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ugust24. 1926 M i n u t e s of the E i g h t y - f i r s t Regular meeting of theS t e t e Righvay Commission, b e i d i n the State O f f i c e R u i l d i n gv i t h the f o l l o w i n g memhers present*frank . Eenbsm. ChairmanJoe b u r k e t t . MemherJohn RD R i o k e t t . S r . . MemherMotion hy Commissioner R i o k e t t . seoonded hy Comm i s s i o n e r Lanham. that M i s s K a t h l e e n T r i g g he a p p o i n t e dA s s i s t a n t S e c r e t a r y , at a s a l a r y of #ibC per month, f i x e dhy hudget. Motion o a r r i e d .Crder passed t h a t James ED Ferguson he a u t h o r i s e dto e n t e r i n t o correspondence v i t h Wharton County Comm i s s i o n e r ' s C o u r t , r e l a t i v e to the d e p o s i t i n g of #7CC.CCCi n the S t a t e Treasury to the c r e d i t of the S t a t e RighvayDepertment. f o r the purpose of hard s u r f a c i n g road i naccordance v i t h a p p l i c a t i o n of s a i d c o u n t y .M o t i o n hy Commissioner h i c k e t t . seconded hy Comm i s s i o n e r h u r k e t t . t h a t the a v a r d i n g of the c o n t r a c t onthe Jones County h i d s he postponed, u n t i i hoth the h i d sand the c o n t r a c t o r s can he i n v e s t i g a t e d f u r t h e r . Motioncarried. Motion hy Commiesioner R i o k e t t . seconded hy Comm i e s i o n e r b u r k e t t . t h a t the a p p l i c a t i o n of V i c t o r i a .R e f u g i o and Araneas Countiee f o r a d e s i g n a t i o n f r o mV i c t o r i a to the R e f u g i o County i i n e . thence v i a T i v o i iand A u s t v e i i to the Aransas County i i n s . thence on toR o c k p o r t . i n Aransas County. and f o ra i d on the s a i dr o a d , he g r a n t e d , on the c o n d i t i o n t h a t Aransas Countyd e p o s i t i n the S t a t e Treasury to the c r e d i t of the StateRighvay Department #2bC.CCC.CC.; and that R e f u g i o Countyd e p o s i t i n ths S t a t e Treaeury to the c r e d i t of the S t a t eRighvay Department at once #36C.CCC.CC or more; and t h a tV c ori a County vote honds to pay f o r o n e - h a i f the costof road i n s a i d c o u n t y , and d e p o s i t that amount i n theState Treasury to the c r e d i t of the S t a t e Righvay D e p a r t ment. T h i s road i s to he a h i g h type s t a n d a r d hard s u r f a c er o a d , s u h j e c t to the a p p r o v a l of the f e d e r a l and S t a t eDepartments.Motion c a r r i e d .Motion hy Commissioner h i c k e t t . seconded hy Comm i s s i o n e r h u r k e t t . t h a t the County Judge of f o r t RendCounty he n o t i f i e d hy i e t t e r that the Righvay Commissionr e f u s e s to p a r t i c i p a t e i n any vay v i t h e i t h e r S t a t e orf e d e r a l funds i n the c o n s t r u c t i o n of the i b . i 4 m i i e s ofhighvay E o . 8 i n f o r t hand County under the h i d of theT i h h e t t s C o n s t r u c t i o n Company, v h i c h f o r t Rend County i es a i d to have a c c e p t e d i n i e t t e r to the Commission underdate of August i C t h . as the commission had i n good f a i t hp r e v i o u s l y avarded t h i s c o n t r a c t to M r . M . M . Cravensv h i c h vas the i o v e s t and hest h i d s u b m i t t e d , and u n l e s sthe county funds nov i n escrow, are not hy the next meeting of the Commission p l a c e d i n the S t a t e Treasury tothe c r e d i t of the Righvay Commission, the Commission v i i ipresume that f o r t Rend County does not vant to p a r t i c i p a t ein the acceptance of the Cravens h i d and the Commissionv i i i then v i t h d r a v a i i c o n n e c t i o n v i t h the p r o j e c t andv i i i a i i o t the funds set aside f o r t h i s purpose to otherp r o j e c t s . Motion c a r r i e d .Crder passed hy the Commission to request a r e p o r tf r o m the Resident E n g i n e e r of Ru nt County on the a p p l i c a t i o n of the tovn of Caddo M i i i s f o r the bankhead Righvayto be so changed as to run through the town of Caddo M i i i s

