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tered load” and of the “fatigue value” of such “entered impacts.”
“The word ‘questionable’ is just my wording ...” Skeens went on. “... My only point is to ask your feeling...”
“BUT WHY?” Newbill Miller persisted. “This is the first time this has come up. In years past, you’ve done what’s engineeringly correct.”
“In years past,” observed Supervisor J. Richard Latham, “you didn’t have people that protested an improvement. ’ ’
“We want to be more responsive to the Boards,” said Skeens.
(Skeens, and a lot of citizens, had been somewhat startled at the annual road hearing in Rappahannock when the planned replacement of the iron truss bridge at Laurel Mills had been objected to — on grounds of safety. The present one-lane bridge forced traffic to slow down, and thereby increase safety for children living in the area, one woman claimed.)
“I clearly think the bridge needs to be built,” Skeens added, as conversation erupted around the Supervisors’ table. Commonwealth’s Attorney George H. Davis Jr. joined Miller in questioning the “main purpose” of the resolution. Supervisors Herbert Foster and Miller
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