The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-12-13
NOTICE OF ELECTION
For Center District, County Of Calhoun
and State of West Virginia


Court of Calhoun county. West Virgin
IA, do hereby certify that ut special
term oil the County Court of the said
county Of Calhoun, duly called for the
purpose ard held on the 4th day of
december, 1923, an order was made and
entered OF record in words and figures
as follows, to-wit:
II his day j. NJ. Mckinney, an En-
siEoer designated by this Court for
that purpose, who at i term of the
court held Oil The 18th day OF NOvemb-
er, 1o.3, was instructed to- make an in
'eStiSation and report upon the approx
mate extent and estimated cost OF the
proper grade and ailiguing OF public
road from the town OF GraatSville In
Center district Of this county, TO the
.iue Of said Center district with Sheri-
ian district, ut the top of Ni-cut hill ::
also the proper grading and alligning
If Il public read from the said town of
Grantsyillc, in Center district, by way
If the village of Big Springs, In said
district, 10 point iii the line OF said
district with Eitchic county, and the
Kind OF class OF wo.l; 10 lie done there
~, presented To the Court his report,
together with summary thereof, show
ing the approximate extent and the
estimated cost of said improvement.
and the kind or class Of work TO be
lone thereon, which report and SUM-
mary have been inspected by the Court
he same Is approved and ordered filed {;
and said summary is hereby made
part of this order in words and figures
as follows:
no The County Court of Calhoun
county.
Grantsville w. Va,
November, so, 1923.
Gentlemen =
i respectfully submit to you the fol-
lowing report of my investigation of
the proposed Improvement for which
you are preparing TO vote bonds in Cent
er district Calhoun county. These To-
cations are over what is known as the
river road from the mouth of Leaf
bank 10 the top of the Nigh Cut" hill,
hereinafter referred TO rs Route No. 30
and from the city limits OF Grantsvillc
over the antsyi!lc-Smilhviile road by
way of Big Springs Post Office to the
Ritchie county line and herein designat-
led as Route No. 1G.
Route No. 81.
beginning ut the mouth of Leafbank
at the end OF State Project No. 1865 and
IOilONi!-S UIcSc!iI lOcltlCi IRON Leaf
bank 10 the foot OF Nigh Cut" hill.
the road can be constructed with ap-
proXimatcly 5000 cubic yards of ex-
cavatiOl 10 the mile and the building of
twenty four 10" and two Is" pipe cul-
verts not 10 exceed SO feet in length.
In the first hollow below "Leafbank"
there is G. 6" 5 ~ concrete box
Culvcrt with q 8" slab IT, good condition,
also. in the second hollow, there is q 8
g. , y 26' and one i 20 concrete
box calvert with Il o. slab In good con
ditiOn. l would recommend building
new end walls OIL these culyerts and
using them in place. In addition. ii
would lie necessary to build one 1
20, one 10 Y > Y &c ard one s 4 %
concrete box culvert between Leaf
bank" ard the point where the road
leaves the river bottom at the foot of
Nigh Cut hill
] Fromthe foot of Nigh Cut" hill to the
sharp bend or "swithchback" on the hill,
l would recommend keeping TO the right
hand side of the ravinc and about 81
feet above the bed of the stream, cross
ing the stream ut the turn with 4 ]
10 box culvcrt and making n fill al
this point. This relocation would in
yolvc cutting road out of rock for a
distance OF from 700 to 500 feet and
would he the heaviest construction Oh
the entire project, but justified Ivy get.
ting the road away from the creek and