4 2 August 24. 1925.Motion by Commissioner B u r k e t t . seconded by Comm i s s i o n e r B i o k e t t . t b a t tbe e n g i n e e r i n g expenses, wbicbbave b e r e - t o - f o r e , been p a i d by tbe County and under tbenew iaw w i i i be p a i d by tbe bigbway Department, be p a i das tney oome i n . and tbat tbe C o u n t i e s w i i i reimburse tbeS t a t e i o r tbe money p a i d out on sucb expenses at once.Motion o a r r i e d .Motion by Commissioner B u r k e t t . seoonded by Comm i s s i o n e r B i o k e t t . tbat tbe a p p l i c a t i o n f o r r e - l o c a t i o n ofWaoo to C e r s i c a n a Higbwayi n Navarro County be g r a n t e d asfollows*"Tbat tbe s a i d C o r s i c a n a - C o r b e t - P u r d o n ana DawsonP u b l i c Road to tbe Navarro County i i n e . be and tbe same i s .bereby d e s i g n a t e d as a p a r t of s a i d Rigbway No. 5 1 . andTbat tbe s a i d Higbway No. 51 be extended p a r a l l e lw i t b tbe Cotton B e i t t r a c k from tbe town of Kerens t o tbetown of T r i n i d a d ; tbenoe c r o s s i n g tbe T r i n i t y R i v e r to ac o n n e c t i o n w i t b tbe T r i n i d a d - M a l a k o f f P u b i i c Road, and t b a tas extended tbe same c o n s t i t u t e Rigbway No. 5 1 , c o n n e c t i n gtbe c i t y of C o r s i c a n a i t h tbe c i t y of Athens, and i t i sa c c o r d i n g l y so o r d e r e d . "Motion c a r r i e d .Motion by Commissioner B i c k e t t , seconded by Comm i s s i o n e r Danham, that tbe e n g i n e e r s be r e q u e s t e d to get upan e s t i m a t e of the c o s t o i b u i i d i n g an e n t i r e l y new roadwest from A r l i n g t o n to tbe Tarrant County i i n e . Motioncarried.Tbe b i d s on P a r k e r ana Jobnson C o u n t i e s on Rigbway No. 15 P. .P. and tbe b i d s on T r a v i s County onP.A.p. 475, Rigbway No. 2C were r e f e r r e d t o tbe next m etin a i s o , tbe b i d s on Hopkins County, p.A.p. wsre d e f e r r e du n t i i tbe next meeting of tbe Commission, on September 14.The Rannab C o n s t r u c t i o n Company was awarded thec o n t r a c t on P.A.p. 444-E i n Noian County, b e i n g tbe iowestb i d d e r , f o r sum of #7,181.59.Motion by Commissioner B i c k e t t , seconded byCommissioner B u r k e t t t b a t W i o h i t a County be granted t b e i ra p p l i c a t i o n i n r e g a r d t o tbe B u r k b u r n e t t B r i d g e , on tbec o n d i t i o n t h a t tbe S t a t e w i l lnot be c a b l e d upon toexpend any money u n t i l J u l y i . 1925. and on the f u r t b e rc o n d i t i o n that tbe c o u n t i e s i n v o l v e d w i l l bear tbe expenseof any s u i t s t h a t might be brougbt. M o t i o n c a r r i e d .Witb r e f e r e n c e t o tbe r o u t i n g of tbe bigbway DeWitt County, tbrougb tbe c i t y of Cuero, tbe Commissionagreed to f u r t h e r c o n s i d e r the two proposed r o u t e s , onsl e a d i n g i n t h r o u g h Pine S t r e e t , and the other i n t o WestMa in s t r e e t , and some time i n the near f u t u r e send an e n g i n e e r t o i n s p e c t the r o u t e s and make h i s recommendations/ then to the Commission.The a p p l i c a t i o n of DeWitt. Karnes and W i i s o nC o u n t i e s f o r a d e s i g n a t i o n of roads from Yorktown toKenedy to connect w i t h State Righway No. 15, and a l s ofrom G o l i a d , t h r o u g h e e s a t c b e , Yorktown. Davy. G i l l e t t .and Den awkin. to S t o e k d a l e was g r a n t e d on the c o n d i t i o nthat the c o u n t i e s through which the roads run votes u f f i c i e n t bonds to pay f o r 5C of the c o s t of c o n s t r u c t ing a h i g h - t y p e s t a n d a r d bard s u r f a c e r o a d , the proceedsof the bonds to be d e p o s i t e d i n the S t a t e T r e a s u r y tothe c r e d i t of the Righway Department not l a t e r than January 1, 1925.

