mrs. Criswell's.
, Hugh Mckee, Miss Bessie Mckee
: and Walter Mckee, of the Kearneys-
, vile neighborhood are all on the sick
list this week.
: George Zombro, who lives on /. A.
Hendricks farm west Of town, has
; been sick with influenza, but is now
recovering.
, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas c. Myers, east
e of town, have also been sick with the
influenza.
Mr.. Pend'e:On Coming Home.
t Dudley ID. Pendleton, of Pittsburg,
: has bought from Mrs. Hattie B. Hill