The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-09
The Commercial, Union City, Tenn.
FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1920.
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS
LEVEES, BRIDGES, ROADS
County Court Orders Extensive
Bridge and Levee improvements.

5000.
Thedron Wheeler, to superintent
4 flooring steel bridge on Reelfoo
Creek, known as Shapard bridge.
j. w. Jackson, ]. C. Walker ant
C. C. Dickinson, to superintenC
. building 600-foot bridge on Kento1
and Union City road in District No
and repairing levee, cost of bridge
not to exceed $3.50 per foot, also t.
raise and reconstruct bridge now il
the ditch, for which an appropriation
Of $4,000 is made.
John G. Cunningham to E. B
Toombs, Justices of the Peace in Dis
trict No. 6, and road commissioners
appointed committee to investigate
the road leading from the steel
bridge on the Troy-Rornbeak road
to homo of T. ]. Jenkins and ascer-
tain cost of land on which to make
a new road and comparison with the
cost of repairing the old road and re-
port.
County Court went on record as
favoring legislation proposed by Rep
resentative ]. A. Howard to repeal
Reelfoot Lake road bill No. sos and
revenues already collected to be ap
piled to building a road from Shaw's
Park to the State highway, and to
provide for county road and special
school district tax rates to con-
form to the new assessment laws,
and that these measures be included
in call for extra session of Legisla
ture.
John Jackson and c. c. Dickinson
reported, as to repairing Mud Creek
levee on it's old bed or to change its
course and build new levee, that the
old levee is so damaged that a new
levee running on more direct
course, reducing the distance from
Also feet to 1917 feet, would be
more practical if right of way can be
had at a reasonable price. Order re-
ferred to committee.
Report of G. w. Robey, Alwyn
Brevard and S. r. Braton as to levees
in No. 10, that levee near Walnut
Grove Church be repaired and that
Henry Finch superintend same and
build bridge about 80 feet long near
south end of levee, Joe Peoples to
superintend cleaning ditch running
east from main levee to new steel
bridge cost not to exceed $500. Also
Baucom levee to be repaired with
Geo. Tegethoff as commissioner to
superintend same, and north end of
levee raised above high water and
washouts repaired, cost not to ex-
coed 5000.
Joe Isbell and Sam Hampton to
supcrintend making fill and build
ing 20-foot bridge on road running
from iron bridge on Reelfoot Creek
on Troy and Hickman road at a cost
not to exceed $500.
r, L. Jonakin, to superintend levee
construction south of South Fulton
at cost not to exceed $3.50.
J. T. Neel, to superintend con-
structing ditch near Dickens farm in
No. IL, at cost of $50.
Fred Hubbs, to superintend build
ing bridge at a cost not to exceed
500. N..t
j. C. Walker and w. A. Mcneil,
to superintend building two bridges
on Rives lower levee cost not to ex-
coed $3.50.
A. G. Boston, to superintend max
ing fill on lake road in No. IL near
Bob Wallace farm, cost not to exceed
$50.
j. D. Summers and ]. w. Var
brough, to superintend building steel
and concrete bridge over Papaw
Creek at Push, in No. 5.
N. D. Logan and Marcus Glover,
to superintend building bridge on
public road near Logan's farm, cost
not to exceed $125.
S. R. Bratton and w. ]. Davidson
offered a resolution unanimously
adopted by the court that the County
Court remit the county poll tax for
he year 1919 against all ex-overseas
joldiers and the Trustee is ordered
o not collect same.
C. w. Curry, to superintend re-
pairing bridge on Troy and Hickman
Dad near steel bridge at Mill Creek,
;ost, $40.
D. H. Burnett and c. w. Curry, to
uperintend repairing two bridges
IN road from Clark lane to Rives,
lear Phebus farm.
A. 3, Caudle, to superintend max
ng fill on Union City All Clayton
DAD, cost not to exceed $50. {
j.. H. Dorgan and P. A. Lippard, c
o superintend road work east Of Ell c
ridge and west of steel bridge at a