August 24, 1925. M o t i o n by Oommissioner B u r n e t t tnat tne road fromR i s i n g S t a r to Brownwood, v i a A n g e l , May and O l i o , baw i d e n e d , w i t h o u t expense to the S t a t e , to 50 f e e t , and tnesharp c o r n e r s out o f f , and tne road be put i n shape genera l l y f o r maintenanoe w i t h i n 50 d a y s , s u b j e c t to thea p p r o v a l of the S t a t e Righway E n g i n e e r .The a p p l i c a t i o n of R a s k e l l D S t o n e w a l l and JonesC o u n t i e s w i t h r e f e r e n c e to change i n Righway E o . 15 fromStamford to O l d G l o r y v i a Sagerton to Stamford to Aspermontv i a Ramlin was d e f e r r e d u n t i l e n g i n e e r s c o u l d make r e p o r t .The a p p l i c a t i o n of Gonzales and Guadalune Countiesf o r hard s u r f a c i n g S t a t e Righway N o . 5 through G o n z a l e s ,F a y e t t e and Ooiorado C o u n t i e s , and the g r a v e l i n g of RighwayE o . 5-A through Guadalupe Oounty, from S s g u i n to the Oaldw e l l County l i n e , a d i s t a n c e of 15 m i l e s , and from theO a l d w e l l Oounty l i n e east to the F a y e t t e County l i n e , wasd e f e r r e d f o r f u r t h e r c o n s i d e r a t i o n Tuesday, August 2 5 .The request of Anderson County to t r a n s f e r#12,000 a i d a l r e a d y a l l o t t e d from Righway 45 to Righway43-A i n Anderson County, was g r a n t e d .forsideandnotThe request of Freestone and Anderson Countiesa f u r t h e r a l l o t m e n t to f i n a n c e the Freestone Oountyof a b r i d g e at Ronner s F e r r y , owing to a bank f a i l u r ethe consequent t y i n g up of that county s f u n d s , wasgranted at t h i s t i m e .The request of S c h l e i c h e r County f o r a i d from theS t a t e f o r the i m p r o v i n g of e i g h t m i l e s on Righway 50in S c h l e i c h e r Oounty, which would connect up the highwayfrom San Angelo to twenty m i l e s s o u t h of Sonora was notg r a n t e d at t h i s t i m e .The a p p l i c a t i o n of W i l l a c y Oounty f o r a d e s i g n a t i o n from Raymondville n o r t h to the county l i n e , a d i s t a n c eof e i g h t m i l e s , was g r a n t e d , on c o n d i t i o n t h a t bonds bev o t e d to pay f o r 50 of the cost of c o n s t r u c t i o n . a n d thatthe proceeds f r o m these bonos be d e p o s i t e d i n the S t a t eTreasury to the c r e d i t of the S t a t e Righway Department.The proposed d e s i g n a t i o n from R a y m o n d v i l l e ,W i l l a c y County, west to the county l i n e , was not g r a n t e d .August 25, 1925.On motion of Commissioner B i o k e t t , order vaspassed i n s t r u c t i n g Engineer Eachtrah to survey the roadfrom Burnet to Lampasas. on the San Antonio to Lampasashighvay, v i t h reference to securing a r i g h t of vay of notiess than 70 f e e t , making said survey v i t h i n a veek s time.On the a p p l i c a t i o n of the Oounty Judge of TravisOounty, the Oommission voted to i n s t r u c t the D i v i s i o nEngineer of Travis Oounty to see that the c o n t r a c t o r , vhoholds a contract f o r the maintenance of said county, madeproper r e p a i r s on the J o l l y v i l l e road i n Travis Oounty,