Journal of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland Third session of the Second General Assembly St. John's , J. Shea 1838 { my short forms....pd = paid , @ = at, curr. = currency , amt.= amount, £ = Pound , s = sterling , d = pence , Anything in these { } are my own comments. ------------------------------------------------ Account of monies expended by the Central Board of Road Commissioners [appointed in 1836 ]since the furnishing their last account in June 1837. Bay Bulls Road July 10 , 1837 Cash pd Phillip Stamp & Richard Roach , viz. for opening 272 perches of road , near Bay Bulls Long Pond @ £15/10s per mile. amt. £13/3/6. Also... Widening [ from 12 to 24 ] 4 miles & 30 perches of road from the Goulds River towards Bay Bulls @ £13 per mile as per account. amt. £55/8/8 --------------------------------------- Cash pd, James Cuddihy, viz for 3 large bridges , say 1 over Goulds River, and 2 over streams near above. amt. £ 128/0/0. Allowance for additional work. amt. £4/00 Building 9 smaller bridges @ 55 s . amt. £24/15/0 Filling up a brook. amt. £2/15/0 Draining 33 perches of road, of 7 ft. wide ,& 2 1/2 ft. wide, @ 7s. 6d amt. £12/7/6. Draining 68 perches of road , 4 ft. wide . amt.£ 14/12/6. Removing all combustible materials from 50 ft. of any part of the 3 large bridges amt. £20/0/0. ------------------------------------------------------------- Oct. 10 ,1837 Deduct £60 paid Cuddihy, and charged by the commissioners in their last account , & also the sum of £5 stopt to remedy a defect in the King Post of the Goulds River Bridge. amt. £63/00 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Cash pd. Michael Darsey ,viz for widening [ from 12 to 24 ft] 3 3/4 miles of the Bay Bulls road from Sweeny's Marsh to the Goulds River, @£14 per mile, amt. £ 54/7/6. Allowance for clearing the first part opened of wind - falls, amt. £2/0/0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cash pd. Edward Gorman, viz for draining 171 perches of road from Sweeny's Marsh towards the Gold River @ 2s , 3d per perch. amt. £19/4/9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cash pd. James Toole & M. Reilley , viz. for opening 1 3/4 miles of road next the Bay Bulls, 24 ft. wide, @ £31 per mile. amt. £ 54/5/0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cash pd. William Sinnott , viz., for carrying off a bog from the road, and for draining 112 perches { can't read the rest } amt. £15/0/0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cash pd. Martin Williams , viz., for building 13 bridges & clearing the stream @ 5 £. amt. £65/0/0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cash pd. to Roger Flahaven & John Savage for opening 7 miles & 184 perches of road , 12 ft. wide @ £15 per mile. amt. £129/6/1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 9 , 1838 Cash pd. John Ennis & Pat, Rielly, viz., for draining 342 perches road between the end of Gorman's work & the 1st. bridge @ 1 s , 10d per perch, amt. £ 31/7/0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cash pd. John Savage & Richard Roach, viz., for building 8 temporary bridges @ 5s each. amt. £2/0/0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cash pd. Phillip Stamp ,viz., for examining & measuring work on Bay Bulls road, amt. £4/13/0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Petty Harbour Road 1837 Sept. 12 Cash pd. Richard Gladney, viz., for opening roads , building bridges, draining & c.{ ?} , amt. £ 103/6/4 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Cash pd. J.A. Wheeler , viz., for 15 cross drains 10s each, draining 35 perches @ 3s , amt. £12/15/0 , less 55s deducted for bad work, amt. £2/15/0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1838 July 16 Cash pd. N. Rourke & R. Gladney , for draining , covering cross drains, & opening 7 perches road , amt. £19/10/3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Road from Topsail to Holyrood 1837 Aug 18 Cash pd. Bryan O'Brien , balance due him for bridges built on the road from Holyrood to Kellygrews as per account. amt. £27/5/6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1838 Jan. 9 Pd. R. Walsh for keeping the road from Emanuel's River to the Butter Pots clear of windfalls ,amt. £2/10/0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 6 Pd. John Roach ,viz., 30 covered cross drains , 11s each , built on the road between Topsail & Kellygrews , amt. £16/10/0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- to be continued..... ~ Ann~ Ann { MacDonald } Batten