The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-12
PERM ANENTE -
ROAD COMMISSION
Minutes df Meeting Held July
7th-More Contracts to Be
Let

7th-MOre Contracts to BE
Let
Regular meeting Sumter County
Permanent Road Commission was
held Friday in the Office of Cham
ber of Commerce at. 10 o'clock a
m.
Present L. D.. Jennings. j. F
Bland, G.. a. Lennon, j.. P
Booth, E. E.. Rembert. Stanyarne
Burrows. j. B.. Britton. and S. A
Harvin. Absent, l. M. Truluck.
The following bills were present
ed and approved for payment:
B. Walsh & Son, premium on
S. A. Harvin bond, s12.50.
Steuer Pub. Co., for inserting
bond advertisement. s14.00-
Bond Buyer, for inserting bond
advertisement. s29.40.
Manufacturers Record, for in
serting bond advertisement. s15.4o
Sumter Printing Co., printing
bond proposals and stationery.
$500.
L. D. Jennings, for telegrams
$3.50.
Adams-Evans Co.. Est. No., 3.
Bishopville road, .s13,43S..92.
T.. w. jenkins. moving fence,
Bishopville road, $3.50. =,
SIattery g. Henry. Est. No. i,
grading eStateburg road. s904.50.
Slattery & Henry, Est. No. 4,
!, hard surface, Mayesviile road, Sf4,-
IT'S. 90. -
Manard, Lumber Co.. .Mayesyille
road bridge work, s4,001.76.
E. S. Booth, drainage, Manning
road, $40.
Bryant & Mary Wilson moving
fence. Manning road, s7.S7.
Adams-E Evans c., for account,
Manning road. s39.77.
Adams-Evans Co., for account,
Manning road, sI1.o0.
Adams Evans Co, Est. Manning
road, .s15.S26.00. e.s.; ~
Powell Paving & Contracting Co.,
grading Pinewood road, s1,S90.00.
Lee. Pennell & Murray, bill for
month June. s2,497.56.,. s.. =
The matter OF, drainage on Broad
street was brought up by Engineer
and 1t was deoided to, run same
down street at edge, of city limits.
Matter of bridges: at Second Mill
was left with standing. committee
of L. D. Jennings, J..>P. Booth and
G.. "A. Lennon with power to act.
NJ H. Beck fled petition as fol-
lows, $50. - :...,1.
I'VE, the undersigned, who voted
for the issue of road boids on the
understanding, that all the roads
leading out of the City of Sumter
were to be hard surfaced for an
equal number of miles, respect
fully petition, this commission to
hard surface the Sumter-Paxville
road in proportion to. the num-
her Of miles of hard surface placed
on other roads leading out. Of Sum-
ter
Signed by several hundred citi-
ZenS.:
), Following resolution was offered
by Mr.. Jennings: All in favor Of
saying this road will be built along
with balance of roads say i: All
commissioners present voted I.
Mr. J. K. McElyeen filed follow
ing petition. $500.
5, The petition Of the undersigned
respectfully shows: That they have
been informed that it is the inten-
ton of the Hard Surface Road
Commissioners for Sumter, County
in. building the hard surface: road
towards Shiloh section, to use q
part OF the Mayesvil1e Road to the
Shiloh public road, leaving the
Mayesville road at the, Old Plow-
den Mill, road, coming out on the
Shiloh road near a co,ored church,
approximately three miles from
Sumter The undersigned respect
fully pray and petition this hon
orable body that, this. proposed
change be not made, in that if this
proposed, change is made, the dis
tance will be. approximately one
half to three fourths of nile fur
ther from Shiloh and Whereabouts
to Sumter, and for the further rea-
son. in. that this proposed change
will deprive the people Of. the Rad
ical Road section from, any hard
surface road at ALL, which they are
entitled to as mach as anyone else.
That this will be. an injustice to the
whole community living in the low
es section of Sumter, county. and
will be inequitable and unjust and
would further be a discrimination
against. the people in. that Radical
road section. t.-s s.,,..
.. Signed by about 100 citizens.
After discussion, of this petition
Commission decided to go and look
at this road before making deci-
sion as to what route they would
go to Shiloh.
Mr.. WI. Currie appeared before
commission regarding corner of
land cut from his place by straight
ening bend IN road. requesting that
commission give him the old right
of way in lieu Of new right OF way.
Mr.. Jennings made following mos
ton:
Inasmlch as we have. taken new
right of way from Mr.. Currie's land
insofar as the board has power it
is agreed to give Mr.. Currie old
right Of way in lieu Of new right
Of way.
All present voted in favor of this